The full program has been announced!
Monday 14/9/2026
13.00 Shuttle bus at Pescara bus terminal (in front of Pescara train station)
13.30-14.00 Welcome and registration
14:00-14:15 Introductory speech by Dr Giuseppe Sirianni, Fater Chief Technology Innovation Officer
14:15-15:30 Veronique Rataj (Unité De Catalyse et Chimie du Solide, Unversity of Lille, France) Formulation Science and Challenges in a World in Transition
15:30-16:00 COFFE BREAK
16:00-17:15 Stefano Scialla (Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Italy) Foams: Structure and Stability
17.30 Shuttle bus to Pescara
Tuesday 15/9/2026
9.00 Shuttle bus at Pescara bus terminal
9:30-10:30 Pasquale Sacco (Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, University of Trieste, Italy) Polysaccharide-based hydrogels: principles, de novo synthesis, and cutting-edge applications in the biomedical field
10:30-10:50 COFFE BREAK
10:50-11:50 Marco Barsacchi (VangConsult Zuerich, Switzerland) AI in formulation science and formulation businesses
11:50 12:50 Gerardo Palazzo (Department of Chemistry, University of Bari, Italy) Theories and models for surfactants in aqueous solutions
12:50-14:00 LUNCH
14:00-15:45 Seishi Shimizu (Department of Chemistry, University of York, United Kingdom) Surface Tension and Sorption: Decluttering the Fundamental Theory
15:45-16:00 COFFE BREAK
16:00:17:30 Niki Baccile (LCMCP, Sorbonne University, France) Biosurfactants
17.30:18:30 Labs tour
18:30 Apericena: Fater Campus Terrace
20.30 Shuttle bus to Pescara
Wednesday 16/9/2026
9.00 Shuttle from Pescara
9:15-10:15 Luigi Paduano (Chemical Science Department, University of Naples, Italy) Control of Surfactant Microstructure and Rheology: Micellar Anisotropy and Associative Networking
10:15-11:15 Martino Di Serio (Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples, Italy) Kinetics and Catalysis in alkoxylation reactions
11:15-11:30 COFFE BREAK
11:30-12:30 Helena Mateos (Department of Chemistry, University of Bari, Italy) Antimicrobial formulations
12:30-14:00 LUNCH
14:00-15:30 Rodrigo Mena-Brito (Novonesis, Denmark) Laundry Formulation Optimization: An automation enabled work flow and case study linking experimental design to predictive modeling
15:30-15:50 COFFE BREAK
15:50-17:00 Antonio Lopalco (Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Bari, Italy) New Perspectives on Cyclodextrins in Cosmetic Science
17.30 Shuttle bus to Pescara
Thursday 17/9/2026
9.00 Shuttle from Pescara
9:30-10:30 Hossein Sedghi (University of Ferrara, Italy) Cosmetic dosage forms and their formulation rationale
10:30-11:30 Jason Zhang (School of Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom) Acoustic emission for tactile perception
11:30-11:50 COFFE BREAK
11:50-12:30 Alessandra Valentini (Fater S.p.A) Basic of Life cycle assessment
12.20-12.45 Closing speech by Dr Giuseppe Sirianni, Fater Chief Technology Innovation Officer
13.00 Shuttle bus to Pescara