Today's seminar & kitchen demo line-up at Natural & Organic Products Europe

Natural & Organic Products Europe opens for business at 9.30am today at ExCeL in London. Over 10,000 attendees (representing supermarkets and multiples, specialist suppliers, international wholesalers and distributors, pharmacies, contract caterers, salons and spas, plus 1000s of independent retail outlets from across the UK) are expected to pack the aisles over two days (Sunday and Monday, 19-20 April).

Today’s highlights include (in order of sessions):

Natural Products Talks

• Benjamin Brown ND, Viridian Nutrition: The digestive health solutions – help your customers to better digestive health
• Jim Manson, editor Natural Products News: Health check: Natural products retailing in 2014-15 – the findings
• Dennis Reid, RPS retail performance specialist: Top 7 actions and initiatives guaranteed to boost sales and profit growth for your store
• Patrick Holford: The stress cure – Say no to stress and fatigue
• Dr Marilyn Glenville, The Glenville Nutrition Clinic: Boosting brain power – nutrition for memory, concentration and reducing the risk of Alzheimer’s
• Kristina Locke, Concious Food UK: Development in natural sweeteners
• Pat Thomas, Beyond GM: GMOs – everybody’s business
• Julie Goodwin, Natural Health: Tips and ideas to increase sales – a retailer’s perspective
• Matt Richards, Organic Herb Trading Company: Fairwild: The future of sustainable herbal ingredients?

Natural Beauty & Spa Theatre

• Rebecca Goodyear, founder of Rebecca Goodyear Health & Beauty: Beauty ingredients buzz
• Amanda Barlow, managing director, Spiezia Organics: How to boost sales and engage customers
• Francesca Morgante, NATRUE label manager, NATRUE: Natural & Organic Cosmetics: Meeting Consumer Expectations
• Jessica Laura, Raw Gaia: The raw skincare revolution
• Catkin Wemyss Bodmer, BRYT Skincare: Educating and inspiring the younger generation on the ‘hows’ and ‘whys’ of good skincare
• Sarah Brown, founder, Pai Skincare: Love the skin you’re in
• Emma Reinhold, trade relations manager, Soil Association: Accentuate the positive – how to market organic beauty
• Judi Beerling, Organic Monitor: Lifting the lid on cosmetic ingredients
• Janey Lee Grace: Janey Loves LIVE
• David Texier, Cosmetics, ECOCERT certification manager: Ecocert network and services dedicated to sustainable cosmetics

The Natural Food Kitchen

• Christine Bailey, Award Winning Nutritionist, Chef and Author: Supercharged dishes to boost your health and vitality
• Alan Martin, Food for Thought and Bon Pom, and Andrew Kay: Stand up cooking – bringing out your inner caveman
• Arthur Potts Dawson: Arthur only knows
• The UK Juicing Championships 2015, sponsored by Juico
• Andrew Jones, Chamberlains of London and Slow Food Ambassador: Slow Food Ark of Taste, Cromer Crab and Colchester Native Oysters

Full session details and timings are available online at www.naturalproducts.co.uk/education.

Natural & Organic Products Europe 2015 boasts over 600 sector leading exhibitors showcasing a vibrant choice of food and drink, health, beauty, personal care, and natural living products.

The full exhibitor list is available online at https://onlineexhibitormanual.com/divlunch14/Exhi/exhibitorList.aspx

Natural & Organic Products Europe is open from 9.30am until 5.30pm today and 9.30am until 5.00pm tomorrow at ExCeL London (last entry one hour before close).

Please note, a £20 door charge may apply if you have not already pre-registered to attend.