Rickey Yada, Ph.D. Professor and Dean, Faculty of Land and Food Systems, University of British Columbia, Canada "Feeding the world into the future: the role of food science and technology"

Mungi Sohn, Ph.D. Minister, Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, Korea "Strategic plan for food safety in Korea"

Hongda Chen, Ph.D. National Program Leader, Bioprocessing Engineering/Nanotechnology, USDA-National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), USA "Convergence of science and technology to address grand challenges facing agriculture and food systems"

Walter E.L. Spiess, Ph.D. Honorary Professor, Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, University of Hohenheim, Germany "The contribution of food engineering to achieve global food security"

Yung-Jue Bang, MD. Ph.D. Professor of Medical Oncology, Seoul National University College of Medicine; President, Biomedical Research Institute, Seoul National University Hospital "Evolution of systemic treatment for gastric cancer"

Young-Joon Surh, Ph.D. Professor & Director Tumor Microenvironment Global Core Research Center (GCRC) College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University "Inflammatory microenvironment as a target for cancer prevention and treatment "