Johannesburg Congress reviews beauty in diversity

Developments in active research, Naturals – R&D advances, Neurobiology – wellness and wellbeing, Nanotechnology – science, technology, and pitfalls, Advances in delivery systems and technology, Legislation and regulations – global requirements. IFSCC Congresses are the major IFSCC meetings and are organised in evennumbered years. Attendance by delegates has been upwards of 1,500, and they are an excellent opportunity to learn about cutting-edge technology developing in the industry as well as offering a platform for networking. Keynote speakers at the 2012 Congress in Johannesburg include:

Prof. Juergen Lademann is a highly qualified and respected scientist in the field of skin physiology. He studied at the Martin-Luther University, Halle, and Moscov-Lomonosov University. After completing his studies, he was appointed group and project manager at the Institute of Optics and Spectroscopy of the Academy of Science in Berlin. From 1992 to 1995, he was leader of the section ‘Light Tissue Interaction’, Department of Dermatology of the Humboldt University of Berlin. Juergen Lademann was awarded an Assistant Professorship at the Medical Faculty Charité, Humboldt University of Berlin, in 1996. Since 1998 he has been head of the Center of Experimental and Applied Cutaneous Physiology, Department of Dermatology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin. In 2000, he received a full professorship as director of the Center of Experimental and Applied Cutaneous Physiology, Charité, Berlin. Among many commitments, Juergen is editor of the international journal, Skin Pharmacology and Applied Skin Physiology, and is past president of the International Society of Skin Pharmacology and Physiology. Prof Lademann’s presentation for the Congress is entitled ‘In Vivo Analysis of the Interaction of Antioxidants and Free Radicals in Human Skin’.

Kazutami Sakamoto has been a professor of Faculty of Pharmacy at Chiba Institute of Science since April 2010. He is also an adjunct professor of Dept. of Pure & Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science & Technology, at Tokyo University of Science. He is a Fellow of the Chemical Society of Japan and graduated in the master program of Applied Chemistry, School of Engineering at Tohoku University in 1971 after finishing the undergraduate program at the same university. He received his PhD from the Faculty of Science at Tohoku University in 1980 and in 1971 he joined the Central Research Laboratories of Ajinomoto as a research chemist and spent most of his professional career with the company until 2003. During his time with Ajinomoto, Dr Sakamoto was engaged in the development of Ajinomoto’s functional chemical products, especially cosmetic ingredients. He also has conducted many basic research projects in the area of colloid and interfacial chemistry and skin science. In 2003 he retired from Ajinomoto and joined Shiseido Research Center as resident special technical advisor and spent three years on the creation and promotion of Shiseido’s new R&D projects. Since then he has worked for Seiwa Kasei as a director of R&D. His study ‘Self Organization of Amino Acid Based Chiral Surfactants: Evaluation of Organized Structures and Interactions with Biological System’ won an award from the Japan Oils Chemists’ Society in 2005. He has been actively participating in many international conferences as an invited speaker during the past 10 years. Dr Sakamoto was a Chairman of Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry at The Chemical Society of Japan from 2007-2008.