Conference Sessions
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Session Type = Conference Session - Main Stage
Wednesday, June 29, 8:00 AM - 8:30 AM
The interactive TED-type talk will discuss the evolving consumer preferences and regulatory headwinds are changing what the perfumer needs to deliver. Advances in biotechnology, chemistry and artificial intelligence will help but require perfumers to adapt to new ways of working. The job will change more in the next ten years than...
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- Conference Session - Main Stage
Wednesday, June 29, 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
The COVID-19 pandemic has left an indelible mark on all sectors of the global economy. While some categories saw massive declines in demand, fragrances managed to buck home seclusion trends that plagued other social-facing beauty categories and maintain historic momentum over a two-year period. The pandemic unexpectedly refreshed global demand...
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- Conference Session - Main Stage
Wednesday, June 29, 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Mane junior perfumer, Ugo Charron, alongside journalist, Emmanuelle Dancourt (perfect anosmic), explain the concept of anosmia and try to find new ways to describe fragrances with the use of synesthetic language.
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- Conference Session - Main Stage
Wednesday, June 29, 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Berjé's Michelle Bruckman is set to dive into this two-part "Formulating with Woods" presentation. The 30-minute talk will highlight a handful of woody ingredients, including cedarwood and how she uses each differently in formulations. Bruckman will also touch on the sustainability aspects of each highlighted ingredient. Part two will be hosted...
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- Conference Session - Main Stage
Wednesday, June 29, 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Quintis picks up the tail end of the two-part "Formulating with Woods" presentation series. The 30-minute talk will highlight a handful of woody ingredients, including sandalwood and how speaker Pierre Bénard uses each differently in formulations.
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- Conference Session - Main Stage
Wednesday, June 29, 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDG’S) are a framework, agreed as priority challenges we as a global society face, essential to address for global improvement.At the recent COP26, the nations of the world came together to agree on tangible actions to reach key goals in line with the 2015 Paris...
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- Conference Session - Main Stage
Wednesday, June 29, 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
How has perfumery evolved during the COVID-19 pandemic and as the world begins to transition in the months that follow? Symrise Master Perfumer, Dirk Braun, takes the stage at the 2022 World Perfumery Congress to discuss the increased responsibility to nature, consumer health and hygiene. Braun will also explore the nuances of developing fragrances...
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- Conference Session - Main Stage
Wednesday, June 29, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
What are the global regulatory trends that are shaping the fragrance value chain? What is the impact of regulation on sustainability, innovation and wellbeing?
With the IFRA team and members as your guides, this session takes you on a world tour, looking at different stages of the fragrance chain and how...
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- Conference Session - Main Stage
Wednesday, June 29, 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
We are at a time where all companies define their 'purpose' to not only deliver financial performance but also contribute to society and the environment. This session aims at showing the important role that innovation plays in contributing to delivering on a strong company purpose in a world where consumers...
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- Conference Session - Main Stage
Thursday, June 30, 8:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Since Neolithic times, humankind has used odorant substances for spiritual and profane purposes. Vegetal raw materials were omnipresent. With technological evolution and the organic chemistry growth during the 19th century, synthetic ingredients have progressively replaced natural ones. Economy, ecology, toxicology, regulation as well as trends evolution have accelerated the neglect...
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- Conference Session - Main Stage
Thursday, June 30, 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
This presentation explores how fragrances contributed to creating more calming spaces during the pandemic as well as utilizing fragrance as a booster for emotional and physical wellbeing. A big change in market trends and consumer’s perspective has been observed during the pandemic, how does this look as we move forward?...
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- Conference Session - Main Stage
Thursday, June 30, 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
According to Grand View Market Research*, the global perfume market size was valued at $31.4 billion in 2018 and is expected to expand at a CAGR of 3.9% from 2019 to 2025. With such potential for exponential growth, WPC has tapped an industry expert to weigh in on what types...
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- Conference Session - Main Stage
Thursday, June 30, 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Givaudan perfumers dissect the changing landscape of naturals and the impact on the olfactive horizon. In this session, a passionate botanist and chemical engineer exchange varying perspectives and distinct approaches on formulating with naturals in fine fragrance. In the midst of a proactive wellness revolution, the discussion will highlight how...
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- Conference Session - Main Stage
Thursday, June 30, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
This roundtable discussion consists of fragrance professionals trying to answer the burning question, “what does stewardship mean in this digital era?” These experts will weigh in on how transparency, beyond formulation, is becoming increasingly important as a consumer demand as well as within the data ecosystems. Where is the industry...
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- Conference Session - Main Stage
Thursday, June 30, 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
We are today at crossroads for perfumery, a very important moment for transformation, where we witness some great shifts happening and disrupting this industry: from consumers preferences post-COVID to new consumers entering the market with different olfactive preferences, to a changing role of fragrances in people’s lives, new applications of...
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- Conference Session - Main Stage
Thursday, June 30, 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
One of the oldest civilizations of the world, India is a land of diversities with ancient rituals, distinct cultures, various festivals and ceremonies. It is a vibrant assortment of uncountable and sophisticated spices, herbs and flowers native to the country. India has always been a land of olfactory indulgence where...
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- Conference Session - Main Stage
Thursday, June 30, 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
From candles to cleaning products, most consumers prefer and purchase scented versions of common household consumer products. During this presentation, Herz will explain “real aromatherapy” and how scents influence our health and wellness through the uniquely direct psychological and neurological relationship between the sense of smell and emotion, learning, memory. Research showing...
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- Conference Session - Main Stage
Friday, July 01, 8:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Vice president of Merchandising for Victoria's Secret Beauty, Kristen Lagoa, alongside Givaudan vice president perfumer, Adriana Medina, discuss what it takes to create a fragrance brand for women, by women and the evolving role of women in creative positions of leadership. As a new generation redefines the meaning of femininity, the dialog explores the...
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- Conference Session - Main Stage
Friday, July 01, 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
While natural ingredients have been used by perfumers since the origins of perfumery, and their benefits often documented in aromatherapy bibliography, there has been little science-based research to assess their objective sensorial, psychological and physical benefits. This session will present how a combination of data science, neuroscience and other techniques...
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- Conference Session - Main Stage
Friday, July 01, 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Independent perfumers represent less than 1% of the global market, so do we matter? Perfumery is the most secretive of creative professions—but now there’s the internet—and artisan perfumers are popping up like mushrooms worldwide.
We’re the untapped (unpaid) R&D department of the perfume world. Letting down the drawbridge and collaborating with...
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- Conference Session - Main Stage
Friday, July 01, 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Calice Becker and Francis Kurkdjian take the stage to first discuss the latest updates within the International Society of Perfume-Creators (ISPC) followed by sharing their outlook on the future of perfumery. What’s on the horizon? Becker and Kurkdijan are ready to dig in and share their wisdom with WPC attendees.
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- Conference Session - Main Stage
Friday, July 01, 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Sustainability continues to be among the top concerns in the fragrance industry. From sourcing to formulation to packaging, there are many factors for companies to keep top of mind while setting revised sustainability goals or prior to launching the latest collection. WPC has tapped industry experts to weigh in on the future...
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- Conference Session - Main Stage
Friday, July 01, 3:15 PM - 4:00 PM
Shining a light on some of the newer brands in the fragrance industry, the "Fresh Faces in Fragrance" panel, is set to host a line-up of fragrance line founders who have joined the industry over the last few years. Panelists will share insight on their fragrance launch journey, challenges along...
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- Conference Session - Main Stage
Friday, July 01, 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Yosh Han and Miriam Vareldzis will take the stage to discuss how to educate companies on the importance of language and storytelling. The duo will dig into diversity and nomenclature while providing real-life examples of how to talk to customers, especially vendors and marketers. This compelling presentation will speak about...
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- Conference Session - Main Stage