Geoffrey Brooks
GEOFFREY BROOKS CONSULTANTS LLC
Founder of Brooks Industries (now Arch Chemical)
The psychology of "looking good" and societal aspirations
7 ways the skin and body ages - how these have been identified and treated - these are not mutually exclusive, and work together to describe the extremely complex process we call aging
a)      Free-Radical or Oxidative theory
b)      The membrane theory of aging
c)      The mitochondrial theory of aging
d)      The glycation/protein carbonylation theory
e)      Telomeres theory
f)       Hormonal theory
g)      Metabolic theory
Some popular myths and opportunities concerning recent "discoveries", especially those which are natural, organic, homeopathic and herbally based. The benefits of using complementary oral cosmetic skin treatments (improving from within) to make topically applied skin treatments work better to enhance natural skin vitality.
 

R. RANDALL WICKETT, Ph.D.
Professor of Pharmaceutics and Cosmetic Science
The James L Winkle College of Pharmacy
University of Cincinnati
The future of non-invasive testing for research guidance and claim support.
 
Over the last 30 years non-invasive biophysical measurements of properties such as conductance and water loss have become a staple of modern skin research. A wide array of instrumental methods is now available to the modern skin care scientist. These methods provide quantitative information on the status of the skin and how it changes with treatment and can be used for both research guidance and claim support. This talk will look to the future of non-invasive measurement in skin care.
 

Vince Gruber, Ph.D.
Director of Research & Market Development- Arch Personal Care Products
The Power of Human Microarrays in Cosmetic Raw Material Analysis
This talk will focus on the use of human genomic microarrays to examine two important cosmetic raw material questions: The impact of skin antioxidants on skin cells and the impact of skin lighteners on melanocytes. In the first part, the talk will focus on recent studies examining a series of well-known, purified antioxidants including: Resveratrol, Epigallocatechin Gallate (EGCG), Genistein, Rosavin, Puerarin, Chlorgenic Acid, Propolis and two newer unexplored isoflavonoids isolated from Maclura pomifera (Osage Orange. The second part of the talk will focus on application of three well-known skin lighteners, Hydroquinone, Kojic Acid and Niacinamide, on human melanocytes.