Why Attend
With 2.35 billion Euros being spent on cosmetic product R&D in Europe, are you ready for the next generation of skin care?
Skin Microbiome continues it's reign as the 'biggest skincare trend' of the last two years, according to major market researchers and beauty bibles alike. This year, we present the first dual-track, data-focused skin microbiome congress:
Data Track: focuses on the hard data that supports and legitmises product and research claims while driving increased understanding of the skin microbiome.
- Commercial Track: tackles the challenges faced when building a commercially viable skin microbiome company, optimising your supply chain and executing successful communication strategies.
Discover the potential of prebiotic, probiotic and postbiotic products being developed to protect and promote a healthy microbiome and ultimately combat dermatological conditions from acne and eczema to dandruff and skin allergies. Don't miss your chance to understand the next generation of skincare products!
Who Will Be There
Sample Attendees include:

M.A.D Talks - Apply Now
We are proud to launch MAD talks in memory of Marie Alice Dibon, who the Skin Microbiome community tragically lost at the end of April.
Marie Alice cared deeply about innovation and the M.A.D talks will showcase the latest innovations in the skin microbiome space on the main stage of the conference. To apply for consideration to present, please fill out the short application form here:
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The Steering Committee will assess all applications. Successful applicants will a presentation slot on the main stage of the Skin Microbiome Congress, along with a complimentary ticket to attend the full event.
In Memory of Marie Alice Dibon
In 2000, Marie Alice founded Alice Communications Inc. a consulting company, servicing the biotech, pharma and beauty industries on business development, communication, regulatory and innovation, before establishing more recently The WonderLab, with the aim to promote innovation in beauty and support new product developments.
The Speakers

Dr Chris Callewaert
Chris received his PhD from Ghent University in Belgium. He is now a postdoctoral research fellow in the Knight lab at the University of California, San Diego. He investigates body odor and the characteristics of the bacteria living in the armpits, skin, clothes, washing machines and homes. He is the first to undertake bacterial transplants to solve underarm body odour.

Audrey Gueniche Ph.D
Audrey GUENICHE obtained her Pharmacist degree and her PhD degree in skin biology more than 23 years ago. She is an expert on immunology and microbiology. Her main expertise is on skin topical treatment and food supplement for skin and hair health, especially using probiotics, natural extract and bacterial extracts. She is currently a senior clinical expert in LOREAL RESEARCH. She has a complete experience from the actives through vitro evaluations/ preclinical studies to clinical trials. Her passion is to always reinvent evaluation and find new fields of area in term of actives to promote.
She has published over 110 papers in peer-reviewed journals, 5 chapters in books, 2 specials issues in journal where she was the invited editor. She presented in over 80 international congresses and additionally she was personally invited to give more than 35 keynote lectures.

Gavin Thomas

Eile Butler Ph.D

Marisa Meloni Ph.D
Marisa Meloni got a PhD in Drug Delivery and Cutaneous Bio-physic at Renée Descartes University, Paris V (France). Thereafter, she was in charge for research and innovation within the dermo-pharmaceutical and cosmetic industry for 15 years. During that period, she also was contract professor of safety assessment and technology of cosmetic products at Milan, Salerno and Padua Universities.
In 2001, she created VitroScreen, a research laboratory committed to in vitro science that has the mission to be a reference partner for companies approaching in vitro alternatives, providing in vitro pre-clinical efficacy and regulatory toxicological services.
At VitroScreen she has developed “mechanism based experimental models“ on 3D reconstructed human tissue models for active ingredients and finished product testing: this approach better mimics the in vivo skin and epithelia response taking into account the dynamic of the biological response. VitroScreen is GLP certified and a member of the EU-Netval national reference laboratory network.

Arne Materna Ph.D

Ingmar Claes, PhD
Ingmar studied bioscience engineering at the University of Leuven, graduated in 2007 and obtained a PhD in cell and gene technology in 2011. He has an expertise in the field of probiotics, its molecular mechanisms and the topical application of these beneficial bacteria to restore the human microbiome. As bioengineer and microbiologist, he feels that it is important to translate this scientific research into daily products from which people at home and the community can benefit.
In the context of YUN, he is closely working together with the Department of Bioscience Engineering of the University of Antwerp, the Lab of Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology of prof. Sarah Lebeer, the Lab of Pharmaceutical Technology and Biopharmacy of prof. Filip Kiekens, prof. dr. Julien Lambert (dermatology) and dr. Gilbert Donders (gynaecology, the University Hospital of Antwerp).
He has experience with leadership in multiple R&D projects and he held a managing role in YUN’s R&D projects of the Flemish Institute for the Promotion of Scientific and Technological Research in Industry (VLAIO). YUN’s current range of probiotic products and therapies were developed under his supervision.

Peter Bogaert
Peter Bogaert is a managing partner of the Brussels office, and has a broad European life sciences practice. He has detailed regulatory expertise under EU and national laws, handles legislative and other policy assignments and provides strategic advice. He also represents life sciences companies before the European Courts in Luxembourg and in local litigation in Belgium. Mr. Bogaert's practice covers pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, medical devices, special foods and feed, cosmetics and other consumer products and he represents numerous innovative life sciences companies, including start-ups, as well as several industry associations.

Maya Ivanjesku
Maya has over twenty years experience as a formulation scientist in the pharmaceutical, cosmeceutical and biotech industries. She has managed multiple projects, including OTC’s, cosmeceuticals, Rx topicals, topical medical devices and nutraceuticals.
In consumer products, Maya worked as a senior research scientist/project manager for Estee Lauder, where she led the development of new formulations and products within the innovation/blue sky group. In addition, she created products for LaMer, Bare Essentials, Urban Decay, Joe Malone, Arbonne, Origins, Clinique and the list goes on. In biotechnology, she worked for numerous companies guiding chemists on developing new formulas, managing a team of scientists to support the R&D process and organizing, writing and executing calibrations, validation and performance on all lab equipment. One of the strongest values
Maya brings her expertise and knowledge of product development to LaFlore — from concept to commercialization with emphasis on pharmaceutical quality standards.

Harald van der Hoeven
Harald van der Hoeven started to work in personal care in 1999 where he specialized on R&D and formulating of skin care cosmetics.
In 2006 Harald joined CLR in Berlin and took over as Director R&D. Since May 2013 he is Technical Marketing Director at CLR, involved in both R&D and technical and scientific support of CLR's customers.

Dr Cath O'Neill

Andrea Maltagliati

Andrew McBain

Valerie Cenizo Ph.D.

Bernhard Paetzold Ph.D
Bernhard completed his PhD in synthetic biology, working together in collaboration with the pharmaceutical industry to engineer bacteria as a living pill. He is a scientific co-founder of S-Biomedic, and is leading the research and product development.
His passion is understanding the complex interplay of the bacterial communities that live within and on us. He is fascinated by the untouched potential of active compounds that are naturally produced everyday right on our own skin.

Trevor Steyn
Trevor is an organic chemist with a passion to explore new ways of treating skin and fighting ageing.
For more than 15 years his research on skin has taken a very different approach. He takes a broad, long-term perspective to anti-ageing and looks at every aspect of the skin, from its health to the external factors affecting it.
Esse was born in 2002 as a result of Trevor’s passion for the chemistry of Africa’s plants. His post-graduate research was about the extraction of active compounds from African plants. After discovering the potential of these plants in skincare products, Trevor founded Esse Probiotic Skincare.

Dr Chris Gummer

Cecile Kalem

Myriam Golembo Ph.D

Oliver Worsley

Geoff Briggs

Les Tillack

Kristen Neumann

Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan joined the Integumen PLC team as Chief Sales Officer in July 2019. Paul is responsible for Labskin operations and sales while feeding into and off plc synergies.
Formerly Head of New Business Development at 8 West Consulting (www.8west.ie) since Jan 2015, where he was responsible for new business development for their 220+ personnel operation, selling to global customers, including Anthem Inc., a US Fortune 50 health insurance company, Estee Lauder and Avon. Paul's key strength is driving sales through alliances and partnerships, with companies such as Microsoft, Dell and Sony, all of whom work with 8 West.
Earlier roles include VP Sales for LeT Systems, a Irish software company with global customers (USA, UK, Asia) in electrical utilities, where he was responsible for sales and partnerships with Siemens, SAP, Accenture, IBM and others. Earlier in his career Paul was Managing Director of Envision Marketing Consultants Ltd., a full service research and consulting practice and an approved consultancy provider under all Irish government agencies and semi-state agencies.
Paul was Sales & Marketing Manager of ERA-Maptec Ltd., Dublin, a campus technology company spun out from Trinity College Dublin. The company works in natural resource/satellite mapping technologies, serving international mineral exploration, land use and cartographic publishing markets.

Alex Chapman
Alex has almost 20 years experience working in large and small companies, at a variety of levels.
Alex trained as a Chemist while at the national Central Science Laboratory a department of the Food and Environment Agency in the United Kingdom. As an Analytical Chemist he developed new testing methods for the agency, specialising in GC & LC-MS.
Alex later joined Paraytec Ltd., a UV imaging detector manufacturer and University of York spin-out, and rose to Sales and Technical Manager. He was responsible for overall management of laboratory testing and managed product development and sales activities.
Alex joined Labskin in 2017 and is now Head of Operations. He is responsible for the rapid scaling of both the product and services offering (which integrates testing and secure online data) and working with clients to showcase Labskin expertise and meet client needs.
Alex also leads technical pre-sales and sales support for Labskin, interacting with customers and partners, and is a frequent speaker at events and conferences.

Johanna Gillbro
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Thought Leadership Partners
CLR - Chemisches Laboratorium
Website: https://www.clr-berlin.com/
Founded in 1926 in Berlin, Germany, CLR - Chemisches Laboratorium Dr. Kurt Richter GmbH – is one of the world's leading manufacturers and suppliers of active ingredients from natural origin for the international cosmetics industry. CLR has enriched beauty and personal care with many novel active ingredients and pioneering concepts, where effectiveness and safety have always been the focus. Our company is at the cutting edge in the development of innovative high-quality active ingredients for skin and hair care. As an independent, private company, CLR has a long-standing reputation for delivering excellent and comprehensive customer service, which goes beyond routine support. Building on comprehensive and profound expertise, we use the most modern methods and technologies available in both product development and production processes. Providing complete documentation and extensive proof of effectiveness and safety, CLR works closely with its customers all over the world to create concepts to match their specific needs. We apply state-of-the art methods and technology to ensure high-quality performance and create a stable foundation for future improvements. CLR constantly reviews its quality management system to match current requirements. Consequently CLR maintains an integrated management system combining quality, environmental and social responsibility standards in accordance with ISO 9001, ISO 14001, SA8000 and EFfCI GMP.
BASF
Website: https://www.carecreations.basf.com/
About the Care Chemicals division at BASF
The BASF division Care Chemicals offers a broad range of ingredients for personal care, hygiene, home care, industrial & institutional cleaning, and technical applications. We are the global leading supplier for the cosmetics industry as well as the detergents and cleaners industry, and support our customers with innovative and sustainable products, solutions and concepts. The division’s high-performance product portfolio includes surfactants, emulsifiers, polymers, emollients, chelating agents, cosmetic active ingredients and UV filters. Superabsorbent polymers developed for the full spectrum of hygiene applications complete the range. We have production and development sites in all regions and are expanding our presence in emerging markets. Further information is available online at www.care-chemical.basf.com.
About BASF
At BASF, we create chemistry for a sustainable future. We combine economic success with environmental protection and social responsibility. The more than 115,000 employees in the BASF Group work on contributing to the success of our customers in nearly all sectors and almost every country in the world. Our portfolio is organized into five segments: Chemicals, Performance Products, Functional Materials & Solutions, Agricultural Solutions and Oil & Gas. BASF generated sales of €64.5 billion in 2017. BASF shares are traded on the stock exchanges in Frankfurt (BAS), London (BFA) and Zurich (BAS). Further information at www.basf.com.
Roelmi HPC
Website: https://www.roelmihpc.com/
Roelmi HPC is a partner company that drives innovation in Health & Personal Care.
Roelmi HPC does research, planning, development and production of functional and active ingredients. Those innovative solutions are found through cutting-edge technologies driven by innovation in green chemistry and by building perfect models of circular economy.
Thanks to our prolonged experience, Roelmi HPC approaches the market with a scientific method based on recognized quality, passion, targeted research and tested solutions.
The main objective is to drive innovation following the respect for the environment, bio-diversity preservation and use of sustainable sources (NIP® PROGRAM “No Impact in Progress”).
LabSkin
Website: https://www.labskin.co.uk/
Labskin’s pioneering approach to testing skin care products by cloning a patient’s skin microbiome and transplanting it on to Labskin human skin equivalent allows a wide range of testing that no longer requires invasive procedures on patients. Data from next generation sequencing of the Labskin and skin biome is coupled with AI processes to interpret and direct further development of skincare products in a controlled and efficient manner, reducing development time and costs.
Associate Partner
Cosmos ID
Website: http://www.cosmosid.com
CosmosID®, based in Rockville, Maryland, is a provider of Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) and Bioinformatics Solutions, delivering strain-level microbiome analysis including the identification of bacteria, viruses, phages, fungi & protists along with functional and AMR/VIR characterization for a range of different fields, including animal health & nutrition.
Services offered by CosmosID’s GLP-certified laboratory and bioinformatics pipelines enable end-to-end support; from study design consultation to DNA extraction, library preparation, Sequencing, bioinformatics and support.
CosmosID’s cloud-based metagenomics application offers user-friendly access to world’s largest curated database for microbial genomics and has been independently validated to return rapid metagenomic analyses with industry leading sensitivity and precision.
Luina Bio
Website: http://www.luinabio.com.au
Luina Bio is Australia’s most experienced biopharmaceutical CDMO’s. We perform GMP manufacture of
- Recombinant proteins & vaccines
- Live Biotherapeutics
- Human & veterinary products
- Aerobic and fully anaerobic fermentation, BSL-1 BSL-2
More specifically Luina Bio carries out microbial aerobic and anaerobic fermentation, technical transfer, cell banking, process development and validation, analytical development, GMP production and stability studies.
Experience
Through its 20 years’ experience Luina Bio has provided development and production services to clients based in America, Asia, Australia and Europe. Our clients include biopharmaceutical development companies, research institutes, veterinary drug
companies and Universities. We have been involved in a wealth of different projects.
Recent projects include:
- Recombinant protein from E.coli for a phase 3 trial in the US under IND
- Production of anaerobic BSL-2 Live Biotherapeutics for a Phase 1 trial in the US
- Recombinant protein from E.coli conjugated to a carbohydrate for a phase 2 in the US under IND and phase 2/3 trial in the EU;
- Fermentation sourced semisynthetic carbohydrate for a phase 3 clinical trial in Asia;
- Whole cell killed vaccine for a phase 2 trial in the US and Australia under IND.
Key facilities and equipment
- Fermentation at 5L, 30L, 75L and 500L scale
- Fed batch capabilities
- Cell recovery by discrete continuous centrifugation or ultrafiltration
- Ultrafiltration
- High pressure homogeniser for cell rupture
- Chromatography
- AKTA 100 system
- AKTA Biopilot
- AKTA Bioprocess skid
- Chromatography columns to 200L
- Final product filtration
- Lyophilisation bulk and stoppering up to 40L
Why work with us
- 20 years’ expertise in biopharmaceutical production from bacterial / yeast cell lines
- GMP material for:
- Pre-clinical
- Clinical Phase 1, 2 & 3
- Market
- Highly cost competitive
- Extremely flexible with fast access and turnaround times
Access to 41% R&D Tax Incentive offered by the Australian Government for pharmaceutical development.
Event Partner
VitroScreen
Website: http://www.vitroscreen.com
VitroScreen is a privately owned research laboratory specialized in preclinical in vitro studies founded in 2001 acting as an out-sourced R&D department of Customers from different industries
VitroScreen relies on a skilled, cohesive and ever growing team (PhDs represent than 50% of thje staff) operating today in its 7,000+ square feet facilities and applying the most predictive and reproducible in vitro testing strategy on 3D human tissue models (100+ research studies per year)
VitroScreen is a GLP certified Laboratory since 2010, member of EU- NETVAL network since 2014 :it is committed to implement Alternatives in life sciences.
VitroScreen supports customers projects in : Pharma, Cosmetic, Medical Devices, Nutritional, Chemical and PPP with 200+ experimental models.
DSM
Website: https://www.dsm.com/personal-care/en_US/home.html
DSM in Personal Care & Aroma provides solutions for customers in the personal care, home care and fine fragrance markets. Its extensive portfolio includes aroma ingredients, vitamins and natural bioactives, as well as UV filters, peptides and polymers. With its competence & expertise in science, formulations, and applications it is well placed to deliver on diverse consumer beauty and health needs, especially in the context of aging populations and increasing ethnic & cultural requirements. The business also addresses the public health issue of globally rising skin cancer rates, providing innovative sun care solutions that extend beyond UV into the blue light range, and creating and creating awareness of the need to use sun protection daily.
Media Partners
CosmeticsOBS
Website: https://cosmeticobs.com/en/
CosmeticOBS- L'Observatoire des Cosmétiques is the 1st French independent information pole on cosmetics, whose mission is to gather, analyse and publish information in total independence from the actors of the cosmetics industry.
All information is centralized, constantly verified and updated for the professionals of the cosmetics industry
Euromonitor
Website: https://blog.euromonitor.com/tag/alcoholic-drinks/
Euromonitor International is a global market research company providing strategic intelligence on industries, companies, economies and consumers around the world. Comprehensive international coverage and insights across consumer goods, business-to-business and service industries make our research an essential resource for businesses of all sizes. Euromonitor International acts as a trusted partner, providing actionable solutions to support decisions on how, where and when to grow your business.
Pharma Journalist
Website: http://www.pharmajournalist.com
Pharma Journalist is a leading international B2B magazine providing the global information and the recent updates in the Pharmaceutical Industry.
Our editorial staff works dedicatedly to provide latest information of Pharmaceutical Industry in the form of articles, news, trends, analysis, market report, press releases, whitepapers, case studies, etc. which helps Industry professionals and decision makers to stay on the top of this fast-paced industry.
Various Online marketing services and promotional activities through Pharma Journalist helps companies and organizations to reach their target audience and create brand awareness.
Cosmetic Business
Website: https://www.hpcimedia.com/Cosmetics-Business/
Cosmetics Business is the leading online platform for the professional beauty, personal care and toiletries industry with daily breaking news for products, manufacturing, ingredients, packaging, formulation, jobs, events and company information.
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The Skin Microbiome Congress EU will be held at Olympia London in Kensington, London.
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