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Henkel

Wednesday - 08 September 2021

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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

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Thursday - 09 September 2021

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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

BASF

Friday - 10. September 2021

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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