List of Speakers 2018

Adrian Rogers
Senior Research Scientist, Romer Labs UK Ltd.

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

Anne Brisabois
Deputy Head, Food Safety Laboratory; Director, Department for Fish Products and Aquaculture, French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES)

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

Axel Wildner
Counsellor, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, Food and Agriculture

Bai Dongxian
Founder & CEO, Shenzhen DJX Technology Co., Ltd.

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

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

Benjamin Smith
Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore

Bi Kexin
Director, Import & Export Food Safety Bureau, General Administration of Customs, China

Butler Xiang
Chief Operating Officer, Shenzhen ZKS Mobile IoT Tech Co., Ltd

Cao Wenming
Manager, Wilmar Global R&D Center

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

Chen Si
Associate Researcher, Division of Risk Communication (Office of news and public education), China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment

Chen Yan
Research Scientist and Secretary to NHC Key Laboratory, China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment

Chen Yuhuan
Interdisciplinary Scientist, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services

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

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

Clara Shen
Business Development and Ventures, Mars Wrigley Confectionery China, Mars

Danette Andley
Global Marketing and Business Development, FSD, 3M

Daniela von Blumröder
Deputy Head of Division 324, Veterinary Affairs Export, Germany Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture

Darin Zehr
General Manager, Commercial Food Sanitation

David Machiels
R&I Director, Asia Expansion and Innovation Acceleration, Danone

David Pigott
President, Frozen Foods Division, Morrison Lamothe Inc.

David Tharp
Executive Director, International Association for Food Protection

David Zhang
David Zhang, Senior Laboratory Manager, Romer Labs China

DeAnn Benesh
Former President, AOAC International; Manager, Global Regulatory Affairs, FSD, 3M

Denise Lindsay
Senior Research Scientist, Fonterra

Dong Qingli
Associate Professor, Institute of Food Quality and Safety, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology

Dyane Burke
Sr. Director - Quality, Conagra Brands, Inc.

Elizabeth Clare Mills
Professor of Molecular Allergology, The University of Manchester

Ernest Teye
Senior Lecturer (Agri-food & Post-harvest technology and Food Engineering), Department of Agricultural Engineering University of Cape Coast, Ghana (West Africa)

Fan Yongxiang
Director, Food Safety Standard Division I, China National Centre for Food Safety Risk Assessment

Fran Freeman
First Assistant Secretary, Australia Government Department of Agriculture and Water Resources’ Exports Division; Chair of the Codex Committee on Food Import and Export Inspection and Certification Systems

Gale Prince
President, SAGE Food Safety, LLC

Ge Zhirong
Honorary Chairman, CIFSQ; Former Counselor of the State Council; Member of the 11th CPPCC; Former Deputy Director AQSIQ; Deputy Director of the Expert Committee, CCPBD

Gerard Chia
Investments & Portfolio Management, New Protein Capital

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

Guy Tweedie
Vice President, Research & Development, Infant & Child Nutrition (Enfa), Reckitt Benckiser

Hervé Martin
National Food Safety and Quality Director, Carrefour China Management Consulting Service Co., Ltd

Huang Yan
Sr. Technical Service Engineer, 3M

Huang Yasheng
Professor, MIT Sloan School of Management

Irene Chan
Deputy Country Director, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, China Office

Jean Francois Legrand
Global Food Safety Director, BRF Global

Jennifer Gao
Research Associate, MIT Sloan School of Management

Jens Brockmeyer
Prof. Dr. rer. nat.,Department of Food Chemistry, Institute of Biochemistry and Technical Biochemistry, University Stuttgart

Jerome Combrisson
NGS industry Europe Manager, Biofortis Merieux NutriSciences

John Lee
Agilent Global food market manager

Jorgen Schlundt
Michael Fam Chair Professor, Food Science and Technology, Nanyang Technological University; Director, NTU Food Technology Centre (NAFTEC)

Joseph Elrefaie
Director, International and Commercial Quality, Conagra Brands, Inc.

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

Joseph Zhou
Investment Partner, Bits x Bites

Ksenia Horoshenkova
Director, Finance & Operations, ImpactVision

Lee Chin Kei
Medical Officer, WHO Representative in People’s Republic of China

Le Nguyen Doan Duy
Assoc. Professor, Ho Chi Minh city University of Technology-Vietnam National University System

Leon Gorris
Unilever Research & Development

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

Li Jingguang
Professor and Academic Secretary to NHC Key Laboratory, China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment

Liang Chengzhu
Director and Scientific Leader, Qingdao Customs

Link Wang
Technical Director, Romer Labs China

Liran Christine Shan
Newman Followship Scholar, Post-doc Researcher, University College Dublin, Ireland

Liu Biao
Infant Formula R&D Director, Yili Group

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

Maritta Ko
Head, BioControl Global Portfolio Development, Merck Life Science

Marta Hugas
Chief Scientist, European Food Safety Authority

Mary McBride
Director Global Applied Segment Marketing, Agilent Technology, USA

Matilda Ho
Founder and Managing Director, Bits x Bites; Founder and CEO, Yimishiji

Meredith Sutzko
Global Food Pathogen Product Manager, Romer Labs Inc.

Mohammed Ahmed
Senior Consultant; Manager Laboratory Optimization, BioMerieux

Nicholas Renegar
PhD Student, MIT Sloan School of Management

Nuri Gras
Executive Secretary, Chilean Food Safety and Quality Agency

Pan Canping
Professor, Department of Applied Chemistry, China Agricultural University

Pascal Boireau
Director, Animal Health Laboratory, ANSES

Patrice Arbault
Consultant, BioAdvantage Consulting

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

Paul Hepburn
Director, Food Safety, Safety & Environmental Assurance Centre, Unilever

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

Paul Toulouse
President, Eurofins Laboratoires de Microbiologie Ouest – France

Peggy Monson
Peggy Monson, Director, Global Analytical and Food Safety, Abbott Nutrition Research & Development

Pierre Venter
General Manager R&D Food Perception, Assurance, and Nutrition, Fonterra

Pradeep Malakar
Senior Research Scientist, Fonterra, New Zealand

Qin Jianhua
Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP), Chinese Academy of Sciences

Rain Yamamoto
Food Standards Officer, Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN

Remen Cheng
Marketing Manager, Thermo Fisher Scientific

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

Ruan Guangfeng
Director of Food Science, China Food Information Center

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

Sabine Baumgartner
Assoc.Prof. DI Dr., University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna (BOKU), Dept. for Agrobiotechnology Tulln, Center for Analytical Chemistry

Sakurako Marchand
Manager, Global Microbiology Marketing, BioMerieux

Saskia van Ruth
Professor, Wageningen University and Research

Shi Yiyin
Senior Engineer, Shanghai Customs

Stacy Springs
Senior Director of Programs, MIT Center for Biomedical Innovation

Stefan Weigel
Head of International Affairs Office, German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR)

Stephen Ostroff
Deputy Commissioner for Foods and Veterinary Medicine, U.S. Food & Drug Administration

Steve Crossley
Manager of Data, International, Composition and Exposure at Food Standards Australia New Zealand

Steven Gendel
Senior Director, Food Science, Food Chemicals Codex, US Pharmacopeia

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

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

Jinlv Sun
Professor, Allergy Department, Peking Union Medical College Hospital; Chairman, Allergy Medicine Committee, Chinese Research Hospital Association

Swaine Chen
Assistant Professor, Medicine and Senior Research Scientist in Infectious Diseases, National University of Singapore and Genome Institute of Singapore

Tang Dawei
Research Scientist, Unilever

Tan Zhijun
Deputy Director, Yellow Sea Fishery Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences

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, Queens University Belfast, UK

Thomas Spengler
Director Market Management Food Feed Beverages & Head of Lean Customer Development, AIC Division, Bruker BioSpin GmbH

Tian Mingsheng
Inspector & Chief Physician, General Enforcement Team, Shanghai Food and Drug Administration

Tim Jackson
Vice President Food Safety, Regulatory Compliance, Worker Welfare, Driscoll’s; President, International Association for Food Protection

Tom Heilandt
Secretary, Codex Alimentarius Commission

Tom Ross
Professor, University of Tasmania, Australia

Vellen Zhang
Minitab Senior Application Consultant, Techmax Info. Tech. Co., Ltd.

Vivian C.H. Wu
Research Leader, Agricultural Research Service, Western Regional Research Center, United States Department of Agriculture

Vytenis Andriukaitis
Commissioner, Health and Food Safety, European Commission

Wang Longfei
Chemical Analytical Expert, Nestlé Food Safety Institute (China)

Wang Peng
CEO, Food Safety and Nutrition Information Technology Co.Ltd

Wang Songxue
Research Scientist, ASAG (Academy of State Administration of Grains)

Wang Tiehan
Director of Food Safety, State Administration for Market Regulation of China

Wang Yu
Assistant Professor, School of Public Health, Peking University; Deputy Secretary-General, China Global Health Network

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

William Watts
Deputy Director, Walmart Food Safety Collaboration Center

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

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

Xie Xueqin
Senior Engineer, Xiamen Products Quality Supervision and Inspection Institute

Xun Gong
Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Xueqi (Shirley) Li
Assistant Director, University of California Davis Olive Center

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

Yang Jinsong
Director General, Shanghai Municipal Food and Drug Administration

Yao Su
Director, Fermentation R&D Department, China National Research Institute of Food & Fermentation Industries; Vice Director, CICC

Yao Weirong
College of Food Science, Jiangnan University

Yao Zhongping
Associate Professor, Department of Applied Biology & Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Yi Xionghai
Vice Director, Technical Center for Animal, Plant and Food Inspection & Quarantine of Shanghai Customs

Yoav Levy
Founder, Freshpoint

Yukiko Yamada
Advisor to Vice-Minister, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Japan

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

Zhang Bo
Lead of Food Safety Research, IBM Research China

Zhang Donglai
Associate Professor, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences

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

Zhang Guangtao
Global Head of Analytical Food Safety Research, Global Food Safety Center, Mars

Zhang Li
CMO, Shenzhen DJX Technology Co., Ltd.

Zhao Yunfeng
Research Scientist, Chief Officer of Chemistry Laboratory, China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment

Zhinong Yan
Executive Director, Walmart Food Safety Collaboration Center

Zhong Kai
Deputy Director, China Food Information Centre (CFIC)

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

Zhou Jiehong
Professor, Zhejiang University