Healthy Ageing APAC

Tony is a global strategic foresight consultant, food futurist, food scientist and speaker specialising in the future of food and nutrition. He provides strategic foresight services to major clients worldwide using his unique combination of scientific, business and futurist skills. Tony travels the world using this unique combination of skills to convey to his corporate clients and event audiences how new technologies will influence food and nutrition Industries. This combination of skills and knowledge gives him a unique viewpoint on the future of food. His signature FutureCUBED™ process is a real world approach to using strategic foresight to predict the long term alternative futures of food. He uses this to help companies understand the technological changes that will impact their business and how they can gain competitive advantage from the opportunities these changes present.

Novita is a passionate advocate for evidence-based innovation in healthcare and nutrition. She has over 10 years of experience in the personalised health space, with a specific focus on the influence of genetics on nutrition and response to medications. Currently, she is an integral part of the H&H Group Translational Science team, where she actively contributes to the development of innovative and scientifically differentiated new product developments (NPDs). Novita's approach prioritises a consumer-centric perspective, ensuring that innovative solutions meet the diverse needs of consumers.

Michelle specializes in food science and ingredients with a focus on nutrition. Her experience covers nutrition and dietetics concentrating on food service, clinical nutrition, health and wellness program management, nutrition research and marketing. She’s a licensed Nutritionist-Dietitian and an Accredited Nutritionist.

Deepa brings with her over two decades of experience in Research and Development across diverse areas. Her expertise encompasses consumer insights, product research, new product development, sensory science, and process engineering. Deepa has dedicated her career to working on renowned Global brands, with a relentless focus on enhancing the lives of consumers through impactful contributions to FMCG, OTC, and dietary supplements. Deepa Currently works at Himalaya Global Research center as R&D Head . Prior to that, she had significant R&D leadership roles in esteemed companies including GSK, Mead Johnson, P&G and Kellogg's successfully managing the life cycle of brands and has launched more than 40 products globally. Deepa also holds active memberships in prestigious organizations such as ILSI, the American Nutrition and Dietetics Association, and the Singapore Society of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Shawn is a talented leader with extensive business experience in North America and Asia. He holds a BSc in Biological Sciences, a PhD in Neurophysiology, is a published author, and regularly speaks to communities, organizations and health professionals about brain health and aging. As founder and CEO of Senescence Life Sciences (“Senescence”), Shawn remains on the cutting-edge of neuroscience as the company looks to research, develop and commercialize safe, effective and scientifically proven neuroprotective compounds that address age-related cognitive decline. Under his leadership, Senescence has won a spot as one of Singapore’s Top 20 Hottest Start-ups in 2017, one of the 4 top start-ups in nutrition in Asia, one of the top 12 global nutritional start-ups as selected by DSM in San Francisco 2018, and one of the top Aging Biotechs to watch in Singapore in 2020. Shawn has also been recognized as one of the Top 10 Influencers in Healthcare under the age of 40 in Singapore, and one of the top entrepreneurs under 35 at the Transpacific Entrepreneurial Conference in Hong Kong. He is also a mentor in the Canadian Government’s global mentorship program.

Ting Min is the Editor of NutraIngredients-Asia. On top of daily news reporting, she produces multimedia content for the site, including the video series Behind the Big Story, podcast series Nutrachampion and long-form multimedia features VitamINSIGHTS. She joined William Reed in 2018. Prior to that, she was a reporter at Chinese daily Lianhe Wanbao, covering crime, court, and general news.