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 and demo (5)

- Calice Becker, Director of the Perfumery School, GIvaudan; Co-President, International Society of Perfumer Creators

14:50 - Presentation (6):  Consumer Chemicals Technology Centre at Singapore Polytechnic: Centre of Innovation for the Beauty and Personal Care sector, Singapore 

- Jessie Tong, Deputy Director, School of Chemical & Life Sciences, Singapore Polytechnic 

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

A guided tour to the source of our industry

TIMES BELOW ARE TBC

09:00 – Bus meets at conference hotel 

- Entrance to the Fairmont Hotel

09:30 – Guided tour of the Singapore Botanical Gardens

 - Please confirm your participation during registration

12:00 – End of tour

- Bus returns to hotel

12:30 – Arrival of bus at hotel

- Entrance to the Fairmont Hotel