8 Connecticut 2019 was a great year for the Connecticut chapter including a wonderful educational program as well as a fulfilled Golf Outing. We kicked off the year in January with Dr. Paul Lawrence giving a fantastic talk entitled, “Ancient Viruses and How They Influence Humanity” although a little scary at first to learn about these pathogens, Dr, Lawrence went on to explain how viruses now have benefits on food, pharmaceutical and even the cosmetic industries. In March, we welcomed Dr. Dave Clay, who spoke on SMART Silicones. He spoke about how the newest generations of silicone are now modified to achieve remarkable results even at very low levels. Our April meeting featured a talk by Belen Lemiuex entitled “Beeswax: The Bee’s Knees” who convinced us that Beeswax is an indispensable raw material in cosmetic formulations. September was a record month for the CT chapter as we opened the month with our largest dinner meeting of the decade where Dr. James Beumgartner set us all straight in his talk “Cannabis: Separating Fact from Fiction”. Jamie spoke about the farm bill and the benefits of industrial hemp. The following week, the chapter headed up to the Beautiful Lake of Isles Golf Course where our members enjoyed the beautiful weather and gorgeous views of the course. Our Ed Seminar was held in October at Zotos Intl where George Deckner gave a Next Gen seminar on cosmetic formulations. Topic included habits of highly innovative formulators, as well as a tool of innovation and a green formulations toolbox. Our last presentation of the year was in November where Alison Griffin gave a fun and informative talk on color trends “Decoding the Crystal Ball” where we learned that factors such as the economy, Hollywood and even the political atmosphere affect trending colors. Patricia Singh, Area I Director also joined us in November to install our 2020 Officers. Our new officers for 2020 will be Jennifer Macary (Chair), Faith Corbo (Chair-Elect), Nina Miotto (Secretary), and Tiffany Fielder (Treasurer). The CTSCC board has another great year planned, and we can’t wait to see everyone at our chapter meetings in 2020! I would like to extend a sincere thank you to the fantastic board I had the pleasure of working with and all the speakers and for making 2019 such a great year! Susan Sperring 2019 CTSCC Chapter Chair

9 Florida The Florida Chapter Kicked off 2019 with a record setting meeting in Ft. Lauderdale. James “Vince” Gruber of Jeen International presented on the hot topic of Fermentation Technologies in Downtown Ft. Lauderdale. We had many of our student members in attendance and it was a great benefit for them as well as the many chemists that were present as they learned how fermentation – a technique used since the beginning of time to preserve food and has evolved to find its place in our cosmetic industry as well as many other industry for raw materials that we use every day. In April the Florida Chapter had its second and final Chapter meeting before completely settling into Sunscreen Symposium planning mode. Patrice Heintz of Interpolymer presented on Water-Based Acrylate Polymer Dispersions at the Columbia Restaurant in Tampa. The Florida Chapter’s biggest event was our biannual sunscreen symposium. The 2019 Sunscreen Symposium was held on September 12th - 14th, 2019 at Disney’s Yacht and Beach Club Resorts in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. The Symposium was highly anticipated, and the Chapter experienced its highest attendance in history. The symposium opened on Thursday with a Free Continuing Education Course under the instruction of Mark Chandler and Julian Hewitt to a record-breaking crowd. Mark and Julian tag teamed and covered the hot topics surrounding today’s sunscreen industry and proved to be very impactful for the formulators, researchers, and all industry professionals present. Golf and Tennis tournaments was also a part of the highlights on Thursday, a mix of seasoned and golfers who “just love to golf” took to Disney’s Magnolia golf course for a great time. Thursday Evening events opened up with the cocktail reception, Tabletop Exhibits, and Poster Sessions where over 20 posters and 60 exhibitors ranging from testing laboratories, raw material manufacturers, finished product manufacturers, software suppliers, SCC national and Suppliers Day all showcased their latest developments, research, industry news and more! The evening was busy with attendees eager to learn and visiting every exhibitor and listening in on the poster presentations. We had great representation of student posters and would like to congratulate them on the level of professionalism and expertise in the work presented. Day two (the first day of technical presentations) covered many hot topics affecting sunscreens in our industry. Day two ended with our famous and eagerly anticipated Symposium party at Epcot’s World Showplace. This year’s theme “Its Carnival Baby” was a huge hit with flavors of the islands, costume, music, and cuisine as the audience networked and danced the night away. Day Three of the symposium was highlighted topics directly related to the new FDA proposed ruling of sunscreens and sunscreen safety. We had Dr. Theresa Michele who was the most anticipated speaker of the day present to the audience on just about everything they needed to know regarding the new proposed ruling. The symposium was packed with three full days of events giving attendees a tremendous amount of practical information and research to take back to the workplace.