SOCIETY OF COSMETIC CHEMISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN 561 5th December 1968 Photography as an aid to industry R. Bennett (Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough). 9th January 1969 Fluoride dentifrices Dr. M. N. Naylor (Guy's Hospital, London). 6th February 1969 Joint Meeting with British Society of Perfumers 6th March 1969 Surface active agents Dr. Aalbers (Chemy, N.V., Bodegraven, Netherlands) 1 lth April 1969 Organ culture of skin Dr. I. Sarkany (Royal Free Hospital, London, W.C.1.). MEDAL LECTURE: Thursday, 1st May 1969 An industrialist looks at the cosmetics industry Leonard P. Matchan (Chairman, Cope Allman Group). 1969 DINNER AND DANCE: Friday, 14th February, at the Russell Hotel, Russell Square, London, W.C.2. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING: Wednesday, glst May 1969. SYMPOSIUM ON POWDERS A Symposium on Powders, organised jointly with the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland, will take place in Dublin during the week beginning 14th April 1969. Programme Secretary Mr. N. J. Van Abbd, Beecham Toiletry Division, Beecham House West, Great West Road, Brentford, Middx.

562 JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY OF COSMETIC CHEMISTS SYMPOSIUM ON SKIN A Symposium on "Skin" will be held at the Grand Hotel, Eastbourne, Sussex, on 19th and 20th November 1968. Participation is permitted only when application has been made on the appropriate form, and the fee duly paid. This is oe8 for each participant who is a member of one of the Societies of Cosmetic Chemists affiliated to the I.F.S.C.C. The registration fee for non-members is oe11. Registration forms giving all details are available from the General Secretary, 56 Kingsway, London, W.C.2. The elosing date [or registration is •,$th 0etober 1968. 09.25 09.55 10.25 10.55 11.15 11.45 12.15 12.45 14.30 15.00 15.30 16.00 16.20 16.50 17.20 Tuesday, 19th November 1968 "Derreal responses to the environment". Dr. R. F. CRAMPTON (British Industrial Biological Research Association, Carshalton) "The mechanical properties of skin". R. T. TREGEaR (Department of Zoology, Agricultural Research Council Unit, Oxford) "The skin microcirculation and its lessons for the cosinetitian". Dr. W. HaRTSTON (Skin Department, The London Hospital) Coffee "An adhesive tape stripping technique for epidermal histology". H. L. JENKINS and MRs. J. TRESISE (Unilever Research Laboratory, Sharnbrook) "The effect of fat solvents on the permeability of the epidermis". Dr. F. RAY BETTLE¾ (London) "The influence of some detergents on the uptake of oxygen by hairless mouse skin". V. K. H. BROWN (Tunstall Laboratory, Sittingbourne, Kent) Symposium lunch "Water binding in isolated stratum corncure and the effect of detergents". J. D. MIDDLETON (Unilever Research Laboratory, Sharnbrook) "Cycloimidinium amphoteric surfactants". D. Bass {Cyclo Chemicals Ltd., London) "Interspecies variation in derreal reactivity". Dr. K. H. HARPER and R. E. DaviEs (Huntingdon Research Centre. Huntingdon) Tea "Structure and activity of corticosteroids". Dr. C. W. MaRSDEN {Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd.) "The effect upon glycolysis in guinea-pig epidermis of in vivo and of in vitro exposure of skin to halogenated aromatic germicides". Dr. W. E. SPROTT (Unilever Research Laboratory, Sharnbrook) "Contact allergy". Dr. C. N. D. CRUICKSHANK (Medical Research Council Unit for Research on the Experimental Pathology of the Skin, University of Birmingham) 19.30 for 19.45 Symposium Dinner 09.30 10.00 10.30 10.50 11.20 11.50 12.20 Wednesday, 20th November 1968 "Skin penetration". C. W. BARRETT (Pharmaceutical Department, The London Hospital) "Experimental studies on the influence of vehicles onpercutaneousabsorption". Dr. HaRvEY BAKER (St. John's Hospital for Diseases of the Skin, London) Coffee "The changing pattern of topical therapy in dermatology". J. W. HADGRAFT (The Royal Free Hospital, London) "Skin germicides: How much more effective?" R. HaLL (Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd.) "The preservation of preparations for application on the skin". G. SYKES (Boots Pure Drug Co. Ltd., Nottingham) Symposium ends.