Preeliminary Programme:
Day 1 (September 17, 2025)
17:30 – 18:30 Registration Desk Open
18:20- 18:30 Short Welcome of the Conference Participants by the Representatives of The Organizing Comittee
18:30- 19:15 From Tradition to Innovation – Advanced Analytical and Cell-Biological Techniques for Quality Control of Plant-Based Products in Medicine, Nutrition and Cosmetics – Prof. Günther K. Bonn (Austrian Drug Screening Institute, University of Innsbruck, Austria)
19:15 – 21:00 Wellcome Reception with life music
Day 2 (September 18, 2025)
8:30 – 14:00 Registration Desk Open
9:00 – 9:20 Opening Ceremony
9:20 – 9:30 Presentation of the SunRISE Alliance
9:30 – 9:35 Presentation of the Phytochemical Society of Europe
9:35- 11:30 SESSION I: Extraction and isolation of natural cosmetic ingredients
9:35– 10:05 Plenary Lecture I: The olive tree (Olea europaea), an invaluable source of bioactive molecules” – Prof. Leandros Skaltsounis (National and Kapodistrian Univeristy of Athens, Greece)
10:05 – 10:25 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)
10:25 – 10:45 Keynote Lecture II: Bioactive substances from medicinal mushrooms and their innovative applications in cosmeceuticals – Dr Ewa Zapora (Białystok Univeristy of Technology, Poland)
10:45– 11:00 Short lecture I
11:00 – 11:15 Short lecture II
11:15 – 11:30 Discussion
11:30 – 12:15 Coffee Break + Poster Session
12:15 – 14:30 SESSION II: Modern technologies in natural cosmetics
12:15 – 12:45 Plenary Lecture II: The Synergy of Nature and Nano: Advanced Skin Solutions – Prof. Dr. Ilkay Erdogan Orhan (Lokman Hekim Univeristy, Türkiye)
12:45 – 13:05 Keynote Lecture III: Setting and Reframing the Ambition: Cosmetic, Cosmeceutical or Pharmaceutical – Dr Martin Braddock (GENIXICONSULTING LTD, UK)
13:05 – 13:25 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)
13:25 – 13:45 Keynote Lecture V: Valorization of apple pomace by extraction of bioactive compounds for cosmetic products – Prof. Monika Kalinowska (Białystok Univeristy of technology, Poland)
13:45– 14:00 Short Lecture III: Testing of cosmetics, ingredients and personal care products using 3D reconstructed human cornea -like tissue model – Dr Silvia Letasiova (MatTek, Slovakia)
14:00 – 14:15 Short lecture IV – TBA
14:15 – 14:30 – Discussion
14:30 – 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 – 16:40 Short lecture V – TBA
16:40 – 16:55 Short lecture VI – TBA
16:55– 17:10 Discussion
17:10 – 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
9:30 – 10:00 Plenary Lecture IV: Environmental Claims and Sustainability Labels: Substantiation and Certification –Dr Mark Smith (NaTrue, Belgium) –
10:00 – 10:20 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)
10:20– 10:40 Keynote Lecture IX: Extra virgin olive oil quality in sustainable production systems with local varieties – Prof. Enrico Maria Lodolini (Marche Polytechnic University, Ancona, Italy)
10:40– 11:00 Keynote Lecture X: Innovating with Integrity: Sustainable Solutions in Natural Cosmetics – Dr Julia Moesslacher (Cura Cosmetics, Austria)
11:00– 11:15 Short lecture VII: Sustainable beauty: unlocking the cosmetic potential of spent coffee grounds –Adrianna Maria Piasek (EcoBean, Poland)
11:15– 11:30 Discussion
11:30- 12:20 Coffee Break + Poster session
12:20– 13:40 SESSION IV: The future of natural cosmetics from the perspective of young scientists
12:20– 12:30 Short lecture IX
12:30 – 12:40 Short lecture X
12:40 – 12:50 Short lecture XI
12:50 – 13:00 Short lecture XII
13:00 – 13:10 Short lecture XIII
13:10 – 13:20 Short Lecture IX
13:20– 13:40 Discussion
13:40 – 13:50 Award Ceremony
13:50 – 14:10 Closing Remarks
14:10 – 15:00 Lunch
14:40 – 15:40 Workshops (for Registered Participants only)
- Formulation of natural cosmetics
- Bioferments in cosmetics by Orcideo (Group 2)
15:45 – 16:45 Workshop: 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.