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Oct 8, 2026 • 8:30 am - 1:30 pm EDT • CUNY Graduate Center, Proshansky Auditorium, New York

The New Blueprint: go-to-market strategies, executional plans, and channel rules are all being re-invented and re-imagined.

Strategies Reshaping the Beauty Landscape

Beauty’s blueprint for success is continuously evolving. Product innovation, category uniqueness, go-to-market strategies, executional plans, and channel rules are all being re-invented and re-imagined. The road to success is ever-changing.

Keynote

Event Details

Agenda

Thursday, October 8  Ā·  8:30 AM – 1:30 PM EDT
8:30 AMto 9:10 AM

Breakfast & Networking

9:15 AMto 9:20 AM

Welcome

  • Elana Drell Szyfer, President, CEW
9:20 AMto 9:45 AM

From Gut Instinct to Growth: Molly Sims and Doreen Arbel on the Next Chapter of YISE Beauty

This conversation traces the story of YISE Beauty from the ground up. It begins with founder Molly Sims: her own skin journey, the community she’s built around her brand, the formulas that define it, and her instinct-driven decision-making that’s guided her every step of the way. From there, the conversation turns to a pivotal moment in the brand’s evolution — why now was the right time to bring on a CEO and what it means to lead a founder-built brand into its next stage of growth.

  • Doreen Arbel, CEO, YISE Beauty
  • Molly Sims, Founder, YISE Beauty
  • with Elana Drell Szyfer, President, CEW
9:45 AMto 10:05 AM

TED Talk–Style Presentations: 4 Founders on the Superpowers Behind Their Own Blueprint for Success

Superpower

Ingredient-Led

  • Alisa Metzger, Co-Founder, INNBeauty Project
  • Jen Shane, Co-Founder and Head of Innovation, INNBeauty Project

Superpower

Influencer Brand

  • Claudia Sulewski, Founder and Creative Director, CYKLAR

Superpower

Intuitive Distribution

  • Sofie Pavitt, Founder, Sofie Pavitt Face

Superpower

Community Builder

  • Dianna Cohen, Founder, Crown Affair
10:05 AMto 10:30 AM

Diving Into Female Founders’ Superpowers

  • Alisa Metzger, Co-Founder, INNBeauty Project
  • Jen Shane, Co-Founder and Head of Innovation, INNBeauty Project
  • Claudia Sulewski, Founder and Creative Director, CYKLAR
  • Sofie Pavitt, Founder, Sofie Pavitt Face
  • Dianna Cohen, Founder, Crown Affair
  • with Allison Collins, Writer, Editor, Co-Founder, The Consumer Collective
10:30 AMto 10:55 AM

Networking Break + Light Bites + Sponsor Activations

10:55 AMto 11:25 AM

Solutions Showcase

Three companies. Three presentations. Dozens of solutions to make your business more successful.

Presentation

The New Discovery Flywheel

  • Kristen Wiley, Founder & CEO, Statusphere

Presentation

How to Analyze a Creator’s Ecosystem

  • Brit Starr, Co-Founder & President, KIN

Presentation

Why Data’s Not Just for the Big Guys

  • Jacqueline Flam, Managing Director of Beauty & Health, NielsenIQ
11:25 AMto 11:35 AM

Applying the Quince Effect to Beauty

Quince brings its transparent pricing and direct relationship with consumers to beauty — partnering with roughly 35 (soon to be 50) curated third-party brands across skin care, hair care, and body care, rewarding cross-category shopping with site credit that deepens loyalty rather than eroding value.

  • Lindsey Peterson, Head of Beauty, Quince
11:35 AMto 12:00 PM

Networking Break + Light Bites + Sponsor Activations

12:00 PMto 12:30 PM

Proof in Practice

Three innovation partners. Tons of expertise. Myriad case studies to solve real-world challenges.

Case study

How to Apply One Creative Strategy Across Social, Influencer, and Affiliate

  • Renee Ogaki, Founder & CEO, OGAKI

Case study

Best Practices in Leveraging UGC

  • Anna Araman, SVP North America, Skeepers

Case study

From Chat to Checkout: How NYX Reaches New Beauty Buyers on Snapchat

  • Santiago Amaya, Assistant Vice President, US Marketing, NYX Professional Makeup, L’OrĆ©al USA
  • Derek Todd Hester, Industry Manager, CPG | Enterprise, Snap, Inc.
12:30 PMto 12:40 PM

TikTok Shop on the Power of Discovery

In this conversation, Daash and TikTok Shop dig into what they see as commerce’s next superpower: discovery, allowing both small and large brands to be discovered, succeed, and connect with new generations of consumers.

  • Emily Rhodes, Head of Cosmetics, TikTok Shop
  • with Justin Stewart, Co-Founder, CTO, Daash Intelligence
12:40 PMto 1:05 PM

A Makeup Renaissance: Inside The EstĆ©e Lauder Companies’ Blueprint for Growth

  • Cori Reinartz, SVP/GM of MĀ·AĀ·C North America, The EstĆ©e Lauder Companies
  • with Jill Scalamandre, CEO, Beekman 1802
1:05 PM

Closing Remarks

  • Elana Drell Szyfer, President, CEW

Program and speakers subject to change.

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