The Laura Marshall Memorial Award for Innovation
Who is your winner?
With innovation in the personal care industry encompassing all aspects, from the latest formulation formats to new testing methods, innovative packaging formats, electronic advances and beyond, the Laura Marshall Award has been expanded this year to cover two categories:
Award 1: The Laura Marshall Award for Innovation – Sustainability and Ethics
Solutions that improve the world we live in
Award 2: The Laura Marshall Award for Innovation – Technology and Disruption
Ideas that push the boundaries and break the mould of the cosmetics industry
From the numerous entries submitted, the SCS panel of industry experts will select a shortlist.
The shortlisted companies for the Laura Marshall Award will present their innovations on the first day of SCS Formulate, where visitors will have the opportunity to vote for their favourite!
The Laura Marshall Memorial Award was created in honour of our dear departed friend and colleague, who gave a lot of her time and experience to SCS Formulate and chaired the Scientific Programme Committee before she unexpectedly passed away in 2014.
The SCS decided to honour Laura’s contribution by creating a new award recognising innovation within the Personal Care and Cosmetic industry.
Voting
Voting takes the form of a token to be placed in your chosen finalist’s display in the award zone in the exhibition hall. At the end of the first day the votes will be counted and the award presented at the SCS Annual Dinner.
Innovation
Innovation encompasses all aspects of the industry from the latest formulation to new test methods, an innovative packaging format, electronic advances and beyond.
Judging
The entries will be judged on a range of aspects covering ‘Does the product live up to the innovation claimed’ – such as the science and the novelty, ‘The Impact of the Innovation’- could this deliver a step-change for the industry? and ‘Is the Innovation clear to the consumer?’ – would the person on the street understand and appreciate it?
The Judges
An independent panel of judges have been invited from all the many different areas of the industry, including Academia, Regulatory, The Society, Contract Manufacturing and the industry’s trade association. They will select 6 finalists which will be on display at SCS Formulate where the final decision will be made by the visitors to the exhibition who will each have the opportunity to cast one vote. Finalists will be assisted to create a show-board to promote and explain their innovation at the exhibition and we encourage finalists to promote their innovation.
John Lofthouse
President of the Society of Cosmetic Scientists UK & Ireland
Daniel Whitby
Chief Scientist, SMINK Limited
& Vice President of the Society of Cosmetic Scientists UK & Ireland
Caroline Holford
Marketing Manager, Society of Cosmetic Scientists
Caroline Rainsford
Director of Science, CTPA
Gabriela Daniels
Programme Director: Science, London College of Fashion
Rayanne Golding
Product Development Assistant Manager, Omorovicza Cosmetics