Membership Committee
Report by René Spada
Membership benefits include:
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Full Access to our Website Interactive portal.
Automatically membership to the IFSCC.
Access to Member Society Job Boards: a web page in the Member Society section lists
Job Boards run by IFSCC Member Societies, with links.
Cosmetic Science Programs: a web page in the Education Section lists degree programs
around the world in cosmetic science, with links.
Electronic copies of the IFSCC quarterly magazine, plus issues of the Pharmaceutical &
Cosmetic Review Magazine.
Discounts to attend various events. Lecture evenings are free to members.
Free Access to the Journal of Skin Pharmacology and Physiology: in the Publications /
Scientific Articles web page.
Notification of industry vacancies.
Networking opportunities.
Cosmetic Science Course.
IFSCC Report
by René Spada
Karen Barends and Kim MacCallum, two Coschem members attended the Zone meeting during
In-Cosmetics Global in Paris to represent Coschem. Karen delivered a presentation in our bid to
host IFSCC Congress in 2025. We were awarded the bid, but requirements to host the congress
was unexpectedly high. As we could not give assurance that we would be able to meet the
requirements, we advised the IFSCC council that we would decline to host the congress in 2025,
but that we would like to be considered at a later date. The congress was awarded to France.
Not long afterwards during their council meeting it was decided to withdraw the new
requirements and to appoint a working group will be formed to ensure fairness to all Societies.
I would like to remind Coschem members that they continue to have access to the Kosmet
(www.kosmet.com) and IFSCC (www.ifscc.org) websites where scientific papers and information
can be found. Some examples:
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Creating a Formula from Start to Finish
Stability Testing
Cosmetic Science Questions & Answers
Excerpts from Cosmetic Classics like Beginning Cosmetic Chemistry, Romanowski
THANK YOU
Wayne van Wyk who has chaired the Scientific Committee
for 20 years was thanked for his lifetime commitment to this
task.
The membership rates for 2020 are as follows:
2020
Full/ Associate Members R1697 including VAT
Student Members
R 810 including VAT
Senior Citizens
R 269 including VAT
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