On November 4th at 11am , tune in to Cosmetic Valley Live for an exceptional webinar dedicated to the restitution of the Water4Cosmetics AMI .

For one hour, dive into the heart of the most promising solutions for a more sustainable, efficient and resilient cosmetics industry in the face of water challenges.

🕒 Webinar schedule

11:00 – 11:05 : Introduction by Cosmetic Valley

11:05 a.m. – 11:15 a.m .: AQUANOVA

How to successfully implement a project approach towards sustainable water management?

11:15 a.m. – 11:25 a.m .: Industrial testimony – Stéarinerie Dubois Fils on the reuse of treated wastewater for process needs.

11:25 a.m. – 11:45 a.m .: Presentation of innovative solutions related to water management

• MS4All – Predicting biodegradability through molecular simulation A start-up from the CNRS, MS4All develops molecular simulation tools to anticipate the biodegradability of polymers and substances, facilitating eco-design in cosmetics.
• ZENI – Microalgae to treat and recover effluents A circular treatment process using microalgae to purify wastewater while reusing biomass into bio-sourced cosmetic ingredients .
• Eaukey – A turnkey solution for recycling process water A modular and automated solution enabling the recycling of process water and the reduction of drinking water consumption .
• Alimpex – Intelligent hygiene and sustainable water management An innovative approach combining monitoring, disinfection without inputs and enzymatic solutions to secure processes while optimizing water use.

🌟 Why participate?

• Meet project leaders looking for partners to co-develop, test or industrialize their solutions.
• Get inspired by the latest innovations in sustainable water management in cosmetics.
• Chat live with speakers to accelerate your CSR and innovation initiatives .

📅 Practical information

Date: Monday, November 4, 2025

Time: 11:00 – 12:00

Location: Online at Cosmetic Valley Live

Registration: Open to all professionals in the sector

👉 Join us for an hour of inspiration, concrete solutions, and decisive encounters for the future of cosmetics and water resources!

For five days, faculty members, staff, students, and institutional, academic, and industrial partners will be invited to meet, exchange ideas, and build together. Nearly thirty events will punctuate the week at various university locations, including tours, demonstrations, workshops, debates, meetings, and exhibitions.

Go watch the program!

Detailed platform descriptions are available on the registration page: registration form.

• From Monday 24 to Friday 28 November 2025

• At various sites of the University of Bordeaux – depending on the location of the platform

COSMETIC VALLEY supports this event as part of its partnership with the Bordeaux University Innovation Center, which aims to promote public/private collaborations.

On the program:

• Visit their high-level equipment,
• Sharing their scientific expertise and research topics
• Presentation of their service offering: provision of their equipment for your research, training on cutting-edge equipment and techniques, etc.

The 9 open research platforms:

• Neurocampus health
• Bordeaux Imaging Center materials (industries of all types)
• Biotech center Health / Cosmetics / Nutraceuticals / Food industry
• LCPO Polymer Chemistry Transfer
• Proteome (proteomic analysis) Health / Biology / Agri-Agro / Cosmetics / Bio-sourced chemistry
• CBIB (bioinformatics) Health / Biology / Agri-Agro / Cosmetics / Bio-sourced chemistry
• ICNDE (non-destructive testing) Materials (ASD, transport in the broad sense of the term, works, etc.)
• ELORPrintTec (organic electronics) ASD / Automotive / Health / Packaging / Sport
• ENSAM (on the aspect of the pivot of Industry 4.0 technologies in the service of circularity) LCA / Recyclability / Industry of the future (industrial processes)

> Reserve your visit slot (free) for one or more platforms via the form: Registration link

Information and contact:
Louis Mercier
Business Manager for the cosmetics sector
University of Bordeaux
louis.mercier@u-bordeaux.fr

Nathalie SIMONIN
COSMETIC VALLEY
nsimonin@cosmetic-valley.com

COSMETIC VALLEY invites you to a working group on artificial intelligence, following the innovation commission: “digitalization” and as part of our Loire Valley Data Hub actions.

International competition, the need to be agile and accelerate product launches, responding as closely as possible to consumer needs, and the importance of business competitiveness are all posing major challenges to the French cosmetics industry today, prompting it to reinvent its design, production and marketing models.

It is in this context that artificial intelligence emerges as a structuring lever. It does not just provide one-off solutions: it allows industrial responses to be aligned with the sector's innovation challenges.

📅 On Thursday, November 6, 2025, we are organizing with eleven strategy an exclusive pre-restitution of the study “Perspectives on AI within the cosmetics industry”.

📍 Meet at: 5 avenue Pierre 1er de Serbie, 75016 Paris, from 8:30 a.m.

On the program for this morning:

• 9 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.: Presentation of the lessons learned from the current study, AI use cases across the entire cosmetics value chain and a medium-term projection.

• 9:45 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.: Industry and non-industry inspirations.

• 10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.: Workshop: Defining priority themes for collective work around the use of AI within our sector

This meeting will be an opportunity to highlight your contributions, to exchange ideas between data and AI decision-makers, and to encourage cross-fertilization between players in the sector.

Please note that places are limited.

We would be delighted to have you join us for this moment of exchange and collective reflection, which will mark a key step in the structuring of the sector around AI.

👉 Please confirm your attendance before October 16th via this form:

Are you a startup, a research center, or a company looking for new opportunities? The must-attend event of the fall season is back: the 4th edition of the “Develop Your Innovation” webinar!

Next meeting: Friday, October 3, 2025 at 11:30 a.m. , live on COSMETIC VALLEY LIVE.

✨ This innovative bimonthly format, organized every first Friday of the month (except in exceptional circumstances), offers you a dive into the heart of cosmetic innovation.

On the program:

• Presentation of innovative French and international projects, seeking partners (startups, laboratories, companies)

• Numerous innovation topics covered: digital solutions, bio-sourced ingredients, innovative packaging, formulation technologies, equipment and processes, etc.

• Identification of current calls for projects to boost and finance your developments

• Presentation of COSMETIC VALLEY support tools to finance your innovation initiatives

If your expertise matches the needs of the projects presented, you can be put in touch with the project leaders!

An exclusive meeting to launch new collaborations, reserved for COSMETIC VALLEY members.

For 20 years, COSMETIC VALLEY has supported the development of innovation in the French cosmetics industry. Indeed, research and innovation are essential levers for strengthening the industry's international competitiveness.

📖 To highlight the collaborative approaches of the French cosmetics industry, Cosmetic Valley has coordinated a book presenting the technical developments and innovation topics that have contributed to the transformations of the last 20 years. More than 50 companies and research laboratories participated in the development of this book "Cosmetic Innovations, Achievements and Perspectives"

Their projects illustrate the major challenges of the sector around 6 key themes:

• Cosmetic development & evaluation

• Impact of cosmetics on humans and the environment

• New industrial technologies

• Digitalization

• Organic sourcing

• Sustainable development

Researchers, manufacturers, brands or students: everyone will be able to find inspiration, discoveries and reflection around the innovation that shapes the excellence of French cosmetics.

✨ This book is available from September 15, 2025 at the IFSCC congress in Cannes , and on the platform.

An English version will be available in digital format.