Here are the must-attend business sessions at professional beauty world

Professional Beauty World has a number of free business sessions that you won't want to miss. The three-day virtual networking and educational event includes creative sessions as well as a business conference. The event is taking place from 8-10 September 2020. Plus, it is completely free to register. Click here for the full hair and barbering creative schedule for at the event. 

Here’s the official line-up for the Professional Beauty World business sessions you won’t want to miss…

Tuesday 8 September 2020

8:30am: Unlocking the salon business: What the future holds.

Sub-topics: In the Covid-driven world what trends are emerging as disruptors to the traditional bricks-and-mortar salon business

Speakers Pushkaraj Shenai, CEO, Lakme Lever, Abhiraj Bahl, Co-Founder, Urban Company; Bina Punjani, Owner, Bina Punjani Salon and Academy, Goa and Samir Srivastav, CEO, JCB India. 

11:30am: Everything you need to know about opening a salon, sponsored by Wella Professionals

Speakers: Collette Osborne, Salon Owner @ Hairven, Mark Blake, International Trichologist & Salon Owner, Fiona Fowley, Director, Zen Lifestyle

3:00pm: Cutting costs and increasing profits post Covid

Speaker: Hellen Ward, Managing Director of Richard Ward Hair & Metrospa

6:30pm: Achieving measurable results from social media

Speakers: Talisha Cox, Owner, Elite Hair Lounge, Harriet Stokes, Stylist and Al Tepper, Founder, TepFu

Wednesday 9th September

8:30am: Cutting Costs and Increasing Profit

Speakers: Stav Dimitriadis, Terrence Janse van Rensburg and Shanti o’Hagan

11:30am: Maximising retail

Speakers: Susan Routledge, Business Coach & Owner of Finishing Touch salon, Fiona Brackenbury, Skincare, Beauty & Spa Consultant and Salv Mule, Co-Founder Academy Salons

3:00pm: Developing and retaining a talented team

Speaker: Jo Robertson, Brand Artist & Education Director

6:30pm: Making it big in session work

Speakers: Lan Nguyen-Grealis, Session Make-Up Artist, Michelle Class, Session Manicurist and Adam Reed, Owner, Adam Reed London & Session Stylist

Thursday 10th September

8:30am: What I wish I knew then: Strategies as a salon owner in the Middle East when it comes to opening or expanding and thriving through the tough times

Speakers: Alan Austin-Smith, The Fantastic Hairdresser, Maria Dowling, Owner, Maria Dowling Salon, Dubai, Ruksher Malik, Owner, Pastels Salon, Dubai, Tara Kidd, Owner, Tara Rose Salons, Abu Dhabi and Mette Haxthausen, Managing Director, Sisters Beauty Lounge, UAE

11:30am: How to grow and expand your salon or spa business

Speakers: Amy Lewis, Director, Mooeys, Kaye Sotomi, Owner, Chop Chop London and Steve McManus @ Blue Tit

3:00pm: How to launch a specialist salon/clinic

Speaker: Dija Ayodele, Advanced Facialist & Owner of West Room Aesthetics, London

6:30pm: New wave media: mastering podcasts, lives, email marketing and more

Speakers: Ryan Power, Beauty Business Coach, Salonology, James Earnshaw, Amika Artistic Ambassador and Casey Colman, Owner, Chair Salons