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 Cosmetics – Prof. Günther K. Bonn (Austrian Drug Screening Institute, University of Innsbruck, Austria)
19:00 – 21:00 Welcome 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
Chairs: Prof. Wirginia Kukuła-Koch, Prof. David da Silva
9:35– 10:00 Plenary Lecture I: The olive tree (Olea europaea), an invaluable source of bioactive molecules” – Prof. Leandros Skaltsounis (National and Kapodistrian University 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 University 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 University 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 University 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
Chairs: Prof. Agnieszka Szopa, Dr Simon Vlad Luca
12:10 – 12:35 Plenary Lecture II: The Synergy of Nature and Nano: Advanced Skin Solutions – Prof. Dr. Ilkay Erdogan Orhan (Lokman Hekim University, 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 (University 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 University 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 University 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
Chairs: Prof. Monika Kalinowska, Prof. Filip Boratyński
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/Dr Petros Tzimas (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 University, 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 University, 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
Chairs: Prof. Marijana Zovko Končić, Prof. Tomasz Wasilewski
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, University 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
Chairs: Dr Aleksandra Ziemlewska, Dr Bartosz Skóra
12:20– 12:30 Short lecture X: Rapid Screening of Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids in Cosmetic Products: A Non-Chromatographic approach utilizing Compact Mass Spectrometry – Benedikt Schwarz (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 University, Cracow University 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 University 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 Participants 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.