Skin & Formulation 3rd Symposium

Presentation

The “Skin and Formulation 1st Symposium” was organised in Paris in 2003, with more than 170 attendees. Three years later the “Skin and Formulation 2nd Symposium” was held in the “Palais des Congrès” in Versailles on October 9-10, 2006. This second symposium attracted even more participants (235), a 38 % increase, and was again pan-European. There were also more than 100 posters displayed. These symposiums have provided a unique discussion forum between pharmacists, biologists, chemists and physicians on the interactions between the skin and formulations applied to it. The various aspects of the topical and transdermal applications of pharmacologically and cosmetically active compounds were presented and discussed. In particular, the latest aspects regarding tolerance, cutaneous pharmacokinetics, nanotechnologies, formulations and delivery were covered during the conference with presentations by leading scientists such as Prof. J. Bouwstra, Prof. JP. Marty and Prof. R. Guy.

Now we are pleased to announce that the “Skin and Formulation 3rd Symposium” will take place on March 9th – 10th, 2009, again in the prestigious “Palais des Congrès” of Versailles.

We would like to thank Dr Majella Lane, University of London, and Co-chair of the “Skin and Formulation 3rd Symposium”, for the following short presentation of Skin Forum:
“In 1999 Professor Jonathan Hadgraft received funding from the Engineering Physical Sciences and Research Council in the United Kingdom to establish a network of scientists whose research focuses on the mechanisms and modulation of skin permeation. The Skin Forum has evolved from this network and today represents ~100 chemists, pharmaceutical scientists, physicists and biologists who share a common interest in the physicochemical and biological properties of human skin. The annual Skin Forum conference brings together internationally recognised experts and provides an opportunity for research students to meet opinion leaders in a relaxed and informal manner. Because of the close research links with European colleagues Skin Forum has now come together with APGI to jointly organize the “Skin and Formulation 3rd Symposium” in Versailles in 2009.”

Topics will again focus on the areas that fall between pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and dermatology and about products applied to the skin.

The 3rd Symposium programme will treat advances in topical formulations for improved skin delivery and will include the following topics:
• Recent advances in biophysical techniques.
• Skin structure and biology.
• In silico, in vitro, and in vivo evaluations.
• New carriers for controlling topical drug delivery.
• Raw materials for Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care formulations; physical characterization.
• Skin – The Dermatologist’s perspectives
There will be a mixture of plenary invited lectures and short communications selected from the abstracts received from young researchers so to have more topics presented (24 podium presentations versus 17 in 2006).

Our objective for this 3rd Symposium is to reach 300 attendees, over two full days.

Chairs of the Conference
Dr André Colas, Dow Corning, Belgium
Prof. Adrian Davis, Limeway Pharmaceutical Consultancy, United Kingdom
Prof. Elias Fattal, University of Paris-Sud, France
Prof. Jonathan Hadgraft, University of London, United Kingdom
Dr Vincent Jannin, Gattefossé, France
Dr Majella Lane, University of London, United Kingdom

Dr Amélie Bochot, University of Paris-Sud, France
Dr Mark A Pellett, Wyeth Consumer Healthcare, United Kingdom
Dr Géraldine Piel, University of Liège, Belgium
Dr Anke Sieg, Baxter R & D, Brussels, Belgium

Dr. Sophia Antimisiaris, University of Patras, Greece
Dr. Krzysztof Cal, Medical University of Gdansk, Poland

Dr. Begonia Delgado-Charro, University of Bath, United Kingdom
Prof. Jeanetta du Plessis, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa
Prof. Marianna Foldvari, University of Waterloo, Canada
Prof. Christel Müller-Goymann, Carolo-Wilhelmina University, Braunschweig, Germany
Dr. Jouni Nuutinen, Delfin Technologies Ltd, Kupio, Finland
Dr. Georgios Imanidis, University of Basel, Switzerland
Dr. Kim Budolph Johansen, Novozymes, Denmark
Prof. Jan Karlsén, University of Oslo, Norway
Dr Ryoji Konishi, Teikoku Seiyaku Co. Ltd., Japan

Prof. Julijana Kristl, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Prof. Marie Lodén, Aco Hud Nordic AB, Sweden
Dr. Shirley Ng, Johnson & Johnson Consumer & Personal Product Worldwide, USA
Dr. Sara Nicoli, University of Parma, Italy
Prof. Özgen Özer, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey
Prof. Pimolpan Pithayanukul, Mahidol University, Thailand
Prof. Adriana Pohlmann, Univ.Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Prof. Maria de Lourdes Rebelo, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Dr. Amalia Mª Rodríguez Bayón, University Computense of Madrid, Spain
Dr. Michel Sournac, Institut de Recherche Pierre Fabre, Labège Innopole, France
Prof. Elka Touitou, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Dr. Adam Watkinson, Acrux Ltd, Australia
Prof. Johann Wiechers, Independent Consultant for Cosmetic JW Solutions, The Netherlands

“Imaging techniques as measures of topical delivery and efficacy – new advances and insights”

"Capacitance imaging, a new technique to see and measure skin surface hydration"

"Native structural organization of the epidermal permeability barrier as observed by cryo-electron tomography of vitreous skin sections"

"Serine protease gradients in healthy and barrier impaired human stratum corneum"

“Molecular secrets of membrane barrier modulators” (Title to be confirmed)

"Sensory analysis and sensometry : providing better insights for skin products' formulation"

• New carriers for controlling topical drug delivery. Raw materials for Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care formulations; physical characterization.

“Dermal and transdermal drug targeting using enhancer molecules and colloidal carrier systems”

"Non-occlusive transdermal drug delivery from a spray - from concept to product"

At least 3 more speakers are expected and 6 short communications will be selected from abstracts received from young researchers

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Presentation The “Skin and Formulation 1st Symposium” was organised in Paris in 2003, with more than 170 attendees. Three years later the “Skin and Formulation 2nd Symposium” was held in the “Palais des Congrès” in Versailles on October 9-10, 2006. This second symposium attracted even more participants (235), a 38 % increase, and was again pan-European. There were also more than 100 posters displayed. These symposiums have provided a unique discussion forum between pharmacists, biologists, chemists and physicians on the interactions between the skin and formulations applied to it. The various aspects of the topical and transdermal applications of pharmacologically and cosmetically active compounds were presented and discussed. In particular, the latest aspects regarding tolerance, cutaneous pharmacokinetics, nanotechnologies, formulations and delivery were covered during the conference with presentations by leading scientists such as Prof. J. Bouwstra, Prof. JP. Marty and Prof. R. Guy. Now we are pleased to announce that the “Skin and Formulation 3rd Symposium” will take place on March 9th – 10th, 2009, again in the prestigious “Palais des Congrès” of Versailles. This time the Symposium will be co-organized with the “10th Skin Forum”. We would like to thank Dr Majella Lane, University of London, and Co-chair of the “Skin and Formulation 3rd Symposium”, for the following short presentation of Skin Forum: “In 1999 Professor Jonathan Hadgraft received funding from the Engineering Physical Sciences and Research Council in the United Kingdom to establish a network of scientists whose research focuses on the mechanisms and modulation of skin permeation. The Skin Forum has evolved from this network and today represents ~100 chemists, pharmaceutical scientists, physicists and biologists who share a common interest in the physicochemical and biological properties of human skin. The annual Skin Forum conference brings together internationally recognised experts and provides an opportunity for research students to meet opinion leaders in a relaxed and informal manner. Because of the close research links with European colleagues Skin Forum has now come together with APGI to jointly organize the “Skin and Formulation 3rd Symposium” in Versailles in 2009.” Topics will again focus on the areas that fall between pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and dermatology and about products applied to the skin. The 3rd Symposium programme will treat advances in topical formulations for improved skin delivery and will include the following topics: • Recent advances in biophysical techniques. • Skin structure and biology. • In silico, in vitro, and in vivo evaluations. • New carriers for controlling topical drug delivery. • Raw materials for Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care formulations; physical characterization. • Skin – The Dermatologist’s perspectives There will be a mixture of plenary invited lectures and short communications selected from the abstracts received from young researchers so to have more topics presented (24 podium presentations versus 17 in 2006). Suppliers will again be invited to display their latest technologies. Our objective for this 3rd Symposium is to reach 300 attendees, over two full days. Back to the top Chairs, Organizing and Publicity Committee Chairs of the Conference Dr André Colas, Dow Corning, Belgium Prof. Adrian Davis, Limeway Pharmaceutical Consultancy, United Kingdom Prof. Elias Fattal, University of Paris-Sud, France Prof. Jonathan Hadgraft, University of London, United Kingdom Dr Vincent Jannin, Gattefossé, France Dr Majella Lane, University of London, United Kingdom Organization Committees Dr Amélie Bochot, University of Paris-Sud, France Dr Mark A Pellett, Wyeth Consumer Healthcare, United Kingdom Dr Géraldine Piel, University of Liège, Belgium Dr Anke Sieg, Baxter R & D, Brussels, Belgium Publicity Committee Dr. Sophia Antimisiaris, University of Patras, Greece Dr. Krzysztof Cal, Medical University of Gdansk, Poland Prof. Ana Calpena, University of Barcelona, Spain Dr. Begonia Delgado-Charro, University of Bath, United Kingdom Prof. Jeanetta du Plessis, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa Prof. Marianna Foldvari, University of Waterloo, Canada Prof. Christel Müller-Goymann, Carolo-Wilhelmina University, Braunschweig, Germany Dr. Jouni Nuutinen, Delfin Technologies Ltd, Kupio, Finland Dr. Georgios Imanidis, University of Basel, Switzerland Dr. Kim Budolph Johansen, Novozymes, Denmark Prof. Jan Karlsén, University of Oslo, Norway Dr Ryoji Konishi, Teikoku Seiyaku Co. Ltd., Japan Prof. Julijana Kristl, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia Prof. Marie Lodén, Aco Hud Nordic AB, Sweden Dr. Shirley Ng, Johnson & Johnson Consumer & Personal Product Worldwide, USA Dr. Sara Nicoli, University of Parma, Italy Prof. Özgen Özer, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey Prof. Pimolpan Pithayanukul, Mahidol University, Thailand Prof. Adriana Pohlmann, Univ.Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil Prof. Maria de Lourdes Rebelo, University of Coimbra, Portugal Dr. Amalia Mª Rodríguez Bayón, University Computense of Madrid, Spain Dr. Michel Sournac, Institut de Recherche Pierre Fabre, Labège Innopole, France Prof. Elka Touitou, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel Dr. Adam Watkinson, Acrux Ltd, Australia Prof. Johann Wiechers, Independent Consultant for Cosmetic JW Solutions, The Netherlands Back to the top Preliminary Programme • Recent advances in biophysical techniques. Prof. Paul Matt's, P&G Beauty, United Kingdom “Imaging techniques as measures of topical delivery and efficacy – new advances and insights” Dr. Peter Caspers, River Diagnostics, The Netherlands "In vivo Skin studies by Raman spectroscopy" Prof. Bob Imhof, London South Bank University, United Kingdom “TEWL and Microclimate” • Skin structure and biology. Dr. Jean-Luc Lévèque, Consultant, France "Capacitance imaging, a new technique to see and measure skin surface hydration" Prof. Lars Norlén, Karolinska Institutet - Stockholm, Sweden "Native structural organization of the epidermal permeability barrier as observed by cryo-electron tomography of vitreous skin sections" Dr. Rainier Voegeli, Pentapharm, Switzerland "Serine protease gradients in healthy and barrier impaired human stratum corneum" • In silico, in vitro, and in vivo evaluations. Prof. Jamshed Anwar, University of Bradford, United Kingdom “Molecular secrets of membrane barrier modulators” (Title to be confirmed) Dr. Jean-Marc Sieffermann, AgroParisTech-Massy, France "Sensory analysis and sensometry : providing better insights for skin products' formulation" Prof. Claus-Michael Lehr, Saarland University, Germany "In-vitro and in-silico methods for investigating (per)cutaneous absorption" • New carriers for controlling topical drug delivery. Raw materials for Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care formulations; physical characterization. Prof. Reinhard Neubert, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany “Dermal and transdermal drug targeting using enhancer molecules and colloidal carrier systems” Dr. Adam Watkinson, Acrux Ltd, Australia "Non-occlusive transdermal drug delivery from a spray - from concept to product" Prof. Jürgen Lademann, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany "Safety of nanoparticles in cosmetics" Dr. Patrice Bellon, VP Innovation, Symrise AG, France "The touch of seduction - Emotional assessment of cosmetic textures" Dr. Michael Starch, Dow Corning Corporation, USA "Recent Developments in Silicone Delivery Systems • Skin – The Dermatologist’s perspectives Dr. Mike Cork, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom At least 3 more speakers are expected and 6 short communications will be selected from abstracts received from young researchers Back to the top