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Dear Members & Friends of Intercoiffure,
A very warm welcome to the 20th Intercoiffure World Congress in the wonderful city of Rio de Janeiro!
Your presence means a lot to me and to our elite organization! So I want to thank you all for being here today to celebrate the high-class hair fashion shows, expertise and friendship altogether.

I also want to express my sincere gratitude to Francisco Dos Santos, President of the 20th World Congress Intercoiffure and President of Hair Brasil - and to his wife Waleska, Vice-President of this ICD Congress and of Hair Brasil - for organizing such a great event with their teams. I am very pleased and proud of the collaboration Intercoiffure and Hair Brasil have been engaging together and I am looking forward to its further developments.

I would also like to thank Jacques Goossens, President of Intercoiffure Brazil and his charming wife Janine for their precious support in the organization of our event.
Thank you very much my Brazilian friends!

We prepared for you an unmatchable congress and I hope you will have a very good time with us all along these 3 franetic days devoted to hair, fashion and beauty!

Look, listen, exchange, ask and enjoy yourself. This event has been intended to please your eyes, ears and palate in addition to your brain and your heart. What a programme!

Last but not least, I want to express a special thank you to our manufacturers and friends, L’Oréal and P&G/Wella, for helping us develop and promote our vision of top-quality hairdressing all around the world.

Welcome to one of the decade’s best hair and beauty events presenting the most famous hairstylists from today’s international scene!
And bear in mind the motto of the congress: enjoy yourself in an enchanting city…
With cordial greetings from Rio,

Klaus Peter Ochs
President
Intercoiffure Mondial
We are honored and thankful for the opportunity offered by Intercoiffure Mondial to welcome in our country colleagues, professionals and businesspeople from the whole world beauty sector.

In great joy we offer to each congressperson our hearts full of friendship, and we wish you to fully enjoy every moment of this great party. We are deeply touched by receiving you, and we would like you to take back home the memory of all Brazilian friends’ warmth.

These meetings are very important to all of us because they reflect our activity’s dimension, nuances and development. Intercoiffure has increased a lot in the whole world and we are aware that in order to keep its star increasingly glowing we must commit ourselves and get more and more involved. Our mission is to continuously grow bound up in the same purposes and searching excellence in the beauty and well-being area.

Thanks to all of you for being in Rio de Janeiro, city of music, dance, sunshine and joy.
Welcome to the 20th Intercoiffure World Congress!

Jacques Goossens
President
Intercoiffure Brazil and South America

I am personally proud and honoured to open the 20th Intercoiffure World Congress in Rio de Janeiro, since in the last years we have been deeply involved in promoting the concept of this important entity in Brazil and Latin America.
It is a pleasure to receive in this wonderful city so many professionals from more than 50 countries and show a small part of Brazil that is every day growing, becoming modern and attaining a prominent position in the international scene.

At each new meeting we become more enthusiastic about Intercoiffure and its important role in integrating beauty professionals throughout the world. We believe in and share the Intercoiffure struggle in promoting human relations in a sector in which sensibility is one of the most nurtured values.

As members and sponsors of Intercoiffure Brazil, it is a privilege to preside such important congress.
We hope ICD Rio 2008 to be a great success! And may it be remembered as an unforgettable moment to all who replied to our invitation and along these three days will turn the Wonderful City into the World Capital of Beauty and Hairstyle.
Welcome to ICD Rio 2008!
Welcome to Rio! Welcome to Brazil!


J. Francisco Dos Santos
President
20th Intercoiffure World Congress - Rio 2008
Hair Brasil/Couromoda/Hospitalar Group