First Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation SERGEJ CYB and Executive Vice-President of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs VIKTOR CHEREPOV are acting as Co-Chairpersons of the Award Council. Top-level experts including heads of the Russian Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing, the Russian Quality System, the Russian Federal Agency on Technical Regulating and Metrology, the Russian Export Center and other relevant ministries and agencies will take part in the work of the Council (http://www.chemicosunique.ru/o-premii/sovet-premii.html).

Winners of the Award will be:

• the best implemented projects in the sphere of consumer chemistry and cosmetics;
• the best implemented scientific research;
• the best products;
• industry directors and specialists who have achieved outstanding results in their professional activity.

Participation in the Award is free for all applicants.

Applications may be submitted until December 20, 2018.

Winners will be awarded at 12 p.m. on February 27, 2019, in the Red hall of Crocus Expo IEC (pavilion 2, floor 3). Awards will be presented by members of the Award Council.

We recommend you to register in advance in order to attend the award ceremony and plenary session of the Expert forum “Resources for Growth. Chemistry for Life: State and Business” (11 a.m. – 12 p.m., February 27, 2019, Red hall) with the participation of First Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Sergej Cyb, Deputy Head of the Russian Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing Irina Bragina, Head of the Russian Quality System Maksim Protasov, Head of the Russian Register of Potentially Hazardous Chemical and Biological Substances of the Russian Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing Halidya Hamidulina, Chairperson of the Retail Companies Association Presidium Sergey Belyakov, top-managers of leading manufacturers of household chemistry, cosmetics and personal care products.

Please do not forget to register in order to take part in the Conference on the development of surfactants, synthetic cleaning agents and household chemistry products by 2030 (road map) and round tables “Technical regulation in the sphere of consumer chemistry. Prospects by 2030” (co-moderators: Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnologies of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, the Russian Register of Potentially Hazardous Chemical and Biological Substances) and “Development paths of retail sales in the new reality” (co-moderators: the Retail Companies Association, Department of Internal Trade, Digital Product Labelling System and Product Turnover Legalization Development of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation.

More information about the terms of participation in the Award, plenary session and round tables of the Expert forum “Resources for Growth. Chemistry for Life: State and Business”, International specialized exhibition of professional and household chemistry, cosmetics and personal care products ChemiCos-2019 is available on the websites: www.chemicosunique.ru, www.chemicos.ru, http://форумресурсыроста.рф/, tel.: + 7 495 363 50 32 (Organizers of the exhibition and Forum); +7 495 363 50 33, +7 (916) 598 56 95 (Organizers of the Award).