Online event PB World: what beauty pros can expect from day one
Online international event PB World kicks off today (February 28) and promises to deliver informative conferences, networking and a virtual exhibition all designed to help boost your beauty business when you can finally reopen post-coronavirus lockdown.
In addition to the first-class conference education on offer during the three-day event (February 28–March 2), attendees will also be able to network and connect with other like-minded professionals, product houses and, of course, our expert speakers via video call or text chat.
The platform also enables attendees to virtually visit any of the many brand showcases to meet with suppliers and access show-only special offers, which is why it’s not to be missed.
All conference sessions are completely free. Register to attend PB World for free now.
What to expect from day one of PB World:
- 10:30am – Lockdown lessons: how these leading salon owners created a leaner business plan
Speakers include: Terri Taylor, managing director of PB Award-winning salon chain Simpsons Beauty Group; and Jordana Cobella, owner of Cobella, London.
- 12pm – The new social media tools to use in 2021
Speakers include: Jack Howard, colourist and BHBA Social Stylist of the Year 2020-21; Gareth Williams, hair educator and session colourist; and Rod Anker, owner of Rod Anker Salons (New Delhi).
- 5pm – Sustainability doesn't cost the earth: practical and affordable ways to run an eco-friendly salon
Speakers include: Kirsty Kianifard, owner of founder of Uniquely Organic Ecospa in Sussex and wellness business coach; and Karine Jackson, owner of Karine Jackson Sustainable Hair Salon, London.
- 10am – Live with Kirsty Meakin – SS21 nail art demo: wavy minimal line
Award-winning nail tech and international educator Kirsty Meakin will demo one of the hottest nail art looks for SS21 – the wavy minimal line – and explain how you can use this trend to draw clients into your salon when you reopen post-coronavirus lockdown.
- 2:30pm – Live with Marie Reynolds – Under the skin consultation
Want to take your consultations to the next level? Celebrity facialist and owner of Marie Reynolds London, Marie Reynolds, will explain how to nail the client consultation so that you create an authentically bespoke skin treatment plan for each and every customer.
World Spa & Wellness first conference stream – “Conversations on Wellness”:
- 11am – Lindsey Madden-Nadeau – What does authentic wellness mean for your brand, including the brand called "you"
During this conversation, we explore the journey of authenticity to uncover and facilitate meaningful change at the brand and individual level.
- 1pm – César Tejedor and Julie Bach – Conscious wellness: practices to enhance health, happiness, longevity and self-awareness
In this session, we explore the path of two wellness practitioners on their journey from spa professional to wellness professional.
- 2:30pm – Isabelle Wachsmuth – Exploring your personal wellbeing through art – art in health and wellness: an immersive hour together
Art is a way to reflect upon and communicate one's own sense of wellness or wellbeing. This session is part of the WHO Art in Health programme, with an emphasis on reflecting on your own journey through Covid-19.
- 4pm – Pin Chinnapat and Milena Agnieszka Guziak – Immersive journey into vitamin N (nature): forest bathing and online certification
In this session, Pin and Milena will share forest bathing in an immersive journey, what can be expected from enrolling in Shinrin Yoku certification training with The Mindful Tourist, and how hotels and practitioners can introduce the practice to their clients.
- 5:30pm – Amy Hartl, Christin Clinton and Kathy Hellemans – Women's self-care break: self-massage at home for prevention, healing, reconnection
This session will explore the many ways in which touch, through our own hands, can facilitate greater lymphatic movement to support the immune system. We can reconnect and be more in tune with our own bodies both physically and emotionally.
World Spa & Wellness second conference stream – “Mentorship and Online Conference”:
- 8:30am – Hotel spa: caring for care-givers
Chair: Andrea Lomas, head of group spa operations at Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group.
Speakers include: Daria Meyer-Ohle, spa manager at Kulm Spa Sankt Moritz; Jane Tregonning, spa manager The Spa Hotel at Ribby Hall Village; and Sabrina Zaczyk, spa manager at Montcalm Spa & Chilworth Spa (Montcalm Group) and owner of TheraPlan.
- 11am – Resort spa: caring for care-givers (sponsored by Biologique Recherche)
Chair: Emlyn Brown, global vice president wellbeing at Accor.
Speakers include: Anna McAlary, spa operations manager at Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge; Dragana Doncic, spa manager at Samsara Spa MSC; Gee Ann G. Banaynal, spa manager at Kempinski Hotels; and Sandra Maria Perdigão do Vale, spa manager at Six Senses Hotels, Resorts & Spas.
- 1:30pm – Day spa: caring for care-givers
Chair: Dave Courteen, founder and managing director of Mosaic Spa.
Speakers include: Ana Marie Aujophil S. Fuentes, operations manager at Dreamworks Spa; Anastasia Mina, owner and manager at NaTrue Beauty & Spa; Isabelle Trombert, président of Ahimsa Le Spa; and Julie Donkerque, regional operations manager at Be Relax spa.
- 4pm – More insights: care of care-givers
Chair: Jean-Guy de Gabriac, founder of World Wellness Weekend and Tip Touch International.
Speakers include: Beth Stiller, chief executive of Massage Envy Franchising LLC; Emma Pridding, spa and leisure revenue manager at Carden Park Hotel; Kenneth Ryan, vice president - global operations: spa, fitness and online retail at Marriott International; and Kent Richards, corporate operations director of Six Senses Hotels Resorts & Spas.
- 10am – Microneedling: the facts and evidence
Speaker: Professor Ali Ghanem, plastic surgeon and founder/director of the Academy of the Aesthetic Regenerative Medicine and the British Institute of Aesthetic Medicine (BIAM)
- 11:30am – How to get more patient enquiries to your clinic in 2021
Speaker: Laura Moxham, internet marketer and managing director at YBA PPC.
- 1pm – Special considerations for treating black skins
Speaker: Sherine Vassel, founder and medical aesthetics director of MySkin UK
- 2:30pm – Combination treatments
Speaker: Renne Lapino, edical facialist and clinic owner of Renée Lapino Clinic
