Global Fragrance Summit 2025 program

Informal welcome cocktail for guests arriving the evening before the conference (tbc)

Morning: Setting the global stage: growth and standards

09:00 – Guest arrival and welcome coffee

10:10 – Opening of the Global Fragrance Summit (1) 

- Alexander Mohr PhD, President, IFRA

10:20 – Chairman’s welcome address (2): What do we need to grow?

 - Paul Andersson, Chairman, The International Fragrance Association

10:35 – Keynote (3) 

- Speaker TBC

10:55 Update and panel on the IFRA Standards (4)

12:30 - Lunch

Afternoon: Industry challenges & opportunities in Asia-Pacific

14:00 Interactive session (5)

- Speaker TBC

14:50 - Innovations in fragrance science (6)

- Speaker TBC

15:10 – Speech (7): A regulatory inspection of the cosmetics and fragrance industry in China

- Speaker TBC

 15:30 – Presentation (8): Regulatory and ingredient defence challenges in Asia-Pacific  

- Speaker TBC

16:20 – Panel (9): Regional industry insights (Panel Discussion)

- Speaker TBC

17:00 – Closing remarks (10): Ingredient transparency & consumer trust in the fragrance industry in Asia Pacific

- Speaker TBC

Morning:  Scientific, sustainability & regulatory advances shaping the future of fragrance 

08:30 – Welcome coffee and networking (Lobby area)

09:00 – Opening speech Address (11)

 - Speaker TBC

9:30 – Presentation (12): Sustainability initiative updates

- Speaker TBC

10:00 – Panel (13): Sustainability progress in fragrance: real impact or just regulatory compliance?

- Speakers TBC

11:20 – Presentation (14): CITES updates: Implications for the fragrance industry

- Speaker TBC

11:40 – Panel (15): Allergen regulations: Challenges and strategies

- Speakers TBC

12:30 – Lunch

14:30 – Panel (16): Fragrance as a business: Creating the future or sustaining the past? 

 - Speakers TBC

15:30 – Closing remarks (17) - Future-proofing fragrance: the foundations for the fragrance industry’s future

  - Paul Andersson, Chairman, International Fragrance Association

Past Global Fragrance Summits have included exclusive dinners and fascinating fragrance production site visits, which will hopefully be added to the program soon!