The NYSCC Suppliers' Day is right around the corner, running May 1-3, 2023, and showcasing the latest innovations, ingredients, technology and sustainable efforts in the cosmetics industry.
The event will present 448 exhibiting companies to nearly 8,000 registrants attending in person and more than 300 attending virtually. Additionally it will enlighten attendees 100+ educational sessions and tracks on biotechnology, digital beauty, fragrance, innovations, microbiome and more.
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CEP Courses
Opening the event on Monday, May 1, will be two Continuing Education Program (CEP) courses, kicked off by Benjamin Schwartz, customer innovation manager at AAK. Schwartz will discuss formulating with natural oils and butters for the cosmetics industry, including best practices. The focus of the talk will be how the structure of fatty acids composing the triglycerides of oils and butters determine the interdependent properties of oxidative stability, compatibility, solid fat content and crystallization. Further, it will examine how these properties then inform choices of oils, butters and their derivatives within different personal care and cosmetic products, including anhydrous and emulsion-based products.
In parallel, a second CEP course will introduce attendees to the sensory characterization of cosmetic emulsions. Topics will include appearance, rub-out, pick-up and afterfeel, which can help formulators build an emotional relationship with the consumer, and trigger excitement and encourage consumers to purchase the product again. Speakers for this session include Gabriella Baki, Ph.D., of the University of Toledo; Mark Chandler, of ACT Solutions Corp., and Nina Poccia, senior sensory scientist at L'Oréal R&D.
Digital Beauty
The digital age of beauty session will be introduced by James Weatherall, global vice president at SpecialChem on Tuesday, May 2, and will focus on key strategies and innovations that influence product development and speed to market – as well as digital tools that drive, measure and analyze consumer engagement and the demands they set forth, including AI, blockchain and more.
The digital beauty portion of the event will also include discussions on the digitization of the cosmetics industry and the future of product development, how digital beauty and AI can support R&D innovations, what is next in digital formulating, digital traceability in the African raw ingredients supply chain, and more.
Sustainability
Always a pressing topic, sustainability will be featured in a dedicated track on Wednesday, May 3, beginning at 10:00 am. The opening talk will underscore L'Oreal's green science transformation for sustainable beauty, presented by Aditi Gogineni and Miao Wang. Additional presentations will focus on green beauty, circularity, upcycling, sustainable packaging, the future of green sciences, the evolution of clean beauty, 12 principles of green formulation, mergers and acquisitions in the natural ingredients space, and others.
Biotech
Biotechnology talks will begin on Wednesday, May 3, with Sue Feng, Ph.D., CEO at E.T. Browne Drug Company, and Yun Shao, Ph.D., senior vice president of R&D at Kobo Products Inc. The pair will introduce exciting new technologies that utilize biotechnology in producing active cosmetic ingredients sustainably.
Other topics throughout the biotech portion of the event will include utilizing nature and science, creating waterless formats using biotechnology ingredients, detachable microneedles and producing sustainable retinol.