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Cosmetic Convergence: Indie Beauty Compliance

Turn today’s toughest compliance challenges into your competitive edge.

Compliance can be the difference maker in indie beauty brands’ success.

The indie beauty landscape is under intense regulatory, legal, and retailer scrutiny. New laws, evolving standards, and shifting consumer expectations mean brands must be faster, smarter, and more proactive than ever.

At IBA’s Cosmetics Convergence Virtual Conference: Indie Beauty Compliance Edition, you’ll gain clarity on the current policy and regulatory landscape, sharpen your understanding of emerging risks, and learn how to meet today’s compliance challenges head-on. 

Across two days of virtual programming (12-5pm), industry regulatory and legal experts and front-line regulators will unpack the most urgent compliance problems facing the beauty industry and provide solutions and practical guidance to navigate them with confidence.

To learn more, and to register, click here. Happi readers receive discounted registration with the code: IBAHAPPI10

Why attend? There are many reasons.

Stay Ahead of the Law. Learn what’s changing at the federal and state level before it impacts your next launch and understand litigation and class action trends to help mitigate risk to your company.

Protect Your Brand. Gain insight into product safety substantiation under MoCRA and learn how to meet new EPR registration and reporting obligations.

Build Retailer & Consumer Trust. Familiarize yourself with evolving rules around influencer marketing, digital labeling, and supply chain transparency.

Get Actionable Solutions. Turn insight into impact. Benefit from strategic insight you can put into practice immediately.     

Here’s a look at the agenda.

Day 1: November 12

Session 1: Meeting Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Obligations Before Enforcement Hits

Speakers:

Jason Berquist (RecycleMe)

Christopher Rendall Jackson (Farella Braun & Martel)

Colin Preston, Ph.D. (Ramboll)

Session 2: US Cosmetics Safety Substantiation: Obligation To Prove Products Are Safe — Before the Regulators Ask

Speakers:

Angela Diesch (Amin Wasserman Gurnani / NSF JC Chair)

Christina Ross (Credo)

Zoran Gavric (The Regulatory Company / European Responsible Persons Association)

Session 3: Navigating Washington State’s New Ingredient & Packaging Restrictions and Compliance Deadlines: Status Update on 1 ppm Lead Rulemaking

Speakers:

Shari Franjevic (Washington Department of Ecology)

Shannon Jones (Washington Department of Ecology)

Session 4: Beauty Influencer Marketing Without Missteps: Avoid Legal Pitfalls in Influencer Campaigns

Speakers:

Jennifer Santos (Institute for Responsible Influence, former NAD)

Denise Herich (The Benchmarking Company)

DAY 2: NOVEMBER 13

Session 5: US Federal and State Regulatory Roundup: Keeping Up with the Growing Patchwork of U.S. Cosmetics Laws

Speakers:

Dr. Akemi Ooka (IBA)

Meredith Petillo (IBA)

Session 6: Litigation Update: Class Action Trends + Trendy (But Risky) Claims

Speakers:

Aliza Karetnick (Morgan Lewis)

Ronie Schmelz (K&L Gates)

Will Wagner (Greenberg Traurig)

Session 7: Digital Labeling & Serialization: Data Management, Consumer Communication, and Regulatory Potential

Speakers:

Amy Reiter (GS1 US)

Connie Nguyen (MAXIM)

Felix Ngatunyi (Amazon)

Session 8: Retailer Requirements & Product Scanning Apps Rundown

Speakers:

Shannon Hess (Responsible Sourcing Partnership)

Sean Ansett (John Paul Mitchell Systems)

Maggie Spicer (Source Beauty)

Can’t attend live or need to step away for an urgent meeting? As a registrant, you’ll be able to revisit every session at your convenience post-event. Reserve your spot today and make compliance a growth engine for your brand or business.

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