Invited Speakers

Speech Title: Origin of Innate Immunity: Revelation of Food and Medicinals

Prof. Edwin L. Cooper, Ph.D., Sc.D. (University of California, USA)
  • Distinguished Professor
  • Founding Editor in Chief DCI (1977); eCAM (2004); JECM (2009)
  • Laboratory of Comparative Neuroimmunology, Department of Neurobiology David Geffen School Of Medicine at UCLA
Speech Title: Bioavailability of Proanthocyanidin A from Longan Flower

Prof. Lucy Sun Hwang, Ph.D. (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)
  • Life-Time Distinguished Professor
  • Fellow of The International Union of Food Science and Technology (IUFoST)
  • Fellow of The Institute of Food Technologists (IFT)
Speech Title: Different approaches to the Modern Development of Medicinal Plants

Prof. Ping-chung Leung, M.D., Ph.D. (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
  • Director of the Institute of Chinese Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • Emeritus Professorship of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, The University of Hong Kong
Speech Title: Anti-Obesity Effects of Herbal Phytochemicals

Prof. Chi-Tang Ho, Ph.D. (Rutgers University, USA)
  • Distinguished professor
  • Associate Editor of Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry Fellow of American Chemical Society (ACS)
Speech Title: Recent Advances in the Herbal Treatment of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Prof. Kwok-Fai So, M.D., Ph.D. (The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
  • Jessie Ho Professor in Neuroscience
  • Chair Professor and Head of the Department of Anatomy
  • Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Co-Director of the China Spinal Cord Injury Network
  • Co-Director of the State Key laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at HKU
Speech Title: Honey and Cancer- A Reciprocal Relationship

Prof. Nor Hayati Othman, MBBS, MPath, MIAC (Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia)
  • Dean [Clinical Science Research] of Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)
  • Senior consultant pathologist of Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia
  • Chairperson of Pathology Post-graduate Education in USM
Speech Title: Phytochemicals in Herbs and Spices for the Development of Pharmaceuticals and Nutraceuticals

Prof. Young Joon Surh, Ph.D. (Seoul National University, Korea)
  • Director and Professor, Tumor Microenvironment Global Core Research CenterCollege of Pharmacy, Seoul National University
Speech Title: Cancer ChemoPrevention by Dietary Phytochemicals and Chinese Herbal Medicines: Nrf2-mediated Anti-oxidative Stress/Inflammation, Epigenomics and Efficacy

Prof. Tony Ah-Ng Kong, Ph.D. (Rutgers University, USA)
  • Director of Graduate Program in Pharmaceutical Science
Speech Title: A Systems Approach to Explore Tanshinones Biosynthesis and the Application of Synthetic Biology Strategy in Production

Prof. Luqi Huang, Ph.D. (China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, China)
  • Vice President of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences
  • Director, Institute of Chinese Materia Medica
  • Chief Scientist of National Basic Research Program of China (National 973 Programme)
Speech Title: Grape Seed Flour Prevents Obesity Related Plasma, Liver and Adipose Pathophysiological Lipid Metabolism and Reduces Fecal Bacterial Population in Hamsters Fed High Fat Diets

Dr. Wallace H. Yokoyama, Ph.D. (Western Regional Research Center, USDA, USA)
  • Research Chemist in the Processed Foods Research Unit (PFR)