Scientific Programme

Preeliminary Programme:

Day 1 (September 17, 2025)

17:00 – 18:30 Registration Desk Open

18:00 – 18:15 Short Welcome of the Conference Participants by the Representatives of The Organizing Comittee

18:15 – 19:00 From Tradition to Innovation – Advanced Analytical and Cell-Biological Techniques for Quality Control of Plant-Based Products in Medicine, Nutrition and CosmeticsProf. Günther K. Bonn (Austrian Drug Screening Institute, University of Innsbruck, Austria)

19:00 – 21:00 Wellcome Reception with life music

Day 2 (September 18, 2025)

8:30 – 16:00 Registration Desk Open

9:00 – 9:15 Opening Ceremony

9:15 – 9:25 Presentation of the SunRISE Alliance 

9:25 – 9:35 Presentation of the Phytochemical Society of Europe

9:35- 11:15 SESSION I: Extraction and isolation of natural cosmetic ingredients

9:35– 10:00 Plenary Lecture I: The olive tree (Olea europaea), an invaluable source of bioactive molecules” – Prof. Leandros Skaltsounis (National and Kapodistrian Univeristy of Athens, Greece)

10:00 – 10:20 Keynote Lecture I: Applying the Concept of Loan Chemical Extraction to Design and Manufacture the High Quality Natural Cosmetics – Prof. dr hab. Tomasz Wasilewski (Casimir Pulaski Univeristy of Radom, Poland)

10:20 – 10:40 Keynote Lecture II: Bioactive substances from medicinal mushrooms and their innovative applications in cosmeceuticals – Prof. Grzegorz Świderski/Dr Ewa Zapora (Białystok Univeristy of Technology, Poland)

10:40– 10:50 Short lecture I: Affordable Purification of Botanical Extracts with a New Chromatography Approach – Dr Katalin Radvánszky (LiLiChro Ltd., Budapest, Hungary)

10:50 – 11:00 Short lecture II: Calendula officinalis tissue cultures grown in Plantform™ bioreactors as a sustainable source of phenolic antioxidants for cosmetic applications  – Prof. dr hab. Agnieszka Szopa (Collegium Medicum, Jagiellonian Univeristy in Kraków, Poland)

11:00– 11:15 Discussion

11:15 – 12:10 Coffee Break + Poster Session

12:10 – 14:10 SESSION II: Modern technologies in natural cosmetics

12:10 – 12:35 Plenary Lecture II: The Synergy of Nature and Nano: Advanced Skin Solutions – Prof. Dr. Ilkay Erdogan Orhan (Lokman Hekim Univeristy, Türkiye)

12:35 – 12:55 Keynote Lecture III: Setting and Reframing the Ambition: Cosmetic, Cosmeceutical or Pharmaceutical Dr Martin Braddock (GENIXICONSULTING LTD, UK)

12:55 – 13:15 Keynote Lecture IV: Cosmetic innovation: how to combine naturalness, performance, an increasingly strict regulatory environment and industrial reality? Prof. Michel Grisel (Univeristy of le Havre, France) 

13:15- 13:35 Keynote Lecture V:  Valorization of apple pomace by extraction of bioactive compounds for cosmetic products – Prof. Monika Kalinowska (Białystok Univeristy of Technology, Poland)

13:35– 13:45 Short Lecture III: Testing of cosmetics, ingredients and personal care products using 3D reconstructed human cornea -like tissue model – Dr Silvia Letasiova (MatTek, Slovakia)

13:45 – 13:55 Short lecture IV: Exploring the cosmetic potential of grapevine: A metabolomic approach to bioactive compound identification – Prof. Magdalena Malinowska (Cracow Univeristy of Technology, Poland)

13:55 – 14:10 – Discussion

14:10 – 15:20 Lunch

15:20 – 17:10 SESSION III: Traditional natural ingredients in modern cosmetology

15:20 – 15:45 Plenary Lecture III: Next-Gen Natural Cosmetics: The Synergy of Green Chemistry and Biotechnology. Early discoveries of GreenCosmin Project – Prof. Maria Halabalaki (National and Kapodistrian Univeristy of Athens, Greece)

15:45 – 16:05 Keynote Lecture VI: The potential of plant active substances in protecting the skin against infrared radiation – Prof. Sławomir Wilczyński (Silesian Medical Univeristy, Poland)

16:05 – 16:25 Keynote Lecture VII: Traditional application of desert Algerian plants in skin care products – Prof. Dr Noureddine Djebli (University of Mostaghanem, Algeria)

16:25 – 16:35 Short lecture V: Cosmetic Applications of Essential Oils Extracted from Taiwan’s Indigenous Forest Species– Dr Senthil Kumar KJ (National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan)

16:35– 16:45 Short lecture VI: Isoquinoline Alkaloids from Papaveraceae – Prof. Sylwia Zielińska (Wrocław Medical Univeristy, Poland)

16:45 – 16:55 Short Lecture VII: Microbiome Regulation by Cosmetic Ingredients – Dr Magdalena Biesiadecka (Univeristy of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszów, Orcideo, Poland)

17:05 – 17:20 Discussion

17:20 – 18:00 Coffee Break

17:30 – 18:30 Workshops (for Registered Participants only):

  • Reconstructed human cornea-like epithelial tissue model (EpiOcular) for the toxicity testing of chemicals, cosmetics, personal care and pharmaceutical products by MatTek
  • Bioferments in cosmetics by Orcideo (Group 1)

18:30 – 23:00 Conference Dinner – Taberna pod Sosnami, Kielnarowa (http://tabernapodsosnami.pl/)

Day 3 (September 19, 2025)

9:30 – 11:30 SESSION IV: Sustainability in natural cosmetics

09:30 – 09:55 Plenary Lecture IV: Environmental Claims and Sustainability Labels: Substantiation and Certification –Dr Mark Smith (NaTrue, Belgium) –

09:55 – 10:15 Keynote Lecture VIII: Zero-Waste Biorefinery: Transforming Agricultural By-products into High-Value Cosmetic Ingredients Using Probiotic Microorganisms – Prof. Marcin Łukaszewicz (InventionBio, Univeristy of Wrocław, Poland)

10:15– 10:35 Keynote Lecture IX: Extra virgin olive oil quality in sustainable production systems with local varieties – Prof. Enrico Maria Lodolini (Marche Polytechnic University, Ancona, Italy)

10:35 – 10:55 Keynote Lecture X:  Innovating with Integrity: Sustainable Solutions in Natural Cosmetics – Dr Julia Moesslacher (Cura Cosmetics, hollu GmbH, Paracelsus Medical University, Austria)

10:55 – 11:05 Short lecture VIII: Sustainable beauty: unlocking the cosmetic potential of spent coffee grounds – Adrianna Maria Piasek (EcoBean, Poland)

11:05 – 11:15 Short lecture IX: From by-products to bioactive ingredients: A green extraction and nano-encapsulation approach for bioactive-rich sensitive skin cosmetics – Dr Eirini Sarrou (Hellenic Agricultural Organization Dimitra, Institute of Plant Breeding and Genetic Resources, Thessaloniki, Greece)

11:15– 11:30 Discussion

11:30- 12:20 Coffee Break + Poster session

12:20– 13:50 SESSION IV: The future of natural cosmetics from the perspective of young scientists

12:20– 12:30 Short lecture X: Rapid Screening of Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids in Cosmetic Products: A Non-Chromatographic approach utilizing Compact Mass Spectrometry – Benedikt Schwartz (Austrian Drug Screening Institute, University of Innsbruck, Austria)

12:30 – 12:40 Short lecture XI: Valorizing Saffron By-Products and Bioactive Compounds as a Sustainable Source of Natural Colorants for Cosmetic Applications – Leonor Teixeira da Costa (iBET – Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Portugal)

12:40 – 12:50 Short lecture XII: Callus extracts of Vitis vinifera L. as a novel ingredient for cosmetics  – Marta Sharafan (Jagiellonian Univeristy, Cracow Univeristy of Technology, Poland)

12:50 – 13:00 Short lecture XIII: Unlocking Halophyte Plants’ Potential for Skin Formulations: A Natural Source of Anti-aging, Anti-hyperpigmentation, and Wound Healing Ingredients – Juliana Oliviera (iBET – Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Portugal)

13:00 – 13:10 Short lecture XIV: Overcoming the limitations of natural skin depigmenting agents: nature inspired cinnamic acid–amino acid derivatives with improved safety and efficacy of tyrosinase inhibition – Małgorzata Kabat (Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland)

13:10 – 13:20 Short Lecture XV: Bean to beauty: A circular approach to coffee-derived cosmetic ingredients – Zoja Trojan (EcoBean, Poland)

13:20 – 13:30 Short lecture XVI: Neuro-modulatory effects of cell-free supernatants from Hericium erinaceus and Ganoderma lucidum – relevance to the gut–brain–skin axis – Dominika Szlachcikowska (University of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszów, Poland)

13:30 – 13:40 Short lecture XVII: Lamiaceae Plant Extracts as Multifunctional Cosmetic Ingredients: Biological Activity and Safety Assessment – Anna Dziki (Cracow Univeristy of Technology, Poland)

13:40– 14:00 Discussion

14:00 – 14:10 Award Ceremony

14:10 – 14:25 Closing Remarks

14:25 – 15:30 Lunch

14:50 – 15:50 Workshops (for Registered Participants only)

  • Formulation of natural cosmetics
  • Bioferments in cosmetics by Orcideo (Group 2)

16:00 – 17:00 Workshop (for Registered Particopants only): Real-Time Demonstration of CPC – A Liquid-Liquid Chromatography Method for Cosmetic Applications by LiLiCHRO and Anchem

The final programme of the conference may be changed for resons beyond the Organizer’s control.

 
 
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