PROGRAM


The following is a draft of the conference program, which is subject to change without prior notice. 

 

PROGRAM AT A GLANCE:

DAY I: WEDNESDAY, 19 NOVEMBER 2025

VENUE BALLROOM
MORNING SESSION Registration (VENUE: FOYER)
Opening Ceremony
Plenary Talk 1 – 2
Coffee Break & Poster Presentation (VENUE: FOYER)
Plenary Talk 3 – 4
Lunch (VENUE: TBA)
VENUE BALLROOM RAVIPA 1 RAVIPA 2
AFTERNOON SESSION Sub-theme 1:
Identifying And Mitigating Future Food Safety Risks
Sub-theme 2:
Building the Global Food Authenticity Community
Special Session:
Tracking Micro-/Nanoplastics and their impacts: Methods, Models & Management
Coffee Break and Poster Presentation (VENUE: FOYER)
Sub-theme 1:
Identifying And Mitigating Future Food Safety Risks
Sub-theme 2:
Building the Global Food Authenticity Community
Special Session:
Tracking Micro-/Nanoplastics and their impacts: Methods, Models & Management

 

DAY II: THURSDAY, 20 NOVEMBER 2025

VENUE BALLROOM
MORNING SESSION Registration (VENUE: FOYER)
Plenary Talk 5 – 6
Coffee Break & Poster Presentation (VENUE: FOYER)
Plenary Talk 7 – 8
Lunch (VENUE: TBA)
VENUE BALLROOM RAVIPA 1 RAVIPA 2
AFTERNOON SESSION Sub-theme 1:
Identifying And Mitigating Future Food Safety Risks
Thai Academy of Science and Technology (TAST) Session Special Session (IUFoST): Driving Food Innovation Through Regulatory Modernization
Coffee Break (VENUE: FOYER)
Sub-theme 2:
Building the Global Food Authenticity Community
Sub-theme 3: 
Supporting Future Food Safety Policies for the Developing World
Special Session (VENUE: BALLROOM)
Closing Ceremony (VENUE: BALLROOM)

 


CONFERENCE PROGRAM (DRAFT):

DAY I: WEDNESDAY, 19 NOVEMBER 2025

08:00 – 09:00 REGISTRATION (VENUE: FOYER)
VENUE: BALLROOM
09:00 – 09:30 OPENING CEREMONY
09:30 – 10:00 PLENARY TALK 1:
  The Challenges and Opportunities of a Rapidly Changing Food System
Prof. Chris Elliott, OBE
Founder of Institute for Global Food Security, Queen’s University Belfast, UK, and Bualuang Chair Professor of Thammasat University, Thailand
10:00 – 10:30 PLENARY TALK 2:
  Topic to be announced
Asst. Prof. Chol Bunnag
Centre for SDG Research and Support, Thammasat University, Thailand
10:30 – 11:00 COFFEE BREAK & POSTER PRESENTATION (VENUE: FOYER)
11:00 – 11:30 PLENARY TALK 3:
  Harmonized Standards and Digital Traceability as Regional Public Goods: Pathways to Safer, Greener Trade in ASEAN
Ms. Vichelle Roaring-Arunsuwannakorn
Greater Mekong Subregion Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security Program, The Asian Development Bank, Philippines
11:30 – 12:00 PLENARY TALK 4:
  Topic to be announced
Prof. Chiara Dall’Asta
University of Parma, Italy

12:00 – 13:30  LUNCH (VENUE: TBA)
PARALLEL SESSIONS
VENUE: BALLROOM VENUE: RAVIPA 1 VENUE: RAVIPA 2
Sub-theme 1:
Identifying And Mitigating Future Food Safety Risks
Sub-theme 2:
Building the Global Food Authenticity Community
Special Session:
Tracking Micro-/Nanoplastics and
Their Impacts: Methods, Models & Management
13:30 – 13:50 | Synergistic Actions of Bacteriophage and Bacterial Metabolite to Control Foodborne and Food Spoilage and Their Biofilm
Prof. Dr. Diana Elizabeth Waturangi
Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia, Indonesia


13:50 – 14:10 | Building Resilient Shrimp Production with Microbial Management and Nature-Based Solutions
Dr. Wanilada Rungrassamee
National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Thailand


14:10 – 14:30 | Identifying and Mitigating Future Food Safety Risks from Micro- and Nanoplastics: Insights from Differential Cytotoxicity in Human Cell Models
Prof. Gary Hardiman

Queen’s University Belfast, UK

13:30 – 13:50 | Non-targeted Detection of Food Adulteration Using AI and Big-data Enabled Collaborative Database
Dr. Teresa Chung
Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong


13:50 – 14:10 | Halal Science and Technology for Enhancing Global Food Authenticity
Dr. Pornpimol Mahamad
The Halal Science Center, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand


14:10 – 14:30 | Authenticating Thai Agricultural Products Using Advanced Chemical Analysis
Prof. Dr. Thanit Praneenararat
Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

13:30 – 13:50 | Global Implications of Microplastic Pollution: Insights from Northern Irish Agricultural Soils
Prof. Gary Hardiman
Queen’s University Belfast, UK


13:50 – 14:10 | Tracking Micro- and Nanoplastics: An Overview of Analytical and Spectroscopic Technologies
Dr. Cuong Cao
Queen’s University Belfast, UK


14:10 – 14:30 | Climate Change, Marine Microplastics, and Food Safety: What Shrimp Paste Teaches Us
Asst. Prof. Pol. Maj. Dr. Katiya Ivanovitch
Faculty of Public Health, Thammasat University, Thailand

VENUBE: BALLROOM
14:30 – 15:00 | COFFEE BREAK AND POSTER PRESENTATION 14:30 – 15:00 | COFFEE BREAK AND POSTER PRESENTATION 14:30 – 15:00 | COFFEE BREAK AND POSTER PRESENTATION
VENUE: BALLROOM VENUE: RAVIPA 1 VENUE: RAVIPA 2
Sub-theme 1:
Identifying And Mitigating Future Food Safety Risks
Sub-theme 2:
Building the Global Food Authenticity Community
Special Session:
Tracking Micro-/Nanoplastics and
Their Impacts: Methods, Models & Management
15:00 – 15:20 | Innovative Eco-Friendly Extraction Approaches for Food Contaminant Analysis
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Chongdee Buranachai
Prince of Songkla University, Thailand


15:20 – 15:40 | Fluorescence in Food Safety
Dr. Thanasat Sooksimuang
National Metal and Materials Technology Center, Thailand


15:40 – 16:00 | Mitigating Future Food Safety Risks from Agriculture Producer Level: Regenerative Agriculture Approaches in Thai Rice Production
Dr. Kim Fooyontphanich
Livelihoods Fund, Thailand

Oral Presentation: OP-ST1-01

16:00 – 16:10 | Polydopamine-Poly(acrylic acid) Composite on Reed Diffuser Sticks as Eco-Friendly Sorbents for the Extraction of Antibiotics in Orange
Ms. Suwatchanee Maneeratanachot
Prince of Songkla University, Thailand

15:00 – 15:20 | Multi-Omic Approaches for Authenticating and Enhancing Value of Coconut Varieties
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Siwaret Arikit
Rice Science Center, Kasetsart University, Kamphaengsaen Campus, Thailand


15:20 – 15:40 | Topic to be announced
Dr. Atikorn Panya
National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Thailand


15:40 – 16:00 | Antimicrobial Resistance in the Agri-Food Chain: Strengthening One Health Approaches for Safe and Sustainable Food Systems
Prof. Anil Kumar Anal
Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand

Oral Presentation: OP-ST2-01

16:00 – 16:10 | Multi-Analytical Tracing of Soybean Origin Using Elemental and Metabolomic Profiling
Dr. Maria Aparicio Muriana
Queen’s University Belfast, UK

Oral Presentation: OP-SS-01

15:00 – 15:10 | Detecting the Release of Micro-and Nanoplastics from Chewing Gum using Automated Raman and Cost-Effective NPoF SERS Substrates
Dr. Udit Pant
Queen’s University Belfast, UK

Oral Presentation: OP-SS-02

15:10 – 15:20 | Biodegradable Plastics: Emerging Environmental Risks to Food Safety and Security
Mrs. Cecilia Bertacini
Queen’s University Belfast, UK

 

DAY II: THURSDAY, 20 NOVEMBER 2025

08:00 – 09:00 REGISTRATION (VENUE: FOYER)
VENUE: BALLROOM
09:00 – 09:30 PLENARY TALK 5:
  Topic to be announced
Prof. Terence Lau
Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
09:30 – 10:00 PLENARY TALK 6:
  Food Allergy: From Diagnosis to Prevention Through Integrative Omics
Prof. Lynn Vanhaecke
Ghent University, Belgium
10:00 – 10:30 COFFEE BREAK & POSTER PRESENTATION (VENUE: FOYER)
10:30 – 11:00 PLENARY TALK 7:
Next-Generation Electrochemical Sensors for Food Safety
Prof. Dr. Orawon Chailapakul
Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
11:00 – 11:30  PLENARY TALK 8:
« PARC «: Towards Next-generation Chemical Risk Assessment
Prof. Doris Marko
University of Vienna, Austria
11:30 – 13:00 LUNCH (VENUE: TBA)
PARALLEL SESSIONS
VENUE: BALLROOM VENUE: RAVIPA 1 VENUE: RAVIPA 2
Sub-theme 1:
Identifying And Mitigating Future Food Safety Risks
Thai Academy of Science and Technology (TAST) Session International Union of Food Science and Technology (IUFoST) Session
13:00 – 13:20 | A MassARRAY Assay for Rapid Identification and Serotyping of Foodborne and Zoonotic Pathogens to Strengthen Food Safety
Dr. Suganya Yongkiettrakul
National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Thailand


13:20 – 13:40 | Harnessing Nanopore Sequencing to Characterize the Composition of Commercial Probiotics
Dr. Thidathip Wongsurawat
Mahidol University, Thailand

Oral Presentation: OP-ST1-02

13:40 – 13:50 | Mycotoxin-induced Transcriptomic Changes in Hepatopancreas of Black Tiger Shrimp (Penaeus Monodon)
Dr. Pacharaporn Angthong
National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Thailand

Oral Presentation: OP-ST1-03

13:50 – 14:00 | Mycotoxin Contamination in Nigerian Dry Vegetables – Okra and Tomato
Dr. Cynthia Adaku Chilaka
Queen’s University Belfast, UK

Program to be announced 13:00 – 13:20 | Shaping Asia’s Food Future: Codex-Guided, Innovation-Friendly Regulatory Approaches
Prof. Samuel Godefroy
Laval University, Quebec, Canada, and President of IUFoST


13:20 – 13:40 | Smart Food Production System for Safe and Healthy Foods
Prof. Dr. Pavinee Chinachoti

The President Elect of the International Union of Food Science and Technology, and Chair of Food Innovation-Regulation Network (FIRN), Thailand


13:40 – 14:00 | CCASIA’s Role to Foster Food Regulatory Cooperation in Support of Food Innovation
Ms. Aya Nozawa
Chairperson, FAO/WHO Coordinating Committee for Asia (CCASIA)
(To be confirmed)

VENUBE: BALLROOM
14:00 – 14:30 | COFFEE BREAK  14:00 – 14:30 | COFFEE BREAK  14:00 – 14:30 | COFFEE BREAK 
VENUE: BALLROOM VENUE: RAVIPA 1
Sub-theme 2:
Building the Global Food Authenticity Community
Sub-theme 3:
Supporting Future Food Safety Policies for the Developing World
14:30 – 14:50 | Topic to be announced
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kriskamol Na Jom
Kasetsart University, Thailand


14:50 – 15:10| Safe Food from Smart Fungi: Harnessing Mushroom Biodiversity and Innovation for Thailand’s Climate-Resilient Future
Dr. Thitiya Boonpratuang
The Mushroom Researcher and Grower Society of Thailand, Thailand

14:30 – 14:50 | Laws, Regulations, Characteristics and Forms of Food Fraud, and Penalties: Thailand’s Approach to Ensuring Food Authenticity
Mr. Yanapol Khawponsri
Food and Drug Administration, Thailand
Oralresentation: OP-ST3-01

Oral Presentation: OP-ST3-01

14:50 – 15:00 | The Next Future Is Not the Same as the Last Future-How to Protect Food Integrity in the 22nd Century
Dr. Nick Birse
Queen’s University Belfast, UK

VENUE: BALLROOM
15:10 – 15:40  SPECIAL TALK
ASEANSafe2025 EU research funding opportunities (Horizon Europe)/Marie-Sklodowska Curie Program (MSCA) with focus on Staff Exchanges Action

Ms. Monika Holik
MSCA Staff Exchanges (REA.A.3), Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions & Support to Experts, Belgium
15:40 – 16:00 Closing Ceremony