Program: → 8:30 am until 1:00 pm ◼ Welcome & coffee
Networking session to meet the speakers and participants ◼ Roundtable: Changing Beauty – Radical Revolution or Gradual Transformation?
Special Guest: Thando Hopa — South African model, lawyer, and internationally recognized advocate for inclusive beauty. ◼ Conference: Beyond the Surface: What Black Consumers Really See in Beauty Marketing
Speakers: Dr Aurore Bardey (Professor, Burgundy School of Business), Titana Amunkaké ◼ Roundtable: The difficulties of authentic representation
Speakers: The Colors agency (Haweya Mohamed, with Badee and Mezel) ◼ Conference: Not Just a Pretty Picture: A Transformative Lens on Gender & Diversity
Speaker: Dr Nacima Ourahmoune (Professor, Kedge Business School) → 2:30 pm until 6:00 pm ◼ Conference: Fashion Meets Reality: Body Diversity Between Representation and Resistance
Speaker: Maxime Patte (CEO & Co-founder @Veesual) ◼ Conference: Instagram and the inclusion of diverse body and appearance-attributes
Speaker: Dr Phaedra Longhurst (Associate lecturer at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge) ◼ Conference: Facing the Realities of Diversity: Progress, Setbacks & Challenges
Speaker: Issima Oniangué (General Manager Makeup & Interbeauty Brands, Sub-Saharan Africa Zone – L'Oréal) ◼ Student Presentation: Selected Group from 2024/2025 Research Challenge
Projects presented by the students from Institut Français de la Mode (IFM) ◼ Closing & Summary of discussions
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