Speakers

IUFoST President, is a scientific leader, experienced administrator, a diplomat at the highest levels internationally and is known as a person who is dedicated to service above self who brings people and viewpoints together. 

Dr. Wirakartakusumah has a strong grasp of IUFoST’s issues and is committed, passionate and has unbounded drive in everything he does for the Union. He was Indonesian Ambassador to UNESCO, Rector of two Indonesian universities, and highly‐regarded chair of IUFoST’s Education Committee and the World Bank‐initiated Global Food Safety Curricula Initiative. 

He is a member of the Indonesia Academy of Sciences, has led Indonesia in establishing educational standards and is actively engaged with ASEAN/APEC countries in implementing food safety policies, measures and educational standardisation.  He is immediate Past President of the International Acadmey of Food Science and Technology (IAFoST). 

Prof.Chinachoti was a faculty at the Department of Food Science at Univ. of Massachusetts, and later a Dean of Ageo-Industry and Director of Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods at Prince of Songkla University (Thailand). She joined Hill’s Pet Nutrition (Colgate-Palmolive) as Fellow and Head of Product Science conducting strategic R&D on functional foods.

She was one of the lead founder of Thai Union’s Global Innovation Incubator (GII). She served the IFT for several years and later became the President of Food Science and Technology Association of Thailand (FoSTAT).

She formed an initiative as Chair of Food Innovation and Regulation Network (FIRN) and serves several  government grant and policy agencies and new initiatives and committees in Thailand. She is a Board of Directors of IUFoST and a IAFoST fellow and Chair of Global Outreach and Industry Relations working group of IUFoST. 

currently the Chair Professor at the College of Economics and Management at the China Agricultural University in Beijing. He previously spent over 20 years with the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), including as the Director General for the ten-year period until his departure in December 2019. 

He is currently a member of the Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition. He is also a member of the Advisory Council of the Oxford Martin School at the University of Oxford. Other positions inclde membership on the Board of the Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture and the Council of Advisers of the World Food Prize. 

Dr. Fan brings CGIAR insider experience as well as extensive experience in developing strong connections, including at the most senior level, with a wide range of influential stakeholders, including global institutions, national governments, multinational companies, and international non-governmental agencies. He has engaged widely on issues related to agriculture, food, health, climate change, natural resource management, and information technologies.

Head of the Department of Food Science and Technology, National University of Singapore (NUS). He is an elected Fellow of the International Academy of Food Science and Technology (IAFoST), and also an elected Fellow of the Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology (AIFST), the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), UK, and the Singapore Institute of Food Science and Technology (SIFST). He is a member of the Singapore Food Standards Committee, and an editorial board member of 8 SCI-indexed journals. 

Unit head at World Health Organization (WHO)

Dr. Sanaa is head of the World Health Organization's Department of Nutrition and Food Safety's Scientific Standards and Advice on Food and Nutrition (SSA) unit. He was previously the Head of the Food Risk Assessment Unit at the French Agency for Food, Environmental, and Occupational Health Safety (ANSES), where he oversaw work on the risk assessment of chemical and microbiological contaminants, as well as the safety assessment of enzymes, processing aids, food contact materials, and genetically modified organisms (GMOs). He was previously professor at the National Veterinary College, Alfort, France, where he taught biostatistics, epidemiology, and risk analysis, as well as supervising national and European research programs in the field of veterinary public health (now known as One Health).

Between 2005 and 2018, he contributed significantly to the work of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) expert groups on animal health and welfare and biological risks in food, as well as participating in several capacity-building projects for food safety systems in Africa, Eastern Europe, and the Middle East. He served as a senior epidemiologist at the US-Food and Drug Administration's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (FDA-CFSAN, Maryland, USA) from 2017 to 2018.

Associate professer at Faculty of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment, Naresuan University, Thailand

Khanitta Ruttarattanamongkol is an Associate Professor of Food Processing and Engineering in the Department of Agro-Industry, Faculty of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment, Naresuan University, Thailand. She completed her Ph.D. in Food Science and Technology from Cornell University, USA. She is interested in innovative food science and emerging technologies, engineering and processing aspects of foods and agricultural products, and value addition for global markets. Her research expertise is in the areas of physical and engineering properties of foods, supercritical fluid extrusion and extraction of biomaterials for food applications, and novel foods especially alternative protein sources from plants and insects produced by automation process.

Gábor Molnár, PhD, Associate Professor of Applied Sciences, is an academic with research interests in high-tech innovations, (big) data-related policymaking, and applied Artificial Intelligence. He is also a business development professional with over twenty years of experience in the high-tech industry. In addition to teaching for Wittenborg, Dr Molnár is an Associate Professor (Adjunct) at the ATLAS Institute and a Fellow at Silicon Flatirons, both at the University of Colorado Boulder. He serves as the Evangelist of Video Technology and Science at Divitel, a professional services company based in the Netherlands. He is also a consultant for e-Conomics, a competition policy boutique consulting firm with a strong focus on telecom and digital markets. 

Dean of Faculty of Chemical and Food Engineering and Senior Coordinator of Food Technology Research and Innovation Platform.

Lijing Ke joined the University of Leeds in 2023. Prior to Leeds, he had over 20 years of experience in structure-function study of traditional Chinese food and medicine, working at the Zhejiang Gongshang University and Fuzhou University in China. He holds a PhD in Biochemistry and Biophysics (2011) from the University of Edinburgh. 

Chief Scientist of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, and part of FAO’s core leadership structure. 

With nearly two decades of experience in agricultural research and development in Asia, Africa and the Middle East, Ms Elouafi is a strong advocate for diversifying into neglected and underutilized crops. She is also internationally known for her work on promoting use of non-fresh water in agriculture and empowerment of women in science.

Ms Elouafi has been a member of various strategy expert panels and advisory groups. Her contributions to science and policy have been recognized with a number of prestigious awards and accolades, in particular the Excellence in Science Award from the Global Thinkers Forum.

Director, Global Affairs, Food Standards Agency. Chairperson of the Codex Alimentarius Commission. Policy Fellow Alum, Centre for Science and Policy

Steve Wearne was appointed Director of Food Safety in July 2013, the role becoming Director of Policy two months later. Previous to this he was Director of FSA Wales. He was elected to serve as the 20th Chairperson of the Codex Alimentarius Commission in November 2021.

Steve is a scientist by training, with a degree in biochemistry and a spell of postgraduate research in molecular biology at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular biology in Cambridge. Steve joined the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in 1990 and held a range of posts in food science and food policy development, before transferring to the Agency when it was launched in 2000. His first post in the Agency was head of the Private Office and Private Secretary to the first Chair of the FSA, Sir John Krebs (now Lord Krebs).

Senior Nutrition and Agrifood Systems Specialist at FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (RAP) in Bangkok, Thailand. While at the Food and Nutrition Division in FAO-HQ, Rome, she led the work on Minimum Dietary Diversity for Women of Reproductive Age. She has also served as Regional Adviser for the Zero Hunger Challenge and UN SUN Coordinator in Lao PDR. She brings with her more than 30 years of field experience on various areas of nutrition and public health in many countries in Asia and the Pacific, Africa and Middle East.