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

• Active transdermal drug delivery
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 (23 podium presentations versus 17 in 2006; 17 pleanary lectures and 6 presentations selected from the abstracts received from young researchers).

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
Prof. Adam Watkinson, Acrux Ltd, Australia
Prof. Johann Wiechers, Independent Consultant for Cosmetic JW Solutions, The Netherlands

Please note that the poster numbers indicated on the list are the final numbers and not the temporary reference numbers

SKIN FORUM Bursaries and Awards

For the joint APGI/ Skin Forum meeting on "Skin and Formulation" to be held in Versailles on March 9th and 10th 2009, 6 student bursaries are available for the best oral abstracts submitted. These bursaries are valued at £250 (approx. 317 euros) each and will be presented to the 6 students when they present their talks at the meeting in Versailles. In addition prizes will be awarded for the two best poster abstracts presented at the meeting which are valued at £100 (approx. 127 euros) each. Sponsorship for these awards has been provided by Skin Forum.

On the website of the Versailles Tourist Office you will find a list of hotels
(www.versailles-tourisme.com).

For students we can recommend the Hotel du Palais (e-mail: hotelpalais@ifrance.com), which is very close to the congress center. The price is 60 euros. Early booking is needed.

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