Plenary Lectures

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  Jaesoo Kim

  Jaesoo Kim Jaesoo Kim is currently chair professor at Dongguk University, Department of Food Industrial Management. He was a Former Minister, Ministry of Agriculture and Food and Rural Affairs. He studied Economics at Kyungpook National University, and has Master’s Degree of Public Administration, Seoul National University and Economics at Michigan State University.
  USA, He has Ph.D. Degree of Economics at Choongang University, ROC. Most of his work experience and performance is related to the agricultural sector in the government, including Head of RDA(Rural Development Administration), CEO of aT (Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Copporation).
  His service and contribution to the development of agri-food sector is remarkable including food policy setting, publishing food-related books, and service at the Korean embassy in USA, as agricultural counsellor. His performance and experience would be useful to overcome the current difficulties in the food and ag- sector.

  Former Minister, Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, Korea
  Chair Professor at Dongguk University, Korea

  Title: Re-thinking K-Foods and food policy, in the post-COVID- 19 era

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  So Young Kim

  Executive vice president.
  Head of Animal Nutrition Business Div.
  Bio Business Unit, CJ CheilJedang
  
  In 2002, She finished the Ph.D. in Biotechnology from Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea. From 2002 to 2004, she performed post-doctoral studies in Biochemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA. She has been working for CJ CheilJedang since 2004. CJ CheilJedang is a Food and Bio company of Korea with 10 bill US dollars sales per year. Especially, CJ CheilJedang is one of the top companies in microbial fermentation technology with 3 billion US dollars sales in Bio business unit. CJ CheilJedang produces amino acids such as lysine, glutamic acid, threonine, and methionine and the nucleotides using fermentation in Indonesia, China, USA, Brazil, and Malaysia. Her research topic was metabolic engineering using Bacteria and Yeasts to produce industrially useful metabolites. She worked as a project leader for the production of methionine and achieved the world first commercial production of methionine using fermentation technology in 2014. In 2018, she became a Head of Bio R&D, and since 2021, she worked as a Head of animal nutrition business Division in CJ CheilJedang.
  
  2004 - 2007 Scientist. Research center for Biotechnology, Bio Business Unit. CJ CheilJedang Corp.
  
  2007- 2013 Amino acid 3rd team leader. Research center for Biotechnology, Bio Business Unit. CJ CheilJedang Corp.
  
  2014- 2017 R&D executive. Director of Amino acid research, Research center for Biotechnology, Bio Business Unit. CJ CheilJedang Corp.
  
  2018- 2020 Executive vice president. Head of BIO R&D, Institute of Biotechnology. Bio Business Unit, CJ CheilJedang Corp.
  
  2021~Present Executive vice president. Head of Animal Nutrition Business Division, Bio Business Unit. CJ CheilJedang Corp.
  

  Executive vice president.
  Head of Animal Nutrition Business Div. Bio Business Unit, CJ CheilJedang, Korea

  Title: What microbial cells can do in food technology

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  Deog-Hwan Oh

  Kangwon National University, Korea

  Title: Dual faces of microorganisms in food: harmful and beneficial role