Conferences
22 September 2025, Online
Topics Webinar | Animal-free Innovation in Cosmetics and Drugs Safety Assessment, 22 September 2025
On behalf of the journals Life (ISSN: 2075-1729) and Cosmetics (ISSN: 2079-9284), it is a great pleasure to invite you to webinar: “Animal-free Innovation in Cosmetics and Drugs Safety Assessment.”
This important event brings together leading voices and cutting-edge perspectives on the transition towards more ethical, sustainable, and scientifically advanced methods in safety testing. We are honored to be joined by a distinguished panel of experts, including Dr. Kathrin Herrmann, a passionate advocate and specialist in biomedical ethics and humane science; Professor Emanuela Corsini, renowned for her work on immunotoxicology and human-relevant safety models; and Professor Thomas Hartung, a global pioneer in toxicology and alternative testing methods.
Together, they will explore the progress, challenges, and future of animal-free approaches in ensuring the safety of cosmetics and pharmaceuticals—topics that are not only scientifically urgent but ethically imperative.
Let’s make this webinar an opportunity to learn, engage, and contribute to a more humane and innovative future in safety science.
Date: 22 September 2025
Time: 3:00 p.m. CEST | 9:00 a.m. EDT | 9:00 p.m. CST (Asia)
Webinar ID: 892 4787 8720
Register now for free

Program:
Speaker/Presentation |
Time in CEST |
Time in EDT |
Prof. Dr. Maria Pilar Vinardell |
3:00–3:10 p.m. |
9:00–9:10 a.m. |
Dr. Kathrin Herrmann |
3:10–3:30 p.m. |
9:10–9:30 p.m. |
Prof. Dr. Emanuela Corsini |
3:30–3:50 p.m. |
9:30–9:50 p.m. |
Prof. Dr. Thomas Hartung |
3:50–4:10 p.m. |
9:50–10:10 p.m. |
Q&A Session |
4:10–4:25 p.m. |
10:10–10:25 p.m. |
Prof. Dr. Maria Pilar Vinardell |
4:25–4:30 p.m. |
10:25–10:30 p.m. |
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with information on how to join the webinar. Registrations with academic institutional email addresses will be prioritized.
Unable to attend? Please register anyway, the session will be recorded and we will let you know when the recording is available for viewing.
Webinar Chairs and Speakers:
- Prof. Dr. Maria Pilar Vinardell, Department Biochemistry and Physiology, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain;
- Dr. Kathrin Herrmann, Johns Hopkins University Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing (CAAT) USA.
- Prof. Dr. Emanuela Corsini, Department of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy;
- Prof. Dr Thomas Hartung, Department of Environmental Health and Engineering at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA;
For more information about this webinar, please visit the following link: https://sciforum.net/event/Topics-40.
If you have any questions about this webinar, please contact journal.webinar@mdpi.com.
Topics Webinar Secretariat