ILSI Southeast Asia Region organizes over 50 events – workshops, symposia, scientific session and more – each year. Explore recent and past events here for agendas, speaker presentations, and summaries.
Past Events
ILSI Symposium at ACN 2023: Rethink Protein Needs and Micronutrients Fortification in Asia – Nutrition, Health, Innovation and Regulation
16/09/2023
Chengdu, China
12th Seminar on Nutrition Labeling and Claims
20/07/2023
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Integration of Food Science and Nutrition to Improve Global Health
09/06/2023
Biopolis, Singapore
Science Symposium in conjunction with ILSI SEA Region 2023 Annual Meeting – ReThink Nutrient Recommendations for Optimizing Health and Harmonizing Approaches
27/04/2023
Singapore, Singapore
A science session in conjunction with ILSI SEA Region 2023 Annual Meeting, Symposium on “ReThink Nutrient Recommendations for Optimizing Health and Harmonizing Approaches” provides a platform to review and deliberate on various aspects of recommended intake values for nutrients and bioactives. These have important implications and impact on various aspects of food and nutrition activities, including food intake programs, product innovation, food fortification, and supplementation.
Symposium: ReThink Protein Needs and Dietary Shift in Southeast Asia – Health, Innovation and Sustainability
21/02/2023 – 22/02/2023
Singapore, Singapore
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Program and Speakers
Session 1: Protein for Health and Sustainable Solution
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CHAIR: Mrs. Boon Yee Yeong, Executive Director, ILSI Southeast Asia Region, Singapore
Mrs. Boon Yee Yeong is the Executive Director of ILSI SEA Region, based in Singapore. ILSI SEA Region was established as a regional branch of the world-wide scientific-foundation ILSI in 1993, covering ASEAN and Australasia. Mrs. Yeong oversees the Branch's operation, scientific programs and partnership activities, working closely with stakeholders from private sectors, leading academic institutions, international organizations and key government and health agencies throughout the vast geographical region. ILSI SEA Region facilitates programs that address pertinent nutrition, food safety and sustainability topics as well as issues for the improvement scientific decision for public health benefits.
Mrs. Yeong obtained her BSc and Masters in Nutrition and Dietetics from Kings College (previously Queen Elizabeth College) University of London, and has over the past decades actively served to build scientific capacity and nutrition improvement for the target population in the region.
Assessing Protein Quality of Sustainable Food Sources to Improve Nutrition in Asia
Assoc. Prof. Wantanee Kriengsinyos, Associate Professor, Institute of Nutrition, Mahidol University, Thailand
Dr. Wantanee Kriengsinyos has 20 years of professional experience in clinical nutrition and dietetics. Her current research involves metabolic studies of food products in development of non-communicable diseases (NCDs); body composition and energy expenditure; diet and behavior modification for patients with diet-related chronic diseases; and protein quality and amino-acid metabolism. Over the past 5 years, Dr. Kriengsinyos has also developed experience in nutrition policy and was a part of the team that successfully worked to ban partially-hydrogenated oils in Thailand. She currently leads a promotion project on implementation of healthier food logos to combat NCDs through reduction of sugar, fat, and sodium consumption in the Thai population. Currently, Dr. Kriengsinyos is chair of the Master of Science in Nutrition and Dietetics program at the Institute of Nutrition, Mahidol University. She received a doctorate in Nutritional Sciences at the University of Toronto, Canada, and holds a Registered Dietitian credential from the United States.
Protein Nutrition and Sarcopenia in the Aging Population - A review and case example in Taiwan
Assoc. Prof. Feili Lo Yang, Associate Professor, Department of Nutritional Science, College of Human Ecology, Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan
Assoc. Prof. Feili Lo Yang is an Associate Professor at the Department of Nutritional Science, College of Human Ecology, Fu Jen Catholic University in Taiwan. She has been active in the university, serving different roles such as Chairperson of the Department of Nutritional Science (2013-2019), Member of Service Learning Advisory Board (2010-2018) and is currently a member of the Research and Development Committee at the Senior Care Resource Center, College of Medicine.
She specializes in lifespan nutrition and biochemical nutritional assessment, and currently serves as the project leader in charge of revising Taiwan's Dietary Reference Intakes and guidelines.
Dr. Feili Lo Yang holds a Ph.D. and M.Sc. in Human Nutrition from The Ohio State University, USA and a Bachelor in Nutrition and Food Science from Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan.
Harnessing Plant Proteins for Cell-based Meat Culture and Seafood Analogues for Human Nutrition and Sustainable Development
Prof. Dejian Huang, Professor & Deputy Head, Department of Food Science and Technology, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Prof. Dejian Huang is a professor and deputy head at the Department of Food Science and Technology, National University of Singapore. His research interests cover chemistry of dietary antioxidants: their analytical methodology and action mechanisms as free radical scavengers; chemistry of bioactive compounds in fruits and vegetables for controlling diabetes, aging, inflammation, and obesity; plant proteins for 3D printing of seafood mimics and scaffolds for cell-based meat culture and 3D cell culture for biomedical applications. He has published over 200 scholarly papers and was listed as a Highly Cited Researcher 2014 and 2015. He is an associate editor of Journal of Functional Foods and Frontiers in Nutrition Food Chem Section.
Session 2: Food Fortification for Improved Nutrition and Health - Strategies, Success and Challenges
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CHAIR: Assoc. Prof. Pattanee Winichagoon, Associate Professor, Institute of Nutrition, Mahidol University, Thailand
Assoc. Prof. Pattanee Winichagoon is an Associate Professor, and currently, Senior Advisor, at the Institute of Nutrition, Mahidol University, Thailand. Her research in maternal and child micronutrient status and interventions, and community-based nutrition is well-regarded. This includes impacts of micronutrient fortification on nutritional status and cognitive functions; iron bioavailability from iron fortified foods using stable isotopes, iron metabolism in hemoglobinopathy. She has collaborated with several international renowned researchers and research institutions. Recently, she has been leading research on the application of stable isotopic methods for early life nutrition in Thailand and Asian countries, including human milk intake, body composition of mothers and children, and infant energy expenditure, aiming to contribute to data gaps from low- and middle-income countries. She has served on WHO guideline development groups on indicators for assessing anemia and iron status; FAO/WHO expert group on nutrient requirements of infants and young children. She has published numerous international peer-reviewed articles and monographs, and was recognized as the IUNS fellow at the 13th International Conference of Nutrition. Assoc. Prof. Winichagoon was the Vice-Chair of the Scientific Committee for the 19th International Congress of Nutrition held in Bangkok (2009). She obtained her M.Sc. in Nutrition from the University of Hawaii, PhD in International Nutrition from Cornell University, USA.
Nutritional Status and Food Fortification Efforts in the Philippines
Dr. Imelda Agdeppa, Director IV and Scientist IV, Department of Science and Technology - Food and Nutrition Research Institute (DOST-FNRI), Philippines
Dr. Imelda Agdeppa is the Director of the Department of Science and Technology, Food and Nutrition Research Institute and conferred as Scientist IV by the National Academy of Science and Technology and the Civil service Commission. She is also a Board Member of the Professional Regulatory Board of Nutrition and Dietetics, Professional Regulation Commission (PRC). She conducted numerous community trials that contributed significantly to the improvement in nutritional status of Filipinos.
She has been a short-term consultant in Indonesia and in the National Institute of Nutrition, Hanoi, Vietnam, a project leader in the conduct of National Nutrition Surveys. Her most recent research is development of Healthy Eating Index for Filipinos.
She received numerous awards: PAGASA awarded by the President of the Philippines, the Alberto Romualdez Outstanding Health Research Award, Clara Ruth Darby by the Nutritionist - Dietitians Association of the Phil.
Voluntary Food Fortification for Improved Nutrition - Industry Perspectives
Ms. Wei Tang, Regional Head, Diet & Health - Asia, Unilever, China
Ms. Wei Tang is Regional Head of Diet and Health (Asia) of Unilever. Ms. Tang supports Unilever's external nutrition and health-related programs and collaboration across Asia. She has 16 years of working experience in Research & Development at various positions related to Nutrition & Science, Product Development and Scientific Affairs in France and China. She joined Unilever in 2017 as Regional Head of Nutrition External Engagement for North Asia and expanded her responsibility to Southeast Asia and Australasia (SEAA) region from 2018. Ms. Tang obtained her M.Sc. in Biology and Innovation in Quality and Productions of Vegetable respectively at University Paris XIII and University Paris XI.
Status of Food Fortification Regulations in Southeast Asia - An Overview
Ms. Pauline Chan, Director, Scientific Programs, ILSI Southeast Asia Region, Singapore
Ms. Pauline Chan is the Director of Scientific Programs for ILSI Southeast Asia Region, a global scientific organization that seeks to improve public health through the advancement of science in the areas of nutrition and food safety. ILSI SEA Region is headquartered in Singapore and covers the 10 ASEAN countries, Australia and New Zealand. Pauline has extensive experience in developing scientific programs and facilitating dialogue between scientists, government regulators, and industry to address regional and international issues in nutrition, food safety, sustainability and health. A frequently invited resource speaker at conferences and seminars, Ms. Chan is a registered dietitian (RD) with the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Ms. Chan received her M.Sc. in Nutrition and Dietetics from New York University, USA, and her B.Sc. in Chemistry from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
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Since 2001, ILSI SEA Region has facilitated a series of seminars and workshops for regulators, researchers and scientists, and relevant food industry personnel from the region to discuss issues on nutrition labeling and claims.
The 12th Seminar on Nutrition Labeling and Claims aims to provide updates on regional developments and regulatory changes in nutrition labeling, nutrition and health claims, Front-of-Pack labeling and related issues in Southeast Asia and other regions. It will also discuss on the regulatory status of non-nutritional food components and updates on harmonization efforts of nutrition labeling in ASEAN, as well as scientific substantiation and harmonization opportunities for nutrition & health claims in SEA.
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*Note:Local registration fees are only applicable to participants residing in Malaysia.
*Malaysian Registrants:This seminar, co-organized by the Nutrition Society of Malaysia (NSM), is HRD Corp-claimable.
Venue Location
The 12th Nutrition Labeling and Claims Seminar will be held IN-PERSON at:
Grand Hibiscus Ballroom
Level 3 - Residences Building
Swiss-Garden Hotel, Bukit Bintang
117, Jalan Pudu, 55100
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Program and Speakers
Welcome Address and Introduction
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Ms Ts. Zailina Abdul Majid, a Food Technologist since 2000 in Ministry of Health, by qualification, holds a Bachelor Degree in Industrial Technology (Food Technology), University of Science Malaysia (1995) and a Master of Science (Food Science), National University of Malaysia (2013).
At present, she is the Director for the Policy, Strategic Planning and Codex Standard Division, Food Safety and Quality Programme under the Ministry of Health Malaysia. Her main responsibilities are on the formulating national policies on food safety, promulgation of national legislation, overseeing the management of food analysis, risk assessment, and communication and consumerism activities. She is also responsible in managing international issues of Codex, WTO, SPS and TBT, regional issues pertaining to ASEAN, APEC, etc, including bilateral, multilateral agreements as well as FTAs. She also attends Codex, ASEAN and other international meetings to ensure Malaysia's positions are upheld.
She is also the Secretary for Malaysian Food Analyst Council, the Lead Secretariat for Codex Committee of Fats and Oils host country secretariat and at the ASEAN level, she is the Vice Chair for the Task Force for ASEAN Food Safety Regulatory Framework Agreement (TF AFSRF).
Mrs. Boon Yee Yeong is the Executive Director of ILSI SEA Region, based in Singapore. ILSI SEA Region was established as a regional branch of the world-wide scientific-foundation ILSI in 1993, covering ASEAN and Australasia. Mrs. Yeong oversees the Branch's operation, scientific programs and partnership activities, working closely with stakeholders from private sectors, leading academic institutions, international organizations and key government and health agencies throughout the vast geographical region. ILSI SEA Region facilitates programs that address pertinent nutrition, food safety and sustainability topics as well as issues for the improvement scientific decision for public health benefits.
Mrs. Yeong obtained her BSc and Masters in Nutrition and Dietetics from Kings College (previously Queen Elizabeth College) University of London, and has over the past decades actively served to build scientific capacity and nutrition improvement for the target population in the region.
Dr. E Siong Tee has been a Member of the Board of Directors of ILSI SEA Region since 1996 and Scientific Coordinator of ILSI Malaysia Country Committee since 2005. He is currently a Nutrition Consultant for TES NutriHealth Strategic Consultancy. Dr. Tee was Head of the Cardiovascular, Diabetes and Nutrition Research Centre of the Institute for Medical Research (IMR) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, until his retirement in February 2002, after serving for 30 years. He was Nutrition Advisor to the Food Safety and Quality Division of the Ministry of Health Malaysia from 2002-2011. In that capacity, Dr. Tee was Chairperson or member of several technical committees related to food regulations and Codex Alimentarius. He is still a member of the National Advisory Committee on Food Regulations and several Codex sub-committees. Dr. Tee is also President of the Nutrition Society of Malaysia (NSM). In this capacity, he has led the implementation of various community nutrition promotion programs. He represents NSM in several Technical Working Groups in the Ministry of Health Malaysia, including the National Coordinating Committee for Food and Nutrition (NCCFN) and the Technical Working Group for Nutritional Guidelines. He initiated the formation of the Southeast Asia Public Health Nutrition (SEA-PHN) Network and is the current Chairman of the Network. Dr Tee is also Adjunct Professor of the International Medical University, Malaysia.
Session 1
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Dr. E Siong Tee has been a Member of the Board of Directors of ILSI SEA Region since 1996 and Scientific Coordinator of ILSI Malaysia Country Committee since 2005. He is currently a Nutrition Consultant for TES NutriHealth Strategic Consultancy. Dr. Tee was Head of the Cardiovascular, Diabetes and Nutrition Research Centre of the Institute for Medical Research (IMR) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, until his retirement in February 2002, after serving for 30 years. He was Nutrition Advisor to the Food Safety and Quality Division of the Ministry of Health Malaysia from 2002-2011. In that capacity, Dr. Tee was Chairperson or member of several technical committees related to food regulations and Codex Alimentarius. He is still a member of the National Advisory Committee on Food Regulations and several Codex sub-committees. Dr. Tee is also President of the Nutrition Society of Malaysia (NSM). In this capacity, he has led the implementation of various community nutrition promotion programs. He represents NSM in several Technical Working Groups in the Ministry of Health Malaysia, including the National Coordinating Committee for Food and Nutrition (NCCFN) and the Technical Working Group for Nutritional Guidelines. He initiated the formation of the Southeast Asia Public Health Nutrition (SEA-PHN) Network and is the current Chairman of the Network. Dr Tee is also Adjunct Professor of the International Medical University, Malaysia.
Ms. Noor ul-Aziha Muhammad is a Senior Assistant Director at the Food Safety and Quality Division (FSQD), Ministry of Health Malaysia. She has been working in the Ministry of Health Malaysia for the past 15 years and is currently the Secretariat for the National Codex Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses. One of her responsibilities is to ensure the harmonization of the international guidelines and standards set in the Codex with the Malaysian Food Regulations, specifically on nutrition labelling and claims as well as the special purpose food standard. She is also Secretariat for the Expert Committee on Nutrition, Health Claims and Advertisement, a member of the National Codex Committee on Food Labelling and a member of the Expert Committee on Food Labelling. In her role, she is also giving technical and professional advice on the Malaysian Food Regulations to industries and consumers.
Ms. Meliza Suhartatik, STP, MKM is a Food Product Regulator Officer from Indonesian FDA with more than ten years of experience working in Directorate for Food Product Standardization. She graduated from Indonesia University in 2020 with master's degree in public health nutrition and a bachelor's degree in 2004 in Bogor Agriculture Institute Meliza is also in charge of providing information to the public about processed food regulations, particularly regulations regarding nutritional labeling. In 2022, she worked in a team to develop an application to create nutrition information tables that comply with Indonesian regulations (Aplikasi Cetak Informasi Nilai Gizi Mandiri). With this application, Food producers, especially SMEs, can easily create their own nutritional information for their products.
Ms. Maricel Rosaroso Naniong is Registered Nutritionist-Dietitian and a Licensed Professional Teacher. She is a senior food evaluator of the Licensing and Registration Division of the Center for Food Regulation and Research of FDA Philippines. She is one of the contributors to the modified electronic portal version 2 which is being used for product registration application.
Maricel worked as a Home Economics and Livelihood Education teacher for a year and as Assistant Restaurant Manager of Jollibee, a Filipino chain of fast food restaurants for three years prior to entering the Food and Drug Administration.
Ms. Seah Peik Ching is the Deputy Director for Regulatory Standard & Veterinary Office of the Singapore Food Agency. She holds an honours degree in Nutrition and is involves in setting policies on food labeling and claims. Peik Ching is also part of the Singapore National Codex Office which oversees the strategies and Singapore's participation in Codex.
Prior to this, she was involved in nutrition and health promotion and was involved in formulating national nutrition policies and strategizing programmes to create a conducive environment for healthy eating. She was instrumental in key strategies such as the Healthier Choice Symbol, Healthier Hawkers Programme and Healthier Dining Programme. Peik Ching was also a WHO Technical Advisor in Obesity Prevention to share her experience in promotion of healthy eating.
Ms. Jiraratana Thesasilpa is a Food and Drug Technical Officer, Senior Professional Level, at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Ministry of Public Health, Thailand. She is currently responsible for the standard establishing such as food additives, contaminant and others food standards, and also participates in the international meeting concerning food standards. She received her M.sc. in Tropical Nutrition and Food Science from Mahidol University, Thailand.
Dr. Tran Khanh Van is Head of the Micronutrient Department at the National Institute of Nutrition. Dr. Van served as a focal point for food fortification programs and the SBN network (Scaling Up Nutrition Business network). During her professional career of more than 25 years, she has been involved in numerous research and community educational projects focusing on nutrition communication and education, micronutrient deficiency, food fortification, and nutrition labelling emphasizing information on overweight and obesity control. She is also a member of the core group to develop important nutritional policies such as National Strategies for Nutrition and the National Plan of Action for Nutrition, nutrition labelling, Nutrition reference intakes. Dr. Van received her M.D. in Hanoi Medical School and completed her M.S. in Public Health at the University of Massachusetts, USA. She achieved her PhD in nutrition at both University of Massachusetts, USA and the National Institute of Nutrition, in Vietnam.
Ms. Norlida Zulkafly is a Nutritionist and currently appointed as the Section Head, for Special Food Group Section in the Food Safety and Quality Division, Ministry of Health. She obtained her degree in Food Science and Nutrition from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia in 2002. She began her career as nutritionist in a pharmaceutical and health industry for three years before joining Ministry of Health as Nutritionist in 2005.
Ms. Norlida has been involved with several expert committees namely Expert Committee on Nutrition, Health Claims & Advertisement and Codex Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses (CCNFSDU). Her field of interest includes nutrition labelling and food standards development.
Session 2
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Ms. Pauline Chan is the Director of Scientific Programs for ILSI Southeast Asia Region, a global scientific organization that seeks to improve public health through the advancement of science in the areas of nutrition and food safety. ILSI SEA Region is headquartered in Singapore and covers the 10 ASEAN countries, Australia and New Zealand. Pauline has extensive experience in developing scientific programs and facilitating dialogue between scientists, government regulators, and industry to address regional and international issues in nutrition, food safety, sustainability and health. A frequently invited resource speaker at conferences and seminars, Ms. Chan is a registered dietitian (RD) with the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Ms. Chan received her M.Sc. in Nutrition and Dietetics from New York University, USA, and her B.Sc. in Chemistry from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Mr. Wilfred Feng joined Dentons Shanghai Office as Senior Counsel in 2019. His practice focuses on international regulatory laws concerning life science, health, environment and data security, advising clients in the sectors of food, packaging materials, drug, medical device, tobacco products, cosmetics, agricultural products, chemicals, biomanufacturing and artificial intelligence.
By bridging law and science, he works with the regulatory authorities in China, the U.S., EU, Japan, and other jurisdictions, such as Chinese National Health Commission (NHC), State Administration of Market Regulation (SAMR), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA), U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and European Food Safety Agency (EFSA), European Medicines Agency (EMA), etc. His work includes compliance review for products and businesses, obtaining pre-market clearance, defending clients' products in the administrative or legal procedures, and other routine legal service.
Before joining Dentons, Mr. Feng spent 14 years at Keller and Heckman, an international regulatory law firm. As the first Chinese member joining its Shanghai Office, Mr. Feng has made significant contribution to its establishment and growth. Before working at law firms, Mr. Feng gained extensive experience in regulatory affairs, government affairs, business administration and R&D at DuPont.
Mr. Feng earned B.Sc. (biology) from Fudan University, and master degrees in agriculture and law, from Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and East China University of Law and Political Sciences. He is qualified to practice law in China.
Dr. Eunice Pang is the Deputy Director of Policy and Strategy Development at Health Promotion Board in Singapore.
Her expertise includes upstream supply chain strategies tackling nutrition-related issues at the population level. She is a pioneer in helping to grow the Healthier Choice and has a wealth of experience working with industry colleagues on R&D solutions.
Prior to joining HPB, Eunice was a post-doctoral associate at the Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging-USDA in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Ms. Fatimah Sulong is a Senior Principal Assistant Director at Nutrition Division, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Putrajaya. She is currently leading the Industry Collaboration Sector in Nutrition Division. Her responsibilities include planning, managing, monitoring and evaluating nutrition programmes related to healthier products initiatives, food services and code of ethics for the marketing of infant products.
She was previously the Senior Principal Assistant Director at Negeri Sembilan State Health Department from 2014-2016 and the Senior Assistant Director from 2006-2010. In addition, Ms Fatimah also worked at the Food Safety and Quality Division, Ministry of Health Malaysia from 2010-2014 and 2001-2006 where she was directly involved in formulating and reviewing policies for special purpose foods, nutrition labelling and claims regulations and advertisements. She was also the Secretariat for the National Codex Sub Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses (NFSDU).
Ms Fatimah holds M.Sc. and B.Sc. in Nutrition from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia in 2009 and 1997 respectively.
Ms. Meliza Suhartatik, STP, MKM is a Food Product Regulator Officer from Indonesian FDA with more than ten years of experience working in Directorate for Food Product Standardization. She graduated from Indonesia University in 2020 with master's degree in public health nutrition and a bachelor's degree in 2004 in Bogor Agriculture Institute Meliza is also in charge of providing information to the public about processed food regulations, particularly regulations regarding nutritional labeling. In 2022, she worked in a team to develop an application to create nutrition information tables that comply with Indonesian regulations (Aplikasi Cetak Informasi Nilai Gizi Mandiri). With this application, Food producers, especially SMEs, can easily create their own nutritional information for their products.
Mr. Araya Rojjanawanicharkorn hold a Master of Science in Food and Nutrition for Development from Mahidol University. In 2011, he graduated from the Thammasart University, Faculty of Economic with a Master of Business Economy. He has been work for Thai Food and Drug Administration for 12 years as a researcher. In his current roles, Mr.Araya became a politician and is one of the key person driven Food and Nutrition policy in Thailand. Moreover, he is also a member of National Food Committee and Thai Health Fund. More importantly, Mr.Araya plays important role in driving "Front-of-Pack policy" since 2015 and now appointed to Spokesman for Deputy Minister of Public Health and also worked as the President of Policy driving working group for Thailand's Healthier Choice Logo.
Panel Discussion: Impacts and Challenges of Consumer Communication
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Dr. Eunice Pang is the Deputy Director of Policy and Strategy Development at Health Promotion Board in Singapore.
Her expertise includes upstream supply chain strategies tackling nutrition-related issues at the population level. She is a pioneer in helping to grow the Healthier Choice and has a wealth of experience working with industry colleagues on R&D solutions.
Prior to joining HPB, Eunice was a post-doctoral associate at the Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging-USDA in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Mr. Araya Rojjanawanicharkorn hold a Master of Science in Food and Nutrition for Development from Mahidol University. In 2011, he graduated from the Thammasart University, Faculty of Economic with a Master of Business Economy. He has been work for Thai Food and Drug Administration for 12 years as a researcher. In his current roles, Mr.Araya became a politician and is one of the key person driven Food and Nutrition policy in Thailand. Moreover, he is also a member of National Food Committee and Thai Health Fund. More importantly, Mr.Araya plays important role in driving "Front-of-Pack policy" since 2015 and now appointed to Spokesman for Deputy Minister of Public Health and also worked as the President of Policy driving working group for Thailand's Healthier Choice Logo.
Assoc Prof Dr Chin Yit Siew is the Associate Professor, Community Nutrition Unit, Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). Her field of specialisation in community nutrition has prompted research interests that include i) child and adolescent nutrition and body composition, ii) early nutrition and allergic diseases, and iii) nutrigenetics and metabolic syndrome. She is one of main researchers of the Research Centre of Excellence Nutrition and Non-Communicable Chronic Disease (RCOE-NNCD), in UPM. She serves on the Editorial Boards of BMC Public Health and Malaysian Journal of Nutrition (Mal J Nutr). She is also Hon. Secretary of Nutrition Society of Malaysia (NSM) and Vice President of Malaysian Society of Body Composition (MSBC). She also serves as a member of several Technical Working Groups (TWGs) under Ministry of Health of Malaysia.
As a community nutritionist, she has been actively organising various nutrition and health promotion programmes in various community settings. Currently, she is a member of Nutrition Month Malaysia National Steering Committee, and expert committee of both Healthy Kids Programme, and 'Good Nutrition - Key to Healthy Children' (GNKHC) Programme and 'Malaysia School Nutrition Promotion Programme' (MySNPP). She also leads several research-driven community programmes, such as Program Cara Hidup Sihat, 'Eat Right, Be Positive About Your Body and Live Actively' (EPaL) intervention programme, School Nutrition Programme (SNP), and 'PUTRA Community Nutrition Ambassador' Programme.
Panel Discussion: Fostering Harmonization of Substantiation of Claims in SEA - Moving Ahead
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Dr. Kittiporn (Kit) Phanvijhitsiri has been leading the R&D Life Sciences at PepsiCo Services Asia based in Bangkok for 7 years.He joined PepsiCo after 10+ years with global food companies, including Thai Union, Ingredion, Unilever, Mead Johnson and Ajinomoto.
He also served on the expert panel subcommittees for the Thai FDA to work on Dietary Guidelines for the Thai 2016 and Nutrient Profiling (Thailand Healthier Logo) 2013-2020. Currently, he also works as nutrition science advisor to the FTI (Food Industry) on subject related to health and nutrition.
A former lecturer at the Institute of Nutrition (Mahidol University - Thailand), Kit holds a Ph.D. in Molecular Metabolism and Nutrition from the University of Chicago. He completed his Masters at Vanderbilt following his undergraduate years at Kasetsart University with publications in the internationally recognized peer-reviewed journals. He is a strong supporter of new scientific research on functional foods and ingredient at both the local and international level.
Ms. Norlida Zulkafly is a Nutritionist and currently appointed as the Section Head, for Special Food Group Section in the Food Safety and Quality Division, Ministry of Health. She obtained her degree in Food Science and Nutrition from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia in 2002. She began her career as nutritionist in a pharmaceutical and health industry for three years before joining Ministry of Health as Nutritionist in 2005.
Ms. Norlida has been involved with several expert committees namely Expert Committee on Nutrition, Health Claims & Advertisement and Codex Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses (CCNFSDU). Her field of interest includes nutrition labelling and food standards development.
Ms. Seah Peik Ching is the Deputy Director for Regulatory Standard & Veterinary Office of the Singapore Food Agency. She holds an honours degree in Nutrition and is involves in setting policies on food labeling and claims. Peik Ching is also part of the Singapore National Codex Office which oversees the strategies and Singapore's participation in Codex.
Prior to this, she was involved in nutrition and health promotion and was involved in formulating national nutrition policies and strategizing programmes to create a conducive environment for healthy eating. She was instrumental in key strategies such as the Healthier Choice Symbol, Healthier Hawkers Programme and Healthier Dining Programme. Peik Ching was also a WHO Technical Advisor in Obesity Prevention to share her experience in promotion of healthy eating.
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Mr. Geoffry Smith is President of ILSI Southeast Asia Region (ILSI SEA Region), based in Singapore, and a Representative of the branch to the ILSI Global Assembly. Mr. Smith is also the Chairman of the Essential Micronutrients Foundation, a non-profit organization which addresses micronutrient deficiencies globally as a public health issue. In addition, he is Director of Nutrition Strategies International, which deals with food and nutrition issues in developing countries. Mr. Smith serves as a member of the editorial board of the journal Food and Nutrition Bulletin.
Prior to his current positions, Mr. Smith was the Global Director, Health Chelates for Akzo Nobel Functional Chemicals, and directed the global business for these compounds in food and nutrition as well as pharmaceutical applications. He was responsible for the global project within Akzo Nobel addressing iron deficiency anemia.
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r. Hazel Khoo is currently the Executive Director of the Singapore Institute of Food and Biotechnology Innovation (SIFBI), under the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR). Officially launched in April 2020, this institute brings together existing efforts and research capabilities across A*STAR under one roof, in the areas of microbial discovery, biotransformation, fermentation, agri-food technology, as well as clinical nutrition and food safety research. In addition, SIFBI is building up new capabilities in food structure engineering, food process engineering as well as downstream processing. SIFBI engages with a wide range of partners, including industry and public sector agencies, and positions itself to be a global player driving excellence in food and biotechnology innovation for economic and societal advancement.
Prior to her current role, Dr. Khoo was the Executive Director at the Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC) of A*STAR. Her portfolios included overseeing the SERC research institutes in the sectors of Chemicals, Materials & Energy, Electronics, Infocomms and Engineering; strategic and resource planning including infrastructure (Fusionopolis 2 development and re-location); laboratory and cleanroom management; and the competitive research funding framework under the domain of advanced manufacturing and engineering. In 2015, Dr. Khoo was appointed as sub-team co-leader in the Technology team for the National Scenarios 2035 (NS2035) exercise in Singapore.
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Mr. Suresh Sachi is Deputy Chief Executive (Corporate), A*STAR. He oversees the corporate services divisions and its research entities in performing functions such as Corporate Communications, Digital Technology and Innovation, and Enterprise Risk Management, to ensure provision of client-centric services to support A*STAR's R&D operations. Mr. Sachi concurrently serves as A*STAR's General Counsel, taking charge of all legal and intellectual property (IP) matters. Mr. Sachi currently serves on the boards of the Consortium for Clinical Research and Innovation Singapore (CRIS) and IPOS International, having served for 9 years on the Board of IPOS. He also serves on the board of the A*STAR Research Entities that houses all the A*STAR research institutes and research entities. Mr. Sachi is currently a member of the SingHealth Centralised Institutional Review Board and the Data Protection Appeals Panel.
Before joining A*STAR, Mr. Sachi was a partner in the Technology and Intellectual Property Department in a leading law firm. He has represented many public and private organizations, including A*STAR Research Institutes and local and foreign institutes of higher learning. He spearheaded a number of national efforts to coordinate and streamline legal and IP terms across Singapore's public agencies, including the Public Sector Master Research Collaboration Agreement (MRCA) and the Master Clinical Trials Agreement. He was a former member of the board of governors of and an advisor to the IP Academy. Mr. Sachi is also a founding member and past president of the Licensing Executives Society (LES) Singapore.
As a specialist in intellectual property and technology transfer, Mr. Sachi is a frequent speaker at the Global Forum on Intellectual Property and other forums by the World Intellectual Property Organisation, LES Singapore, the IP Academy, and the Law Society of Singapore. He was named in the 2020 IAM 300 magazine as one of the World's Leading IP Strategists (IAM 300). Mr. Sachi holds an LLB from the Faculty of Law of the National University of Singapore and attended the Advanced Management Programme at INSEAD, Fontainebleau in 2016.
Prof. Huck Hui Ng is the Assistant Chief Executive of the Biomedical Research Council, A*STAR. He is renowned in the field of gene regulation and genomics. His laboratory is developing diagnostics and therapeutics modalities for brain and liver diseases.
Prof. Ng was the Executive Director of the Genome Institute of Singapore and the Executive Director of the A*STAR Graduate Academy. Prior to joining A*STAR, he was a postdoctoral fellow with Harvard Medical School under the prestigious Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell Postdoctoral Fellowship. He was also the President for the Stem Cell Society Singapore, a major platform for educating the public on stem cell research. In 2016, Prof. Ng was elected to be an Associate Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization, making him the only associate member based in Singapore. Most recently, Prof Ng was also elected as Fellow of the Singapore Academy of Science (SNAS). In recognition of his scientific contributions, Prof. Ng has received numerous local and international honors and awards, including the President's Science Award (Team Award) in 2018 and The Public Administration Medal (Silver), National Day Awards 2019.
Outside of A*STAR, Prof. Ng holds adjunct positions at the National University of Singapore (NUS) Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS Faculty of Science, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) School of Biological Sciences and LKC Medicine and the Singapore Eye Research Institute (SERI). He also sits on the Board of Consortium for Clinical Research and Innovation Singapore (CRIS) Pte Ltd, National Medical Research Council (NMRC), Science Centre Singapore and NUS High School.
Prof. John Eu-Li Wong is the Isabel Chan Professor in Medical Sciences; Executive Director, Centre for Population Health at NUS, and Senior Advisor, National University Health System (NUHS) Singapore. He is Co-Chair of the US National Academy of Medicine Commission for a Global Roadmap for Healthy Longevity; an invited Commissioner of the Lancet Commission on 21st Century Global Health Threats, a member of the Advisory Committee for Harvard University's T.H. Chan School of Public Health, The Culinary Institute of America, and the Association Montessori Internationale on Healthy Aging, Diet and Lifestyle, and is on the Editorial Board of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
He received an honorary Degree of Doctor Philosophiae Honoris Causa from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, is an international member of the US National Academy of Medicine, and an elected member of Academia Europaea. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Medicine Singapore, the Royal College of Physicians in Edinburgh and London, and the American College of Physicians.
Prof. Sze Wee Tan is the Assistant Chief Executive of A*STAR's Innovation and Enterprise (I&E) Group, comprising the Industry Development Group and A*ccelerate Technologies Pte Ltd. Prof. Tan leads the I&E Group in steering efforts to translate A*STAR's R&D to market so as to enable research-fueled economic and social impact. Prof. Tan has been in various leadership roles in A*STAR since 2009, supporting and leading both the Biomedical Research Council (BMRC) and Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC). He is also an Adjunct Professor of NTU's Lee Kong Chian Medicine and at Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School. Prof. Tan is a member of the Singapore National Eye Centre's Ophthalmic Incubator Board. He is also a council member of the Singapore Medical Association, as well as SMA Charity Pte Ltd. He was a former Nominated Member of Parliament of Singapore, and a recipient of Friend of Labour Award and the Public Administration Medal (Silver).
Prof. Tan graduated with MBBS from NUS, and attained his MBA from Warwick University, UK. He attended the Stanford Executive Programme at the Stanford Graduate School Business. He was awarded a certificate of completion for the Senior Fellowship in Public Service Programme, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy. He is an affiliate member of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine, Royal College of Physicians, UK.
Prof. Judith L. Swain is Chief Medical Officer of Physiowave, a medical device startup in Palo Alto, USA, and Visiting Professor, NUS. Her current research interests are centered on assessing and enhancing human performance in extreme environments. She currently serves on the Higher Council for NEOM City, Saudi Arabia, and is a member of the Board of Directors of Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, The Institute for Life Changing Medicine, and Prometheus Biosciences. She is the Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board for the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard.
Prof. Swain was previously A*STAR Senior Fellow and Professor of Medicine at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS, and was the Founding Executive Director of the Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences. In 2018 she was awarded the Singapore Presidential Science and Technology Medal, the highest scientific award bestowed in Singapore. Prior to Singapore, she was the Dean for Translational Medicine at the University of California, San Diego, and previously served as Chair of the Department of Medicine at Stanford University and held the Arthur Bloomfield and George E. Becker Professorships there. Dr. Swain served in several national leadership roles in the U.S., including President of the American Society for Clinical Investigation, President of the American Association of Physicians, and an elected member of the Council of the National Academy of Medicine. She served on the NIH Director's Standing Committee on Clinical Research, the NIH National Advisory Research Resources Council, and the NRC Commission to evaluate the organization of the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Swain also served on international advisory committees including the Wellcome Trust, the British Heart Association, the UK Medical Research Council, the Qatar Foundation, and the Canadian Foundation for Innovation.
Dr. Swain received her undergraduate education at the University of California, Los Angeles, and her medical education at the University of California, San Diego. She trained in Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Medicine at Duke University. She then joined the faculty at Duke where she became widely known in the field of molecular cardiology and pioneered the use of transgenic animals to understand cardiovascular development and disease.
Dr. Stephan Theis is Head of Nutrition Science at BENEO-Institute, Germany. His responsibilities include the scientific research activities on the nutritional and health benefits of Beneo's functional carbohydrate ingredients including prebiotic dietary fibers and Palatinose™ worldwide. He joined the Suedzucker/Beneo Group in 2001.
Dr. Theis graduated with a diploma in Nutrition Science from the University of Giessen, Germany, and obtained a PhD (Dr. rer. nat) from the Technical University of Munich. He is actively involved in international scientific committees and collaborative research projects including several Committees of the International Life Science Institute (ILSI).
Prof. Yap Seng Chong is the Lien Ying Chow Professor in Medicine and Dean of the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS. He is also Deputy Chief Executive (Education & Research), NUHS. As the former Executive Director (2015-2021) and now the Chief Clinical Officer at the Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences, A*STAR, Prof. Chong oversees clinical programmes that seek to promote health and human capacity in Singapore and the world. These programmes include the Growing Up in Singapore Towards healthy Outcomes (GUSTO) and the Singapore Preconception Study of long-Term maternal and child Outcomes (S-PRESTO) longitudinal studies. Prof. Chong is also a Senior Consultant in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology at the National University Hospital (NUH) under the NUHS.
In addition to his special research interest in the developmental origins of health and disease, Prof. Chong has co-authored more than 500 research publications. He received the National Outstanding Clinician Scientist Award from Singapore's Ministry of Health in 2017 for his research efforts in early human development and nutrition, and was recently conferred the Public Administration Medal (Silver) at the 2022 Singapore National Day Awards. For the past few years, his energies have been focused on helping develop national strategies to advance child and maternal health and well-being, promoting healthy living for families, and improving health resources equity in Singapore.
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Mrs. Boon Yee Yeong is the Executive Director of ILSI SEA Region, based in Singapore. ILSI SEA Region was established as a regional branch of the world-wide scientific-foundation ILSI in 1993, covering ASEAN and Australasia. Mrs. Yeong oversees the Branch's operation, scientific programs and partnership activities, working closely with stakeholders from private sectors, leading academic institutions, international organizations and key government and health agencies throughout the vast geographical region. ILSI SEA Region facilitates programs that address pertinent nutrition, food safety and sustainability topics as well as issues for the improvement scientific decision for public health benefits.
Mrs. Yeong obtained her BSc and Masters in Nutrition and Dietetics from Kings College (previously Queen Elizabeth College) University of London, and has over the past decades actively served to build scientific capacity and nutrition improvement for the target population in the region.
Dr. Sumanto Haldar is a Principal Investigator and Junior Group Leader at the Singapore Institute of Food and Biotechnology Innovations (SIFBI), ASTAR. He has a primary research interest on how foods and food components effect cardiometabolic disease risk, in particular type 2 diabetes and CVDs. Through his recent work, he has been contributing to the understanding of how timing of consumption of foods and food components affects cardiometabolic health. He has over 15 years of experience working both in UK and in Singapore, undertaking and managing over 30 clinical trials in nutrition, which included extensive collaboration with the food industry.
He has published numerous papers and presented at several conferences and is an alumnus of the European Nutrition Leadership Programme (ENLP), founding joint-secretary of the ASEAN Nutrition and Food Science Network (ANFSN) and member of several learned bodies of nutrition globally.
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Prof. Winnie Chee is Professor of Nutrition and Dietetics at the International Medical University (IMU), and also Pro-Vice Chancellor Academic and consultant dietitian at IMU Healthcare. In addition, she leads the Centre of Transformative Nutrition & Health at IMU. Prof. Chee is the President of the Malaysian Dietitians' Association, having been appointed to the position since 2014 and serves on national committees including setting medical nutrition therapy in clinical practice guidelines for Type 2 diabetes (2020) and Osteoporosis (2021). She is also a member of the writing group for Recommended Nutrient Intakes (2017), Malaysian Dietary Guidelines (2020) and chaired the development of the Healthy Plate Model for Malaysia (2019). Prof Chee is also a Council Member with the Malaysian Allied Health Professions Council.
Prof Chee is active in research and publications with over 90 peer-reviewed publications and has led several research grants on dietary/lifestyle interventions for the prevention and management of Type 2 diabetes, obesity and bone health. She contributes medical nutrition therapy expertise for several diabetes lifestyle related programmes in the country. Prof Chee has been invited speaker to national and international workshops and conferences on diabetes nutrition, and featured in local news media to promote healthy diet and lifestyle to the public. Prof Chee was awarded the Wimpfheimer-Guggenheim International Lecture Award from the Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics, USA in 2015.
Prof. Barry Halliwell is Chairman, BMRC Advisory Council, A*STAR, and Distinguished Professor, Department of Biochemistry, NUS. He is also Senior Advisor, Academic Appointments and Research Excellence, Office of the Senior Deputy President and Provost, NUS, and Programme Leader, Neurobiology Research Programme, Life Sciences Institute. Prof. Halliwell is recognized for his seminal work on the role of free radicals and antioxidants in biological systems, being one of the world's most highly-cited researchers with a Hirsch-Index of 168 (Based on Scopus, Jan 2023). His Oxford University Press book with John Gutteridge, Free Radicals in Biology and Medicine, is now in its 5th edition (2015) and regarded worldwide as an authoritative text. He was honored as a Citation Laureate (2021) for pioneering research in free-radical chemistry including the role of free radicals and antioxidants in human disease. The distinction is awarded by Clarivate to researchers whose work is deemed to be of "Nobel Class" as they are among the most influential, even transformative, in their fields. He was one of 16 scientists (only 3 in Chemistry) listed in the 2021 Hall of Citation Laureates.
Prof. Halliwell was a Visiting Research Professor of Internal Medicine and Biochemistry at the University of California Davis (1995-1999). He graduated from Oxford University with BA (first class honours) and D.Phil degrees. He holds a Doctor of Science degree from the University of London. He was a faculty member with King's College London (1974-2000) and held a prestigious Lister Institute Research fellowship.
Dr. Conor Delahunty is Vice President, Global Sensory & Consumer Insights, Symrise Taste, Nutrition & Health. Dr Delahunty has more than 30 years of experience in underpinning and applied research in flavor science, sensory and consumer science and nutritional science, and with Symrise in the development of new flavour solutions, foods and beverage products. His scientific achievements have application to methods development, understanding the flavor of foods, foods reformulation for health (lower salt, sugar, fat), and demonstration of the role of sensory properties of foods in dietary compliance and eating behaviours.
Dr. Delahunty is recognized internationally, having worked closely within the sensory science community and having (co-) authored numerous scientific research papers and articles.
Dr. Viswanathan Mohan is the Chairman of Dr. Mohan's Diabetes Specialities Centre at Chennai in South India, which is an IDF Centre of Excellence in Diabetes Care. Dr. Mohan oversees a chain of 50 diabetes centres across 8 states of India and has over 585,000 registered diabetes patients across all his centres. He is also Chairman of the Madras Diabetes Research Foundation which is Asia's largest stand-alone diabetes research centre.
Deeply interested in research from his undergraduate medical student days, Dr. Mohan has published over 1560 papers in peer reviewed journals which includes 1006 original articles. His research has attracted over 179,000 citations and has a 'h index' of 147.
Prof. Emorn Udomkesmalee is Senior Advisor of the Institute of Nutrition, Mahidol University, Thailand, and holds a current position of Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, USA. Internationally, Prof. Udomkesmalee currently serves on the Standing Together for Nutrition (ST4N) Consortium; Technical Advisory Group for Global Anemia Exemplars; Scientific Committee of Agriculture, Nutrition and Health Academy as well as Scientific Director of ILSI Southeast Asia Region. At national level, she holds the position of the Eminent Panel member under the National Policy Council on Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation; Chair of Sub-Committee on Agriculture and Nutrition, Office of Atoms for Peace (Thailand) as well as Board member of Ajinomoto Foundation/Thailand.
Prof. Udomkesmalee was Former Director of the Institute of Nutrition, Mahidol University, Thailand. She was also former Board Chair of IFPRI and former Member of the Board of Directors of the Micronutrient Forum. Prof. Udomkesmalee's research interests include micronutrients; efficacy of food-based interventions; maternal and child nutrition policy and program implementation. She received her Ph.D. in nutritional biochemistry and metabolism from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA in 1985. Her post-doctoral training was at the Vitamin and Mineral Nutrition Laboratory, Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center, USDA, Beltsville, Maryland, USA (1987).
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Ms. Pauline Chan is the Director of Scientific Programs for ILSI Southeast Asia Region, a global scientific organization that seeks to improve public health through the advancement of science in the areas of nutrition and food safety. ILSI SEA Region is headquartered in Singapore and covers the 10 ASEAN countries, Australia and New Zealand. Pauline has extensive experience in developing scientific programs and facilitating dialogue between scientists, government regulators, and industry to address regional and international issues in nutrition, food safety, sustainability and health. A frequently invited resource speaker at conferences and seminars, Ms. Chan is a registered dietitian (RD) with the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Ms. Chan received her M.Sc. in Nutrition and Dietetics from New York University, USA, and her B.Sc. in Chemistry from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Dr. Bi Xinyan is a professional with expertise in chemical and biomolecular engineering. She holds a PhD from the National University of Singapore, where she focused on engineering oligopeptide-modified surfaces for metal ion adsorption and sensing. Her work experience includes research fellow positions at the Clinical Nutrition Research Center, where she conducts analyses of metabolites and biomarkers related to human nutrition. She has extensive knowledge in utilizing advanced analytical techniques such as LC MS/MS, GCMS, and ICPMS.
Her previous roles include working as a research scientist at Nitto Denko Asia Technical Center, where she developed medical devices, assays, and microfluidic systems. Additionally, she has conducted research at the National University of Singapore, focusing on projects involving quantum dots-based microfluidic devices and portable liquid crystal-based bioassays. Before her research career, she worked as a teacher at Beijing Foreign Language School and as a research scientist at the Shandong Academy of Sciences, specializing in the synthesis of fireproof phenolic resin composite materials.
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Prof. Paul Teng is Adjunct Senior Fellow, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, and concurrently Managing Director & Dean, NIE International Pte. Ltd., both of Nanyang Technological University Singapore. He is also Senior Adviser (AgriFood) to A*STAR Singapore. He is internationally recognized for his expertise in tropical agrifood systems, urban agriculture and food security. He has published widely and is a Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences and other professional societies.
Prof. Teng previously held leadership positions in the Worldfish Centre, the International Rice Research Institute, Monsanto Company and U.S. universities. He has an Honorary D.Sc. from Murdoch University, Australia.
Prof. Johanna Dwyer, D.Sc., R.D., is a professor of medicine and community health, and adjunct professor at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, director of the Frances Stern Nutrition Center, Tufts Medical Center, and senior scientist at the Jean Mayer U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts. Her career has been devoted to expanding the scientific basis for clinical and public health interventions related to diet, especially in obesity, cardiovascular disease, and kidney disease, and to ensuring that public policy fosters such efforts. She has written over 550 research and review articles in scientific journals and books and currently serves as editor of Nutrition Today.
Prof. Dwyer served on the scientific review committee for A*STAR at the University of Singapore, Singapore (2016-18) and at the SIFBI (2022). Her many government assignments include: staff, US Congress, and senior nutrition scientist, Office of Dietary Supplements, US National Institutes of Health (2003-present). She was a member of the year 2000 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee and also of the Food and Nutrition Board, National Academy of Sciences. She is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine and served on its Council. Her honors include the C.A. Elvehjem Award for public service of the American Society of Nutrition (2005) and the Monsen award 2021 from the American Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. She holds a BS from Cornell University, M.S. from the University of Wisconsin, and M.Sc. and D.Sc. from the Harvard School of Public Health.
Dr. Makiko Yoshida is current manager of Nutrition Care Group, Quick Nourishment Dept of Food Products Division at AJINOMOTO. CO., INC. In this role, she manages the Ready to Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) Project. Dr Yoshida has been involved in the RUTF project since 2019 and member of the Promasidor Nigeria and Ajinomoto joint project of the development of nutritious products for children in Nigeria since 2016. Prior to that she was a team member of the research and development of iron fortified products for pregnant and lactating women in Ghana. From 2008 to 2016, Dr Yoshida has served in the clinical development of new medicines related to noncommunicable diseases and data management.
Dr. Yoshida graduated from Japan Women's University, Tokyo, Japan and the School of Dietetics and Human Nutrition, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada. She received her Ph.D.in Nutrition Epidemiology Major from the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA. Her publication includes Vit K supplementation on insulin resistance and effect of different food ingredients on diabetes.
Prof. Adam Drewnowski is the Director of the Center for Public Health Nutrition and Professor of Epidemiology at the School of Public Health at the University of Washington in Seattle. His Seattle Obesity Study (S.O.S.), funded by the National Institutes of Health, combined health survey research with novel methods of spatial analysis to examine the multiple determinants of health and body weight. Prof. Drewnowski has published more than 350 research articles, and advises governments, foundations and the private sector on affordable nutrient density, product reformulation, and obesity-related issues. He is the author of the Nutrient Rich Foods Index, an early nutrient profiling model which helps consumers to identify affordable healthy foods.
Prof. Drewnowski obtained his MA degree in biochemistry at Balliol College, Oxford; PhD degree in psychology at The Rockefeller University in New York.
Prof. Weibiao Zhou is the foundation Head of the Department of Food Science and Technology and the inaugural Cheng Tsang Man Chair Professor in Food Science and Technology, National University of Singapore (NUS). He has been working as a food scientist for over 30 years.
Among his many professional appointments and honours are: Elected Fellow of Singapore National Academy of Science (SNAS), International Academy of Food Science and Technology (IAFoST), Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology (AIFST), Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), the UK, Singapore Institute of Food Science and Technology (SIFST); Chair, Advisory Committee on Evaluation of Health Claims, Singapore Food Agency (SFA); and Editor for Food Control (published by Elsevier) and Associate Editor for Science of Food (published by Nature).
Prof. Philip Calder is Professor of Nutritional Immunology and Head of the School of Human Development and Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton. He is an internationally recognised researcher on a) nutritional immunology; b) the metabolism and functionality of fatty acids with an emphasis on the roles of omega-3 fatty acids. He is currently President of the Federation of European Nutrition Societies and Associate Editor of several journals.
Prof. Calder was President of the International Society for the Study of Fatty Acids and Lipids (2009-2012), Chair of the Scientific Committee of the European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (2012-2016), President of the Nutrition Society (2016-2019) and President of ILSI Europe (2019-2021). He has received many awards and prizes including the DSM Lifetime Achievement Prize in Human Nutrition (2017), the European Lipid Science Award (2021) and the Stephen S. Chang Award (American Oil Chemists' Society; 2023). He was Editor-in-Chief of the British Journal of Nutrition (2006-2013).
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Ms. Steffiana Wijaya is Scientific Programs Manager at ILSI SEA Region. She develops scientific programs and facilitates dialogue between scientists, government regulators, and industry to address nutrition and health issues in the region. She and the ILSI SEA Region team recently facilitated a Symposium on ReThink Proteins in Southeast Asia, a collaboration with SIFBI and NUS, and co-published a report on the regulatory status of micronutrient fortification in Southeast Asia in Q1 2023.
Before joining ILSI SEA Region, Ms. Wijaya was Senior Manager in the Health Promotion Board, where she co-led a research study on the effectiveness of a health coaching cum biometric and lifestyle data feedback intervention among pre-diabetic individuals. She also provided one-to-one health coaching for a range of clients including engineers, teachers, hawker assistants and migrant workers. Prior to the study, she led and provided personalized lifestyle coaching programs for overweight and underweight students and their parents, benefiting more than 8,000 children and youth in Singapore. Ms. Wijaya has presented at the MOH Diabetes Prevention & Care Taskforce and at public health conferences. She received her Master in Nutrition & Dietetics from the University of Canberra, Australia, and B. Sc. in Food Science & Technology, NUS. She is currently pursuing a Postgraduate Diploma in Counselling Psychology.
Dr. Shaun Sim is a Junior Principal Investigator at SIFBI, A*STAR's Clinical Nutrition Research Centre (CNRC). He received his Ph.D in Food Engineering at Cornell University and his B.A. (Hons.) in Chemistry from the University of Cambridge. Dr. Sim is constructing future foods and ingredients with nutritional advantages. His team focuses on plant-based proteins and fats; egg and dairy alternatives; high-pressure processing and other novel technologies. Some products developed by his group include high-protein plant-based yoghurts and pastries made using healthier plant-based solid fats.
Mr. Sridhar Kameswaran is the Area Director for Abbott Nutrition R&D for the Asia Pacific region. In his current role, he manages the R&D team across Singapore and India leading product, process, and packaging development. He and his team work across the Paediatric & Adult portfolios, and partner cross-functionally to deliver the Innovation pipeline for Asia Pacific consumers and patients.
Before joining Abbott, Sri led the Nutrition Category R&D efforts for Glaxo SmithKline (GSK) in Singapore. Before GSK, he was with Tata Global Beverages based in London, heading up the Global R&D team across India, the U.K, and the U.S. In a previous role with the Kellogg Company in the U.S, Sri was the Director of Global Crackers and Wholesome Snacks portfolios. Throughout his career, he has been responsible for innovative new product launches, core product improvements, and significant capacity expansions - while bringing together multicultural technical talent. Originally from India, Sri has an M.Tech in Dairy and Food Engineering from IIT Kharagpur, an M.S in Food Science from the University of Minnesota, and an M.B.A in Entrepreneurship and Strategy from the Carlson School of Management.
Prof. Alejandro G. Marangoni is a Professor and Tier I Canada Research Chair in Food, Health and Aging at the University of Guelph, Canada. His work concentrates on the physical properties of food materials in foods, cosmetics and biolubricants, with particular emphasis on sustainability, preservation of biodiversity and health. Prof. Marangoni is a fellow of the American Oil Chemists' Society, the Institute of Food Technologists and the Royal Society of Chemistry (U.K.). He is the Editor in Chief of both Current Opinion and Current Research in Food Science. Prof. Marangoni has also founded and commercialized 3 major technology platforms with global reach. With an H-index of 85, i-index of 403 and over 26,000 citations of his work, he has published over 500 refereed research articles, 90 book chapters, 18 books, and over 40 patents. His awards include the 2015 ISF Kaufmann Medal, the 2017 AOCS Alton E. Bailey Medal, and the 2019 European Lipid Technology Award from EuroFed Lipids.
Prof. Marangoni was honored as one of the 10 most influential Hispanic Canadians in 2012, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2018, and an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2021.
Mr. Luke Tay is Founder of Cornucopia FutureScapes and a Singapore Futures Fellow (adjunct) in the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (LKYSPP), NUS. He leads Cornucopia, a globally-oriented foresight and strategy practice with a focus on food security, sustainability, technology, and geopolitics. Mr. Tay works on emerging issues, scenarios, and strategic opportunities, and supports foresight capability development, and future-readiness initiatives, advising corporates, institutions, governments, and international organizations. He convenes a range of platforms to address emerging futures and opportunities in food systems transformation, (inter)national resilience strategies, ESG, food citizenship, countering misinformation, and the future of strategic agrifood value chains.
Mr. Tay lectures and develops content for the LKYSPP executive education arm in foresight and Singapore public policy. As a Resident Futurist at venture builder Budding Innovation (BI), he helps shape BI's work to ideate, innovate, and implement future-ready nutrition, wellness, and sustainability solutions.
Dr. Catherine Lefranc-Millot is Senior Nutrition & Health R&D Manager at Roquette, France. Her research is specifically focused on long-term, prospective and exploratory research, around plant-based proteins and their derivatives, with interest in their potential impact on nutrition and health. She has been working for Roquette since 2005, first as the Corporate Scientific Communications Manager for Nutrition and Health (R&D), before her current role since 2016.
Prior to working for Roquette, she had managed for several years a research team in a French dairy company, working around milk peptides, proteins and hydrolysates with specific biological activities, compatible with food and nutraceutical applications. She qualified as a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (from the National Veterinary School, Maisons-Alfort, France) and later obtained a French PhD in Biotechnology (from the University of Technology, Compiègne, France).
Dr. Min Hao Wong is the incoming director for Food & Nutrition at A*STAR. He was previously at SIFBI, where he led the corporate strategy and business development team, securing several large grants and projects for the institute.
Prior to his appointment at A*STAR, Dr. Wong was at the Boston Consulting Group in the Boston office, where he was a project leader. Dr. Wong holds an MBA and PhD in chemical engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); and has received awards such as the Forbes 30 under 30 and the MIT Tech Review Innovators under 35 for his work.
Prof. Christiani Jeyakumar Henry is currently the Deputy Executive Director of the Singapore Institute of Food and Biotechnology Innovation (SIFBI) and the director of the Clinical Nutrition Research Centre. He initially trained as a food scientist and subsequently obtained his MSc and PhD in Nutrition from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. He was instrumental in the development & launch of the UK's first dedicated Functional Food Centre. Prof. Henry has served on several committees including the UK Committee on Medical Aspects of Food & Nutrition Policy (COMA) panel on novel foods, was a board member of the UK Food Standards Agency and was a member of the General Advisory Committee on Science (GACS) of the Food Standard Agency (FSA). He also served as a panel member on the UK Department for International Development (DFID) health and population research committee and was a member of the research panel of the UK Crop post-harvest Technology. He was a Royal Society visiting professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong & continues to remain a visiting professor at the same university.
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Most countries have established recommended nutrient intake values for use for a variety of food and nutrition programs. These have traditionally been provided as recommended dietary allowances (RDAs), with focus on energy, protein and several vitamins and minerals. They are classically used to ensure adequacy of intake of these nutrients of population groups. While these remain of great importance, especially for developing countries, it has now been observed that certain nutrients, when taken at higher dose above RDA, may confer health benefit(s) beyond prevention of nutritional disorders. It would be important to examine how these levels may provide protective effects against some disease conditions. Understanding and establishing appropriate safe upper limit (UL) of nutrients are also of importance. Additionally, there is growing scientific evidence that bioactive components in foods may provide health benefits beyond classical nutrients. Regulatory authorities have permitted the addition of these components to foods and to make function claims.
This seminar provides a platform to review and deliberate on these various aspects of recommended intake values for nutrients and bioactives. These have important implications and impact on various aspects of food and nutrition activities, including food intake programs, product innovation, food fortification, and supplementation.
PROGRAM AND SPEAKERS
Presentation 1: Nutrient Requirement and Setting of Recommended Intake Values
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Assoc. Prof. Emorn Udomkesmalee, Mahidol University, Thailand
Prof. Emorn Udomkesmalee is the Senior Advisor and Former Director of the Institute of Nutrition, Mahidol University, Thailand. She holds a current position of Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, USA. Internationally, she's the former Board Chair of IFPRI; former Member of the Board of Directors of the Micronutrient Forum and currently serves on the Standing Together for Nutrition (ST4N) Consortium; Technical Advisory Group for Global Anemia Exemplars; Scientific Committee of Agriculture, Nutrition and Health Academy as well as Scientific Director of ILSI Southeast Asia Region. At national level, she holds the position of the Eminent Panel member under the National Policy Council on Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation; Chair of Sub-Committee on Agriculture and Nutrition, Office of Atoms for Peace (Thailand) as well as Board member of Ajinomoto Foundation/Thailand.
Her research interests include micronutrients; efficacy of food-based interventions; maternal and child nutrition policy and program implementation. She received her Ph.D. in nutritional biochemistry and metabolism from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA in 1985. Her post-doctoral training was at the Vitamin and Mineral Nutrition Laboratory, Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center, USDA, Beltsville, Maryland, USA (1987).
Presentation 2: Status of Recommended Nutrient Intake Values in 5 SE Asia Countries
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Dr. Tee E Siong, SEA-PHN Network, Malaysia
Dr. E Siong Tee has been a Member of the Board of Directors of ILSI SEA Region since 1996 and Scientific Coordinator of ILSI Malaysia Country Committee since 2005. He is currently a Nutrition Consultant for TES NutriHealth Strategic Consultancy. Dr. Tee was Head of the Cardiovascular, Diabetes and Nutrition Research Centre of the Institute for Medical Research (IMR) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, until his retirement in February 2002, after serving for 30 years. He was Nutrition Advisor to the Food Safety and Quality Division of the Ministry of Health Malaysia from 2002-2011. In that capacity, Dr. Tee was Chairperson or member of several technical committees related to food regulations and Codex Alimentarius. He is still a member of the National Advisory Committee on Food Regulations and several Codex sub-committees. Dr. Tee is also President of the Nutrition Society of Malaysia (NSM). In this capacity, he has led the implementation of various community nutrition promotion programs. He represents NSM in several Technical Working Groups in the Ministry of Health Malaysia, including the National Coordinating Committee for Food and Nutrition (NCCFN) and the Technical Working Group for Nutritional Guidelines. He initiated the formation of the Southeast Asia Public Health Nutrition (SEA-PHN) Network and is the current Chairman of the Network. Dr Tee is also Adjunct Professor of the International Medical University, Malaysia.
Presentation 3: Application of Recommended Intake Values Beyond Nutrient Deficiency Prevention: Past vs. Present
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Prof. Manfred Eggersdorfer, University of Groningen, the Netherlands
Prof. Manfred Eggersdorfer studied chemistry at the Technical University Munich and did his PhD in organic chemistry in the field of synthesis and characterization of unusual amino acids. He was post-doc at the Stanford-University, California working with Carl Djerassi on the isolation and characterization of sterols from marine origin as potential contraceptives.
He joined Roche in 1999 as Head of R+D Vitamins and continued in this responsibility after DSM acquired this business in 2003.
Since 2013 Manfred Eggersdorfer holds the chair for Healthy Ageing at the University Medical Center Groningen (NL) and teaches nutrition for medical students. His scientific work focuses on the role of essential nutrients for health, vitality, and well-being, especially on the impact of inadequate intake and status of micronutrients over the life cycle with a focus on long term health and healthy ageing.
He is active as member of the Advisory Board of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and he acts as Board member of the Gesellschaft für Angewandte Vitaminforschung e.V in Germany. He is author of numerous publications in the fields of vitamins, carotenoids, omega-3-polyunsaturated fatty acids and nutraceuticals for infants, adults, elderly and risk groups and on innovation in nutritional ingredients. He engages as reviewer for a variety of journals and is Associate Editor of the "International Journal of Vitamin and Nutrition Research" and other journals.
Presentation 4: Approaches and Challenges to the Setting of Upper Levels for Nutrients
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Dr. Andrew Bartholomaeus, BartCrofts Pty Ltd, Australia
Dr. Andrew Bartholomaeus is currently the CEO of BartCrofts Pty Ltd, which specializes in providing toxicological and regulatory scientific services for a variety of chemical food safety issues. He also holds extramural appointments as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Queensland Medical School, Australia and an Adjunct Professor of Toxicology and Pharmacy at the University of Canberra, Australia. Before his current position, Dr. Bartholomaeus was the General Manager of the Risk Assessment Branch at Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) until his retirement in 2012. During his time at FSANZ, he also served as the chair during the FAO/WHO Expert Consultation on 'The Application of Nanotechnologies in Food and Agriculture Sectors: Potential Food Safety Implications'. From 2004 to 2008, he was the Chief Toxicologist at the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) of Australia, with responsibilities in the area of preclinical assessment and in leading the TGA's response to the Australian National Nanotechnology Strategy.
Dr. Bartholomaeus was previously a member of the ILSI International Food Biotechnology Committee (IFBiC) Steering Group. He is also a member of the Society of Toxicology and Australasian College of Toxicology and Risk Assessment (ACTRA). Dr. Bartholomaeus obtained his B.S. degree in Pharmacy from the University of Sydney and PhD in Toxicology from RMIT University, Australia.
Presentation 5: Moving Beyond Current Recommended Intakes: Vitamin C as a Case Example
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Prof. Anitra Carr, University of Otago, New Zealand
Prof. Anitra Carr is Director of the Nutrition in Medicine Research Group at the University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand. Anitra is a biomedical researcher and international key opinion leader on the role of vitamin C in human health and disease. Following a PhD at UOC, Anitra undertook an American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University, USA. Whilst there she produced a number of high impact publications on the role of vitamin C in human health and disease which helped inform US dietary recommendations for vitamin C (IOM 2000). Following a return to New Zealand, Anitra began carrying out a translational research program comprising human intervention studies investigating the bioavailability and potential health effects of vitamin C which has helped inform EU dietary recommendations for vitamin C (EFSA 2013). More recently she has carried out research into the prevention and treatment of acute and chronic diseases such as infection, cancer and diabetes. In 2016 Anitra was awarded a 4-year New Zealand Health Research Council Fellowship to investigate the role of vitamin C in severe infections such as pneumonia and sepsis, two major complications of COVID-19. In 2021, Anitra was invited by the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations 2022 (NNR2022) committee to update vitamin C recommendations for the 8 Nordic and Baltic countries. Anitra is Associate Editor for the journal Nutrition Research and a long-time member of the Editorial Boards of the journals Nutrients and Antioxidants. Anitra was recently awarded a Gold Medal for sustained research excellence.
Presentation 6: Addressing Botanical Bioavailability Limitations: New Approaches by Modification of Macronutrient Food Components
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Prof. Chin-Kun Wang, Chung Shan Medical University, Taiwan
Prof. Chin-Kun Wang is a distinguished professor in Chung Shan Medical University (CSMU), Executive Councillor of International Academy of Food Science and Technology (IAFoST)., Former President of International Society for Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods (ISNFF), Fellows of IAFoST and ISNFF, Honorary President of Nutrition Society of Taiwan. He got his Ph.D. degree from National Taiwan University and worked at Chung Shan Medical University in 1993. In 1996, he promoted as a full professor, and then took the positions of the Chair, Dean, Vice President and President in CSMU. His research work is focused on human clinical trials and human metabolism of medicine, nutritional supplement, nutraceuticals, herbs, and functional foods. Recently he also pays great attention on precision nutrition by using big data. He got the National Award of Biomedicine for his great contribution to the medical education in 2008. He also got the awards of outstanding research of many societies from 2009 to 2022. For food safety and nutrition, he promoted the legislation for school sanitary law and national nutrition law. In the future, he tries his best to work together with the scientists around the world and would like to promote the advanced development of food science and technology.
Panel Discussion
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Ms. Wei Tang, Nutrition External Engagement (Asia), Unilever China
Ms. Wei Tang is Regional Head of Nutrition External Engagement (Asia) of Unilever. Ms. Tang supports Unilever's external nutrition and health-related programs and collaboration across Asia. She has 16 years of working experience in Research & Development at various positions related to Nutrition & Science, Product Development and Scientific Affairs in France and China. She joined Unilever in 2017 as Regional Head of Nutrition External Engagement for North Asia and expanded her responsibility to Southeast Asia and Australasia (SEAA) region from 2018. Ms. Tang obtained her M.Sc. in Biology and Innovation in Quality and Productions of Vegetable respectively at University Paris XIII and University Paris XI.
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BACKGROUND
New initiatives and research by government agencies, academia, agri-technology and food sectors are reviewing protein needs in the context of production, health and sustainability. Within Southeast Asia, it is timely to re-assess protein sources, requirements and intakes, and to evaluate protein quality in our varied diets. New knowledge on protein science and novel protein sources will inform dietary recommendations, advance innovation and product development, and help address nutritional and sustainability gaps.
This symposium will bring together subject experts, researchers, health professionals, food scientists, government agencies, industry and product innovators to share and discuss the latest from research to development.
REGISTRATION
This 1.5-day symposium will be hosted in a hybrid format (In-person & virtual).
Registration Rates are as follows:
In-Person
Industry S$220.00
Academia S$150.00
Virtual S$60.00
**Virtual registration is applicable only for participants outside of Singapore.
Registration is open until February 16, 2023, 23:59 SGT.
Note: Certificate of attendance is available upon request.
PROGRAM AND SPEAKERS
DAY 1: Tuesday, February 21, 2023
Session 1: ReLook Protein Science, Requirements and Consumption Impacting Nutrition, Health and Sustainability
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Chair: Prof. Reshma Taneja, Department of Physiology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore
Prof. Reshma Taneja is Head of the Department of Physiology at the National University of Singapore. She obtained her Ph.D. degree from the Indian Institute of Science and completed her postdoctoral training in the laboratory of Prof Pierre Chambon at the IGBMC in France. Her own laboratory, initially at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City, and now at the National University of Singapore, has a long-standing interest in understanding skeletal muscle biology and its de-regulation in human myopathies. She has published her work in high profile journals and serves on many editorial boards as well as grant review panels locally and internationally. Prof. Reshma has received multiple awards including a Scholar Award from the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society in the USA; as well as Faculty Research, Teaching and Mentoring Awards in Singapore.
Co-chair: Mr. Geoffry Smith, ILSI SEA Region
Mr. Geoffry Smith is President of ILSI Southeast Asia Region based in Singapore, and a Representative of the branch to the ILSI Global Assembly. He is also the Chairman of the Essential Micronutrients Foundation, a non-profit organization which addresses micronutrient deficiencies globally as a public health issue. In addition, he is Director of Nutrition Strategies International which deals with food and nutrition issues in developing countries. Mr. Smith serves as a member of the editorial board of the journal Food and Nutrition Bulletin. Prior to his current positions, Mr. Smith was the Global Director, Health Chelates for Akzo Nobel Functional Chemicals, and directed the global business for these compounds in food and nutrition as well as pharmaceutical applications. He was responsible for the global project within Akzo Nobel addressing iron deficiency anemia.
Dietary Proteins in Human Nutrition - Recent Advances
Prof. Paul Moughan, Riddet Institute Fellow Laureate, Massey University, New Zealand
Prof. Paul Moughan was appointed to the foundation chair in monogastric biology at Massey University in 1993 and from 1997-2003 was Foundation Head, Institute of Food, Nutrition and Human Health, Massey University. From 2003 until 2017 he held the position of Foundation Co-Director of the Riddet Institute, a National Centre of Research Excellence in Food Science and Human Nutrition. Prof Moughan currently holds the position of Distinguished Professor at Massey University and Riddet Institute Fellow Laureate. His research has encompassed human and animal nutrition, food chemistry, functional foods, digestive physiology and sustainable food production. He has published more than 450 scientific works. In 1995 he was awarded Doctor of Science and in 1997 was awarded a Personal Chair at Massey University and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand. In 2011 he was appointed Chair of the FAO Expert Consultation to review recommendations on the characterization of dietary protein quality in humans, and has been a frequent contributor to FAO and WHO expert Committees. He has received numerous prestigious international awards for his work, including the New Zealand Prime Minister's Science Prize in 2012, the Honorary Doctor of Science from the University of Guelph, Canada in 2014, and the Wageningen University Medal of Honour in 2018. Prof Moughan sits on a number of editorial boards for scientific journals and is an adviser to the international food industry. Since 2015, he has been invited to contribute to several projects and authorships of the International Academies Partnership (IAP), including a regional IAP policy briefing for the UN Food Systems Summit.
Food Protein - Evaluating Current Supply, Consumption and Intake Guidance for Gap Identification in SE Asia
Prof. Cecilia Acuin, Associate Professor, Institute of Human Nutrition and Food, University of the Philippines Los Baños, the Philippines
Prof. Cecilia Acuin is an Associate Professor at the Institute of Human Nutrition and Food, University of the Philippines, Los Baños and served as Senior Scientist, lead for Human Nutrition, at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Philippines until May 2020.
Prior to her work at IRRI she was also the Chief Science Research Specialist, Nutritional Assessment & Monitoring Division and Chair, Institutional Ethics Committee at the Food & Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI), Department of Science & Technology, Philippines. In this position, she was responsible for the conduct of the Philippine National Nutrition Surveys, and oversaw nutrition research projects of three Sections: the Nutritional Assessment Section, the Nutritional Statistics and Informatics Section, and the Nutritional Interventions, Evaluation and Policy Section. Her research interests are in the areas of maternal and child health and nutrition, food security, food and health systems and operations research, and risk factors of non-communicable diseases.
Dr. Acuin's involvement in multi-country research initiatives includes the following among many others: as a Member of the International Union of Nutritional Sciences Committee on Nutrition and Anthropology; and as a Consultant and Vice-Chair of the WPRO Regional Advisory Committee on Health Research in the WHO Western Pacific Region. In the Philippines, Dr. Acuin has been the Co-Chair of the Philippine National Health Research System, Research Utilization Committee; Head of the Secretariat of the Universal Health Care (UHC) Study Group; Consultant in various capacities of USAID, UNICEF, World Bank, etc., as well as for academic institutions and local organizations such as the Zuellig Family Foundation among others. She obtained her Ph.D. in Nutrition with minors in Nutritional Epidemiology and Risk Communication from Cornell University, USA.
Session 2: Review and Assess Protein Quality and Dietary Shifts
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Chair: Prof. Reshma Taneja, Department of Physiology,
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore
Co-chair: Mr. Geoffry Smith, ILSI SEA Region
Assessing Protein Quality of Sustainable Food Sources to Improve Nutrition in Asia
Assoc. Prof. Wantanee Kriengsinyos, Associate Professor, Institute of Nutrition, Mahidol University, Thailand
Dr. Wantanee Kriengsinyos has 20 years of professional experience in clinical nutrition and dietetics. Her current research involves metabolic studies of food products in development of non-communicable diseases (NCDs); body composition and energy expenditure; diet and behavior modification for patients with diet-related chronic diseases; and protein quality and amino-acid metabolism. Over the past 5 years, Dr. Kriengsinyos has also developed experience in nutrition policy and was a part of the team that successfully worked to ban partially-hydrogenated oils in Thailand. She currently leads a promotion project on implementation of healthier food logos to combat NCDs through reduction of sugar, fat, and sodium consumption in the Thai population. Currently, Dr. Kriengsinyos is chair of the Master of Science in Nutrition and Dietetics program at the Institute of Nutrition, Mahidol University. She received a doctorate in Nutritional Sciences at the University of Toronto, Canada, and holds a Registered Dietitian credential from the United States.
Protein Intake, Requirements, and Dietary Shift in SE Asia - Opportunities and Challenges
Prof. Christiani Jeyakumar Henry, Deputy Executive Director, Singapore Institute of Food and Biotechnology Innovation, A*STAR, Singapore
Prof. Christiani Jeyakumar Henry is currently the Deputy Executive Director of the Singapore Institute of Food and Biotechnology Innovation (SIFBI) and the director of the Clinical Nutrition Research Centre. He initially trained as a food scientist and subsequently obtained his MSc and PhD in Nutrition from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. He was instrumental in the development & launch of the UK's first dedicated Functional Food Centre. Professor Henry has served on several committees including the UK Committee on Medical Aspects of Food & Nutrition Policy (COMA) panel on novel foods, was a board member of the UK Food Standards Agency and was a member of the General Advisory Committee on Science (GACS) of the Food Standard Agency (FSA). He also served as a panel member on the UK Department for International Development (DFID) health and population research committee and was a member of the research panel of the UK Crop post-harvest Technology. He was a Royal Society visiting professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong & continues to remain a visiting professor at the same university.
Intake of Animal and other Protein Source Foods and the Nutritional Significance on Infants and Young Children in SE Asia (Virtual Presentation)
Dr. Umi Fahmida, Senior Researcher & Program Coordinator, SEAMEO RECFON, Indonesia
Dr. Umi Fahmida is a Senior Researcher and Program Coordinator of Early Childhood Care, Nutrition, and Education (ECCNE) at Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization Regional Centre for Food and Nutrition (SEAMEO RECFON), Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia. She holds Ph.D. in Nutrition and MSc in Community Nutrition from Faculty of Medicine at Universitas Indonesia and Bachelor in Agriculture Technology from Faculty of Agriculture Technology at Bogor Agriculture University. Her research interests are in the nutrient and non-nutrient interaction related to child growth and development. In the past 20 years, she has been working with diet modelling using linear/goal programming (LP) to develop and evaluate food-based recommendations, and to use the identified nutrient gap to develop food multi-mix using locally-available nutrient-dense foods. Under "Model of partnership to translate guidelines into practices for the optimal diet of Southeast Asia community", Dr. Fahmida and her team promoted the LP approach in Indonesia, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, and the Philippines for both communities, school and workplace settings. Currently, she is involved in the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) Action Against Stunting Hub, an interdisciplinary multi-centre multi-country study, as Country Lead for Indonesia.
Session 3: Protein and Health - Research and Guidance for Optimal Functional Benefits
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Chair: Prof. David Cameron-Smith, School of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Newcastle, Australia
Prof. David Cameron-Smith is currently Professor of Food Innovation and leading the development of a Centre of Food and Agri-business Innovation, University of Newcastle, Australia. Prof Cameron-Smith was appointed to this role in March 2022 after more than 25 years of human nutrition research and strategic science leadership, including serving as Senior Principal Investigator, Singapore Institute of Clinical Sciences (2019-22). His scientific research includes a detailed understanding of how high protein foods and beverages impact human health (including personalised nutrition), ageing malnutrition risk, muscular loss, gut health and mood. This includes leading 19 registered clinical trials and publishing 300+ scientific papers.
Co-chair: Mr. Geoffry Smith, ILSI SEA Region
Exercise, Nutrition & Muscle Health (Virtual Presentation)
Prof. Stuart Phillips, Professor, Department of Kinesiology, McMaster University, Canada
Prof. Stuart Phillips is a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Skeletal Muscle Health. He is also the Director of the McMaster University Physical Activity Centre of Excellence. Dr. Phillips has authored more than 350 research papers. In 2018-22 he was named to Clarivate's Highly Cited Researchers list as being in the top 1% of all cited researchers in nutrition and physiology research. Dr. Phillips is a fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine and the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences.
Understanding Protein Homeostasis - Improving Protein Metabolism and Reducing Sarcopenia
Prof. Shih-Yin Tsai, Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore
Assistant Professor Shih-Yin Tsai received her Ph.D. in Dr. Gustavo Leone's lab at the Ohio State University (2009), where she studied the mechanisms by which mammalian E2F transcription factors control cell proliferation. She showed the functional redundancy among E2F activators during development and the specific roles of E2F family members during long-term maintenance. After her Ph.D., she did her postdoctoral training in Dr. Brian Kennedy's lab at the University of Washington and continued her research at the Buck Institute. She investigated the role of mTORC1 downstream translation effecter, 4E-BP1, in regulating metabolic homeostasis during the progression of type II diabetes and aging. Since February 2017, she started her lab as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Physiology at the National University of Singapore. Her study focuses on exploring how protein homeostasis in the regulation of muscle health. Using transgenic mouse models and primary 3D in vitro models of skeletal muscle, her lab studies the aging process at molecular levels to provide an explicit picture of muscle aging for potential therapeutic usage.
Protein and Bone Health, Micrnutrient Intakes, and Different Protein Sources (Virtual Presentation)
Dr. Kiran Bains, Head, Department of Food and Nutrition, Punjab Agricultural University, India
Dr. Kiran Bains is presently working as Head, Dept. of Food and Nutrition, PAU, Ludhiana. She has handled 12 adhoc research projects and guided 25 M.Sc. and 9 Ph.D. students. She has worked at Center of Innovative and Applied Bioprocessing (CIAB), Mohali as sabbatical faculty. She has achieved a competitive project funded by Harvest Plus, IFPRI, Washington DC in 2011 on assessment of zinc status of children and women. She has completed three projects funded by World Vegetable Center, Taiwan and a consultancy project funded by UNFPA. She is currently working on a project funded by Nestle India Limited. She has been invited by The World Vegetable Center, Taiwan and Riddet Centre, Massey University New Zealand as visiting fellow in the year 2003 and 2007, respectively. She has represented India at International Workshop to exchange best practices in nutrition awareness programs participated by representatives of 35 countries in 2010 at London, U.K. She had been nominated by government of India to attend Indo New Zealand Workshop on 'Food and Agriculture' at Lincoln University, Christchurch and Massey University, New Zealand in 2011. She has published 125 research papers, 7 book chapters, 14 manual chapters, 5 booklets/pamphlets and 30 popular articles. She has contributed in the development of "Regional adaptation and update of food item based dietary guidelines of National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) with emphasis on cardiovascular diseases. Presently she is convener of Ludhiana chapter of Nutrition Society of India (NSI). Her research activities are mainly focused on micronutrient deficiencies; bioavailability of minerals; energy, protein and iron status of population groups.
Protein & Amino Acids - Optimizing Immunity (Virtual Presentation)
Prof. Philip Calder, Professor, Nutritional Immunology, & Head, School of Human Development & Health, University of Southampton, United Kingdom
Prof. Philip Calder is Professor of Nutritional Immunology and Head of the School of Human Development and Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, United Kingdom. He obtained his PhD in Biochemistry in 1987 and spent 8 years at the University of Oxford, before his appointment at the University of Southampton in 1995. Prof Calder is an internationally recognised researcher on a) nutritional immunology, and b) metabolism and functionality of fatty acids with an emphasis on the roles of omega-3 fatty acids. He has received many awards and prizes for his work including the Normann Medal (German Society of Fat Science; 2009), the Ralph Holman Lifetime Achievement Award (American Oil Chemists' Society; 2015), the Danone International Prize for Nutrition (2016), the DSM Lifetime Achievement Prize in Human Nutrition (2017) and the European Lipid Science Award (2021). Prof Calder was President of the International Society for the Study of Fatty Acids and Lipids (2009-2012), Chair of the Scientific Committee of the European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (2012-2016), President of the Nutrition Society (2016-2019), and President of ILSI Europe (2019-2021). He was also the Editor-in-Chief of the British Journal of Nutrition (2006- 2013) and is now the Associate Editor of Clinical Science, Journal of Nutrition and Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism. He is currently President of the Federation of European Nutrition Societies.
Protein and Musculoskeletal Health over the Life Course
Prof. Andrea Maier, Co-Director, Centre for Healthy Longevity, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore
Prof. Andrea Maier (1978), a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP), graduated in Medicine (MD) 2003 from the University of Lübeck (Germany), was registered 2009 in The Netherlands as Specialist in Internal Medicine-Geriatrics and was appointed Full Professor of Gerontology at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (The Netherlands) in 2013. She was the head of Geriatrics at the Vrije Universiteit Medical Center from 2012 to 2016. From 2016 to early 2021 Professor Maier served as Divisional Director of Medicine and Community Care at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, Australia, and as Professor of Medicine and Aged Care at the University of Melbourne, Australia. She continued her career at the National University of Singapore as Co-Director of the Centre for Healthy Longevity. Professor Maier's research focuses on unraveling the mechanisms of ageing and age-related diseases. She is heading international longitudinal cohort studies and geroscience interventions. During the last 12 years she has published more than 370 peer-reviewed articles, achieving an H index of 68, spearheading the significant contributions of her highly acclaimed innovative, global, multidisciplinary @Age research group. She is a frequent guest on radio and television programs to disseminate aging research and an invited member of several international academic and health policy committees, including the WHO. She is the past President of The Australian and New Zealand Society for Sarcopenia and Frailty Research, the Founding President of the Healthy Longevity Medicine Society and serves as selected Member of The Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities.
DAY 2: Wednesday, February 22, 2023
Session 4: Future of Protein - Technologies and Value Proposition of Alternative and Complementary Sources
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Chair: Prof. Zhou Weibiao, Department of Food Science and Technology, National University of Singapore
Prof. Weibiao Zhou is the foundation Head of the Department of Food Science and Technology and the inaugural Cheng Tsang Man Chair Professor in Food Science and Technology, National University of Singapore (NUS). Trained originally in chemical engineering, he has been working as a food scientist for over 30 years in multiple countries including Australia, China, France, Spain and USA. Among his many professional appointments and honours are: Elected Fellow of Singapore National Academy of Science (SNAS), International Academy of Food Science and Technology (IAFoST), Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology (AIFST), Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), the UK, Singapore Institute of Food Science and Technology (SIFST); Chair, Advisory Committee on Evaluation of Health Claims, Singapore Food Agency (SFA); Editor for Food Control (published by Elsevier) and Associate Editor for npj Science of Food (published by Nature).
Co-chair: Dr. Andrew Wan, Singapore Institute of Food and Biotechnology Innovation, A*STAR, Singapore
Dr. Andrew Wan is Principal Investigator at the Singapore Institute of Food and Biotechnology Innovation (SIFBI), where his research is focussed on the engineering of plant-based and cultured meat. His team's current research is built on their previous innovative work in 3D-cell culture and tissue engineering, which has been published in top tier journals such as Nature Communications and Nature Nanotechnology. He has been invited to speak at various international meetings, such as the International Symposium on Cultured Meat and International Society of Materials for Regenerative Medicine (ISOMRM) meetings. Prior to joining SIFBI, Dr Wan was Principal Research Scientist at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (2004-2021). He held an adjunct position at the Department of Chemistry, NUS, from 2006 to 2011 and served on the Editorial board of the journal Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology, and Medicine from 2009-2016. He has served as a panel expert at MOE, Singapore, and was selected to join its delegation to ISEF 2016 as Grand Award Judge. Based on his achievements, he was listed amongst the top 2% of scientists in Bioengineering (2020 Stanford study).
Proteomics Applied to Novel Protein Sources -Risks and Benefits (Virtual Presentation)
Prof. Michelle Colgrave, Deputy Director, CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Australia
Prof. Michelle Colgrave is the Deputy Director (Impact) for CSIRO Agriculture and Food, based in Brisbane, Australia. She is a Professor of Food and Agricultural Proteomics, and chief investigator on the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Innovations in Peptide and Protein Science. Her research interests include the application of proteomics, the study of proteins using mass spectrometry, to agriculture and food science to the benefit of human health. Professor Michelle Colgrave led CSIRO's Future Protein Mission, a program centred on principles of sustainable growth delivering high quality, affordable and nutritionally optimised protein for Australia. The mission will develop protein-based industries (including traditional protein, plant-based protein, insect and microbial protein) along the value chain from production to the customer, delivering premium protein ingredients and products, addressing the rapid growth of the protein-based sector.
Prof Colgrave is internationally recognised for the development and application of MS techniques for the quantification of gluten (e.g., hordeins in barley; gliadins and glutenins in wheat). The success of this research has been recognized by receipt of the Bowie Medal (ANZSMS), the ICM Agrifood Award (Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) Innovation and Excellence Awards, 2020), CSIRO Chairman's Medal (2016), and more. Prof. Colgrave received both her B.Sc. and PhD. at the University of Wollongong, Australia. She was recently elected as a Fellow of ATSE for her services to the Agriculture and Food sectors.
Plant-based Meats - Challenges, Market Overview and Available Technologies
Dr.Christian Carrillo, Head, Technology for SEA & Oceania, Bühler Group, Singapore
Dr. Christian Carrillo is a distinguished leader in the food industry with over a decade of experience driving innovation and sustainability through impactful manufacturing processes. As the Head of Technology for SEA and Oceania at Bühler, he is at the forefront of emerging technologies, leading the development of R&D roadmaps for the Protein Innovation Centre in Singapore. Christian's education began in Switzerland, where he specialized in designing cutting-edge grain processing plants. Since then, he has been stationed in various Bühler offices worldwide, contributing significantly to scaling up Bühler's technology footprint in alternative proteins, with a particular focus on the segment of meat analogue production. As a visionary, Christian is passionate about creating novel solutions to reduce CO2 emissions and drive sustainable practices within the industry. His expertise in designing different food and feed manufacturing processes has been instrumental in Bühler's continued success in providing industrial solutions. Outside of work, Christian is an avid chef, experimenting with new plant-based product recipes and bringing his passion for sustainability to the table. His deep commitment to innovation and sustainability is a testament to his unique vision and leadership in the food industry.
Bioprocessing for Innovative Alternative Proteins- Cultivated Meat, Fermentation-derived Products & Plant-based Meat
Dr. Deepak Choudhury, Senior Scientist & Group Leader, Biomanufacturing Technology, Bioprocessing Technology Institute, A*STAR, Singapore
Dr. Deepak Choudhury is currently a Senior Scientist and Group Leader of Biomanufacturing Technology at Bioprocessing Technology Institute (BTI), A*STAR, Singapore. His primary research interests include biomaterials and biofabrication processes for Cellular Ag applications and biomanufacturing biomaterials for regenerative medicine. Dr Choudhury and his team have published numerous unique insights into the Cultivated meat (CM) field - starting with a cover story article on "The business of cultured meat", which catalogued the various CM companies, meat focus for the first time, funding landscape etc. The team wrote two more analyses in 2020 to comprehend the nomenclature and impact of 3D printing in CM space. These were followed up with impactful reviews articulating the state of edible scaffolds, discussions on a developing CM ecosystem as well as the impact of fermentation on this nascent industry in 2021 and 2022, respectively. This also included the very first patentometric analysis of the CM field - Cultured meat-a patentometric analysis. Dr Choudhury has been an active reviewer of technical and review journal articles in the alternative proteins/cultivated meat space, including for Nature Food, NPJ Science of Food, Future Foods, Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, Trends in Food Science and Technology etc. He was recently selected to be part of the expert technical panel for an Expert Consultation session on "Scientific advice on cell-based food products and food safety considerations", organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Collaboration with WHO. He is also part of the working group under the European Academies' Science Advisory Council (EASAC) Biosciences Programme on "Meat Alternatives". He is an award recipient of the 1st Alternative Protein Seed Challenge under the Singapore Food Story (SFS) R&D Programme, as well as a Co-Investigator of CentRe of Innovation for Sustainable banking and production of cultivated Meats (CRISP Meats), also funded by SFS.
Plant and Animal Proteins -Nutritional Profiles and Impact on Sustainability Metrics using Life Cycle Assessment (Virtual Presentation)
Prof. Sarah McLaren, Professor, School of Agriculture and Environment, Massey University, New Zealand
Professor Sarah McLaren is Director of the New Zealand Life Cycle Management Centre (NZLCM Centre), and Professor in Life Cycle Management at Massey University, New Zealand (NZ). Her research focuses on development and application of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and related approaches such as planetary boundaries, industrial ecology and the circular economy. Prof McLaren has promoted uptake of Life Cycle Management in New Zealand as a founding Committee member of the Life Cycle Association of New Zealand (LCANZ) and member of the Technical Advisory Group of the Australasian Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) Programme. She has served on the Office of the Prime Minister's Chief Science Advisor's Rethinking Plastics Panel, Ministry for the Environment's Planetary Boundaries NZ Advisory Board, and represented NZ on the ISO Water Footprint Working Group. She works with organisations such as the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), Building Research Association of New Zealand (BRANZ), BEACON Bioeconomy Research Centre Ireland, and the NZ Food Awards to translate Life Cycle Management into practical action.
Session 5: Innovations to Meet Consumer Acceptance and Regulatory Science Development
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Chair: Dr. Andrew Wan, Singapore Institute of Food and Biotechnology Innovation, A*STAR, Singapore
Co-chair: Dr. Francisco Codoner, ScaleUp Bio Pte Ltd, Singapore
As CEO of ScaleUp Bio, Dr. Francisco (Paco) Codoñer, is on a mission to bring healthy, safe and nutritious food to as many people as possible in the most sustainable way. Paco was most recently based in Utrecht, the Netherlands, as the senior team leader of the systems biology team for Danone Nutricia Research, the global research and innovation arm of French food giant Danone. He is no stranger to Asia, as Paco has lived and worked in the region from 2019 to 2021 in his capacity as Head of the microbiome centre for Danone Nutricia Research in Singapore. Prior to his first assignment in Asia, Paco served as joint CEO and Chief Scientific Officer (CSO) from 2010 to 2019 for cutting-edge biotech company Lifesequencing based in Valencia, Spain. Earlier in his career, Paco specialized in research and development (R&D) for the microbial field in institutions such as Trinity College Dublin in Ireland, Muenster University in Germany and the AIDS Research Institute in Spain. A Spanish national, Paco holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Molecular Genetics, a Master of Science degree in Molecular Evolutionary Genetics and a PhD in Biology (Molecular Genetics and Bioinformatics) from the University of Valencia. He also holds a Master of Science degree in Bioinformatics from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.
Improving functionality of plant proteins - Opportunities and Challenges
Dr. Shaun Sim, Senior Research Fellow, Singapore Institute of Food and Biotechnology Innovation, A*STAR, Singapore
Dr. Shaun Sim is a Senior Research Fellow at A*STAR's Clinical Nutrition Research Centre (CNRC). He received his Ph.D in Food Engineering at Cornell University and his B.A. (Hons.) in Chemistry from the University of Cambridge. Sim is developing innovative food science for constructing future foods and ingredients with nutritional advantages. His team focuses on plant-based proteins and fats; egg and dairy alternatives; high-pressure processing and other novel technologies. Some products developed by his group include high-protein plant-based yoghurts and pastries made using healthier plant-based solid fats.
Novel Alternative and Complementary Protein Innovations:
Introduction to Multi-Institution Collaborative Project - Protein4Singapore (P4SG)
Dr. Stefan Klade, Director, Research & Innovation, TUMCREATE, Singapore
Dr. Stefan Klade is responsible for efficient and effective research program execution and entrepreneurship support at TUMCREATE and establishes a research platform for the advancements of Singapore's food studies. Since 2022, Dr. Klade coordinates Proteins4Singapore, a comprehensive and collaborative research project on alternative protein production in Singapore. The consortium comprises several international institutions of higher learning and combines the expertise of globally leading food and life scientists.
After training and a position as culinary chef, Dr. Klade studied food chemistry at Technical University of Munich (TUM) in Weihenstephan, Freising. He researched on bitter compounds in coffee beverages with Prof. Thomas Hofmann until 2016 to achieve his doctoral title. Having established project and science management systems at the TUM Chair of Food Chemistry and Molecular Sensory Science, Dr. Klade transitioned to TUM ForTe, Office for Research and Innovation as a Science Manager for Life Sciences in 2020. Since 2023, his careers in culinary arts and food science combine with the experience in project and science management to produce a strong profile for TUMCREATE's research and innovation portfolios.
State of the Art Analysis of Protein Flavors and Scents, Sensomics ', and its Use to Analyze Protein Volatiles and Mitigate Off Flavors
Dr. Florian Utz, Postdoctoral Researcher, School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Germany
Dr. Florian Utz received his PhD at the Technical University of Munich (cum laude, supervised by current TUM president Prof. Dr. Thomas Hofmann) and is now Postdoctoral Researcher at the Chair of Food Chemistry and Molecular Sensory Science at the TUM School of Life Sciences, currently led by Professor Corrina Dawid. He has specialized in Molecular Sensory Studies, including the use of advanced ultra-high performance liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (UHPLC-MS/MS), applying this "sensomics" approach to the analysis of volatile and non-volatile compounds in dairy products and in protein isolates, and approaches to mitigate off-flavors. He is a native of Germany and will be collaborating on the "Proteins4Singapore"project in Singapore to discover and develop new protein sources.
From Lab to Fork: Regulatory & Safety Considerations in Bringing Alternate ("Complementary") Proteins to Market
Dr. Benjamin Smith, Director, Singapore Future Ready Food Safety Hub (FRESH), Singapore Institute of Food and Biotechnology Innovation, A*STAR, Singapore
Assoc. Prof. Benjamin Smith is Director of the Future Ready Food Safety Hub (a joint initiative between A*STAR, Singapore Food Agency (SFA) and Nanyang Technological University (NTU)) and the Lead for the Human Safety Platform at A*STAR's SIFBI. As a risk assessor and toxicologist who has worked across industry, academia and government, he is a strong proponent of collaborative research and the importance of embedding safety across the entire food chain. His work at A*STAR has seen him involved in the development of 2 ecosystem wide platforms aimed at bringing together Singapore's governmental agencies, the Institutes of Higher Learnings (IHLs) and industry partners to support Singapore's growing food and consumer product industries. His current research interests extend across a range of different areas including gastrointestinal toxicology, dietary intake, risk-benefit frameworks, and the integration of human relevant and socially responsible safety methodologies into the regulatory approval processes for new ingredients and novel foods.
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There will be a dedicated e-poster Q&A session on end of Day 1 (Tuesday, Feb 20, 4.30-5.30pm). Click here to post your questions to the authors.
Session Theme 1: ReLook Protein Science, Requirements and Consumption Impacting Nutrition, Health and Sustainability
S1-1: Environmental Impact and Diet Quality of Derived Dietary Patterns in Vietnam
Son D Nguyen, Sander Biesbroek, Tuyen D Le, Edith J.M Feskens, Inge D Brouwer, Elise F Talsma
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S1-3: Protein and Macronutrient Intakes Among 0.5 - 11.9-year-old Children in Vietnam in 2020
Ha Nguyen Thu, Son Nguyen Duy, Ilse Khouw, Nga Tran Thuy
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S1-2: Protein Intake and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors among Older Filipino Women
Nanette Mayol, Paulita L. Duazo, Judith B. Borja
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Session Theme 2: Review and Assess Protein Quality and Dietary Shifts
S2-1: Protein Quality of Soy and the Effect of Processing: A quantitative review
Lisa A. van den Berg, Jurriaan J. Mes, Marco Mensink, and Anne J. Wanders
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Session Theme 3: Protein and Health - Research and Guidance for Optimal Functional Benefits
S3-1: Association between Dietary Protein Intake and Sleep Quality in Middle-aged and Older Adults in Singapore
Clarinda Nataria Sutanto, LOH Wen Wei, KIM Jung Eun
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S3-3: Protein Chrononutrition: Time of intake as an additional dimension to optimise dietary protein quality and quantity?
Haldar, Sumanto, Yong, Y.N., Dong, J., Sivappiragasam, P.L., Henry, C.J. and Drum, C.L.
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S3-5: The SHIELD Study: Addressing the questions, needs, and challenges of nutritional and muscle health in community-dwelling older adults
Siew Ling Tey (Agnes), D. T. T. Huynh, G. Baggs, Y. L. Low, M. Cheong, C. H. How, W. L. Chow, N. C. Tan, S. T. H. Chew
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S3-7: Impact of Exercise and Leucine-enriched Protein Supplementation on Physical Function, Body Composition, and Inflammation in Pre-frail Older Adults
Reshma Aziz Merchant, Yiong Huak Chan, Denishkrshna.A, Santhosh Seetharaman, Lydia Au, Vidhya Na-chammai, Alexa Lai, Vanda Ho, Beatrix Ling Ling Wong, Eunice Pang, Kalpana Bhaskaran and Charissa Lim
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S3-2: Postprandial "Hypo-glycinemia" Following Whey Protein Ingestion in Overweight Women with Impaired Fasting Glucose
Jia Jiet Lim, Ivana Sequeira, Wilson Yip, Louise Lu, David Cameron-Smith, Jennifer Miles-Chana, Sally Poppitt
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S3-4: Does Consumption of Whole Legumes, as a Source of Plant Proteins, Increase Serum Uric Acid?
Alvin Surya Tjahyo, Sumanto Haldar, Shalini Ponnalagu, Farhana Osman, Shia Lyn Tay, Priya Govindharajulu, Susanna Lim Poh Suan, Kat Long Hui Wong, Christiani Jeyakumar Henry
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S3-6: Effectiveness of the Nutrition Education Module on the KAP of Stunting among Mothers, MDD and HAZ Z--scores of Children Aged Below 2 years old in Terengganu, Malaysia
Tengku Fatin Nadhirah Te Ku Nor, Bee Suan Wee, Myat Moe Thwe Aung, Marhazlina Mohamad, Mohd Razif Shahril, Aryati Ahmad, Che Suhaili Che Taha, Karimah Fakhriah Ismail
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Session Theme 4: Future of Protein - Technologies and Value Proposition of Alternative and Complementary Sources
S4-1: The Development of High Plant-Based Protein Powder Drinks for Weight Management
Kwanchanok Hunthayung, Sassy Bhawamai
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S4-3: Potential Use of Protein Concentrates from Mesoamerican Native Legumes as Ingredients in Plant-Based
Grettel Villalobos-Alpízar, Patricia Esquivel1 Laura Arroyo,Adriana Araya-Morice
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S4-2: Artificial Intelligence Assisted Ascertainment of Protein Content in Meat and Alternative Meat Patty Products
Yim B., Ho, Sherman, Lai A.
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Session Theme 5: Innovations to Meet Consumer Acceptance and Regulatory Science Development
S5-1: Consumption of Plant-Based Meat Alternatives by Regular Consumers and their Motivations to Sustain Long-Term Intake
Siti Amelia Juraimi, Aimee E. Pink, Florence Sheen, Benjamin P.C. Smith
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S5-3: Computational Prediction of Protein Allergenicity in Food and Personal Care Products
Minh N. Nguyen, Nora L. Krutz, Vachiranee Limviphuvadh, Andreas L. Lopata, G. Frank Gerberick, and Sebastian Maurer-Stroh
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S5-2: Are Plant-based Meat Analogues Healthier than their Meat Counterparts?
Xinyan BI, Michelle YEO, Christiani Jeyakumar HENRY
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S5-4: Allergens in Edible Cricket (Acheta domesticus): Extraction Methods and (human IgE) Antibody Reactivity
Shaymaviswanathan Karnaneedi, Elecia B. Johnston, Utpal Bose, Angéla Juhász, James A. Broadbent, Sally Stockwell, Keren Byrne, Sandip D. Kamath, Vachiranee Limviphuvadh, Thimo Ruethers, Sebastian Maurer-Stroh, Michelle L. Colgrave, Andreas L. Lopata
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Program and Speakers
Session 1: Protein for Health and Sustainable Solution
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CHAIR: Mrs. Boon Yee Yeong, Executive Director, ILSI Southeast Asia Region, Singapore
Mrs. Boon Yee Yeong is the Executive Director of ILSI SEA Region, based in Singapore. ILSI SEA Region was established as a regional branch of the world-wide scientific-foundation ILSI in 1993, covering ASEAN and Australasia. Mrs. Yeong oversees the Branch's operation, scientific programs and partnership activities, working closely with stakeholders from private sectors, leading academic institutions, international organizations and key government and health agencies throughout the vast geographical region. ILSI SEA Region facilitates programs that address pertinent nutrition, food safety and sustainability topics as well as issues for the improvement scientific decision for public health benefits.
Mrs. Yeong obtained her BSc and Masters in Nutrition and Dietetics from Kings College (previously Queen Elizabeth College) University of London, and has over the past decades actively served to build scientific capacity and nutrition improvement for the target population in the region.
Assessing Protein Quality of Sustainable Food Sources to Improve Nutrition in Asia
Assoc. Prof. Wantanee Kriengsinyos, Associate Professor, Institute of Nutrition, Mahidol University, Thailand
Dr. Wantanee Kriengsinyos has 20 years of professional experience in clinical nutrition and dietetics. Her current research involves metabolic studies of food products in development of non-communicable diseases (NCDs); body composition and energy expenditure; diet and behavior modification for patients with diet-related chronic diseases; and protein quality and amino-acid metabolism. Over the past 5 years, Dr. Kriengsinyos has also developed experience in nutrition policy and was a part of the team that successfully worked to ban partially-hydrogenated oils in Thailand. She currently leads a promotion project on implementation of healthier food logos to combat NCDs through reduction of sugar, fat, and sodium consumption in the Thai population. Currently, Dr. Kriengsinyos is chair of the Master of Science in Nutrition and Dietetics program at the Institute of Nutrition, Mahidol University. She received a doctorate in Nutritional Sciences at the University of Toronto, Canada, and holds a Registered Dietitian credential from the United States.
Protein Nutrition and Sarcopenia in the Aging Population - A review and case example in Taiwan
Assoc. Prof. Feili Lo Yang, Associate Professor, Department of Nutritional Science, College of Human Ecology, Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan
Assoc. Prof. Feili Lo Yang is an Associate Professor at the Department of Nutritional Science, College of Human Ecology, Fu Jen Catholic University in Taiwan. She has been active in the university, serving different roles such as Chairperson of the Department of Nutritional Science (2013-2019), Member of Service Learning Advisory Board (2010-2018) and is currently a member of the Research and Development Committee at the Senior Care Resource Center, College of Medicine.
She specializes in lifespan nutrition and biochemical nutritional assessment, and currently serves as the project leader in charge of revising Taiwan's Dietary Reference Intakes and guidelines.
Dr. Feili Lo Yang holds a Ph.D. and M.Sc. in Human Nutrition from The Ohio State University, USA and a Bachelor in Nutrition and Food Science from Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan.
Harnessing Plant Proteins for Cell-based Meat Culture and Seafood Analogues for Human Nutrition and Sustainable Development
Prof. Dejian Huang, Professor & Deputy Head, Department of Food Science and Technology, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Prof. Dejian Huang is a professor and deputy head at the Department of Food Science and Technology, National University of Singapore. His research interests cover chemistry of dietary antioxidants: their analytical methodology and action mechanisms as free radical scavengers; chemistry of bioactive compounds in fruits and vegetables for controlling diabetes, aging, inflammation, and obesity; plant proteins for 3D printing of seafood mimics and scaffolds for cell-based meat culture and 3D cell culture for biomedical applications. He has published over 200 scholarly papers and was listed as a Highly Cited Researcher 2014 and 2015. He is an associate editor of Journal of Functional Foods and Frontiers in Nutrition Food Chem Section.
Session 2: Food Fortification for Improved Nutrition and Health - Strategies, Success and Challenges
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CHAIR: Assoc. Prof. Pattanee Winichagoon, Associate Professor, Institute of Nutrition, Mahidol University, Thailand
Assoc. Prof. Pattanee Winichagoon is an Associate Professor, and currently, Senior Advisor, at the Institute of Nutrition, Mahidol University, Thailand. Her research in maternal and child micronutrient status and interventions, and community-based nutrition is well-regarded. This includes impacts of micronutrient fortification on nutritional status and cognitive functions; iron bioavailability from iron fortified foods using stable isotopes, iron metabolism in hemoglobinopathy. She has collaborated with several international renowned researchers and research institutions. Recently, she has been leading research on the application of stable isotopic methods for early life nutrition in Thailand and Asian countries, including human milk intake, body composition of mothers and children, and infant energy expenditure, aiming to contribute to data gaps from low- and middle-income countries. She has served on WHO guideline development groups on indicators for assessing anemia and iron status; FAO/WHO expert group on nutrient requirements of infants and young children. She has published numerous international peer-reviewed articles and monographs, and was recognized as the IUNS fellow at the 13th International Conference of Nutrition. Assoc. Prof. Winichagoon was the Vice-Chair of the Scientific Committee for the 19th International Congress of Nutrition held in Bangkok (2009). She obtained her M.Sc. in Nutrition from the University of Hawaii, PhD in International Nutrition from Cornell University, USA.
Nutritional Status and Food Fortification Efforts in the Philippines
Dr. Imelda Agdeppa, Director IV and Scientist IV, Department of Science and Technology - Food and Nutrition Research Institute (DOST-FNRI), Philippines
Dr. Imelda Agdeppa is the Director of the Department of Science and Technology, Food and Nutrition Research Institute and conferred as Scientist IV by the National Academy of Science and Technology and the Civil service Commission. She is also a Board Member of the Professional Regulatory Board of Nutrition and Dietetics, Professional Regulation Commission (PRC). She conducted numerous community trials that contributed significantly to the improvement in nutritional status of Filipinos.
She has been a short-term consultant in Indonesia and in the National Institute of Nutrition, Hanoi, Vietnam, a project leader in the conduct of National Nutrition Surveys. Her most recent research is development of Healthy Eating Index for Filipinos.
She received numerous awards: PAGASA awarded by the President of the Philippines, the Alberto Romualdez Outstanding Health Research Award, Clara Ruth Darby by the Nutritionist - Dietitians Association of the Phil.
Voluntary Food Fortification for Improved Nutrition - Industry Perspectives
Ms. Wei Tang, Regional Head, Diet & Health - Asia, Unilever, China
Ms. Wei Tang is Regional Head of Diet and Health (Asia) of Unilever. Ms. Tang supports Unilever's external nutrition and health-related programs and collaboration across Asia. She has 16 years of working experience in Research & Development at various positions related to Nutrition & Science, Product Development and Scientific Affairs in France and China. She joined Unilever in 2017 as Regional Head of Nutrition External Engagement for North Asia and expanded her responsibility to Southeast Asia and Australasia (SEAA) region from 2018. Ms. Tang obtained her M.Sc. in Biology and Innovation in Quality and Productions of Vegetable respectively at University Paris XIII and University Paris XI.
Status of Food Fortification Regulations in Southeast Asia - An Overview
Ms. Pauline Chan, Director, Scientific Programs, ILSI Southeast Asia Region, Singapore
Ms. Pauline Chan is the Director of Scientific Programs for ILSI Southeast Asia Region, a global scientific organization that seeks to improve public health through the advancement of science in the areas of nutrition and food safety. ILSI SEA Region is headquartered in Singapore and covers the 10 ASEAN countries, Australia and New Zealand. Pauline has extensive experience in developing scientific programs and facilitating dialogue between scientists, government regulators, and industry to address regional and international issues in nutrition, food safety, sustainability and health. A frequently invited resource speaker at conferences and seminars, Ms. Chan is a registered dietitian (RD) with the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Ms. Chan received her M.Sc. in Nutrition and Dietetics from New York University, USA, and her B.Sc. in Chemistry from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
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