
Ewa Hudson
Director of Insights
Lumina Intelligence
With 18+ years of experience in tracking health and wellness, microbiome, and e-commerce trends, Ewa offers a unique perspective and expertise on the marketplace and its growth opportunities. Ewa spends most days developing data platforms and market insights to inform business strategies. Ewa is also a sought-after industry speaker and has also been involved in judging nutraceutical product awards.

Dr. Jin-zhong Xiao
Director of Next Generation Science Institute; Technical Director of International Division
Morinaga Milk Industry
Jin Zhong is director of Next Generation Science Institute; Technical Director of International Division at Morinaga Milk Industry. He Graduated from Southern China Agriculture University, China, in 1984 and finished his PhD course at Nagoya University, Japan, in 1991. After his research careers at Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation and RIKEN, Japan, he joined Morinaga Milk Industry in 1995. He has carried out many projects in the fundamental and functional research of Bifidobacterium and gut microbiota, and the development of fermented foods and published over 100 articles in the related area. Jin Zhong is a Visiting Professor at Kyoto University, Japan and Tianjin University of Science and Technology, China. He is also a Vice President of Japanese Society of Lactic Acid Bacteria and fellow of Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Agrochemistry.

Professor Douwe van Sinderen
Full Professor of Molecular Microbiology, School of Microbiology & APC Microbiome Ireland
University College Cork, Ireland
Prof Van Sinderen is Professor of Molecular Microbiology in the School of Microbiology, and Principal Investigator in APC Microbiome Ireland, University College Cork, Ireland. His research interests include bifidobacterial genomics. He is a co-author of over 500 peer-reviewed publications.
Prof Van Sinderen holds an MSc degree in Biochemistry and a PhD degree in Molecular Genetics (University of Groningen, The Netherlands).

Gary Scattergood
Editor-in-Chief
FoodNavigator-Asia & NutraIngredients-Asia
Gary Scattergood leads William Reed’s Asia team, based in Singapore, overseeing its editorial, commercial and events activity. He is also Editor-in-Chief of its three regional titles – FoodNavigator-Asia, NutraIngredients-Asia and CosmeticsDesign-Asia. He has 16 years’ media and events experience having started his career as a newspaper journalist in UK, where he went on to edit several regional titles. Gary has also managed international business publications and events spanning the retail, travel, advertising and media industries. He has hosted, presented and moderated at conferences and awards shows around the world, and has regularly appeared on TV and radio to discuss industry developments.