List of Speakers 2019

Abigail Stevenson
Director, Mars Global Food Safety Center, China

Aleksandra Kowalska
Assistant Professor, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University

Alfred Almanza
Global Head of Food Safety & Quality Assurance, JBS

Andrew Oh
Scientist, National Centre for Food Science, Singapore Food Agency

Andreas Hensel
President, German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR)

Anne-Mette Olsen
Chief Adviser, DVM, MVPH, Food Safety & Veterinary Issues, Danish Agriculture & Food Council

Audrey Cheung
Vice President, China Supply Chain Management, McDonald’s

Bai Li
Professor, Deputy Director of Division I of Risk Assessment, China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment

Bao Lei
Board Director, AOAC International;
Head, Nestle Food Safety Institute

Barbara Gallani
Head of Communication, Engagement and Cooperation Department, European Food Safety Authority

Bernard Chang
Project Manager, Food Safety Consortium, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Bertrand Mothe
Offer Management Director, METRO JinJiang Cash & Carry Co., Ltd.

Cao Wenming
Manager, Wilmar Global R&D Center

Carmen Rottenberg
Administrator, Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), U.S. Department of Agriculture

Chen Junshi
Senior Research Professor and Chief Adviser, China National Centre for Food Safety Risk Assessment

Christophe Dufour
Director of Scientific, Merieux NutriSciences France

Christian Cadeo
Managing Partner, Asia, Big Idea Ventures

Christine Nellemann
Director of Institute, National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark

Christopher Elliott
Professor of Food Safety; Founder, Institute for Global Food Security, Queens University Belfast

Darin Zehr
General Manager, Commercial Food Sanitation

David Tharp
Executive Director, International Association for Food Protection

David Yeh
Global Policy Advocacy Manager, Bayer CropScience

David Zhang
PhD, Head of Food & Feed Safety Customer Solution Center, Romer Labs China

Deng Xiangyu
Associate Professor, Center for Food Safety, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Georgia

Devin Lu
Advanced Technical Specialist & Team Leader, 3M China Ltd

Dietrich Rassow
Chief Veterinary Officer, Director Animal Health and Welfare, German Federal Ministry of Food & Agriculture

Donald Prater
Associate Commissioner, Imported Food Safety, U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Douglas Marshall
Chief Scientific Officer, Eurofins Microbiology Laboratories Inc.

Eric Jamin
Head of the Authenticity Competence Centre, Eurofins Analytics France

Erik Bosker
Senior Policy Advisor, Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality, Netherlands

Ernest Teye
Senior Lecturer, Department of Agricultural Engineering University of Cape Coast, Ghana (West Africa)

Fan Xia
Executive Deputy Director, PhD, China National Feed Quality Control Center

Fran Freeman
First Assistant Secretary, Exports Division, Australian Department of Agriculture and Water Resources; Chair of the Codex

Frank Yiannas
Deputy Commissioner for Food Policy and Response, U.S. Food & Drug Administration

Gao Boyan
University of Maryland

Ge Chongtao
Senior Research Manager, Mars Global Food Safety Center

Georges Le Nigen
CEO, AIFS

Ge Zhirong
Honorary Chairman, CIFSQ Conference; Former Counsellor of the State Council, PR China; Former Deputy Director of AQSIQ; Member of the 11th CPPCC National Committee; Deputy Director of the Expert Committee of China Council for Brand Development

Giannis Stoitsis
Director of Technology, Agroknow

Grace Liang
Deputy Researcher, Division I, Applied Nutrition, China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment

Guo Miao
Food Safety Senior Manager, PepsiCo

Gu Shaoping
Deputy Director, Food Production Safety Supervision Dept., State Administration for Market Regulation, China

Hans Marvin
Senior Scientist, Wageningen Food Safety Research (WFSR)

Hirofumi Kugita
OIE Regional Representative for Asia and the Pacific, World Organisation for Animal Health

Huang Xiaoping
Deputy General Manager of Yili Group Innovation Center, Yili Group

Jan Baele
Head of Sector, RASFF, European Commission, DG Health & Food Safety

Jason Li
Director Research and Development, North Asia, Abbott Nutrition

Jason Xu
Research Scientist, Mars Global Food Safety Center

Jens Andre Hammerl
Senior Scientist, Deputy in the National Reference Laboratory for Antimicrobial Resistances, German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR)

Jing Yan
PhD Candidate, Wageningen University and Research

Jinlv SUN
Professor, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention

Jin Miao
Professor, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention

John Donaghy
Food Safety Microbiologist, Nestle, Switzerland

Joseph Elrefaie
Director, International & Commercial Supply Chain Quality, Conagra Brands, Inc.

Joseph Heinzelmann
Director, Business Development in Food Safety Genomics, Neogen Corporation

Joseph Scimeca
Vice President, Global Regulatory & Scientific Affairs, Cargill

Julie Schiro
Assistant Professor of Marketing, University College Dublin

Justin Bendall
Principal Research Scientist, Fonterra Research & Development Centre

Karin Ke
Scientist, Keller and Heckman LLP

Karsten Giffey
Head of Unit, State Office for Health and Social Affairs, Berlin (LAGeSo)

Keith Refsnider
Director of Food Safety Systems and Research, Driscoll’s

Le Nguyen Doan Duy
Associate Professor in Food Technology, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology

Leon Gorris
Food Safety Expert, ICMSF Secretary, IAFP Fellow, The Netherlands

Liang Chengzhu
Director and Scientific Leader, Qingdao Customs

Liang Qiao
Associate Professor, Zhejiang University

Liau Yong Wee
Managing Director, Romer Labs Asia Pacific

Li Fengqin
Research Scientist, Chief Officer of Microbiology Laboratory; Professor, China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment

Li Kong
Head of Star Farm

Linda Zhu
Sr. Quality & Compliance Manager, Greater China, Packaging, HAVI

Lisa Jo Lupo
Editor and Author, Quality Assurance & Food Safety (QA) Magazine

Liu Xiumei
Scientific Advisor, China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment; Professor, PhD supervisor, Institute of Nutrition and Health, China CDC

Luo Jiyang
Member PhD of National Food Safety Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point Application Research Center, Chinese Academy of Inspection and Quarantine

Lucy Yu
Professor, Department of Nutrition & Food Science, University of Maryland

Maeve Shannon
Research Assistant, Institute for Global Food Security, Queen's University Belfast

Mark Fryling
Vice President, Global Food Safety and Quality, General Mills

Markus Lipp
Senior Food Safety and Quality Officer, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Martin Rodrigo Candia
Product Manager Allergens, Romer Labs Division Holding GmbH

Mary McBride
Global Director, Applied Segment Markets, Agilent Technologies, Inc.

Ma Wenpeng (James)
Project Delivery Manager, iSoftStone Information Technology (Group) Co., Ltd.

Miao Hong
Director of Food Safety, Ali Local Living Service Company

Mindy Brashears
Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety, U.S. Department of Agriculture

Moez Sanaa
Head of Unit, French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES)

Nicholas Renegar
PhD Student, Director, MIT Operations Research Center

Nicola Leinwetter
Team Lead Regulatory & External Affairs Asia Pacific, BASF

Noemi Trombetti
Managing Director, ESI - Euroservizi Impresa Srl

Patrick Wall
Associate Professor of Public Health, University College Dublin's School of Public Health and Population Sciences

Polly Zhao
Market Development Manager, RFID/Intelligent Labels, Avery Dennison

Pony L. Chen
Medical Affairs Director, Greater China, Mead Johnson Infant Nutrition Technology (Guangzhou) Co. Ltd

Qiu Jing
Professor, Institute of Quality Standards and Testing Technology for Agro-Products, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Rance Baker
Entrepreneurial Zone, National Environmental Health Association

Retsef Levi
J. Spencer Standish (1945) Professor of Operations Management, MIT Sloan School of Management

Ronnie Dunn
Director, International Liaison Office in Beijing, Food Safety and Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture

Ruby O
Director of Environmental, Social and Governance, Wynn Macau | Wynn Palace

Rudolf Krska
Head of the Center for Analytical Chemistry at Department IFA-Tulln of BOKU;
Coordinator of the EU-China Project MyToolBox; Chair of the International Society of Mycotoxicology

Ren Jing
National Quality & Food Safety Director, Carrefour China Management Consulting Service Co., Ltd

Ruth Petran
Vice President, International Association for Food Protection; Vice President, Food Safety and Public Health, Ecolab

Samim Saner
Corporate Scientific Director, Mérieux NutriSciences

Séamus Fanning
Professor, Food Safety and Zoonoses, School of Public Health, Physiotherapy & Population Science, University College Dublin

Steven Hermansky
Vice President and Chief Food Safety and Quality Officer, Conagra Brands, Inc. , U.S.A.

Sultan Ali Al Taher
Head of Food Inspection Section, Dubai Municipality Food Safety Department

Sun Meijun
Vice Minister, State Administration for Market Regulation, China

Swaine Chen
Assistant Professor, National University of Singapore; Senior Research Scientist, Genome Institute of Singapore

Tang Dawei
Research Scientist, Unilever

Tang Guangjiang
Counsel (DG Level), Bureau of Import and Export Food Safety, The General Administration of Customs of the People’s Republic of China

Tao Ailin
Professor, Supervisor of PhD students, Guangzhou Medical University;
Lab Director, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Allergy & Clinical Immunology

Terence Lok-Ting Lau
Director of Innovation and Technology Development; The Hong Kong Polytechnic University;
Convener, The Food Safety Consortium

Terry McGrath
Research Fellow, Institute for Global Food Security, Queen's University Belfast

Ting Lu
University College Dublin; Research Fellow, EU China Safe Project

Tom Heilandt
Secretary, Codex Alimentarius Commission

Vincent Doumeizel
Director Food Programme, Lloyd’s Register Foundation

Wang Jinglu
Director of Tencent Jiaozhen Fact-Checking Platform, Tencent News

Wang Jun
Director, Division II of Food Safety Standards, China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment

Wang Qingwei
Technical Manager, PhD, Biomin China

Wang Songxue
Research Scientist, PhD, Director of Research Institute of Grain and Oil Quality and Safety, Academy of National Food and Strategic Reserves Administration (formerly known as ASAG)

Wang Yang
Professor, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University

Wan Yi
Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University

Wendy Gao
Director, North Asia Regional Regulatory Affairs, Cargill Hong Kong Ltd.

Wenna Xu
Chief Director Program, DG of China-Affairs, German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR)

William Watts
Senior Director, Walmart Food Safety Collabortion Center, Walmart

Wu Di
Associate Researcher, Yangtze Delta Region Institute of Tsinghua University, Zhejiang

Wu Min
Founder, Food Talk

Wu Yanwen
Research Professor, Beijing Center for Physical & Chemical Analysis

Wu Yongning
Chief Scientist, China National Center of Food Safety Risk Assessment (CFSA); Director, NHC Key Lab of Food Safety Risk Assessment

Xu Xiuli
Ph.D/Professor, Institute of Food Safety, Chinese Academy of Inspection and Quarantine, CAIQ

Yang Dajin
Research Scientist, Director of Risk Surveillance Division 1, China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment

Yu Dongwei
PhD, R&D Director of Food Safety, Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy (Group) Co., Ltd.

Yves Rey
Independent Senior Advisor to Industry Leaders, former Danone Corporate General Manager and GFSI Chairman

Yvonne Ren
Marketing Communications Manager, APAC, Digital Science, Thermo Fisher Scientific

Zhang Feng
Director, Institute of Food Safety, Chinese Academy of Inspection and Quarantine

Zhang Guangtao
Head of Research, Mars Global Food Safety Center

Zhang Xiaomei
Senior Engineer, Technology Center, Qingdao Customs

Zhinong Yan
Executive Director, Walmart Food Safety Collaboration Center

Zhong Kai
Deputy Director, China Food Information Center

Zhou Changyan
Dean, Institute of Agri-food Standards and Testing Technology at the Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Zhou Peng
Associate Dean, Shenzhen Institute of Standard and Technology

Zhu Baoli
Professor, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Zhu Na
Senior Engineer, Shenzhen Institute of Standard and Technology

Zhu Ping
Guizhou Academy of Testing and Analytics, Food Safety Cloud