List of Speakers 2020
Adrian Rogers
Senior Research Scientist, Romer Labs UK Ltd.
Alan Boobis
Professor, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, UK
Aldin Hilbrands
Technical Director, FSSC22000
Allen Li
Senior Certification Manager for APAC at Intertek
Andrew D Ive
Founder, Big Idea Ventures
Angelika Tritscher
Global Food Safety Director, Specialized Nutrition, Danone Group; former WHO Secretary to JMPR & JECFA
Anna-Stiina Antola
Counsellor for Agriculture, Food & Veterinary Affairs, Embassy of Finland
Awanwee Petchkongkaew
Lecturer, School of Science & Technology, Faculty of Science & Technology,
Thammasat University, Thailand
Bao Lei
Board Director, AOAC International; Head, Nestle Food Safety Institute
Barbara Gallani
Head of Communication, Engagement and Cooperation Department,
European Food Safety Authority
Benjamin Chapman
Professor and Food Safety Extension Specialist, North Carolina State University
Bert Popping
Managing Director, FOCOS
Bertrand Emond (tbc)
Head of Membership & Training, Campden BRI
Bessie Wu
Quality Assurance Director, Starbucks China
Cao Wenming
Director, Yihai-Kerry R&D Center
Carina Venter
Associate Professor, Pediatrics-Allergy/Immunology, School of Medicine, University of Colorado
Carsten Fauhl-Hassek
Head of Unit Product Identity, Supply Chains and Traceability,
German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR)
Catherine Schorsch
Senior Food Safety Audit Manager, Danone Group
Chen Ailiang
Director, Livestock Products Quality and Safety Research Center, Institute of Quality Standard & Testing Technology for Agro-Products, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Chen Junshi
Senior Research Professor and Chief Adviser,
China National Centre for Food Safety Risk Assessment
Chen Lu
Research Scientist, Food Supply Chain Analytics and Sensing Initiative,
MIT Center for Biomedical Innovation
Chen Liang
Greater China Medical Science Director,
Mead Johnson Pediatric Nutrition Institute (China)
Chen Si
Associate Researcher, Division of Risk Communication (Office of news and public education),
China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment
Chen Tongxin
Shanghai Children’s Medical Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Chen Wen
Professor, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
Chen Xiangrong
Deputy Director General, Food Production Safety Supervision Dept.,
Shanghai Administration for Market Regulation, China
Chen Ying
Vice President, Researcher, Chief Engineer, China Academy of Inspection & Quarantine
Chiara Dall’Asta
Associate Professor of Food Chemistry, Department of Food Science, University of Parma (Italy)
Christine Nellemann
Director, National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark
Christopher Elliott
Professor of Food Safety;
Founder, Institute for Global Food Security, Queens University Belfast
Chu Dong
Vice President, China Chain Store & Franchise Association
Conrad Choiniere
Director, Office of Analytics and Outreach, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, USFDA
Dalal AlGhawas
Program Director, Big Idea Ventures
Darin Zehr
General Manager, Commercial Food Sanitation (CFS), an Intralox Company
David Tharp
Executive Director, International Association for Food Protection
David Zhang
Senior Laboratory Manager, Romer Labs Analytical Service (Wuxi) Ltd.
Donald Prater
Acting Assistant Commissioner for Food Safety Integration, Office of Foods and Veterinary Medicine, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Dong Qingli
Professor, Institute of Food Quality and Safety, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology
Emmanouil Geneiatakis
General Secretary, FAMI-QS
Ernesto Liebana Criado
Head of the Biological Hazards and Contaminants Unit (BIOCONTAM),
European Food Safety Authority
Feng Feng
Researcher, China Academy of Inspection & Quarantine
Feng Yaohua
Assistant Professor, Department of Food Science, Purdue University
Frank Yiannas
Deputy Commissioner for Food Policy and Response, U.S. Food & Drug Administration
Fiona Zhang
Senior Food Safety Specialist, Commercial Food Sanitation
Fred Li
Assessor Manager, LR Customised Assurance North Asia
Fu Wusheng
Chief Technician and Professor, Fujian Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Gao Qihua (Jennifer)
Research Associate, MIT Sloan School of Management
Ge Chongtao
Senior Research Manager, Mars Global Food Safety Center
Ge Zhirong
Honorary Chairman, CIFSQ Conference; Former Counsellor of the State Council, PR China;
Former Deputy Director of AQSIQ;
Member of the 11th CPPCC National Committee; Deputy Director of the Expert Committee of China Council for Brand Development
Gu Huibo
Chairman, Zhejiang Jiaguwen Chaojima Technology Corp.
Gu Shaoping (tbc)
Deputy Director, Food Production Safety Supervision Dept.,
State Administration for Market Regulation, China
Gudrun Gallhoff
Minister Counsellor for Health and Food Safety, Delegation of the European Commission to China
Guo Miao
Food Safety Senior Manage; APAC Sector Lead, Food Safety Center of Excellence, PepsiCo
Hu Yaozhong
Dr., Nankai University
Huang Zheng
Deputy Director, Quality Certification Center, Circulation Industry Promotion Center, Ministry of Commerce
Ivo Muller
Senior Food Safety Manager Innovation and Authenticity, Danone Group
Jana Hajslova
RAFA Chair; Head of Metrological and Testing Laboratory, Department of Food Chemistry and Analysis, University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague
Jens Andre Hammerl
Senior Scientist, Deputy in the National Reference Laboratory for Antimicrobial Resistances, German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR)
Jia Juntao
Professor, Technical Center, Qingdao Customs
Jiao Xin’an
President, Yangzhou University
John Peng
Executive Vice President and Chief Digital Officer, SoftStone Information Technology (Group) Company
John Spink
Director & Assistant Professor, Food Fraud Initiative,
Michigan State University
John Ward
Head of Global Quality, Safety & Environment Audit Organization, The Coca-Cola Company
Joseph Elrefaie
Director, International and Commercial Quality, Conagra Brands, Inc.
Kimberly Carey Coffin
Global Technical Director Supply Chain, LR Customised Assurance
Klaus Cao
Head of Food Safety Solutions Center, AFL Department, SGS China
Kristine Butler
Deputy Director, Communication and Public Engagement Staff,
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, USFDA
Lan Tao
Associate Researcher in China National Institute of Standardization
Latasha Robinson
Deputy Director, U.S. Food and Drug Administration China Office
Lee Anne Jackson
Health Science Policy Advisor, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition,
U.S. Food & Drug Administration
Lesa Thompson
Regional Project Officer, Regional Representative for Asia & Pacific, OIE
Li Fengqin
Research Scientist, Director of Microbiology Laboratory, China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment
Li Guohui
Phd, Deputy Director; Standard R&D Center; China National Research Institute of Food & Fermentation Industries Co., Ltd.
Li Jin
VP, FSQA-Region China/Korea, Tyson Foods
Li Jingguang
Professor and Director of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Research Unit for Food Safety (2019RU014), China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment
Liang Chengzhu
Director, Technology Center, Qingdao Customs;
President, AOAC China Section
Liang Qiao
Associate Professor, Zhejiang University
Li Dan
Researcher, Guangzhou Customs Technology Center
Liu Aidong
China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment
Liu Qing
Professor, School of Medical Instrument and Food Engineering,
University of Shanghai for Science & Technology
Liu Xiande
Deputy Director, Department of Accreditation and Testing,
China State Administration for Market Regulation
Liu Zhaoping
Director, Division of Risk Assessment, China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment
Li Yu
China Liaison, FSSC 22000
Lucy Yu
Professor, Department of Nutrition & Food Science, University of Maryland
Maggie Cai
Senior Director, Quality Assurance, Yum China
Marc Cwikowski
Founder and Managing Director, All Food Consulting; Co-Founder, World of Auditing
Markus Lipp
Senior Food Safety and Quality Officer, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Marta Prado
Research Group Leader, International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (INL)
Martin Rodrigo CANDIA
Product Manager Allergens, Romer Labs Division Holding GmbH
Matilda Ho
Founder and Managing Director, Bits x Bites; Founder and CEO, Yimishiji
Matthew Zhao
Food Scientist, Big Idea Ventures
Meredith Sutzko
Food Pathogen Product Manager, Romer Labs Inc.
Miao Lian
Leader of Foodmate.net Popular Science Animation Team,
Yantai Foodmate Cultural Media Co., Ltd.
Monique Pellegrino
Vice President, Chief Food Safety Officer, Danone Group, France
Nicholas Renegar
PhD Candidate, MIT Operations Research Center Joint work between MIT and Zhejiang University
Niu Qiwen
Senior Manager, Wilmar (Shanghai) Biotechnology Research & Development Center Co., Ltd
Patrick Wall
Associate Professor of Public Health,
University College Dublin's School of Public Health and Population Sciences
Paul Kiecker
Administrator of the Food Safety and Inspection Service, Office of the Administrator, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Pavlos Fragkopoulos
Senior Global Audit Manager, Mars Wrigley
Peng Hong
Senior Research Manager, Mars Global Food Safety Center
Peter Karim Ben Embarek
Risk Assessment and Management Unit, Department of Food Safety and Zoonoses,
World Health Organization
Phyllis Hu
Director for China, Sino Silliker Food Science Center, Mérieux NutriSciences (China)
Qian Yongzhong
Professor and Director of Institute of Quality Standard and Test Technology for Agro-Products, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science
Qin Xiang
Executive Director, Dili Group
Qu Weidong
Professor, Fudan University
Rebekah Lemm
GM Asia Pacific, Director Global Customer Experience (CX), Intralox Ltd
Retsef Levi
J. Spencer Standish (1945) Professor of Operations Management, MIT Sloan School of Management
Rudolf KRSKA
Founding Head of the Institute of Bioanalytics and Agro-Metabolomics, Department IFA-Tulln, BOKU;
Coordinator of the EU-China project MyToolBox (till 03/2020); President of the International Society of Mycotoxicology
Ruth Petran
Senior Corporate Scientist, Food Safety & Public Health, Ecolab;
President-Elect, International Association for Food Protection
Ryan Xue
Executive Director, China Plant Based Foods Alliance
Sabine Baumgartner
Vice Rector, Assoc.Prof. , DI Dr., University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna (BOKU), Dept. for Agrobiotechnology Tulln, Center for Analytical Chemistry
Samuel Godefroy
Full Professor, Food Risk Analysis and Regulatory Policies, Department of Food Science,
Faculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences, Laval University
Saskia van Ruth
Professor, Food Authenticity, Wageningen University and Research
Séamus Fanning
Professor, Food Safety and Zoonoses, School of Public Health, Physiotherapy & Population Science, University College Dublin
Sean Leighton
Vice President of Food Safety, Quality & Regulatory Affairs, Cargill
Shi Chunlei
Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Song Yajun
Professor, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Academy of Military Medical Sciences
Stam Yang
Vice President, Food Safety & Quality, Starbucks China
Stella Kyriakides
Health & Food Safety Commissioner, European Commission
Steven Gendel
Senior Director, Food Science, Food Chemicals Codex, U.S. Pharmacopeia
Suzanne Fitzpatrick
Senior Advisor for Toxicology, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN), US Food & Drug Administration
Tang Dawei
Research Scientist, Unilever
Terence Lok-Ting Lau
Interim Associate Vice President (Innovation and Technology Development), The Hong Kong Polytechnic University;
Convener, The Food Safety Consortium
Tom Heilandt
Secretary, Codex Alimentarius Commission
Vincent Doumeizel
Senior Advisor, Ocean, United Nations, Global Compact;
Director, Food Programme, Lloyd's Register Foundation
Wang Chiyu
President, Wantai Holding Group
Wang Tiehan (tbc)
Director General for Food Safety, State Administration for Market Regulation
Wang Yang
Professor, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University
Wang Zhijun
PhD candidate, Wageningen University and Research
Wang Zhouping
Professor, Jiangnan University
Wan Qiang
Research & Development Director, Guangdong Institute of Microbiology
Weihua Zhou
Association Dean, School of Management, Zhejiang University
Wen Li
Director of Quality Control Department, Beijing Jingdong Century Trading Co. Ltd.
William Marler
Managing Partner, Marler Clark LLP PS
Wu Di
Newton International Fellow, Queen's University of Belfast
Wu Yanwen
Research Professor, Beijing Center for Physical & Chemical Analysis
Wu Yongning
Chief Scientist, China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment (CFSA);
Director, NHC Key Lab of Food Safety Risk Assessment
Xiao Jing
Professor, China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment
Xing Ranran
Associate Professor, China Academy of Inspection & Quarantine
Xiong Chuanwu
CEO, IQC (Shanghai) Co., Ltd; Leader of IFS China office
Xu Jiao
China Health Commission
Xu Jie
Food Safety Director, Danone Group Greater China
Xu Jin
Deputy Director Food, Shanghai Municipal Administration for Market Regulation
Xu Yi
Vice President, The Poultry Research Institute, New Hope Liuhe
Yue Jin
Associate Professor, Deputy Director, Bor S. Luh Food Safety Research Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Yves Rey
Independent Senior Advisor to Industry Leaders,
former Danone Group Corporate General Manager and GFSI Chairman
Yan Zhinong
Executive Director, Walmart Food Safety Collaboration Center
Zheng Yanchong (Karen)
Associate Professor of Operations Management, MIT Sloan School of Management
Yong Wee Liau
MD, Romer Labs APAC, Romer Labs Singapore
Zhang Maojun
Principle Investigator, Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention
Zhang Sheng
General Manager, China Supply and Marketing Agricultural Products Wholesale Market Holding Co. Ltd
Zhang Xiaomei
Senior Engineer, Qingdao Customs
Zhao Xianfeng
Health & Science Head, National Institute for Nutrition & Food Safety,
Chinese Center for Disease Control & Prevention
Zhao Xiaomei
Associate Professor, Agro-Product Safety Research Center, Chinese Academy of Inspection and Quarantine
Zhao Yan
Associate Researcher, Institute of Agricultural Quality Standards and Testing Technology,
Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Zhong Kai
Director, China Food Information Center
Zhou Peng
Vice President, Shenzhen Institute of Standard and Technology
Zhu Wei
Director, Greater China Food Safety Lab, Danone Group
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