30 Ontario We are so pleased to have had record membership for 2018! A big “thank you” goes out to our committed and new members. The year started out on a high note with a talk from Perry Romanowski on “Becoming a Cosmetic Chemist” which was held at Seneca College and aimed toward students of their Cosmetic Science program. Late winter, we held a regulatory day which was offered free to members. The program included ‘Prop 65 updates’ from Gayle Fortin, ‘Canadian regulation updates’ from Teena Warrin and ‘global regulatory updates’ from David Saucier. Our regular evening meetings were all well enjoyed. We had an inspiring talk from Lauren Goodsitt of Mintel presenting ‘global cosmetics trends’. We were also pleased to offer expert information from our own Shahin Kalantari on Organic Cosmetics! Not to mention, Neil Kochar’s presentation, representative from the National Research Council of Canada, on innovation assistance available for Canadian small and medium sized enterprises. Our annual golf tournament was held once again at the beautiful Caledon Woods Golf Club in July. It was a great day for our members to get outside for the day and enjoy some leisure time together. A delicious buffet dinner followed the tournament along with awards and prizes. Education Day was a “Lipid Academy” course taught by Benjamin Schwartz, which was also offered free to members. For this talk, Ben was the recipient of the 2018 SCC Ontario Chapter Speaker Award! The year ended with our annual holiday dinner dance which was held at The Venetian Banquet Hall. It was another sold out event that was fun filled right until the end! Matt Dean entertained us with music and singing and we had an exotic Latin dance show by Latin Energy. We had a record success with our annual toy drive for toy mountain which supports Family Services Food Banks and 9 Shelters throughout Toronto and the Durham, York and Peel regions!

31 Quebec 2018 has been a busy year with special and education events for the Quebec Chapter. Indeed, we organized different events more frequently to reach more people in our industry. During the last year, the Quebec Chapter was able to present very good conferences, including “how to identify customer needs” presented by Daniel Leblanc. In this conference, Mr. Leblanc presented methods and solutions to help businesses better understand the needs of their customers. The questions of a minimum viable product and issues of validation by the consumer were discussed as well as some tools and practical tips for identifying market opportunities. This presentation was broadcast via web camera to Quebec City, where people who were even 162 miles away from Montreal attended the conference. The second topic presented to the Quebec Membership was on the theme of “Sunscreens in the 21St Century” and was presented by Julian P. Hewitt. In this seminar held in March, the consumer trends in UV protection and the evolution of the industry regarding the UV filter were discussed. Part of this presentation also addressed the regulatory aspects of sunscreen products. This presentation was also broadcast to Quebec City. For our summer event, we chose to hold two conferences on entrepreneurship in Quebec. This event was held at the ITHQ of Montreal which was the perfect place to welcome Ms. Mariana Royer (President and CEO of ForeXtra Bio Laboratories) and Mr. Roger Southin (President at SoSen - Functionalab, Jouviance). Each one was kind enough to share their experiences on business creation in cosmetics. Their strategies for getting on the market, their challenges and their inspirations were shared with the 65 people who participated in this event. We also offered to our members an exceptional Education Day on the skin microbiome. During this day, we welcomed 4 experts from the field. Mr. Daniel Auriol, Ph. D in microbiology presented the state of the art and the methodology on microbiota. Mr. Herve Offredo addressed the question “why keeping a good balance of bacteria is desirable for our skin”. Mr. Philip Ludwing introduced an overview and opportunities to understand and modulate skin colonization. The day was concluded by a presentation from Ms. Sara Caballero on “Skin microbiome: applications in the cosmetic field”. This event was held in the national library of Montréal, ideal place for sharing knowledge. This year, we organized a fantastic Supplier’s Day. We had numerous scientific presentations and booths for suppliers. We had a record attendance for this event. Finally, we held our Christmas party at the gourmet restaurant L’Auberge Saint-Gabriel, in the heart of Old Montreal. This 300-year-old institution has inspired its owners Marc Bolay, Garou and Guy Laliberté to make it a premier dining destination, in a setting filled with playful winks about our past. Below, please enjoy some of the photos taken at our events.