Spotlight On… Probiotics for Healthy Ageing: Golden opportunities for silver innovation

In association with Morinaga

Lead Research Associate
Morinaga Milk Industry

Chyn Boon serves as the Lead Research Associate at the International Division of Morinaga Milk. She is passionate about probiotics research, which she has contributed to for the past decade. In her past research, she focused on metabolites produced by probiotic strains, exploring their potential beneficial effects on human health. She is trained in Microbiology and Proteomics and holds a PhD in Bioprocess Technology. Her current role involves leveraging scientific knowledge in probiotics to make groundbreaking discoveries more accessible to different public and help drive global business opportunities.

Professor
Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

After serving as a visiting professor at Louisiana State University School of Medicine in the United States, he has been a professor at Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine since 2021. He specializes in gastroenterology, gastrointestinal endoscopy, anti-aging, and intestinal microbiota

Senior Strategy Consultant - APAC
Healthy Marketing Team

Brigitte has built 25+ years extensive experience in international F&B business, branding & marketing and Innovation, gained through local, regional and global positions in top worldwide multi-nationals (Nestle, Unilever, Danone and Fonterra). For the last 20 years in 7 countries with different cultures, including 14 years in China. She started in Danone where she held various marketing and category business roles, then joined Unilever as VP Marketing Lipton Asia in China to transform and accelerate Lipton brand to appeal to millenniums across the APAC region thanks to lifestyle Lipton milk teas and wellness teas. In Nestle Greater China, she acquired a broad range of expertise across various dairy, beverages, coffee, food , ice cream, confectionery, plant-based and science based nutrition thanks to leading roles in Insights, Brand & Category building and Corporate innovation for China JV and Nestle brands. And in Fonterra she was leading the Consumer Brand Global Brands Innovation pipeline, leading and supporting markets from Asia to Chile on their dairy-based agenda from infant nutrition to Healthy Aging. Brigitte has a MBA from Schulich School of Business (York University Canada) and emlyon.

Editor-in-Chief
NutraIngredients-Asia

Gary leads William Reed‘s HQ in Asia and is Editor-in-Chief of its food and nutrition titles FoodNavigator-Asia, NutraIngredients-Asia and CosmeticsDesign-Asia, as well as organising a number of high-level food, nutrition and cosmetics conferences, awards and summits. He started his career as a journalist in UK, where he we went on to edit several newspapers and consumer titles, before taking senior leadership roles in business-to-business media and events companies across the food, beverage, cosmetics, fashion, travel and media industries. Gary opened William Reed’s first Asia Pacific office in Singapore in 2016 and has spearheaded the expansion of its editorial, events and commercial operations across the region. Gary has hosted, presented and moderated at conferences and awards shows around the world, and has regularly appeared on TV and radio to discuss the food and nutrition, travel and tourism, and media and marketing industries.