INNOCOS unveils speaker line up for Florence conference

Coty, Avon, Estée Lauder, L’Oréal, Unilever, Automat, Henkel, Beiersdorf, H&M, Foreo, Euromonitor, Finding Ferdinand, Modiface, Aethic, Skin Design London and Cargill Beauty among speakers

INNOCOS events announces its conference schedule and speaker line up for INNOCOS Florence at The Grand Hotel Mediterraneo, June 13-15, 2018.

The schedule for the upcoming summit in Florence will be published and updated on the INNOCOS website weekly. Expect keynotes, case studies, networking, and discovery of brand-new products.

This year’s program will provide invaluable insights into the beauty industry’s hottest emerging trends and how they are reshaping the future of beauty, as we know it.

Areas of focus will include marketing and operational best practices, success stories, innovation strategies, and advice on how brands and retailers should respond to the ever-changing modern customer.

“We are delighted to be offering such a high calibre and compelling conference program this year. Our team has spent months conducting in-depth research, talking to brands and industry experts, to make sure we understood what the current industry challenges are.

As a result, this year’s agenda has a really compelling line-up of topics and expert speakers that will be focusing on The Future of Beauty,” said Irina Kremin, INNOCOS Director.

Trends are coming and going at a much faster rate than ever before, and INNOCOS’ 2018 agenda will take a closer look at these trends to better understand the drivers behind them and anticipate potential future outcomes.

The future of the world cannot be predicted, but the aim is to try and understand the forces that shape it by observing the fast-moving elements fuelling it.

New in 2018:

• INNOCOS Venture: “Shark-tank” inspired beauty start-ups pitch panel.
• Beauty Discovery: explore and investigate the latest trend-led beauty products in an exciting new format of live product demos with table-top exhibit.

This year the program is developed in close collaboration with:

• the Lead Sponsor, MODIFACE with Jennifer Tidy, voted as one of the top speakers in the past, who will deliver a keynote on the impact of augmented reality on beauty consumer and beauty retailers.
• our Gold Sponsors are top leaders in AI, retail, raw material and packaging:
• Automat is the leader in conversational marketing
• Cargill Beauty, who offers a diverse portfolio of nature-derived ingredients, with a responsible supply chain, fully integrated processes and application expertise to help beauty brands thrive.
• Identipak – top sampling company, who have been creating new and innovative product samples for the personal care, cosmetics, home, and nutrition industries for over 20 years.
• our exclusive research partner, Euromonitor International, with Irina Barbalova, Global Lead, Beauty and Personal Care, who will be delivering a keynote on using consumer insight and data to evolve strategies for the future.

Entrepreneurs looking to scale their beauty business or a heritage beauty brand/retailer looking to spot trends and future partners, can join in at the Grand Hotel Mediterraneo, Florence, June 13-15. To take part in the conversation about The Future of Beauty at the high level international beauty marketing innovation summit, INNOCOS.

Places are limited; reserve your seat now at www.innocosevents.com

For any questions contact: registration@innocosevents.com

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