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

Program:

Speaker/Presentation	Time in CEST	Time in EDT
Prof. Dr. Maria Pilar Vinardell Chair Introduction	3:00–3:10 p.m.	9:00–9:10 a.m.
Dr. Kathrin Herrmann Recent Advances in Non-Animal Methods for Cosmetics and Drug Safety Assessment – from Scientific Innovation to Regulatory Uptake	3:10–3:30 p.m.	9:10–9:30 p.m.
Prof. Dr. Emanuela Corsini Innovative 3R Approaches To Skin And Photo-sensitization Testing For Cosmetic Ingredients	3:30–3:50 p.m.	9:30–9:50 p.m.
Prof. Dr. Thomas Hartung Alternatives To Animal Testing – See What The Ugly Duckling Has Become!	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 Closing of Webinar	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.

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Topics Webinar Secretariat