Richard Scott – Editor, Personal Care IFSCC CONFERENCE
Thailand welcomes cosmetics industry
The 21st IFSCC Conference in Bangkok was originally due to be held between 31 October and 2 November 2011 but was postponed due to the flooding throughout Thailand that eventually hit parts of the capital. The event was re-scheduled for the 12-14 December in conjunction with in-cosmetics Asia, which gave Bangkok the opportunity to become the centre of the cosmetics industry for the week, and so the middle week in December was given the title: ‘Beauty Week in Bangkok’. Held at the Dusit Thani Hotel, the
theme of the conference was ‘3E: Effective, Economic & Ecological Cosmetics’. Despite the re-scheduling the conference was attended by 356 delegates, which also included many students who had been sponsored to attend.
Opening ceremony At the opening ceremony, the president of the IFSCC, Panvipa Krisdaphong, described the IFSCC as a worldwide federation that encourages the advancement of cosmetic science and technology as well as the dissemination of knowledge. She also said that this was the first opportunity for Thailand to host the conference and it was a great honour. Also attending the opening ceremony
was the Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand, who said: “I’d like to express my sincere appreciation for the honour of being asked to officiate the opening of the IFSCC 2011 Conference. I would like to thank you for
the opportunity given to Thailand, allowing us to host such a great event in this country during such a difficult period.” The opening ceremony closed with
a lively display from traditional Thai drummers and dancers, followed by a fashion parade with clothes depicting native Thai herbs and flowers. The show illustrated the wealth of culture and natural resources within Thailand, making it particularly well disposed for the cosmetics industry, which was backed up by the excellent level of papers from Thai companies in the oral and poster sessions.
Keynote speeches The first keynote speech was delivered by Dr Randall Wickett of the University of Cincinnati. The speech was titled ‘Development and testing of natural cosmeceuticals’. The speech focused primarily on the testing of natural cosmeceuticals, but opened with a definition of the term ‘cosmeceuticals’. Dr Wickett said that although most people assume that it was first coined by the late professor Dr Kligman, it was actually first used publically by Raymond Reed in a journal in 1962 (and was used widely by within his company for many years before that). According to US law cosmeceuticals
do not exist and the term has no official meaning. However, most people agree that a cosmeceutical is something that goes beyond cleansing and moisturising, and the use of natural cosmeceuticals is continuing
to grow in popularity all over the world. In terms of testing, Dr Wickett said that there are many ways to test an active, but ultimately you have to test on people. During the development process of a
new natural cosmeceutical, and after the source has been selected, Dr Wickett says it is very important to explain the extraction process. Describing something just as an ‘extract’ explains very little without detailing what the solvent was, how it was collected etc. On the subject of gene expression studies, Dr Wickett said that these are
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