PLENARY/KEYNOTE SPEAKER

PLENARY SPEAKER/KEYNOTE SPEAKER/INVITED SPEAKER/SPEAKER

(all the expenses including airfare, accommodation, meals, and registration fees were paid by the organizers for invitation for Keynote address and most of the expenses (but not all expenses) were paid by the organizers for inviting for invited speaker) 

  • Nutraceuticals: Current Trends and Future Perspectives, 2nd Symposium on Functional Foods, University of Santo Tomas (UST), Manila, Philippines, April 28, 2018 (Keynote speaker)

  • Sulphonated Modification of Polysaccharides from Pleurotus eryngii and Streptococus thermophilus ASCC 1275 Improves health Functionalities, 2nd Symposium on Functional Foods, University of Santo Tomas (UST), Manila, Philippines, April 28, 2018 (Keynote speaker)

  • Dairy based functional foods. Global Functional Dairy Summit China 2018, April 19-20, Shanghai, China (keynote speaker).

  • Bioactive peptides in dairy foods. ADSA annual meeting, Knoxville, TN, June 24-27 (invited speaker).

  • Nutraceuticals: Current trends and future perspective, 10th International Conference and Exhibition on Nutraceuticals & Functional Foods, GSCO Convention Center in Gunsan, Jeonbuk, Korea, October 22-25, 2017 (invited)

  • 3rd International Conference on natural product utilization. 18-21 October, 2017, Bansko, Bulgaria (invited)

  • Food Science and Biotechnology for Health, Third Trilateration Meeting JNU-SNU-HKU, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China, Aug 27-29, 2017 (keynote speaker)

  • Current trends in probiotics and prebiotics. 2nd Probiotics Congress: Asia, 2017. Hong Kong, March 1-2, 2017 (keynote speaker).

  • Nutraceuticals: Current trend and future perspectives. 2nd Global Dairy Congress Asia, 2017. Hong Kong, January 18-20, 2017 (keynote speaker).

  • An ancient, species-specific tagatose-6-phosphate pathway in Lactobacillus casei group for galactose reduction in cultured dairy foods, Trilateration (HKU, SNO, JNU) meeting, Seoul, S. Korea, Aug. 30-31, 2016 (invited speaker).

  • An ancient, species-specific tagatose-6-phosphate pathway in Lactobacillus casei group for galactose reduction in cultured dairy foods, ADSA Annual meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, July 19-23, 2016 (invited speaker).

  • An ancient, species-specific tagatose-6-phosphate pathway in Lactobacillus casei group for galactose reduction in cultured dairy foods, IDF Parallel Symposia, Cheese Science and Technology, Dublin, Ireland, April 11-13, 2016 (invited speaker).

  • Nutreceuticals: Current trends and future perspective. 44th Dairy Industry Conference, ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, India, Feb 18-20, 2016 (Plenary speaker).

  • Probiotic, prebiotics and gut health. International Atomic Energy Agency, United Nations Headquarters, Vienna, Technical meeting on Environmental enteric Dysfunction, the microbiome and undernutrition, Oct. 28-30, 2015 (invited speaker).

  • Chemical modification of EPS to improve its bio-functionalities, ADSA Symposium - Advances in bacterial exo-polysaccharides: from production to applications in dairy foods and health, ADSA Annual meeting, Orlando, FL, July 12-16, 2015 (keynote speaker).

  • 2nd International symposium on probiotics for human health – New innovations and emerging trends, New Delhi, Nov. 3-4, 2014 (invited speaker).

  • International Symposium on Fermented Food organized at the Chonbuk National University, Jeonju, S. Korea, October 24-25, 2014 (keynote speaker).

  • VitaFoods Asia, Hong Kong, Sept. 3, 2014 (keynote speaker).

  • Nutritional enhancement of soymilk or soy foods via bioconversion and bioprocessing, KOFOST (Korean Society of Food Science and Technology). Gwanju, S. Korea, Aug. 24-27, 2014 (keynote speaker).

  • Jilin University Functional Dairy Food Symposium, Changchun, China, May 15-18, 2014 (keynote speaker).

  • ADSA Symposium - Dairy foods consumption, gut microbiota and human health, ADSA Annual meetings, Kansas City, MO, July 20-24, 2014 (keynote speaker).

  • 5th IDF Symposium on Science and Technology of fermented milk, Melbourne, Australia, March 3-7, 2014 (invited speaker).

  • Seventh International Food Convention (IFCON 2013), CFTRI, Mysore, Dec. 18-21, 2013 (keynote speaker)

  • International Conference on Fermented foods, Health Status and Social well-being, Anand, Gujarat, India, Dec. 6-7, 2013 (keynote speaker).

  • International Functional Food Conference, Selangor, Malaysia, Aug., 18-21, 2013 (keynote speaker).

  • 7th Asian Conference on Lactic Acid Bacteria, New Delhi, Sept. 6-8, 2013 (invited speaker).

  • Food Science and Biotechnology symposium, International Conference for Cellular and Molecular Biology (ICCMB3), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Dec.8-10, 2012 (keynote speaker).

  • 1st International Dairy Biotechnology conference, Shanghai, PR China, Sept. 24-25, 2012 (keynote speaker).

  • VitaFoods Asia, Hong Kong, Sept. 6, 2012 (keynote speaker).

  • International symposium on probiotics for human health – New innovations and emerging trends, New Delhi, August 27-28, 2012 (invited speaker).

  • International probiotic and prebiotic conference, Kosice, Slovak Republic, June 12-16, 2012.

  • Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology (AIFST) award winning lecture, AIFST annual convention, Sydney, July 10-14, 2011 (keynote speaker).

  • 1st China International Conference on LAB and Technological Innovations of Fermented Dairy Products, Huhhot, China August 06-08, 2010 (keynote speaker).

  • IDF Symposium on Science and Technology of Fermented Milk, Tromso, Norway, June 7-11, 2010 (keynote speaker)

  • 3rd Symposium on Propionibacteria and Bifidobacteria: Dairy and Probiotic Applications, Oviedo, Spain, June 1-4, 2010 (invited speaker).

  • Fifth International Symposium on Probiotics, Departamento de Biotecnología Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Iztapalapa, Mexico City, April 22-24, 2010 (keynote speaker).

  • International Conference on Fermented foods, Health Status and Social well-being, Anand, Gujarat, India, Dec. 11-12, 2009 (keynote speaker).

  • XX Indian Convention of Food Scientists and Technologists India, Bangalore, India, Dec. 21-23, 2009 (keynote speaker).

  • 11th Dairy Ingredients Symposium, San Francisco, CA, March 10-11, 2009.

  • ADSA Annual meetings, Montreal, Quebec, Canada), July 12-16, 2009 (invited speaker).

  • National conference of future of food biotechnology in India, National Institute of Technology, Durgapur, W. Bengal, January 8-9, 2009 (keynote speaker).

  • Sixth International Food Convention (IFCON 2008), CFTRI, Mysore, Dec. 15-19, 2008 (keynote speaker).

  • International symposium of probiotics and prebiotics, Campinas, Brazil, August 25-27, 2008 (keynote speaker).

  • ADSA Annual meetings, Indianapolis, IN, USA, July 7-11, 2008 (invited speaker).

  • 9th Nordic Nutrition Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, June 1-4, 2007 (keynote speaker).

  • International Conference on Fermented foods, Health Status and Social well-being, Anand, India, Dec. 14-16, 2007 (keynote speaker).

  • World Dairy Summit, Ireland, 28 Sept.- 4 Oct., 2007 (invited speaker).

  • Australian Institute of Food Sciences and Technology, Melbourne, June 24-28, 2007 (invited speaker).

  • ADSA Annual meetings, San Antonio, TX, USA, July 8-12, 2007 (speaker).

  • Association of Food Scientists and Technologists India, Hyderabad, India, Nov. 16-17, 2006 (keynote speaker).

  • Milestones achievements in dairy science research, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, June 29-30, 2006. June 29, 2006 (invited speaker).

  • American Chemical Society Annual Meetings, San Francisco, CA, Sept. 10-14, 2006 (invited speaker).

  • Institute of Food Technologists Annual Meetings, Orlando, FL, June 24-28, 2006 (invited speaker).

  • ADSA Annual meetings, Minneapolis, MN, USA, July 10-24, 2006 (invited speaker).

  • IDF Symposium on Scientific and Technological Challenges in Fermented milk, Sirmione, Italy, May 15-17, 2006 (keynote lecture).

  • Fermented foods, Health status, and social well-being, Anand, India, December 17-18, 2005 (keynote lecture).

  • International Conference- Natural Products for Health and Beauty, Mahasarakham, Thailand, October 17-21, 2005 (keynote lecture).

  • ADSA Annual meetings, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, July 24-28, 2005 (speaker).

  • IDF World Dairy Summit, Vancouver, Canada, Sept. 17-22, 2005 (invited).

  • International Symposium of Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals, Mahasarakham, Thailand, June, 14-15, 2005 (keynote lecture).

  • International Conference of Nutraceutical and Functional Foods, San Francisco, CA, Nov., 8-11, 2004 (invited).

  • Arla Foods, Ltd. Aarhus, Denmark, September 16, 2004 (invited).

  • 10th World Congress of Clinical Nutrition, Phuket, Thailand, Nov., 29-December 3, 2004 (invited 1).

  • 10th World Congress of Clinical Nutrition, Phuket, Thailand, Nov., 29-December 3, 2004 (invited 2).

  • Australian Institute of Food Sciences and Technology, Brisbane, July 25-29, 2004 (invited).

  • IDF Symposium on cheese – ripening, characterization and technology. Prague, Czech Republic. March 21-25, 2004 (invited).

  • Australian Society of Microbiology, Sydney, 26 September- 1 October, 2004 (invited).

  • ASEAN Food Conference, Hanoi, Vietnam, October, 8-11, 2003 (invited, keynote address).

  • International seminar and conference on Fermented foods, Health Status and social well-being, Anand, India, Nov. 13-14, 2003 (invited).

  • ADSA Award Lecture on ‘Delivering probiotic cultures’, June 24, 2003, ADSA-ASAS joint Annual meetings, Phoenix, AZ, June 22-26, 2003 (invited).

  • 9th World Congress of Clinical Nutrition, London, UK, June 23-27, 2002 (invited).

  • International Dairy Federation’s conference on ‘New developments in technology of fermented milks, Kolding, Denmark, June 5-8, 2002 (invited).

  • Probiotics as functional foods and nutraceuticals. 11th World Congress of Food Science and Technology. Seoul, S. Korea, April 22-27, 2001 (invited lecture).

  • The concept of functional foods, probiotics, and prebiotics. International Congress of Probiotic Medicine. Anaheim, USA, July 6-8, 2001 (keynote lecture).

  • 11th World Congress of Food Science and Technology, Seoul, S. Korea, April 22-27, 2001 (invited lecture).

  • Institute of Food Technologists Annual Meetings, New Orleans, LA, June 23-27, 2001 (speaker).

  • IDF symposium on Cheese Ripening and Technology. Banff, Canada, March 12-16, 2000 (invited speaker).

  • Effects of incorporation of proteolytic strains of L. delbrueckii ssp. bulgaricus in commercial ABT cultures on EPS production, textural properties of yogurt and survival of bacteria. ADSA Annual meetings, Baltimore, MD, July 24-28, 2000 (speaker 1).

  • Casein and whey proteins degradation patterns by selected lactic bacteria. ADSA Annual meetings, Baltimore, MD, July 24-28, 2000 (speaker 2).

  • 7th ASEAN Food Conference, Manila, Philippines, November 19-22, 2000 (invited speaker).

  • Probiotics as nutraceuticals and functional foods. 8th World Congress on Clinical Nutrition. Phitsanulok, Thailand, December 17-20, 2000 (invited speaker).

  • 3rd International Symposium on Recombined milk and milk products, Penang Malaysia, May 24-26, 1999 (invited).

  • ADSA Award Lecture on ‘Probiotic Bacteria: Selective Enumeration, Survival in Dairy Foods and Health Benefits, June 22, 1999, ADSA Annual meetings, Memphis, TN, June 20-23, 1999 (invited).

  • ADSA Annual meetings, Memphis, TN, June 20-23, 1999 (speaker 1).

  • ADSA Annual meetings, Memphis, TN, June 20-23, 1999 (speaker 2).

  • International Dairy Federation’s Seminar on ‘Future of Dairy Education’, September 18-19, 1998, Dalum  Technical College, Odense, Denmark (invited).

  • Roundtable meeting on ‘From weaning to school age- the role of fresh dairy foods’. Benefit of yogurt in the diet with special reference to children, Sydney, April 7, 1998, Organised by Hill and Knowlton for National Foods Ltd. (invited).

  • American Dairy Science Association’s Annual Conference, Denver, CO, USA, July 24-27, 1998 (speaker 1).

  • American Dairy Science Association’s Annual Conference, Denver, CO, USA, July 24-27, 1998 (speaker 2).

  • Annual convention of the Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology, Perth, May 5-8, 1997 (speaker).

  • International Dairy Federation’s Workshop ‘Samll scale Dairy Processing and Indigenous Milk Products’   December 4-6, 1997, Anand, India (invited).

  • DPF Yogurt Manufacturers’ Committee (April 17, 1996) (invited).

  • Australian Society of Microbiologists, September 16, 1995 (invited).

  • ADPF Yogurt Manufacturers’ Committee (deferred because of other commitments).

  • Chr. Hansen in Denmark, Nov. 16, 1995 (invited).

  • International Dairy Congress, Melbourne, Sept. 18-22, 1994 (invited).

 

Editorial responsibility

  • Associate editor, LWT-Journal of Food Science and Technology (2016-).

  • Associate editor, Journal of Food Science (2010-).

  • Associate editor, International Journal of Probiotics and Prebiotics (2014-).

  • Editorial board of International Dairy Journal (2004-)

  • Editor – International Journal of Dairy Science (2005-)

  • Editorial board of Journal of Dairy Science (2001-2003)

  • Editorial board of Bioscience and Microflora (2002-)

  • Associate editor for ASEAN Food Journal (2002-2006).

 

Reviewer for Research Papers for the Following Journals

  • Journal of Dairy Research

  • Journal of Dairy Science

  • Food Microbiology

  • International Journal of Microbiology

  • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

  • Food Australia

  • Journal of Food Science

  • International Dairy Journal

  • ASEAN Food Journal

  • Australian Journal of Dairy Technology

  • Netherlands Milk and Dairy Journal