Congress Programme
COMET CONGRESS - 2025
Wednesday January 22, 2025
09:00 - Opening
SESSION 1: Skin Models: From explant to organ-on-chip
09:20 - KEYNOTE
Walid Rachidi - Professor - CEA Grenoble, IRIG/BGE/BIOMICS
“Skin Organoids, Biological Avatars for Dermocosmetic Research and Beyond”
09:55
Vincent Gauthier - Teacher-Researcher - CY CERGY PARIS UNIVERSITY
"Mechanical mesoscopic properties monitoring of skin explants regarding the age and the stratum corneum integrity"
10:15 a.m.
Luigi Formicola - COO & Co-founder - EXADEX-INNOV
“Combination of a novel donor-derived 3D vascularized adult organoid and 4D imaging analysis to support anti-dark circles and under-eye bags claims for dermo-cosmetic active ingredients”
10:35
Rosalind Hannen -Founder & CEO - KERATIFY
“Closer to Human: A New Fluidic Platform Redefines Laboratory Skin Testing”
11:25 a.m.
Claire Poujouly - R&D Project Manager - MICROFACTORY
"Characterization of cosmetic powders using microfluidics: focus on the powder/sebum interaction"
11h45
Kyung-Jin Jang - Chief Science Officer - OUTER BIOSCIENCES
"Accelerated Discovery of Anti-aging Bioactives through an Advanced Human Skin Platform"
12h05
Andrea Cavagnino - Chief Operating Officer - OXIPROTEOMICS
"Innovative Ex-Vivo Human Skin Model for Assessing Microbiota Dysbiosis and Cosmetic Products Efficacy in Skin Barrier Protection"
12h30-14h30 : LUNCH & EXHIBITION/POSTER SESSION
SESSION 2 - Omics Technologies
2:30 p.m. - KEYNOTE
Katy Vandereyken - Research Manager - KU LEUVEN
Single-cell and spatial multi-omics to understand human cell biology from embryogenesis to aging and disease
3:05 p.m.
Thomas Darde - Bioinformatician & Founder - SCILICIUM
"Low-Cost Sequencing Methods for Evaluating the Safety and Efficacy of Cosmetics"
3:25 p.m.
Phuong Le - Lecturer & Researcher - EBI
"AI and the Skin Microbiome: Discovering Viral Dynamics"
3:45 p.m.
Petronille Houdart - Skincare Director - SEQUENTIAL SKIN LTD
"Influence of Ageing, Acne, and Skin Sensitivity on Skin Microbiome Composition - A novel consumer skin microbiome study using the Sequential’s skin patch and Smart Probe™ technology"
4:05pm Exhibitors presentations
SESSION 3 - ENVIRONMENTAL AND HUMAN SAFETY
5:00 p.m. - KEYNOTE
Manon Averseng - Head of Toxicology and Ecotoxicology - TOXIPLAN
“eToxiSafe: A Cutting-Edge Approach to Ecotoxicological Product Certification”
5:35 p.m.
Pablo CANAMAS - PhD, R&D Engineer - HELIOSCIENCE
“Non-Destructive Evaluation of Cosmetic Toxicity on Corals: A New Test for Environmental Safety”
5:55 p.m.
Marc GJ Feuilloley - Professor - UNIVERSITY OF ROUEN-NORMANDY, COSMETOMICS@URN EXPERTISE CENTER
“Cosmetics non-thermal microbial decontamination: Application of microwave plasma and supercritical carbon dioxide technology”
6:15 p.m.
Théo Lacour -Experimental Toxicology Technician - GENEVOLUTION
Cell Transformation Assay, a specific staining for cell transformation
6:35 p.m END OF DAY 1
Thursday January 23, 2025
SESSION 4: INSTRUMENTATION AND DIGITAL DATA TREATMENT
09:00 - KEYNOTE
Emilie Jouanneau - Head of Concept and Efficiency - Shiseido
"From science to consumer expectations: the challenge of innovative claims"
09:35
Arthur Bouffandeau - PhD - MSME LABORATORY UMR 8208 CNRS
"Biomechanical characterization of the skin firmness using impact analysis: towards a decision support system"
09:55
Hassan Zahouani - Professor - Laboratory of Tribology and Dynamics of Systems. UMR CNRS 5513
“How Human Skin Mechanoreceptors Are Activated During Haptic Investigations: Novel Finger Engineering Technology “TouchyFinger©””
10:15 a.m.
Marine Douguet - Senior Consultant - ODOURNET
"Can alcohol-free fragrance formulations meet the olfactory performances of alcohol-based fragrances?"
11:05
Maya NABOULSI - Biochemist - Clarins Laboratories
"A Multiparametric Study of Skin Mechanical Properties: Assessing the Immediate Tensing Effect"
11:25 a.m.
Gaëlle Brévalle-Wasilewski -Research And Development Engineer - Lightcore Technologies
“Standalone multimodal nonlinear flexible endoscope for in-vivo skin imaging”
11:45 a.m
Emmanuel DORIDOT - Head of cosmetology clinical studies laboratory - Croda Beauty Actives
"Characterization of skin elbow aging by 3D fringe projection based device, standardized pictures and elasticity measures"
12:15 a.m : POSTER PRESENTATIONS
LUNCH & POSTER/EXHIBITION SESSION
2:15 p.m.
Zoé Charton - Perception Measurement & Instrumental Testing Project Manager - LVMH RESEARCH
"New devices and new insights for lip color and morphology characterization"
2:35 p.m.
Julie Robic - Evaluation Project Manager - LABORATOIRES CLARINS / Ghislain FRANCOIS - Chief Technical Officer - QIMA LIFE SCIENCES
"DynaCam®: a new standardized video acquisition system for efficient and repeatable in vivo quantification of facial skin aging signs"
2:55 p.m.
Yohan ATTAL - CEO & Founder - Cyrebro Neurosignals
"Waves of Emotion: Assessing the Psychological Impact of Cosmetic Creams
Using EEG"
3:15 p.m.
Magali Bonnier - R&T director Personal Care - CRODA
"Scented Harmony: the art of merging Fragrance & Texture in cosmetics"
4:05 p.m.
Franck Bonnier - Head of laboratory - New Testing Methods (In Vivo Efficacy)- LVMH Recherche
"Evaluating Facial Dermis Aging in Healthy Caucasian Females with LC-OCT and Deep Learning"
4:25 p.m.
Aïda Meghraoui - CEO & CSO - AMKBIOTECH
“High-Plex skin imaging: enter a new era of AI-based skin complexity analysis”
4:45 p.m.
Sylvain Delteil - GM & VP Business Development - PERFECT CORP.
"Leveraging Artificial Intelligence to Deliver Dermatologist-Verified Skin Diagnostics"
5:15 END OF THE CONGRESS