Speakers
Martha Carlin
CEO & Co-founder
The BioCollective
Day One
Thursday 13th December 2018
12:30 pm | Building a Comprehensive Platform to Accelerate the Development of Microbiome-based Therapeutics
Richard Day
Head. Medical Affairs
ADM
Day One
Thursday 13th December 2018
9:30 am | ADM's Clinically Documented Probiotic Formula for Migraines
Ivan Wasserman
Managing Partner
Amin Talati Wasserman LLP
Day Two
Thursday 13th December 2018
3:40 pm | Panel Discussion: Delving into the Regulatory Landscape
3:10 pm | Advertising & Marketing Probiotics: Best Practices To Avoid Legal Challenges
Timothy Dinan
Medical Director
Atlantia Food Clinical Trials
Day Two
Thursday 13th December 2018
11:30 am | Food, Mood and the Gut Microbiota
Matt Amicucci
Co-founder & Principal Scientist
BCD Bioscience
Afif Ghannoum
CEO
BIOHM Health
Day Two
Thursday 13th December 2018
11:00 am | Panel Discussion: Pathing The Way for Personalized Approaches to Health
9:30 am | Microbiome Data Driven Supplements: The Next Frontier in Product Development
Andrea Wein
Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, Host of “The Microbiome Report” Podcast
BIOHM Health, Heal Your Gut
Pre-Conference Focus Day
4:00 pm | How to Create Content That Thrills & Engages Consumers
Nalin Siriwardhana
Program Manager, Nutritional Services
Church & Dwight
Pre-Conference Focus Day
1:30 pm | Microbiome Targeted New Product Innovation Aligned with Evolving Science & Consumer Mindset
Lucien Harthoorn
Director, R&D
Clasado Biosciences
Day One
Thursday 13th December 2018
2:00 pm | The Role of the Gut Microbiome on Human Gastrointestinal & Immune Health
Richik Mukherjee
Scientific Innovation Officer
Conagen
Day One
Thursday 13th December 2018
5:00 pm | Continuous Improvement of Infant Formula: The Next Steps
Patrick Veiga
Director, Health & Microbiome Science
Danone Nutricia Research
Day One
Thursday 13th December 2018
10:00 am | Rethinking Diet to Complement Gut Microbiota Function
Aaron Del Duca
VP, Microbiome Platform
DayTwo
Day Two
Thursday 13th December 2018
11:00 am | Panel Discussion: Pathing The Way for Personalized Approaches to Health
9:00 am | MWAS: Analyzing Sub-Genomic Variation to Find Associations Between Microbial Function & Metabolic Syndroms
Anthony Finbow
CEO
Eagle Genomics
Day Two
Thursday 13th December 2018
12:30 pm | Microbiome Data as the Bridge between Sustainable Agriculture and Functional Food
Carolina Barsa
Chief Growth & Innovation Officer
Fitbiomics
Day One
Thursday 13th December 2018
12:00 pm | Mining Athlete Microbiomes for Next-Generation Probiotics
Alan Murray
Chairman
Food, Beverage & Package Companies
Pre-Conference Focus Day
11:30 am | Panel Discussion: Uncovering Strategies to Position Your Microbiome Product
10:30 am | Setting the Stage For a Successful Launch Into the Microbiome Space
Margaret Slavin
Associate Professor
George Mason University
Day Two
Thursday 13th December 2018
5:30 pm | Understanding the Background Effects of the Food Supply
Len Monheit
Executive Director / CEO
Global Prebiotic Association / Trust Transparency Center
Pre-Conference Focus Day
2:00 pm | Around the World With Prebiotics
Steve Hanson
CEO
GRIP IDEAS
Pre-Conference Focus Day
11:30 am | Panel Discussion: Uncovering Strategies to Position Your Microbiome Product
11:00 am | The ‘P’ is for Positioning in Advancing Prebiotics, Probiotics and Postbiotics
Kerry Ivey
Research Scientist
Havard TH Chan School of Public Health
Day Two
Thursday 13th December 2018
1:40 pm | Intestinal Microbiology Shapes Population Health: Impacts of Diet & Lifestyle Risk Exposures in Torres Strait Islander Communities
Erika Ebbel
Angle CEO & Co-founder
Ixcela: The Internal Fitness Company
Day Two
Thursday 13th December 2018
11:00 am | Panel Discussion: Pathing The Way for Personalized Approaches to Health
Kristina Campbell
Science & Medical Writer
KC Microbiome Communications Group
Pre-Conference Focus Day
3:00 pm | How To Talk About the Human Microbiome: Choosing Your Words to Advance Scientific Understanding & Avoid Hype
Bonnie Schmidt
President
Let’s Talk Science
Pre-Conference Focus Day
2:30 pm | Building Public Trust in Science
Ewa Hudson
Director, Insights
Lumina Intelligence
Pre-Conference Focus Day
1:00 pm | Probiotics Roadmap: Product Diversification Key to Growth in E-commerce
Xiao Jin-Zhong
General Manager, Next Generation Science Institute
Morinaga Milk Industry
- Dr. Chyn Boon Wong is a Research Associate in the B2B Section of the Sales and Marketing Department at Morinaga Milk Industry Co., Ltd, Japan. She is now in charge of science communication and marketing activities related to global B2B businesses on Morinaga’s HRB probiotics. With rich research experience and strong scientific background, Chyn Boon is dedicated to turn groundbreaking research into successful business opportunities. She joined Morinaga Milk as a research scientist in 2016 where she had conducted a number of fundamental and pre-clinical studies investigating the roles of Human-Residential Bifidobacteria (HRB) as members of the human gut microbiota and exploring their new functional benefits on human health. Chyn Boon holds a PhD in Bioprocess Technology with research on the new health potentials of probiotics lactobacilli and their bioactive metabolites on skin health. Her postgraduate career has since focused on the health-promoting effects of beneficial microbes have on human hosts.
Day One
Thursday 13th December 2018
4:30 pm | Insights Into the Reason & Potential Role of Bifidobacterium Being the Natural Inhabitant of the Infant Gut
Sibyl Swift
Senior VP, Scientific & Regulatory Affairs
The Natural Products Association
Day Two
Thursday 13th December 2018
3:40 pm | Panel Discussion: Delving into the Regulatory Landscape
2:40 pm | Regulatory Landscape for Probiotics in the US
Olga Sakwinska
Senior Scientist
Nestle Research
Day One
Thursday 13th December 2018
5:25 pm | Examining Nutrition as the Key Determinant of Age-Appropriate Microbiota Development in Infants and Children
Cindy Davis
Director, Grants & Extramural Activities
NIH
Day One
Thursday 13th December 2018
9:00 am | Diet, Microbiome and Health: Past, Present & Future
Christina Khoo
Director, Scientific Affairs
Ocean Spray Cranberries
Day One
Thursday 13th December 2018
11:30 am | Outlining Ocean Spray Cranberries Interest in the Microbiome & Consumer Benefits
Aubrey Levitt
CEO
Postbiotics Plus
Pre-Conference Focus Day
11:30 am | Panel Discussion: Uncovering Strategies to Position Your Microbiome Product
10:00 am | Setting New Standards in Health Via the Microbiome
Aurelien Baudot
Head, Business Development
ProDigest
Day One
Thursday 13th December 2018
5:10 pm | Baby-SHIME® Technology Platform: A Step by Step Approach for PreClinical Product Testing on the Infant Gut Microbiome
Stephen Lindemann
Assistant Professor
Purdue University
Day Two
Thursday 13th December 2018
5:00 pm | Fine Structure Drives Gut Microbiome Responses to Fibers
Azza Gadir
Director, R&D
Seed Health
Day One
Thursday 13th December 2018
1:30 pm | Oral Microbial Therapy for the Management of Pediatric Respiratory Allergies
Gerardo Toledo
CEO & Co-founder
Solarea Bioscience
Day Two
Thursday 13th December 2018
3:40 pm | Panel Discussion: Delving into the Regulatory Landscape
2:10 pm | The Microbes In Our Food & Their Potential to Become Health Solutions
Vishal Singh
Assistant Professor, Nutritional Physiology & Microbiome
The Pennsylvania State University
Day One
Thursday 13th December 2018
2:30 pm | Gut Microbiota-targeted Dietary Fiber Intervention to Improve Intestinal Inflammation: Opportunities and Challenges
Abigail Johnson
Research Scientist
University of Minnesota
Day One
Thursday 13th December 2018
3:30 pm | Diet-Microbiome Study Design Mastermind
Momo Vuyisich
CSO & Co-founder
Viome
Day Two
Thursday 13th December 2018
11:00 am | Panel Discussion: Pathing The Way for Personalized Approaches to Health
10:00 am | Viome’s Systems Biology Platform for Modulating Human Physiology Via Microbiome & Precision Medicine
Hariom Yadav
Assistant Professor
Internal Medicine- Molecular Medicine Wake Forest School of Medicine
Day Two
Thursday 13th December 2018