The podium presentations, exhibition stands and hundreds of posters will come together to form three days of the best in international cosmetic science and technology.  Science has been very much at the fore in recent months. At a time when health, our mental and physical well-being, and that of our planet, is more important than ever, the cosmetic industry helps people to look and feel great – as well as helping to keep us all safe. Science is driving our knowledge about how to do this in a sustainable way – which as a chemist with a keen interest in the environment is music to my ears!

IFSCC Congresses & Conferences are held every year and are organised and funded by the qualifying national societies who host them worldwide. For the UK and Ireland the national society is the Society of Cosmetic Scientists (SCS) – www.scs.org.uk that was formed in 1948. The SCS went on to be one of the founding members of the International Federation of Societies of Cosmetic Chemists (IFSCC) back in 1959 https://ifscc.org/about/history/ .

It will be twenty years since the UK last hosted an IFSCC Congress in 2002. I was proud to be part of that organising committee in charge of the (if I say so myself!) amazing Social events in Edinburgh. We must always remember that networking and the informal discussions it offers with peers is an important part of knowledge sharing. Learning happens throughout the event, not just in the scientific sessions and the social events will have an important part to play. The Congress will be a great opportunity to come and experience some of the iconic sights and sounds of our great capital city of London.  It didn’t get called “Swinging London” in the Sixties for nothing! 

The 2022 Congress will be a truly global event that brings our industry together; it is a place for our growing international community of cosmetic scientists to share their latest findings. There is nowhere else that this happens on this scale and I hope friends old and new from our industry will come together to participate, whether as a sponsor, a presenter or a delegate at the IFSCC 2022 Congress in London – Where Beauty, Science and Innovation Meet.