<html><body style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><div style="font-family:Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, EmojiFont, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', NotoColorEmoji, 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Android Emoji', EmojiSymbols;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);"><b><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Call for Abstracts</span></b></div><div style="font-family:Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, EmojiFont, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', NotoColorEmoji, 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Android Emoji', EmojiSymbols;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);"><br></div><div style="font-family:Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, EmojiFont, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', NotoColorEmoji, 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Android Emoji', EmojiSymbols;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);">In the context of the <b>6th International Phytocosmetics and Phytotherapy Congress</b>, to be held in <b>Sao Paulo, Brazil,</b> on <b>November 27-29, 2017</b>, Prof. Elaine Elisabetsky and I are co-organizing a session entitled "<i>Phytocosmetics and traditional knowledge. Indigenous uses of plants for beauty and body care</i>". </div><div style="font-family:Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, EmojiFont, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', NotoColorEmoji, 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Android Emoji', EmojiSymbols;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><br></span></div><div style="font-family:Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, EmojiFont, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', NotoColorEmoji, 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Android Emoji', EmojiSymbols;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);"><span style="font-size:12pt;">The session will explore the traditional uses of vegetal products for cosmetic purposes, including but not limited to: personal care and oral hygiene, ritual and ceremonial body painting, tattooing and tribal decoration, herb-based products to promote and/or prevent hair growth, protect and/or soften the skin, or makeup, as well as traditional cosmetic uses of aromatic plants and essential oils. All geographical areas will be considered.</span></div><div style="font-family:Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, EmojiFont, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', NotoColorEmoji, 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Android Emoji', EmojiSymbols;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);"><br></div><div style="font-family:Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, EmojiFont, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', NotoColorEmoji, 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Android Emoji', EmojiSymbols;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);">Proposals for original papers should be submitted using the form online: <a href="http://www.phytoessence.org/BRAZIL2017/" class="x_OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk267286">http://www.phytoessence.org/BRAZIL2017/</a></div><br style="font-family:Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, EmojiFont, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', NotoColorEmoji, 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Android Emoji', EmojiSymbols;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);"><div style="font-family:Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, EmojiFont, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', NotoColorEmoji, 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Android Emoji', EmojiSymbols;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><b>Deadline for submission: September 30, 2017.</b></span></div><div style="font-family:Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, EmojiFont, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', NotoColorEmoji, 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Android Emoji', EmojiSymbols;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><b><br></b></span></div><div style="font-family:Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, EmojiFont, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', NotoColorEmoji, 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Android Emoji', EmojiSymbols;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);">Many thanks for circulating this call to colleagues and friends interested in the subject and best wishes,</div><div style="font-family:Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, EmojiFont, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', NotoColorEmoji, 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Android Emoji', EmojiSymbols;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);"><br></div><div style="font-family:Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, EmojiFont, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', NotoColorEmoji, 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Android Emoji', EmojiSymbols;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);">Emanuela</div><div style="font-family:Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, EmojiFont, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', NotoColorEmoji, 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Android Emoji', EmojiSymbols;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);"><br></div><div style="font-family:Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, EmojiFont, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', NotoColorEmoji, 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Android Emoji', EmojiSymbols;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</div><span style="font-family:'Comic Sans MS';font-size:medium;color:rgb(68,68,68);">Emanuela Appetiti, President & CEO</span><div style="line-height:21.3px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;font-size:15px;"><div style="line-height:21.3px;"><span style="font-size:medium;line-height:normal;"><em style="line-height:22.72px;"><a href="http://medicaltraditions.org/" style="line-height:22.72px;font-weight:inherit;color:rgb(0,104,207);"><strong style="line-height:22.72px;">Institute for the Preservation of Medical Traditions</strong></a></em><br style="line-height:22.72px;"><strong style="line-height:22.72px;"><span style="color:#2672ec;line-height:normal;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Institute-for-the-Preservation-of-Medical-Traditions/294523497287143" style="line-height:22.72px;font-weight:inherit;color:rgb(0,104,207);">Follow us on FaceBook!</a></span></strong></span></div></div><br></body></html>