Fragrance Forum
The annual gathering of global leaders, creatives and experts in fragrance, olfaction and neuroscience, hosted by the International Fragrance Association (IFRA) UK.
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Royal Institution, London | 17th October 2024
Highlights of the event can be found below.
IFRA UK Fragrance Forum 2024
Lisa Hipgrave
Director
IFRA UK
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Welcome to the Fragrance Forum.
Professor Barry C Smith
Director, Institute of Philosophy Centre for the Study of the Senses
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Overview of the day and scene-setting around chemo-signalling.
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Dr Tristram Wyatt
University of Oxford
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Pheromones and other odours in animals
Implications for humans
Professor Dr Ilona Croy
Institut für Psychologie, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
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You smell great
Deciphering olfactory communication in humans
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Martina Bianchini
President
International Fragrance Association (IFRA)
Welcome to the afternoon session.
Dr Stuart Firestein
Former Chair of Colombia University's Department of Biological Science
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Scene setting and introduction to the afternoon session.
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Professor Andreas Schaefer
Professor of Neuroscience at University College London and Assistant Director at the Francis Crick Institute
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Of odour plumes and synchrotrons
Structure and function of the smell circuits in the brain
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Professor Perdita Barran
Chair of Mass Spectrometry in the Department of Chemistry, Manchester University
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Adventures with Mass Spectrometry and Joy
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Panel Session
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David Whitaker
Chair
IFRA UK
Closing remarks