Deutsche Gesellschaft für Wissenschaftliche
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Angewandte Kosmetik e.V.
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Goals and Areas of Activities The main goals the Society works on constantly are to further develop the science and research as well as the technical evolution on all segments of the cosmetic sciences, to publish all gathered results of scientific interests for the benefit of the general cosmetic public. Furthermore the Society looks after scientific interests also with authorities or other public bodies. These goals of the DGK are realised by the following activities: to organise and to run congresses, conferences, seminars and further training courses, to advise and assist the authorities and other public organisations in terms of scientific background and fundamentals. A main foundation in the scientific work of the Society is the activity in working groups. The working groups - for the moment these are eight - operate with specific projects. Examples for these are e.g. the selection of useful methods for the evaluation of characteristics and objective efficacy data for cosmetic ingredients as well as cosmetic products. In case such methods are missing, the working group designs new ones. The DGK further pursues the transfer of scientific results from laboratory praxis into production scale. For the moment the following working groups are active with the subjects:
The results of the working groups are published in international scientific journals, and they are also presented at national and international cosmetic events. In regular turns the working groups itself organise training courses and they are also participating in preparing conferences. The following scientific events are organised by the DGK: Every second year a DGK Symposium with a specific topic, alternating with the event of Forum Cosmeticum, a scientific meeting in co-operation with the Societies in Austria and Switzerland. Foundation and History of the DGK The unification of two organisations, the Gesellschaft Deutscher Kosmetikchemiker (GKC) and the Gesellschaft für Kosmetologie (GK) have formed the DGK. August 31, 1957 at Kassel-Wilhemshöhe the GKC was formed. The start of this Society was going along with similar activities in other countries, to form a federation of cosmetic chemists. The GKC was mainly open for scientists with academic education. The more practical oriented cosmetic specialists formed in 1970 the Gesellschaft für Kosmetologie. During the following years there were duplications in the work of both Societies and intersections of their events. Therefore the organisations at that time under the Presidents Dr. R. Hüttinger (GKC) and H. Bergerhausen (GK) unified and formed the DGK in 1988. Conferences, Congresses, Topics A forerunner of the DGK-Symposia has been the Bad Kreuznacher Kosmetik Symposien under the chairmanship of Dr. H. P. Fiedler, who was President of the GKC from 1980 to 1981. In 1984 for the first time a joint scientific conference of the GKC and GK took place in Munich. Topics of the Bad Kreuznacher Symposia were: Preservation of Cosmetic Products (1986) Skin Care: Product - Efficacy - Testing (1988) The following years the DGK organised scientific events and documentation was made with proceedings:
Structure of the DGK In the Presidium of the DGK today are four members. A Scientific Advisory Committee assists the Presidium: Dr. Blume, Dr. Domsch, Dr. Eigener, Mrs. Klebon, Prof. Dr. Lademann, Dr. Löhl, Prof. Dr. Motitschke, Dr. Munke, Dr. Poppe, Dr. Rossow, Mrs. Treibel, Prof. Dr. Wilhelm, Mr. Wittersheim. The Presidents of the DGK were: Dr. R. Müller (1988-1991) Today the Society has about 750 active members (in total about 870). For special performances in cosmetic sciences the Society is awarding the Ludwig-Wilhelm-Masch-Medaille. Current Presidium of the DGK (2009-2011) Dr.
Hartmut Schmidt-Lewerkühne, President Activities with the IFSCC The German Society, DGK was the organiser and host of the 21st International IFSCC Congress in Berlin Sept. 11-14, 2000. In 1960, at that time by the former organisation GKC, the 1st International Congress of the IFSCC was completed in Munich at the Technische Hochschule. And again in 1972 the 7th IFSCC was organised at the Chemische Staatsinstitute of the University in Hamburg. During the "Between Congress Joint Conference" in 1987 in Munich Prof. Dr. L. Motitschke, who first was active in the Presidium of the GKC, became IFSCC President. Prof. Motitschke later on was active in a number of functions in the Presidium of the Society, and today he still is active in the advisory committee as well as with the Editorial Team of the IFSCC Magazine. Prof. Dr. K.-P. Wittern, a member of the Presidium of the German Society, was President of the IFSCC for the period 2001/2002. Dr. H. Schmidt-Lewerkühne was nominated by the DKG for the function of the IFSCC PR Secretary and elected in 2004.
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