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News Meyer R. Rosen Appointed to Knovel Editorial Advisory Board (September, 2009) - Meyer R. Rosen, President of Interactive Consulting, Inc. has been appointed to the Editorial Advisory Board of the Knovel Corporation (www.knovel.com). Knovel’s website has over 600 subscribing institutions and twenty content collections serving the needs of engineers and applied scientists. It provides unique Interactive Access to scientific and engineering data that generates a new paradigm in facilitating process and product development objectives. Rosen will provide feature ideas and evaluate & prioritize new content opportunities in the Personal Care & Cosmetic areas. From "HBA e-news" | Dear Health & Beauty Enthusiasts (August 19, 2008) – Having doubled attendance in 2007 we understand what you need and want and this years' technical program will send you home with NEW ideas, ingredients and concepts in technology. The Technical Program was designed to provide you with what you "Need to Know"— more than 140 speakers, from five countries, featuring the best minds in the business, focused on educating global attendees in 26 different technology areas! HBA University's commitment is to offer a unique, unparallel educational experience to the widest range of individuals and companies in the Personal Care & Cosmetic Business. Don't miss out! REGISTER FOR HBA GLOBAL EXPO (Wednesday, September 10 | 9:00am-6:00pm) – Moderated by Meyer R. Rosen, Chief Scientific Advisor and Organizer, HBA Global Expo, and Rebecca James Gadberry, Chairman and CEO, YG Laboratories, this year's Summit provides an extraordinary multi-faceted view by 15 experts drawn from government, corporations, consultants and attorneys. Topics include, but are not limited to:
For more details on the Regulatory Summit: click here REACH: Two Months & Counting, Resources & Information Workshop for Securing Market Access (Thursday, September 11 | 9:00am-12:30pm) – "Do you know what you need to do to Secure Global Market Access for your products?" This Unique Workshop is unlike any of the many REACH workshops you may have previously attended! Our Expert Panel is moderated by Ruud Overbeek, Global Director - Health & Environmental Services, Intertek Group, which is a corporation working on these issues in over 100 countries. A government perspective for the workshop is provided by Don Wright, Trade Compliance Analyst, International Trade Administration, Division of the US Department of Commerce describing "Why everyone should take this regulation seriously." It focuses on recent events of non-compliance and the plethora of new chemical (and for that matter any compliance) regulations. The concern of consumers is most important to the personal care and cosmetic industry in general. REACH will really change the face of what chemicals are used in our products. Significant concerns exist and must be dealt with. Beyond the Rules of REACH, we have to deal with currently important compliance issues like Security and Social Responsibility- all which will be presented in the Regulatory Symposium included in this unique package. This Workshop teaches you what you need to know and what you need to do in an environment where you MUST take action to allow your company to continue doing business in the European Union. The 5 key areas that will be addressed include:
For more details on the REACH Workshop: click here R&D AND REGULATORY LEADERS IN THE COSMETICS/PERSONAL CARE FIELD PRESENT LATEST INDUSTRY RESEARCH AT HBA GLOBAL EXPO (New York, NY, July 2008) – With a focus on critical thinking, access to new innovation and recognition of the need for extraordinary technical-marketing communication to insure new product development success, the HBA Global Expo Educational Program is more robust than ever. More than 200 industry-expert HBA faculty members will be presenting the latest research, trends and technology advancements in 52 sessions on 28 different subject areas. The 16th Annual HBA Global Expo (www.hbaexpo.com) & Educational Conference, the largest product development event for the cosmetics, fragrance, personal care and well-being industries, will take place September 9, 10, 11, 2008 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York. It will feature three conference tracks focused on technical Innovation, marketing leadership, and naturals. The high-level speakers and session leaders presenting at the Technical Conference Program include: Starting with sessions focused on healing and protecting the skin naturally, men’s skin needs through all stages of life, and skin transformation through super-active naturals, attendees will learn about the latest ingredients, functional innovations, fundamentals and new technology for achieving skin care and brand development success from these technical experts and leading dermatologists, and many more from companies such as Avon, Bells Flavors & Fragrances, Intertek, Orgins, Weill Medical College of Cornell and the U.S. Department of Commerce. Novel anti-aging approaches, alternative preservatives, sustainable and natural resources, functional and renewable ingredients, high throughput, non-animal testing, and beauty foods & drinks will also be explored along with new capabilities emerging from the field of organosilicones. New big buzz technical sessions include “StemCell: The Fountain of Youth Uncovered;” “Laser & Light Systems for Home Skin Care;” and “Chinese and Ayurvedic Herbals for Anti-Aging.” The program will also provide a “Comprehensive Review of the Global Cosmetics Market” to help marketers and retailers capitalize on the changing dynamics of consumer habits and brand connections Meyer R. Rosen, Chief Scientific Advisor for HBA Global Expo notes “HBA University and the technical conference has been designed with the needs of our customers in mind. Every technical, business and marketing individual involved in new product development, whether at the entry level or senior manager, will find more than one reason to attend this program of extraordinary depth and breadth.” Other educational highlights include two unique workshops featuring intensive training in: Skin Absorption Technology and REACH: Two Months and Counting. In addition the 3rd Annual International Safety, Regulatory, and Certification Summit will take place offering a full-day, multi-faceted program featuring a unique cadre of world leaders providing insight into the impact of emerging global regulations on the cosmetic and personal care industry. This year’s Summit will also focus on the beauty-from-the-inside approach relative to labeling and will provide an understanding of the rapidly changing field of Certified Organic Regulations. HBA Global Expo kicks-off with a Keynote Address, by world famous skin care expert and dermatologist, Dr. Nicholas Perricone, who will provide strategies and insight on the relation of anti-aging to inflammation. Complementing the educational agenda is an exhibit floor showcasing a full spectrum of international products and services, including: private label, contract manufacturing, prestige and mass market packaging components, delivery systems, design houses, raw material and ingredient suppliers – including natural and organic, analytical and testing devices, biotechnology processes, nutraceuticals, cosmeceuticals, nutricosmetics, and senso-cosmetics. HBA On-Line Registration is Now Open On-line registration for HBA Global Expo is now open. For registration discounts and hotel and travel savings, go to www.hbaexpo.com. For more information call 1-212-600-3117. About HBA Global Expo From "SPECIALCHEM4COSMETICS" | Educational focus for HBA: interview with Meyer R. Rosen, Chief Scientific Advisor | By Imogen Matthews (June 18, 2008) -- It is little over a year since HBA Global Expo, the industry's leading product development event and educational conference, appointed Meyer R. Rosen as its Chief Scientific Advisor. He was given carte blanche to change "anything and everything" in order to make HBA's technical conference known as the largest, most powerful conference in the world. Mr Rosen, who is a recognized expert in the technical marketing of specialty chemicals and President of Interactive Consulting Inc., talks to Special Chem about how his ideas for HBA are becoming a reality and his vision for the future. How has HBA changed since you became involved with the technical conferences? HBA is in its 16th year and is held at the largest convention centre in New York City. About 6 years ago, the HBA management decided to shift the emphasis and include a technical conference and I have moderated at it for the last five years. With my appointment as Chief Scientific Advisor, HBA wants to make it the largest and most powerful conference in the world. I want to change people's perception of HBA as just a packaging show. What will make the HBA conference unique? I have been to conferences around the world and asked myself what is missing from HBA that would make a real difference? There are plenty of conferences out there that are either very scientific or theoretical or with plenty of salesmanship, marketing and claims. And yet there is a need for education that you can't get in school and can't get in any company. So I have created a conference that in order to be a speaker, the content has to be scientific and has to be educational without any commercial axe to grind. It's OK of have a bit of commercialization, such as mentioning product names but at the most part it's about education. To facilitate this change, we have created the HBA University for people from all disciplines to come and learn. They will have a range of courses to choose from which will provide cutting edge information and education. It will be a university and will have so many courses that there will be something for everyone. Who does it target? It may be technical people wanting to learn about marketing, or marketing people who need to learn about regulations and claims. It's also a place to find out where new markets are evolving, not geographically, but new niches. For example, a number of dermatologists have gone into business with their own product lines. They come to HBA to learn about cutting edge active ingredients and concepts that aren't labeled drugs. One of the things to come out of this is to enhance the dialogue between dermatologists and the medical community interested in understanding more about aging, both on the inside and outside. When did you start making these changes? September 2006 was the beginning. I was a moderator at one of the sessions and the speaker got up and started talking about toxicology. We had about 10 speakers come up who all wanted to talk about the REACH program. We knew then that we needed to make the conference content more educational. It was in fact where the first REACH symposium began. Then in September 2007, HBA ran the first major conference where some of these changes had been implemented. The sessions changed from being general to being more functional and very specific. They are about providing information from experts working on areas you want to know about, so when you go home you know who to talk to, where to buy the ingredients and even which companies to buy. Many new ideas are generated by small companies who then become targets for the bigger ones. In March 2008 we made further changes. If teaching at HBA University you automatically become a faculty member. Your details go up on the website and stay there. So anyone who wants to know about a subject can access information and look at the expert's bio. The concept is to create a rich source of resources that people in the industry can tap into, and it's working. Our mission is that HBA "creates the most outstanding education on the website." We like people to know that HBA is not just a packaging show but a unique combination of outstanding technical conferences combined with a marketing training program and packaging exhibition. What impact have the changes had in terms of attendance? In September, under our guidance the number of attendees nearly doubled. Basically, if you are an academic, a lawyer a dermatologist or medical person HBA provides a major opportunity to learn. We had over 1,000 attendees and the next one this coming September will be much bigger. How many sessions will there be? There will be 28 courses over 3 days covering all major topics, with our assurance of high quality. With so much on offer, will people have difficulty attending all the sessions that interest them? All the powerpoint presentations will be available on CD and there are also plenty of networking breaks for people to interact with one another. What major themes will HBA be addressing this September? The trend is moving from being concerned only about what goes on the outside to what happens on the inside and as a result functional foods are growing. Many companies in the food industry are moving into personal care and in turn, there is an increasing number of personal care companies going into foods. Another big area is how we write claims and prove them so that they are believable. We will also tackle a major area which no-one has previously addressed. Most conferences talk of women's skin. We are expanding this to include infant skin and foetal skin and looking at how foetal skin has the ability to heal itself. A significant development this September will be a number of three and a half hour workshops. The first deals with lasers and light systems. Many companies, such as P&G, are going into the business of home care and high intensity light systems with products designed to be used in conjunction with cosmeceuticals. Here is an opportunity for people looking for new categories. This is a new category coming into existence that requires the use of lasers, high intensity light and cosmeceuticals. The second will look at the fundamentals of skin absorption on the basis that no standard procedures exist for measuring these. There will be training in how to design clinical trials. The third workshop is a resources and information workshop on the REACH program. It will provide companies with information on how to get started and the know-how to file chemicals by the December 1 2008 deadline. What benefits do you see in Special Chem collaborating with HBA? I see Special Chem as a leader in electronic communication by providing timely topics that people need to know about. HBA's commitment to providing the best education for the Global Personal Care & Cosmetic Community combined with SpecialChem's timely, rapid, thoughtful electronic communication of cutting edge breakthroughs is truly an ideal relationship filled with possibility. What are your goals for HBA? Quite simply: education, communication and harmonization. HBA Global Expo & Educational Conference is the leading product development event for the personal care, fragrance, well-being and cosmetic industries. Join September 9, 10, 11, 2008 at the Javits Convention Center in New York City. As a special offer to SpecialChem subscribers, save up to 10% on this year’s conference packages (excludes Fragrance Business). PLUS receive complimentary admission to the Exhibit Hall, (a $90 value!), by registering in advance at: http://www.accureg.com/HBA08/regprod.html with Priority Code: WSC8 From "C&T.com | E-Newsletter" | Well-being in Personal Care: An Interview with Meyer Rosen (January 16, 2008) -- Wellness is a concept from ancient times that has for years been reflected in spa market. The concept of wellness has also translated into cosmetics and personal care, oftentimes through "accompanying" fragrances designed to elicit an emotional response of relaxation. However, the psychological study of wellness and other emotions has taken a scientific turn as the R&D side of personal care looks to find ways to measure consumer response to products and capitalize on that response. Relaxation, energizing, even "happiness-promoting" materials have been studied and current products available on the market have been designed to incorporate such materials—backed by some form of scientific evidence supporting claims for these effects. So where is the cosmetics R&D industry at in delving into the psyche of consumers to develop and deliver "feel-good" products to consumers? Meyer Rosen, chief scientific advisor for Health and Beauty America's spring conference, shares some of his thoughts on well-being in the personal care industry. "Many [companies in the industry] are attacking the main issues of cosmeceuticals, nutraceuticals, beauty from within, antiaging vs. aging, botanicals, renewables, organics, etc., all from different angles," Rosen told C&T magazine. "But it one word can be used to describe all these things in an overall sense–well-being." He added that no matter which approach or sub-category a company is in, they are all after a sense of well-being. By making a consumer look younger, for example, it makes the consumer feel better about themselves, thus providing a sense of well-being. And in order to provide such an effect, aging itself must be better understood. "In order to understand what is happening in aging skin, we have to understand aging—and you don't understand it by looking at pictures of the skin, you have to understand the biochemistry of the skin," said Rosen. "We haven't done that as an industry because it used to be someone else's job. [However], now [cosmetic] companies are beginning to hire people in, and going out to universities, who understand aging and biochemistry." Beyond wellness achieved from feeling younger, wellness is achieved when a consumer buys "natural" products since it feels trustworthy and "good" for them. "There is a consumer push or pull that naturals are seen as better than synthetic chemicals," said Rosen. "I think that our industry is going in a good direction—we not only have [consumers] who want natural things, we also have personal care scientists and biochemists [who can develop these products], and some medical folks looking for new business, so we have a crossover." Where are the natural ingredients, that really work, coming from? "We've begun to ask what it is in ancient remedies that had people using them," said Rosen. "What we have done is taken 'fancy' science and a new understanding of biochemistry to see what these ancient remedies are made of; some plants, for example, are high in sterols and antioxidants and moisturizers, explained Rosen. "One company has found 10 ayurvedic herbal remedies that can be used to make skin lighter. They have found ways to extract the essential oils from these ancient herbs in such a way without damaging them, then taking all ten of these and trying them out in different clinical studies—and guess what: They work. "We're using a sophisticated understanding to look at ancient things and refine them to use them in personal care and cosmetic products." He added that they seem to work better than ever before. And from the formula to the packaging, well-being is represented by a feeling of doing "good" for the environment—just look at the green phenomenon. "Growing interest in green chemistry and renewable resources has reached such a feverpitch that bottles can not sit in landfills anymore," said Rosen. "[I recently saw] a lipstick housed in a container that had a seed in, so once the tube was thrown away, it grows a flower. People are coming up with new packaging that falls apart, biodegrades and are based on renewable resources." It seems that it's all in the terminology. Whether the consumer expresses feeling a sense of well-being, excitement over looking younger from an antiaging product, greener in the sense they use natural products or Earth-friendly-manufactured products, or that they leave less of a carbon footprint, personal care chemists and formulators have to innovate to match whatever well-being concept the consumer is seeking. In response to these needs, Cosmetics & Toiletries magazine has launched the Green Summit, to be held April 14, 2008, in Amsterdam, prior to in-cosmetics. For more information, visit www.Cosmeticsandtoiletries.Com/summit. In addition, the HBA spring conference, to be held March 4 and 5, 2008, in New York, will look at these many aspects of well-being in greater depth. Visit: www.hbaexpo.com/spring-conference.htm for more information.
HBA GLOBAL EXPO APPOINTS MEYER R. ROSEN (New York, NY, April 2007) -- HBA Global Expo, www.hbaexpo.com, the industry's leading product development event and educational conference, has appointed Meyer R. Rosen, Chief Scientific Advisor. Mr. Rosen is President of Interactive Consulting, Inc. and is an internationally known and respected industry leader, expert, author, and editor in specialty chemicals, personal care and cosmetics technologies. He is also Conference Chair and Organizer of HBA's Annual International Regulatory Summit. In his new role, Mr. Rosen will be responsible for developing the content and selecting top speakers for all of HBA's technical educational programs held at the annual September event and mid-year conference symposia. In addition, he will be enhancing the educational experience offered by HBA, starting with HBA University(tm), a new program dedicated to providing an expanded view of cutting edge information and education based upon a "functional innovation" approach to learning. "HBA University will be led by a prestigious faculty comprised of the highest caliber of experts in industry, academia and government. They will be selected based upon their leadership qualities, breadth of knowledge and communication skills," according to Mr. Rosen. "Faculty members will demonstrate a strong commitment to train and teach individuals from all of the various disciplines that must work together to produce successful products." "HBA is thrilled to have Mr. Rosen join its team. His demonstrated leadership and experience will have a major impact on the future design and development of our technical conference programs," said Jay Gorga, event director for HBA Global Expo. "Our commitment is to provide industry professionals with the most compelling and relevant topics. Under Mr. Rosen's knowledgeable, and creative tutelage we look forward to expanding and presenting useful, practical and forward thinking conference programs that address scientific, technological, and commercial issues." Mr. Rosen is a Chartered Chemist and Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (London), Fellow of the American Institute of Chemists and both a Certified Professional Chemist and Professional Chemical Engineer. His extensive credentials include: Fellow of the American College of Forensic Examiners, former Director of the American Institute of Chemists, past Vice President of the Association of Consulting Chemists & Chemical Engineers and Symposia Chair of both the Technology Transfer and Interface Science Symposia of the American Chemical Society's Colloid and Surface Science Division. Mr. Rosen is also a member of the Society of Cosmetic Chemists (SCC), the National Association of Science Writers, and the Controlled Release Society. In addition, Mr. Rosen is Editor of the widely acknowledged "Delivery System Handbook: Technology, Applications and Formulations;" co-author of the "Rheology Modifier Handbook-Practical Use & Application;" and Series Editor of William Andrew Publishing's book series, "Breakthroughs in Personal Care & Cosmetic Technology." He has authored numerous articles for major scientific journals and industry publications. Mr. Rosen was selected by DowJones.com to provide assessments of new technology, emerging markets & novel applications. The 15th Annual HBA Global Expo will take place September 18-20, 2007 at Javits Center in New York, and focus on three important interactive areas of the business of personal care and cosmetic products: Marketing, Technical and Naturals. Each of these key areas will have a focused educational track that will empower attendees from all areas of the industry to learn new methodologies, technologies and trends. The conference program has been re-designed to allow marketing and technical professionals to attend any of the session tracks in order to facilitate the cross fertilization of ideas based on both "market pull' and "technology push." HBA Global Expo will continue to provide an expanded exhibit floor generating the most comprehensive view of the industry--from formula to finish. HBA Global Expo will also collaborate with CMPi's leading international ingredients events serving the pharmaceutical, food and health industries including Health Ingredients, Natural Ingredients and Food Ingredients held in Asia and Europe. By tapping into these events, and the combined opportunity for technology transfer in industry knowledge, market positioning, and promotion, HBA is the first dedicated event in North America to platform the growing convergence of cosmetics and ingestible foods. For more information go to www.hbaexpo.com or call 1-212-600-3322. About HBA Global Expo About Interactive Consulting, Inc. About CMP Information (CMPi)
SUMMIT MISSION STATEMENT The opportunity of this Summit is for Delegates to combine technical and legal aspects with industry viewpoints and international consultant expertise and to provide "go-to" resources to enable effective direction setting and action plans for managing current and future products. SPECIAL KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Bruce N. Ames, Ph.D. "Maximizing Health: The World of Risks in Perspective"
CONFERENCE CHAIR and ORGANIZER: Meyer R. Rosen CO-MODERATORS WHO SHOULD ATTEND: PRESS COVERAGE: HBA REGULATORY SUMMIT OFFERINGS: Conference Chair for Regulatory Summit Meyer R. Rosen, President of Interactive Consulting, Inc. has been appointed Conference Chair by HBA Health and Beauty America for the upcoming First Annual HBA Regulatory Summit: "Prepare your Company for the Regulatory Revolution" (September 13, 2006) at the Jacob Javits Center in New York City. See Flyer... The symposium features Key Note Speaker, Dr. Bruce N. Ames, Professor of the Graduate School of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of California at Berkeley. Dr. Ames is the developer of the Ames Mutagenicity Test widely used around the world to screen for environmental carcinogens and mutagens. The First Annual HBA Regulatory Summit is designed to be a history-making, pro-active initiative to provide thoughtful, educational insights into the movements, accusations, legislation and scientific technologies of this important international issue.
Expert of the Month Meyer R. Rosen was selected as hgexperts.com's Expert Witness of the Month for April 2006. Here's what they had to say: "Chemical Technology Expert Witness:
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