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Wednesday - 08 September 2021
sponsored by
HENKEL - click here to visit the website
Focus: Hair Aging and Texture Hair
13:30 - GET-TOGETHER AND REGISTRATION
14:00 - OPENING AND INTRODUCTION
Andrij Pich, DWI – Leibniz Institute, Germany
Carl-Uwe Schmidt, Wella, Germany
14:30 - Plenary Lecture: Current Understanding on the Physiology of Human Scalp Hair Graying (Canities)
Desmond J. Tobin, Charles Institute of Dermatology, University College Dublin, Ireland
15:30 - COFFEE BREAK
A. Chatroom „Meet the Plenary Speaker“
B. Networking Chatroom
16:00 - Hair Aging: Variation by Race and Ethnicity
Neelam A. Vashi, MD, Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center, USA
16:30 - The contribution of Curl to the Mechanical Response of Human Hair Fibres
Malebogo Ngoepe, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Elsabe Cloete, Hair and Skin Research Lab, University of Cape Town, South Africa
17:00 - Grey Hair: Molecular and Structural Insights
Silvia Centeno Benigno & Oleksandra Kuzmich, DWI – Leibniz Institute, Germany
17:30 - MEET THE DWI
18:00 - END

Thursday - 09 September 2021
sponsored by
WELLA - click here to visit the website
Focus: Innovative Materials
13:30 - GET-TOGETHER
14:00 - New Bio-Based Hydrolyzed Corn Starch Hair Styling Polymer for "Natural" Styling Benefits
Kinjal Joshi, DOW Silicones, Belgium
14:30 - Plenary Lecture: Cell Membrane Lipids - Function and Impact on Hair Health
Jennifer Marsh, P&G, USA
15:30 - COFFEE BREAK
A. Chatroom „Meet the Plenary Speaker“
B. Networking Chatroom
16:00 - A New Class of Aqueous Cationic Dispersion Polyurethanes for Oxidation and Semi-Permanent Colors
Narjis Ali Askar, Lubrizol Advanced Materials, USA
16:30 - A Novel Terminal Hydroxyamino Silicone that Delivers Multifunctional Benefits to Damaged Hair
Charlene Courtet, DOW Silicones, Belgium
17:00 - Nano Coating for Hair
Cesar Rodriguez-Emmenegger, DWI – Leibniz Institute, Germany
17:30 - MEET THE DWI
18:00 - END

Friday - 10. September 2021
sponsored by
BASF - click here to visit the website
Focus: Genetics and Analytics
13:30 - GET-TOGETHER
14:00 - Genetics of Female Pattern Hair Loss
Regina C. Betz, Institute of Human Genetics, University of Bonn, Germany
14:30 - Plenary Lecture: Genetics of Male Pattern Hair Loss
Stefanie Heilmann-Heimbach, Institute of Human Genetics, University of Bonn, Germany
15:30 - COFFEE BREAK
A. Chatroom „Meet the Plenary Speaker“
B. Networking Chatroom
16:00 - Specialty Fiber Identification in SEM Images Using Machine Learning
Oliver Rippel, Institute of Imaging & Computer Vision, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
16:30 - Investigating the Mechanical Properties of Different Polymers by DHCR and Torsion-Pendulum
Clarissa Brechtken, Henkel, Germany
17:00 - The Surface Properties and Water Adsorption Behaviour of Hair Fibers
Meishan Guo, Surface Measurement Systems, UK
17:30 - BEST PAPER AWARDS - CLOSING REMARKS
18:00 - END