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Helios & Partners and The Well Network Present: "The New Consumer Wellness Stack: Beauty, Health & Tech Trends Shaping What People Buy"
A curated gathering of founders, operators, investors, and brand builders exploring how technology is shaping the next generation of consumer wellness. From beauty and longevity to AI, personalization, commerce, and community-led growth, this program will examine where consumer behavior is moving, what brands are building, and how capital is following the convergence of wellness, technology, and culture.
These panels look at how brands use AI data to spot emerging trends before they go viral, and AI automation to optimize supply chains, creating faster product launches and healthier balance sheets.
5:00 PM – Networking & Opening Remarks
PANEL 1 6:00 PM – 6:30 PM - Redefining Modern Beauty Tech: Where Ingestible Science Meets
Overview: Traditional beauty tech used to just mean "booking apps" or "DTC skincare e-commerce." Today, the market is converging around holistic efficacy (nutricosmetics/longevity science) and frictionless access (on-demand logistics & personalized service). This panel explores how modern leaders build category-defining brands in an evolving consumer landscape.
SPEAKERS
Naomi Whittel: The Lifetime Value of Wellness: Formulating for Retention Discusses how OMI WellBeauty leverages clinical evidence, routine tracking, and targeted formulations to transform the consumer journey. Covers strategies for shifting beauty consumers away from transactional, one-off purchases and toward sustainable, science-backed, long-term wellness regimens.
David Goldweitz (Glamsquad): Empowering the Pro: AI as a Retention Engine Discusses the founding vision of empowering independent beauty artists and how introducing AI to the booking platform took operations to the next level. Covers how hyper-personalized client-to-pro matching reduces churn, builds loyalty, and uncovers hidden margin gains in the on-demand service sector.
Dora (Executive Director, Public Relations) — Moderator
PANEL 2 6:30 PM – 7:00PM - Discovering The New Beauty Formula: Using AI for Rapid Product Drops and Hidden Margin Gains
Overview: Virtual try-ons get the headlines, but AI’s real power in beauty is happening behind the scenes. This panel looks at how brands use AI data to spot emerging trends before they go viral, and AI automation to optimize supply chains, creating faster product launches and healthier balance sheets.
SPEAKERS
Mark Nguyen - The Well Network: Trend Spotting & Speed-to-Market Discusses using predictive AI and social sentiment mining (TikTok, Instagram) to identify niche beauty trends early, allowing brands to formulate, launch, and capitalize on consumer demand in weeks instead of months.
Patrick Pan - (L’Oréal, Therabody, Product.ai, X-Lab): Venture Innovation, AI & Speed-to-Market Discusses how vertical integration and intelligent supply chains and customer insight can dramatically accelerate the journey from emerging consumer trends to commercially successful products.
Ahmed Mirza - Cartweel: Scaling Smart: Data-Driven Retail Execution Discusses how leveraging promotion planning platforms and forecasting tools helps brands bridge the gap between initial product hype and sustainable, high-margin retail performance.
Humphrey Ho (Managing Director & Partner, Helios & Partners) — Moderator: Guides the discussion on bridging knowledge arbitrage with operations arbitrage to build sustainable, high-valuation beauty brands.
7:00 PM – Networking Session & Drinks & Light Bites
Thanks to our sponsors at Silicon Valley Bank, The Lew Firm and partners. Starting in October 2026, Silicon Valley Bank will be rebranding to First Citizens Innovation Banking.
We will also have drinks from our partners at Luba Libations, St. Buena Vida, Ito En, Holistic Spirits and KACE Tea.
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This event is a part of #LATechWeek—a week of events hosted by VCs and startups to bring together the tech ecosystem. Learn more at www.tech-week.com.
