Day 1: 20/09/2023
18:30-20:00 Registration
18:30 -22:00 Wellcome Reception – Bureau of Art Exhibitions (BWA) Sobieskiego 18, Rzeszów city center (https://www.bwa.rzeszow.pl/)
Day 2: 21/09/2023
08:00 – 12:00 Registration
08:30 – 09:15 The official opening of the conference by the authorities of the University of Information Technology and Management; Wellcome speeches by Prof. Kazimierz Głowniak, Chair of the Department of Cosmetology, UITM in Rzeszów and representatives of the Scientific Patrons of the 2nd NCIM
09:15 – 10:00 Opening lecture: Prof. Günther K. Bonn (Austrian Drug Screening Institute, University of Innsbruck, Austria)
10:00 – 10:30 – Coffee break
10:30 – 12:15 Session I “Innovative sources of natural cosmetic ingredients”
Hosts: TBA
10:30 – 11:00 Classic and innovative biotechnological methods for obtaining of cosmetic raw materials from exotic plant species – Prof. Halina Ekiert, Dr hab. Agnieszka Szopa (Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Polska)
11:00 – 11:30 TBA – Prof. Marijana Zovko Končić (University of Zagreb, Chorwacja)
11:30 – 11:45 Biological photoprotectives from fruit rinds of Garcinia indica: an approach beyond sun protection factor – Dr Manjushri A. Deodhar (University of Mumbai, India)
11:45 – 12:00 TBA
12:00 -12:15 TBA
12:15 – 12:45 Coffee Break
12:45 -14:30 Session II “Modern technologies in natural cosmetic formulations”
Hosts: TBA
12:45 – 13:15 Challenges in Cosmetic Formulations – Our Studies Focused on nanocosmetics – Prof. Ilkay Erdogan Orhan (Gazi University, Ankara, Türkiye)
13:15 – 13:45 Green Technologies for the Modulation and Activation of Plant Metabolism for Cosmetic Applications – Dr Christophe Hano (University of Orleans, France)
13:45 – 14:00 Reconstructed human skin models and cosmetics safety – Dr Silvia Letasiova (MatTek, Bratislava, Slovakia)
14:00 – 14:15 The effectiveness of the selected plant secondary metabolites as the functional ingredients in cosmetic formulations – Dr Magdalena Malinowska (Cracow University of Technology, Poland)
14:15 – 14:30 TBA
14:30 – 15:30 Lunch
15:30 – 17:15 Session III “Methods of extraction and isolation of natural cosmetic ingredients”
Hosts: TBA
15:30 – 16:00 Polyphenols as preventive agents for viral infections – prof. Rudolf Bauer (University of Graz, Austria)
16:00 – 16:30 Evolving trends in extracting, fractionating, and separating natural bio-active ingredients from green herbal biomass of potential importance to phyto-cosmetic industry worldwide – Prof. Henry O. Meissner (NICM, TTD International, Sydney, Australia)
16:30 – 16:45 TBA
16:45 – 17:00 TBA
17:15 – 17:30 TBA
19:00 – 22:00 Conference Dinner – Taberna pod Sosnami, Kielnarowa (http://tabernapodsosnami.pl/pl/)
Day 3: 22/09/2023
09:15 – 11:00 Session IV “Global trends in natural cosmetics”
Hosts: TBA
09:15 – 09:45 Discovering of Novel Raw Materials for Cosmetics Industry: Fruit and Vegetable Seed Oils – Prof. Nazim Şekeroğlu (University of Gaziantep, Türkiye)
09:45 – 10:15 2023 trends and changing requirements for natural cosmetics – Dr Mark Smith, Viktoria Potko (NaTrue, Brussels, Belgium)
10:15 – 10:30 TBA – Dr Aikaterini Argyropoulou (PharmaGnose, Athens, Greece)
10:30 – 10:45 TBA
10:45 – 11:00 Microbiome Stimuli Base, innovative solution for psoriasis skin care – Dr Magdalena Biesiadecka (UITM, Rzeszów, Poland)
11:00 – 12:00 Coffee break + Poster Session
12:00 – 12:50 Session V – Short presentations of selected posters
12:50 – 13:00 Award ceremony for the Best Student’s Poster Competition
13:00 – 13:20 Closing remarks
13:20 – 14:15 Lunch
14:15 – 16:15 Workshops (for registered participants)