2023 Sunscreen E-Summit Replay
The Sunscreen E-Summit was an interactive and curated event to dive into the science of sunscreen. Brought to you by Lab Muffin Beauty Science and The Eco Well.
A common critique of industry events is that they are either too expensive for attendees, close their eyes to misinformation, are geographically exclusive, or all of the above. We put this event together to demonstrate how accessibility makes a difference. Our attempt to democratize accurate information for the cosmetics industry. Interested in supporting our free e-conference initiative? Please share!
Massive thank you to everyone who helped make this event possible! To our speakers, thank you for agreeing to share your expertise with our audience. To our sponsors, it’s because of you that we were able to keep the Sunscreen E-Summit free for anyone to attend. Thank you to our SPF 15 sponsors, DSM, BASF, EVY, and the PCPC, P&G for sponsoring a session about UV’s impact on hair, and our general sponsor, Croda. Thank you to Ruby from Ruby’s Resources for helping us with the Discord set-up and being our summit admin for the day. Finally, thank you to our attendees for joining us and being so engaged all throughout the day. With that, I leave you with the conference replay. Enjoy!
Full Conference Replay. Note, the closing panel on Challenges and Opportunities for the Suncare Sector can be found in the full replay in the last hour! For easier viewing, if you click through to YouTube you can use the summit replay timestamps.
Individual presentations
About the presenter
Michelle Wong Ph.D., is a science educator and cosmetic chemist with a PhD in medicinal chemistry. She's behind Lab Muffin Beauty Science, where she explains the science behind beauty products for a general audience. Founded in 2011, Lab Muffin Beauty Science receives 2 million page views per year, and has an Instagram following of 415 000 and a YouTube audience of 370 000. Through her science education work, Michelle has worked with a range of brands on campaigns, including Proctor & Gamble and Johnson & Johnson. Her work has been featured in international publications including New York Times and Chemical & Engineering News
John Stanton comes from a background of 60 years of experience in the pharmaceutical and health care industries, mostly spent in R & D related roles. John left his final position as General Manager of Soul Pattinson Laboratories to become a consultant to industry where he has spent the last 30 years. John is a Past President and Life Member of Australian Society of Cosmetic Chemists and 2021 recipient of the Fellow award from the International Federation of Societies of Cosmetic Chemists He serves in a number of industry representative roles with CHP, ACCORD and Standards Australia. His expertise includes 55 years experience in formulation, as well as GMP training and production of pharmaceuticals and personal care products. John retired as Managing Director of Eurofins | Dermatest based in Sydney, Australia in June 2019, but remains in a part time consultancy role, specialising in sunscreens. John is currently Australian Head Delegate representative to the ISO Committee on Sunscreen Testing under ISO Technical Committee 217 – Cosmetics and Leader of the ISO Working Group on Sunscreen Water Resistance. He has won the prestigious Jack Jacobs award for best Australian/New Zealand cosmetic research on four occasions, including at the Cairns Australia 2015 Conference of the Asian Societies of Cosmetic Scientists. He is a regular speaker at the Sun Protection Conferences in London and Asia, as well as many worldwide scientific conferences.
About the presenter
Aegean H. Chan, MD, FAAD is a double board-certified dermatologist and dermatopathologist, practicing in Santa Barbara, CA. She is also an adjunct professor in the Department of Dermatology at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California. Her area of clinical expertise is in complex medical dermatology, skin cancer, and acne. She has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed medical journals on the science of the skin barrier, electron microscopy, and congenital skin diseases. Dr. Chan is an advocate of minimalist, evidence-based, and effective skincare and uses her Instagram platform to provide relevant, useful skin education. For more skincare tips from Dr. Chan, check her out at @draegeanchan on Instagram or her website, aegeanmd.com.
About the presenter
Carl D'Ruiz is an accomplished regulatory professional with 20+ years of experience in providing strategic scientific, regulatory and advocacy leadership and direction for the global development, pre-market approval and sustainability of numerous consumer and professional products, technologies, ingredients and brands. He’s held key R&D, regulatory, quality, product safety, clinical & scientific affairs positions at Ciba, Dial, Henkel, ITG Brands, Newell Rubbermaid. He’s regarded as an industry thought leader on the subject of OTC drugs, cosmetics and personal care products and specializes in a wide range of public health, regulatory, and scientific issues associated with photoprotection; antimicrobials and biocides; colds & influenza; tobacco harm reduction; green chemistry; and the microbiome. As Chair of the PCPC Sunscreen Consortium, he is currently championing industry’s efforts to substantiate the safety and efficacy of existing sunscreens and paving the path for the inclusion of new sunscreen ingredients under FDA’s OTC sunscreen monograph. He’s been active in helping shape & influence Congressional cosmetic and OTC drug legislative reform initiatives. Mr. D'Ruiz holds a master’s in Human and Environmental Health Science and Risk Management from the Yale School of Medicine and a bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Pre-Medicine from Fordham University. He also holds executive business certifications in bargaining, negotiations and strategic finance and marketing from The Darden and Wharton Business Schools and is a member of the Society of Toxicology, Photodermatology Society and Society for Investigative Dermatology. Carl presented at the Sunscreen E-Summit on behalf of DSM.
About the presenter
Stanislaw Krus is Senior Technology Manger Sun Care and Senior Lab Leader in the Global Technical Center Sun Care at BASF Grenzach GmbH. He is responsible for the technical service in sun care product development and the development of new sun care ingredients. He is also involved in the development of new methods to evaluate the performance of sun care products.
About the presenter
Jennifer Marsh has been working with P&G for 27 years in a variety of roles including consumer research, product development and technology development. Most of her early career was spent working as a technologist in hair color during which time she developed new damage technologies for our Clairol Nice N Easy Brand and a new oxidant system launched in 2008 as Nice N Easy Perfect 10. Jennifer moved from the UK to Cincinnati in 2007 and joined the Beauty Technology Division working on hair color and hair care technologies including new actives for Pantene and our other hair care brands. She is passionate about building fundamental technical models and translating these insights into new technologies and technical product stories. Jennifer has published ~ 45 papers in the area of hair structure science and hair color and presented work at many external conferences.
About the presenter
Jean Pinto will be presenting on behalf of EVY. EVY means life – an appropriate name for a range developed to help people enjoy life untroubled by environmental stresses. Jean is passionate about helping people who suffer from skin conditions such as eczema, sun sensitivity, vitiligo, and contact allergies. He is also passionate about spreading information about the sun, sun protection and preventing skin cancer. Through EVY, Jean wants to help people to enjoy the sun’s benefits while protecting them from the harm UV radiation can cause. EVY´s formula makes that easier, and their vision is to spread this unique Swedish invention worldwide.
About the presenter
Ariana Farina, Founder of Ariana Farina Consulting LLC, is a Regulatory and Quality Systems Consultant to the Cosmetics Industry and member of the IBA Tech Reg Committee. She has over 17 years of experience helping hundreds of brands and factories across the world with their quality, regulatory compliance, and international expansion needs. She has also been employed as a quality assurance and regulatory affairs professional at Herbalife International, HCT Packaging, and Hatchbeauty Products. She is one the Board of Directors as the Regulatory Chair for the California Society of Cosmetic Chemists, and she serves on the IBA Tech Reg Committee. Recently, she developed and taught the curriculum for a Regulatory class at FIDM. She received a B.S. in Biochemistry from the University of California - Los Angeles.
The closing panel of the conference was on the topic of Challenges and Opportunities for the Cosmetics Sector. Moderated by Jen Novakovich, panelists included Michelle from Labmuffin Beauty Science, Stan from BASF, Carl from DSM, and Meredith Petillo from Independent Beauty Association. Meredithis the only person who hasn’t been introduced - below you can find her bio! You can find the replay of the panel in the last hour of the full conference replay at the top of the page!
About the presenter
Meredith Petillo is the Senior Director of Technical & Regulatory Services at the non-profit trade association Independent Beauty Association. Meredith leverages over 15 years of experience in cosmetic regulatory affairs, legal advertising claims, product testing and product development to support IBA member companies with regulatory and technical solutions in order to grow and thrive. She joined the Product Development team at Bare Escentuals where she established an in-house Regulatory Department. She was responsible for all regulatory compliance activities and product testing for the U.S. and international launches for bareMinerals, BUXOM and MDFormulations. She then returned home to the East Coast working on North American Regulatory Affairs for Banana Boat, Hawaiian Tropic and Schick at Energizer (now Edgewell). She then joined Reckitt Benckiser’s Legal department as Advertising Claims Manager. At RB, Meredith developed claims testing protocols, supported NAD challenges, and was responsible for legal approval of all claims and advertising materials for RB’s Health & Hygiene portfolios including Mucinex, Delsym, Air Wick, Lysol, Veet, Clearasil, Durex, among many others. Before joining the team at IBA, Meredith also provided regulatory and technical consulting services for cosmetics and personal care companies at Product Integrity Laboratory. She holds a B.S. in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology from the University of Richmond and an M.S. in Regulatory Affairs for Drugs, Biologics & Medical Devices from Northeastern University.
