Plenary Speakers
Chair Professor and Dean of College of Engineering, Tunghai University.
Adjunct Chair Professor of Department of Chemical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan.
President of Taiwan’s Society of Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering (BEST) Executive committee member of Asia Federation of Biotechnology (AFOB)
Title of talk: Realising Circular Bioeconomy via a Microalgae Platform
Fellow of the International Society of Horticultural Societies, Louvain.
Member of the Georgofili Academy, Florence.
Member of the first Research and Technology Council “BioEconomy” of the Federal German Government.
Title of Talk: Bioeconomy – fit for the next decade -hype or reality
Keynote Speakers
Professor Dr. David Barrie Johnson
School of Natural Sciences, Bangor University, Wales
Title: Direct and indirect redox reactions catalysed by acidophilic prokaryotes and how these mediate metal recovery
Professor Dr. Kenji Sakai
Kyushu University, Japan
Title: Mysterious Ecology and Physiology of Extreme Thermophile found in Hyperthermal Compost of Municipal Wastewater Sludge in Kagoshima
Professor Dr. Wong Tin Wui
Faculty of Pharmacy, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Malaysia
Title: The Significance of Pharmaceutical Technology in Precision Medicine
Professor Ir. Ts. Dr. Pau-Loke Show
Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Nottingham, Malaysia
Title: Latest Development of Microalgae Biorefinery in Biotechnology Industry
Professor Dr. Akihiko Kondo
Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kobe University
Title: Development of Biofoundry Platform for Rapid Construction of Microbial Cell Factories for Production of Chemicals and Fuels from Bioresources
Professor Dr. Thomas Curtis
Professsor in Environmental Engineering
Centre for Synthetic Biology and Bioeconomy,
Newcastle University, UK
Title: Engineering Real Open Biological Systems
Professor Dr. Charles Santhanaraju Vairappan
Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sabah
Title: Anti-Inflammation, Anti-Cancer Mechanism and Microarray Gene Expression of Soft Coral Derived Secondary Metabolites
Professor Dr. Chiaki Ogino
Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kobe University
Title: Cancer therapy by the combination of nano-particle and X-ray irradiation
Professor Dr. Ing. Misri Gozan
Department of Chemical Engineering, Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia
Title: Production and Purification of Furfural from Oil Palm Empty Fruit Bunch
Associate Professor Ts. Dr. Cheng Ee Meng
Faculty of Electronic Engineering Technology, Universiti Malaysia Perlis
Title: When Scaffolds Meet Dielectric
Associate Professor Dr. Midhat Nabil Ahmad Salimi
Faculty of Electronic Engineering Technology, Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UNIMAP), Malaysia
Title: Biotechnology Industry in Malaysia
Associate Professor Dr. Sehanat Prasongkuk
Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
Title: Biotechnological Applications of the Tropical Black Yeast Aureobasidium spp.
Invited Speakers
Assoc. Prof. Ts. Dr. Nashrul Fadzli Mohd Nasir, Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UNIMAP)
Asst. Prof. Dr. Hsiu-Wen Chien, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Dr. Wan Abd Al-Qadr Imad Wan Mohtar, Universiti Malaya, Malaysia
Dr. Heera a/p Rajandas, AIMST University, Malaysia
Dr. Nurul Yuziana Mohd Yusof, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
Asst. Prof. Dr. Yang Wei, National Taipei University of Technology (NTUT), Taiwan
Prof. Dr. Chi-Wei Lan (John), Yuan Ze University, Taiwan
Dr. Khanom Simarani, Universiti Malaya, Malaysia
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nor’Aini Abdul Rahman, Universiti Putra Malaysia
Asst. Prof. Dr. Steven Lim, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia
Asst. Prof. Dr. Sureewan Sittijunda, Mahidol University, Thailand
Asst. Prof. Dr. Sompong O-Thong, Thaksin University, Thailand
Dr. Takashi Kamada, Shizuoka Institute of Science and Technology, Japan
Ts. Dr. Nor Azizah binti Parmin, Universiti Malaysia Perlis
Dr. Nor Azlan Nor Muhammad, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
Dr. Mohd Fauzi Mh Busra, Universiti Kebangsaaan Malaysia
Assoc. Prof. Ts. ChM. Dr. Mohd Sani Sarjadi, Universiti Malaysia Sabah
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Shaza Eva Mohamad, MJIIT, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
Dr. Ahmad Bazli Ramzi, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia