List of Speakers 2023

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

Alina Mihailova
Food Safety and Control Laboratory
Joint FAO/IAEA Centre of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture
Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications
International Atomic Energy Agency, Austria

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

Annabelle Schreiber
Agricultural Attaché for Food Safety and SPS Measures, Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain,
Embassy of the Kingdom of Belgium in China

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

Ayidh Almansour
Chief Laboratory Research Expert, Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA)

Bai Li
Director, Microbiology Lab, China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment

Barbara Gallani
Head of the Communication and Partnerships (ENGAGE) Department, European Food Safety Authority

Bert Popping
Chief Executive Officer, FOCOS GmbH

Bettina Haack
Scientist, German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR)

Bianca-Sybille Roth
Doctoral Researcher, German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR)

Bob Reinhard
Sr. Vice President of Food Safety, Quality, and Regulatory Affairs, Conagra Brands

Boey Lau
Vice President, Food Safety & Quality, Kerry

Boris Bolshchikov
Head of Food Safety Research and the Global Food Safety Center, Mars Incorporated

Brian Sylvester
Partner, Perkins Coie LLP

Catherine Francois
Global Director Consulting and Technical Services, NSF

Cecilia Zhang
CNAO QFS Expertise & Analytical Excellence Associate Director, Danone

Chang Yuwei
Senior Research Scientist, Mars Global Food Safety Center

Chen Ailiang
Professor, Institute of Quality Standard & Testing Technology for Agro-Products,
Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

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

Chen Shuangshuang
Director of R&D, CellX

Chen Si
Director, Division of Risk Communication, China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment

Chen Ying
Vice President, Chinese Academy of Inspection and Quarantine

Christopher Elliott
Professor, School of Biological Sciences, Founder & Director, Institute for Global Food Security,
Queens University, Belfast

Cindy Jiang
Global Food Safety Ambassador (Retired from McDonald’s Corporation)

Cindy Tian
Regional Manager, Food Safety Services, China, AIB International

David Kaplan
Professor, Biomedical Engineering,
Distinguished Professor, Tufts University School of Engineering,
Distinguished Professor, Biology, Tufts University

Ding Shijie
CEO, Nanjing Joes Future Food Technology Co., Ltd.

Dinh Thanh Phuong
SAFEGRO Project Specialist, Vietnam

Donald A. Prater
Acting Director, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN), U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Dong Yinping
Associate Research Fellow, China National Centre for Food Safety Risk Assessment

Emily Boon Hui Tay
Technical Support and Application Manager APAC, Hygiena Singapore Pte Ltd.

Erwan Engel
Senior Scientist (Research Director),
INRAE - The French National Research Institute in Food, Agriculture and Environment

Fan Xia
Deputy Director, Institute of Quality Standard and Testing Technology for AGRO-Products of CAAS

Florence Wu
President & CEO, AEMTEK, Inc.

Fred Hollamby-Jones
Managing Director, Drinkcreate; European Special Tea Association (ESTA)

Gao Boyan
Associate Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Ge Chongtao
Senior Research Manager, Mars Global Food Safety Center

Gang Xiaofei
Director of Food Safety Risk Control, New Hope Group

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

Guo Miao
Food Safety and Quality Assurance Director, Great China Region, PepsiCo

Guo Shuntang
Professor, College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University

Guo Yunchang
Researcher & Director, Department of Risk Monitoring II, China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment

Han Haizhou
Vice President Quality Assurance, China, McCormick (China) Food Company Ltd.

Hong Yunhe
Dr., Institute for Global Food Security, Queen's University Belfast

Ian Zheng
Director Quality Food Safety and Regulatory Affairs, Lamb Weston

Jiang Tao
Researcher, China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment

Jia Yongsheng
Senior Food Safety Specialist, Intralox Conveyor Belts (Shanghai) Ltd

John Spink
Director, Food Fraud Prevention Academy & Assistant Professor, Supply Chain Management, Business College, Michigan State University (USA)

Jose Ángel Gómez Ruiz
Dietary Exposure Assessor, European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)

José Emilio Esteban
Under Secretary for Food Safety, U.S. Department of Agriculture

Joseph Elrefaie
Sr. Director, Food Safety, Quality, and Regulatory Affairs, Conagra Brands, Inc.

Julie Moss
Director, Office of International Engagement, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN),
U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Kurt Brunner
Managing Director, Romer Labs (part of DSM-Firmenich)

Laura Gieraltowski
US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (USCDC)

Leonie Dendler
Head of Unit, German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR)

Li Fengqin
Research Scientist, China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment

Li Guoliang
Professor, Shaanxi University of Science & Technology

Lili Yu
Supplier Quality Management Senior Director, Mars Wrigley Confectionary (China) Co., Ltd.

Li Ning
Director General, China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment

Lisa Hovey
Executive Director, International Association for Food Protection

Li Shaoting
Associate Professor, School of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangdong University of Technology

Liu Zhaoping
Deputy Director, China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment

Liangli (Lucy) Yu
Distinguished University Professor, Department of Nutrition & Food Science, University of Maryland

Luo Yunbo
Director of the Special Food Research Center, China Agricultural University

Lu Ting
Postdoctoral Researcher, Hangzhou Normal University Hospital

Malik Altaf Hussain
Associate Professor in Innovative Food Production, School of Science, Western Sydney University, Australia

Marc Cwikowski
Co-Founder and Managing Director, World of Auditing

Mark Post
Professor of Sustainable Industrial Tissue Engineering, Maastricht University; CSO of Mosa Meat

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

Martyn Kirk
Professor, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, The Australian National University

Masami Takeuchi
Food Safety Officer, Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Meshari Ahmed Alhadlaq
Senior Chief Lab Research Expert and Principal Investigator, Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA)

Mohammad Alwetaid
Head of Foodborne Illness Monitoring Section, Saudi Food and Drug Authority

Patrick Henry
Head Global Business Development, LGC Proficiency Testing, LGC

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

Paul Kiecker
Administrator of the Food Safety and Inspection Service, Office of the Administrator,
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Peter Wang
Technical Director & Co-Founder, IQC Consulting Co., Ltd.

Ren Yan
Key Account Manager, Oxford Nanopore Technologies

Roaa Almarwani
Senior Risk Communication Expert, Saudi Food and Drug Authority

Ruan Guangfeng
Deputy Director, China Food Information Center

Rudolf KRSKA
Founding Head of the Institute of Bioanalytics and Agro-Metabolomics, Department IFA-Tulln, BOKU

Sarah Cahill
Senior Food Standards Officer, Secretariat, Codex Alimentarius Commission,
Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme

Saskia Van Ruth
Professor of Food Supply Chain Integrity, University College Dublin, Ireland

Su Lina
Senior Manager, SCD, USP China

Sergei Eremin
Professor, Research Center of Biotechnology Russian Academy of Science

Song Yan
Director, Division III Risk Assessment, China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment

Sui Xiaonan
Professor, College of Food Science, Northeast Agricultural University

Sun Xiulan
Professor, School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University

Tang Yue
BD, MGI Tech Co., Ltd.

Tania Dottorini
Professor of Bioinformatics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Nottingham

Ta Thi Yen
Head of Science, Training and International Cooperation, National Institute for Food Control,
Ministry of Health, Vietnam

Terence Lok-Ting Lau
Interim Chief Innovation Officer, Hong Kong Baptist University; Chairman, Food Safety Consortium

Tian Xuefei
Chromatographic and Mass Spectrometry Application Engineer, ThermoFisher

Tim Jackson
Senior Science Advisor for Food Safety, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN),
U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Tom Heilandt
International Food Standards Expert; Former Secretary Codex Alimentarius Commission

Tommy Tobin
Associate, Perkins Coie LLP

Toni Ma
Visiting professor, Tianjin University of Science and Technology

Vanessa Shaw-Dore
Director, FDA China Office, U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Wang Hang
Sr. Technical Service Specialist, Neogen Bio-Scientific Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.

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

Wang Liang
Technical Manager, Romer Labs China

Wang Shouwei
Chief Expert, China Meat Research Center, Beijing Academy of Food Sciences (BAFS), China

Wang Wei
Associate Researcher, China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment

Wang Xin
Deputy Branch Chief, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (USCDC)

Wang Yibaina
Associate Researcher, China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment

William Chen
Michael Fam Endowed Professor, Food Science and Technology, Nanyang Technological University Singapore; Director, Singapore Future Ready Food Safety Hub (FRESH)

William Marler, ESQ
Marler Clark, Inc. PS

Wu Di
Lecturer, The Institute for Global Food Security, Queen’s University of Belfast

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

Xie Yang
Senior Technician, Production Division, Heilongjiang Feihe Dairy Industry Co., Ltd.

Xiong Hui
Director, Quality and Food Safety, Mead Johnson China

Xu Tongtong
Senior Scientist II, US Pharmacopeia

Xu Xiuli
Deputy Director, Researcher, Institute of Food Safety, Chinese Academy of Inspection and Quarantine

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

Yan Liang
Director, Research Institute of Pu'er Tea, College of Pu'er Tea, West Yunnan University of Applied Sciences

Ye Jin
Associate Researcher, Academy of National Food and Strategic Reserves Administration, China

Yolanda Yao
Food Safety, Product Safety and CBEC Compliance Director, Walmart (China) Investment Co., Ltd.

Yue Jin
Associate Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Yue Min
Professor, College of Animal Sciences Zhejiang University

Yuki Minato
Secretariat, WHO Foodborne Disease Burden Epidemiology Reference Group,
Department of Nutrition & Food Safety, World Health Organization

Yu Xueli
Director of Risk Assessment Teaching and Research Section of Shenyang Agricultural University

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

Zhang Dawei
Senior Laboratory Manager, Romer Labs Analytical Service (Wuxi) Ltd.

Zhang Lijie
Deputy Director of Chinese Field Epidemiology Training Program,
Chinese Center for Disease Control & Prevention

Zhang Tian
Senior R&D Advisor, Mérieux NutriSciences

Zhang Zhixu
Food Business Development & COE Manager, Agilent Technologies (China) Co., Ltd.

Zhao Fangqing
Researcher, Beijing Institutes of Life Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Zhou Jing
Romer Labs

Zhou Jingwen
Deputy Director, Science Center for Future Foods, Jiangnan University

Zhou Kang
Food Safety Officer, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Zhou Zhemin
Professor, Soochow University

Zhu Furong
Professor, Department of Physics, Hong Kong Baptist University