8. February 2023
SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE – CALL FOR PAPERS OPEN NOW
The SEPAWA® CONGRESS is jointly organized by SEPAWA® e.V., the German Society of Scientific and Applied Cosmetics (DGK e.V.) and the Division of Detergent Chemistry of the German Chemical Society (GDCh).
The SEPAWA® CONGRESS comprises the European Detergents Conference (EDC by GDCh), the SEPAWA® e.V. Conference (with the cooperation of the SEPAWA® e.V. specialist groups DGP, CAT and LUV) and the Cosmetic Science Conference (CSC by DGK e.V.).
We would like to invite you to submit your scientific lecture and poster abstracts for the SEPAWA® CONGRESS 2023.
The following topics from the three conferences have been selected:
The common focus in all categories is sustainability, environmental friendliness and holistic approach. We also welcome contributions on regulatory changes. It is important that the contribution has a sound scientific basis.
We are looking forward to receiving your submissions by 29 March 2023 at the latest.
After this date the selection process begins.
Your SEPAWA® Organising Team
9. February 2022
the SEPAWA® CONGRESS is jointly organized by SEPAWA® e.V., the German Society of Scientific and Applied Cosmetics (DGK e.V.) and the Division of Detergent Chemistry of the German Chemical Society (GDCh).
The SEPAWA® CONGRESS comprises the European Detergents Conference (EDC by GDCh), the DGP Conference and the Cosmetic Science Conference (CSC by DGK e.V.).
We would like to invite you to submit your scientific lecture and poster abstracts for the SEPAWA® CONGRESS 2022.
The following topics have been selected:
The common focus in all categories is sustainability, environmental friendliness and holistic approach. We also welcome contributions on regulatory changes. It is important that the contribution has a sound scientific basis.
We are looking forward to receiving your submissions by 30 April 2022 at the latest.
After this date the selection process begins.
Your SEPAWA® Organising Team
23. February 2021
We would like to invite you to submit your scientific lectures for the SEPAWA® CONGRESS VIRTUAL 2021.
The SEPAWA® CONGRESS is jointly organized by SEPAWA® e.V., the German Society of Scientific and Applied Cosmetics (DGK e.V.) and the Divison of Detergent Chemistry of the German Chemical Society (GDCh).
The SEPAWA® CONGRESS comprises the European Detergents Conference (EDC), the DGP Conference and the Cosmetic Science Conference (CSC). The CSC will be newly introduced by the DGK e.V. in 2021 as a successor of the former DGK Symposium. As an independent conference and European platform for advanced cosmetic science the CSC will provide latest science in the cosmetic field alongside the SEPAWA® CONGRESS.
The following topics have been selected:
We are looking forward to receiving your submissions by 23 April 2021 at the latest.
After this date the selection process begins.
Your SEPAWA® Organising Team
29. April 2020
In view of the current situation around the topic of COVID-19, the DGK e.V. and SEPAWA® e.V. have decided to cooperate and to hold both events at the same time and at the same place.
The Forum Cosmeticum will now take place on 28 – 29 October 2020 alongside the SEPAWA® CONGRESS in the Estrel Congress Center.
Thus, scientific cosmetics will become even more important and we are pleased to be able to present to our participants an additional high-quality lecture program titled “Uncover the Invisible”.
See you in October!
Your SEPAWA® Team
12. February 2020
The following topics have been selected:
Your SEPAWA Team
9. October 2019
Formulators need practical solutions to create innovative products. The Forum for Innovation at the SEPAWA Congress offers a multitude of application oriented scientific information.
69 speakers, 16 poster presenter from ingredient suppliers give insight in their latest product developments. Thus, all formulating chemists and marketing experts can learn about how to use these results of intensive research for the development and enhancement of new home care and personal care products.
Delegates have the opportunity to discuss the application with the suppliers on the exhibition ground, where over 300 suppliers from 25 countries are present.
Explore Our Full Program:
Your SEPAWA-Team
12. July 2019
Almost in keeping with our 66th anniversary, we are offering you a special lecture on Friday by Thomas Mueller-Kirschbaum on “60 years of the Sinnerscher Kreis”.
Your SEPAWA Team
13. February 2019
The following topics have been selected:
Your SEPAWA Team
23. July 2018
Dr. Rados, what fascinates you about your work?
War correspondents are necessary, although they should be personally uninvolved eye-witnesses. Anybody who might be “fascinated” by war, is certainly not the right person.
You have seen many wars and its terrors at first hand. Are you an opponent of war?
Nowadays fortunately everybody is a war – opponent. Although some militaries and politicians, who oppose it, still make wars. But everybody who observes wars at close distance, will find out: One thing is to be against war. Another is to watch it: It is far more brutal what a distant war – opponent can ever imagine.
Most of your colleagues are male. Do women and men report on war
differently?
In war, men behave often like engineers, women like nurses. Men watch the weapons – whereas women see the victims.
On the occasion of this year‘s SEPAWA Congress in Berlin, you give a lecture on the topic of „Upheaval in the Middle East and its impact on Europe“.
Why is the Middle East so important for us Europeans?
First of all, the Middle East is our neighboring region. Geography alone generates a certain closeness in many aspects: Refugee-flows, import of religious ideas, apart from the resources like oil. Middle East crisis are always at Europe ́s door. But Middle East is before all, the historic corridor. It connected in ancient times Europe and Asia. This has not changed – the 21st century will, in my view, bring a return of the importance of Asian-European relations – with a new role for the Middle East.
World politics are currently characterized by dissent as perhaps never before. Where do you see the cause for their inability to compromise?
The rise of “strong” men – in Europe, in the USA and elsewhere is a new phenomenon. Authoritarian figures are celebrating their comeback everywhere. They are far more interested in their own „ego“ than in compromises. They confuse compromises with weakness. This is dangerous for the world. But with or without powerful men, the current state of the world is unpredictable. I fear, it will take many years before we have a New World Order – how it will look is the big question.
The refugee crisis is significantly linked to trouble spots like the Middle East.
Do you see any chance for a world without or at least with fewer crises?
At the moment, nobody is solving problems. What is even more worrying, not only do crisis remain, they expand. Long unresolved crises lead to flows of refugees because in the end, the population only has one freedom left, and that is the freedom to leave their country. So that’s what they do.
A typical example is the Syrian war, which since 2011 nobody tried to sort out. If it would have been done, we wouldn ́t have seen such a flood of refugees heading for Europe in 2015.
We differentiate between war refugees and economic migrants. Can corruption, mismanagement, undersupply etc. not also be seen as a kind of
war – a war against one’s own civilian population?
It isn’t a war. It’s bad, it ́s not the same. But a young Syrian, or Nigerian, doesn’t understand why his search for a better life is a crime. It is also not only a job they are looking for. It is about living in a different society. Jobs can be created sometimes over night. A new society takes time. The local power – brokers and politicians care since a long time only for their own interests. The West is also not really pushing for change. Not in Africa. Not in Middle East.
Which role does religion play in crises of this world?
The Soviet dictator Josef Stalin once made a cynical remark about the Pope: „How many divisions does the Pope have?“ As a war correspondent, I predominantly count the number of „divisions“: If you don’t have the money or the tanks, you cannot wage a war, be it religious or not….. Even the feared Islamic state, IS, owned little military equipment, despite its Islamic radicalism. That’s why it lost against the Western Alliance. Religion plays the role the politicians attribute to it.
On the other hand, the general search for identity in the 21st century is evident.
Religion is one of the possibilities of joining a group, getting an identity, especially if there is little else.
Dr. Antonia Rados
studied political science. She has worked for nearly 40 years as a crisis and war correspondent for different TV stations in the Middle East.
11. July 2018
For you personally, what is the most fascinating aspect in your research on smelling and tasting?
I was fascinated most by the breadth of the topic. I studied biology, chemistry and medicine, and all these subjects are strongly connected to the effects of smell. Fragrances are chemical, functions are biological and the latest research has shown that fragrances also have an considerate medicinal significance and influence cellular reactions.
Professor Hatt, what significance does fragrance have for human life?
The olfactory cells in the nose are directly connected to the emotion and memory center in the brain and are safely stored there for a very long time. That way, fragrances are perfectly suited to transporting us back to the ancient past. For this reason, fragrances also play a central but mostly subconscious role in every decision we make daily as humans. This applies when we make purchasing decisions for products, but fragrances also help us decide whether we like or dislike another human being, even with the choice of partners. It is a huge list. In addition, there are the health aspects. Almost all human behavior can be affected by fragrance. No wonder they are increasingly used in marketing, psychology or medicine. Often we are influenced without even noticing it.
You said that loves goes through the nose. Could one presume that our entire consumer behavior goes through the nose?
Fragrances are connected and stored in our brain with the emotion that we had the moment we first became aware of the fragrance. This assessment applies to a product as well. As a matter of fact, „fragrance brands“ are used in almost all areas nowadays, practically everything is scented. Shoes, mobile phones, departments stores, hotels and many companies feature a brand perfume, the so-called „corporate scent“. Our consumer behavior is clearly determined by what we smell. This will also be the subject of my talk on the occasion oft he SEPAWA congress in October.
Do we smell through the nose?
We can only smell through the nose, however, the olfactory receptors of the nose can be found everywhere in our body as well. With the help of these „chemo rezeptors“ which are located in our organs and in the body tissue, the cellular functions are influenced. This has nothing to do with „smelling“ and works for people who have completely lost all sense of smell. A good example would be fragrance receptors in the skin cells that promote wound healing and skin regeneration. Even hair growth can be influenced by fragrances through stimulation of the fragrance receptors, be it for a better digestion or an increase or a decrease in the heart beat. Fragrances also trigger cellular reactions in the brain: calming, stimulating, concentration-enhancing etc.. All these are less to do with the subjective perceptions of smell but more the effects due to pharmacological reactions and as such, they always remain the same and are reproducible.
Is there such a thing as the smell that goes with a circumstance, a company, a place or an event?
Yes, every company wants to convey a message. This message can of course be emphasized by fragrances. If you want to emphasize modernity and freshness, you would probably use something citrus-based, whereas if you are going for a down-to-earth approach, you would more likely fall back on familiar notes such as earthy or lavender. On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the University of Bochum, we created our own university fragrance which we named „knowledge“. It contains our research knowledge of the last 20 years. We have been able to show scientifically that certain fragrances cause our brain to make us more active, more able to concentrate, whereas others would have a calming and sleep-promoting effect. In my view, this is the future: effective perfumes.
Could you create a Fragrance of SEPAWA?
Yes, sure. To do this, I would have to identify SEPAWA’s message and translate that into a fragrance. Perhaps in October we could sit down together and think what SEPAWA smells like
Prof. Dr. Dr. Dr. med. habil. Hanns Hatt
Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Zellphysiologie