Global Agrifood Scientific Symposium - Singapore International Agri-Food Week (2024)

Dr Koh Poh Koon
Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment

State of Science in Cultivated Meat Professor Mark Post
Maastricht University, Chief Scientific Officer and Co-founder of Mosa Meat

Infectious disease management using advances in bioinformatics and synthetic biology

Dr Rish*ta Changede
CEO and Founder of TeOra

Integrating alternative proteins with the broader bioeconomy Dr Liz Specht
Vice President of Science & Technology, The Good Food Institute

1) Emerging Food Production for more Sustainable Urban Food Systems

Professor Alexander Mathys,
Professor, Dep. of Health Sciences and Technology, ETH Zurich

2) Pushing the boundaries in methane-to-protein conversionProfessor Sanjay Swarup
Associate Professor at Department of Biological Science, National University of Singapore

3) Advancing alternative protein development from lab to pilot scaleDr Raffael Osen
Group Leader at Food Processing Engineering, Singapore Institute of Food and Biotechnology Innovation (SIFBI), A*STAR

1) Food The New Medicine: The Contribution of Nutrition to Public Health Professor Christiani Jeyakumar Henry
Senior Advisor, Biomedical Research Council (BMRC), A*STAR

2) A simple way to achieve sustainability: Up-valuing agrifood byproducts for future foods and nutraceuticals

Professor Huang Dejian
Professor and Deputy Head of Department of Food Science & Technology, National University of Singapore (NUS)

1) Sustainable and Resilient Food Systems Transformation for Food Security and Nutrition in the Urbanizing Asia Pacific Region Dr Warren Lee
Senior Nutrition and Food Systems Officer, Food Agricultural Organisation (FAO)

2) Constructing plant-based foods and ingredients with nutritional advantages

Dr Shaun Sim
Senior Research Fellow at Singapore Institute of Food and Biotechnology Innovation (SIFBI), A*STAR

3) Future Nutrition – Exploring Innovation, Sustainability and Personalised HealthDr Verena Tan
Associate Professor of Dietetics and Nutrition, Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT)

Rethinking product formulation to drive adoption of alternative proteins

Panelists:
1)Mr James Jackson
General Council & CCO, Next Gen Foods
2)Ms Carrie Chan
Co-founder and CEO of Avant Meats
3)Mr Alex Pestalozzi
Chief Finance Officer of Turtletree Labs
4) Ms Carolyn Stephen
Lead Nutritionist at Food Innovation and Resource Centre (FIRC), Singapore Polytechnic

Moderator: Dr Christian Carrilo
Head of Technology for SEA and Oceania, Bühler

Professor Richard Visser
Chair & Head of Plant Breeding at Department of Plant Science, Wageningen University

2) Genome-based crop breeding for sustainable agriculture in China

1) Singapore's Seed Innovation Hub – Unlocking opportunities for urban farms through seeds

Professor Chew f*ck Tim
Associate Professor at Department of Biological Science, National University of Singapore

1)Synthetic Engineering For Future Agrifood ResilienceProfessor Miao Yan Song
Associate Professor at School of Biological Science, Nanyang Technological University

3) Crop Quality: Why It Matters and How Can Controlled Environmental Agriculture Achieve it?Dr Ritu Bhalla
Assistant Director at Agriculture Research and Innovation Centre, Republic Polytechnic

4) Micro, Nano and Optical technologies for Precision Agriculture and Plant ScienceDr Urano Daisuke
Principal Investigator, Temasek Life Science Laboratory (TLL)

1) Sustainable Aquaculture Feeds for Sustainable Urban Food Systems

Dr Albert Tacon
Founder and Technical Director at AquaHana

2) From Fish to Chips: Harnessing Futuristic Tech for Sustainable Aquaculture Professor Dean Jerry
Professor and Director of Tropical Future Institute, James Cook University Singapore

1) Empowering Shrimp Aquaculture: From Disease Control to Breeding Suitable P.monodon Broodstock for a Sustainable Future Professor Han-Ching Wang
Professor at Department of Biotechnology and Bioindustry Science, National Cheng Kung University

2) Technology Trends for Urban AquacultureDr Lee Chee Wee
Centre Director for Aquaculture Innovation Centre and Technology Advisor for Temasek Polytechnic

3) Genetic Improvement of Fish for Food

Dr Yue Gen Hua
Senior Principal Investigator, Temasek Life Science Laboratory (TLL)

Panelists:

1) Dr Bao Shengjie
CEO and co-founder, Singrow

2) Mr Vivek Jadhav
Founder and CEO, Precede

3) Dr Lai Chengyu
Founder and CEO, Inong Agriculture

4) Mr Kit Yong
CEO, Forte Biotech

5) Ms Rachelle Jensen
CEO, Luminis Water Technologies

6) Mr Ang Ting Cheong
CEO, AquaEasy

Moderator: Professor Yusuf Ali

Associate Professor, Metabolic Disease and Assistant Dean (External Affairs) of Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University.

Professor Prakash Kumar

Professor at Department of Biological Science and Director of Research Centre on Sustainable Urban Farming, National University of Singapore (NUS)