8:00 am Check-in & Light Breakfast

9:00 am Chair’s Opening Remarks

• Andrew Bartko Executive Director - Center of Microbiome Innovation, University of California San Diego

Diversifying Microbiome Applications: A Holistic View of Microbial Benefits

9:15 am The Relationship Between The Microbiome & Aging: Exploring The Influence of the Microbiome on Aging, and the Implications for Microbiome Anti-Aging Products

• Ardeshir Bayat ELC Vice President & Global ELC Fellow, Estee Lauder

9:45 am Identifying Integral Scalp Microbiome Components to Improve Hair & Scalp Care Product Development

• Jennifer Cookson Senior Director - Development, arcaea

10:15 am Structured Networking Break

Accelerating Bioinformatics & Streamlining Research by Analysing Differing Methodologies to Improve Skin Solutions

11:00 am Panel Discussion: Comparing Profiling & Sequencing Methodologies to Provide Tailored Analysis Solutions

• Andrew Bartko Executive Director - Center of Microbiome Innovation, University of California San Diego
• Elsa Jungman Founder & Chief Executive Officer, HelloBiome

11:45 am Session details to be released shortly

• Elsa Jungman Founder & Chief Executive Officer, HelloBiome

12:15 pm Networking Lunch

Deepening Understanding of Microbiome Diversity to Provide Novel Skin Health Solutions

1:45 pm Expanding the Population Demographic in Microbiome Studies Challenges Our Prevailing Concepts of a Healthy Adult Skin Microbiome

• Julia Durack Vice President - Research and Product Development, Symbiome

2:15 pm Toward a Foundation Model of Microbial Ecology: Modelling Microbial Behaviour with Massive Coculture Datasets

• Jared Kehe Co-founder & Chief Scientific Officer, Concerto Biosciences

2:45 pm Assessing the Impact of Skincare Products on Whole Microbiome

• Claudia Vanesa Piattoni Founder &Chief executive officer, Cryosmetics

3:30 pm Networking Break & Poster Session

4:00 pm Roundtable Discussion: How to Incorporate the Massive Diversity of the Skin Microbiome into Research Methodologies & Product Development?

4:30 pm Chair’s Closing Remarks

4:45 pm End of Day One