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2025 Conference Scehdule

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2025년 컨퍼런스 스케줄
Location Session Time Title Organisation & Companies Speaker Language
08.26 (Tuesday)
Conference Room 307 (3F) 307A 10:00 - 12:30 AI@BIO: Acceleration of Innovation Korea Institute of Toxicology (KIT)
K
10:00 - 10:20 Excavation/ Derivation Discovery and derivation of candidate substances such as new drugs using AI technology CALICI Youngbin Park, Director
10:20 - 10:40 Diagnosis/Prediction Evolution of efficacy/toxicity prediction, diagnostic and analytical technologies Aigendrug Aigendrug Sun Kim, CEO
10:40 - 11:00 Platform New indications for drugs discovered by AI Oncocross Yirang Kim, CEO
11:00 - 11:20 Digital Twin Big data based virtual clinical trial progress BASGENBIO Ho Kim, CEO
11:20 - 11:40 Manufacturing Innovation Innovation Cases in Bio Production Processes Driven by AI Agents and LLMs Cellkey AI Wayne Lee, CEO
11:40 - 12:30 <Networking:
Conference on Global Trends and Approval Strategies for Functional Ingredients>
307B 13:30 - 16:45 Conference on Supporting the Export and Approval Strategies for Functional Ingredients
* The number of participants per company for this session is limited to 2.
Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (KFDA)
K
13:35 - 13:55 Food Supplement Regulatory Systems Abroad Seoul National University of Science and Technology Jiyeon Kim, Professor
13:55 - 14:15 Current trends of global regulatory research on functional food ingredients Korea University, Food Regulatory Science Youngjun Kim, Professor
14:15 - 14:35 Global expansion strategy for Lactobacillus gasseri BNR17 AceBiome Inc. Changhoon Kang, Strategy & Development Team
14:35 - 14:55 Outcomes of technical supports fo Health Functional Ingredient International Life Science Institute Korea Eunju Kim, Executive Director
15:25 - 15:45 Policy in Health Functional Foods Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (KFDA) Eunju Choi, Deputy Director
15:45 - 16:05 Health Functional Food Standards and Specifications Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (KFDA) Namkyu Sun, Deputy Director
16:05 - 16:25 Recognition of Functional Ingredients and Evaluation Guidelines Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (KFDA) Yongmu Kim, Deputy Director
16:25 - 16:45 Cases of requests for additional information and Improved precedure system in Food functional Ingredients approval Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (KFDA) Eunchae Seo, Scientific Officer
Conference Roon 308 (3F) 308A 13:00 - 15:10 The King of Ayurveda ; KSM-66 Ashwagandha with the proven science and how people would benefit from Kolmar BNH Sung Jin Lee, General Manager
K
308B 13:00 - 15:10 Collaborative Technology Commercialization TF (CITC) Promising Technology Briefing (Health Functional Foods Division)
* The number of participants per company for this session is limited to 4.
National Research Council of Science & Technology (NST) & Collaborative Technology Commercialization TF (CITC) & Korea Health Functional Food Association (KHFF)
K
13:00 - 13:10 Greetings
13:10 - 13:40 Development of Immune Enhancing Functional Materials using Natural Products and Probiotics Korea Food Research Institute (KFRI) Hee Soon Shin, Principal Researcher
So-Young Lee, Principal Researcher
13:40 - 14:10 Development of prebiotics to improve gut health for body fat reduction Korea Food Research Institute (KFRI) Ho-Young Park, Principal Researcher
14:10 - 14:40 Development of a Natural Muscle Strengthening Agent Based on Centaurea cyanus Extract Korea Institute of Science and Technology(KIST) Myung-suk Kim, Principal Researcher
14:40 - 15:10 Functional Natural Material for Hair Growth Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology(KRIBB) Mun-ock Kim, Principal Researcher
15:10 - 16:00 Closing
14:40 - 17:05 <Collaborative Technology Commercialization TF (CITC) Promising Technology Partnering Session>
* Location: Conference Room 303, 304
* This program is exclusively open to members of KHFF.
08.27 (Wednesday)
Conference Room 307 (3F) 307C 10:00 - 12:30 DIPS‘OPEN’TOX SCHOOL Korea Institute of Toxicology (KIT)
K
10:00 - 11:40 Open Lecture Successful Nonclinical Study and IND Strategy: Toxicology Testing and MRSD Gap Analysis AI TOX Youngchul Park, CEO
E
11:40 - 12:00 Special Lecture SFDA regulations in Saudi Arabia and regional drug registration frameworks Creativity Ocean Mr. Abdullah Al Mohizea, Chairman of Creativity Ocean
K
12:00 - 12:30 <Consulting>
* Pre-matching/ Location will to be confirmed
307D 13:30 - 17:00 2025 Health Functional Foods Export Strategy Seminar
* This session is exclusively open to members of KHFF.
* The number of participants per company for this session is limited to 4.
Korea Agency of HACCP Accreditation and Services (KAHAS) & Korea Health Functional Food Association (KHFF)
13:30 - 14:50 Part 1 Expansion into Major Countries via Online Platforms
K
13:30 - 14:10 Entering Japan’s Health Supplement Market via Amazon Japan, Japan’s Largest E-Commerce Channel Amazon Korea Kyuho Kim Manager
K
14:10 - 14:50 Tmall Cross-border E-commerce Analysis & Tmall Global Onboarding Guide Tmall Global Paul Kim Manager
K
15:00 - 16:50 Part 2 Market Overview and Entry Strategies for Health Functional Foods in Major Countries
15:00 - 15:30 Strategies and Trends for Entering the U.S. Health Functional Foods Market GABSAN Youngseok Kim, CEO
K
15:30 - 16:10 Understanding the Vietnamese Health Supplement Market and Export Strategies Market and Export Strategies Hoan TT company Import - Export Investment company Limited Nguyen Quynh Mai, Marketing Director
E
16:10 - 16:50 Understanding Key Distribution Channels and Consumer Trends in the Thailand Market Vicchi Enterprise Co.,Ltd Mr.Nuttanun Leamkrajang, Sale and Marketing / Assistant Petfood Division Manager
E
<1:1 Business Meetings with International Buyers>
* Pre-matching
* Date and Time: 08.26 (Tuesday) 10:00 - 17:00
* Location: Conference Rooms 312, 313, 316, 319, 323, 326
K
Conference Room 308 (3F) 308C 10:20 - 17:00 2025 Biohealth Policy Forum: KDRA InnoPol – Biohealth Innovation Consortium on AI and Big Data Utilization Korea Drug Research Association (KDRA)
K
10:20 - 10:50 Launch of the Biohealth Innovation Council for AI and Big Data Korea Drug Research Association (KDRA) Jeongjin Kim, Chairman
10:50 - 11:00 Greetings InnoPol Younghyun Choi, President
11:00 - 11:30 Global Trends in New Drug Development Using AI and Big Data GlobalData Hyojin Park, Director
11:30 - 12:00 Data Collection and Utilization Using On-Device AI Personal AI Jaeyoung Lee, CEO
308D 13:30 - 13:55 Innovation in Drug Development Through a Protein Structure-Based AI Platform – The Pharmaco-Net Case Study CALICI Youngbin Park, CSO
13:55 - 14:20 Applications of AI in Drug Development – Preclinical and Clinical Case Studies Pharos iBio Jinsun Kwon, Director
14:20 - 14:45 Strategic Utilization and Monetization of Medical Data Predictive AI Sajung Yun, CEO
14:45 - 15:10 Case Studies on Data-Driven Smart Manufacturing Applications MakinaRocks Hanseung Koh, Business Development Senior Executive
15:10 - 15:35 Strategies to Enhance the Effectiveness of Bio-Innovation Leveraging Digital Technologies for New Drug Development Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB) Heoungyeol Kim, Director
15:35 - 16:00 Government's Digital Bio Innovation Strategy Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT)
16:00 - 16:10 Break
16:10 - 17:00 <Panel Discussion Global Growth Strategies Across the Bio-Health Value Chain Based on AI and Big Data> Panel Moderator: Younghyun Choi (InnoPol)
Panels: Hyojin Park (GlobalData), Jaeyoung Lee (Personal AI), Jaemoon Choi (CALICI), Jinsun Kwon (Pharos iBio), Hanseung Koh (MakinaRocks), Yongseok Hong (Korea Medical Data Association), Yuntaek Jung (Pharmaceutical Strategy Institute), Heonje Cho (KDRA)
08.28 (Thursday)
Conference Room 307 (3F) 307E 10:20 - 11:00 Todays CEP MARA Consultancy Marieke van Dalen, Global Regulatory Specialist
E
11:00 - 11:20 Break
11:20 - 12:00 A gap analysis between regulatory requirements on a global scale
307F 13:30 - 16:20 Health Functional Food Distribution Trends Seminar
* This session is exclusively open to members of KHFF.
* The number of participants per company for this session is limited to 4.
Korea Health Functional Food Association (KHFF)
K
13:30 - 14:20 2025 First Half Online Shopping Industry Review and Future Outlook Seoul National University Miah Lee, Researcher of Research Institute of Human Ecology
14:30 - 15:00 Health Functional Food Growth During an Economic Downturn: Consumer Trends in Korea Across On/Offline Retail Channels NIQ KOREA Taehyun Kim, Senior Manager
15:10 - 15:40 Health Functional Food Category and Customer Trends in Coupang Coupang Kyuchoel Shim (James), Sr. Manager
15:50 - 16:20 CJ OnStyle Paradigm Shift: Successful Strategies for Mobile Live Commerce CJ ENM Donghoon Sung, Executive Director (Head of E-Commerce Division)
10:20 - 12:20
13:00 - 15:00
<Business Meeting with Distribution MDs for Health Functional Foods>
* Location: Matchmaking Room(#L34) at Hall A, Matchmaking Room(#PA18) at The Platz Hall
* This program is exclusively open to members of KHFF.
Conference Room 308 (3F)
308E 10:20 - 15:30 2nd Annual Seminar of the KDRA Microneedle Convergence Research Society 2025 Korea Drug Research Association (KDRA)
K
10:30 - 12:00 Part 1 Panel Moderator: Shayan F. Lahiji, CTO of CURSUS BIO
10:30 - 11:00 Current Status of Overseas Regulations and the Need for Standardization of Microneedle Formulations Korea Drug Research Association (KDRA) Heonje Cho, Managing Director
11:00 - 11:30 Nonclinical Study Strategies and Considerations for Microneedle Formulations HLB bioCode Taewon Jeon, Executive Director
11:30 - 12:00 Development and IND Approval Strategy for Microneedle Formulations MEDITIP Yangsoo Park, CEO
308F 13:30 - 15:30 Part 2 Panel Moderator: Kyungwon Seo, Vice President of Continuing Education Center for Advanced Pharmacy, Seoul National University
13:30 - 14:00 Microneedle-Based Tumor Microenvironment Modulation Technology CURSUS BIO Jaehyun Kim, Senior Researcher
14:00 - 14:30 Development and Challenges of Microneedle Patch-Type BCG Vaccine Snvia Semin Kim, Executive Director
14:30 - 15:00 FDA OTC Approval Strategy for Microneedle Formulations SmallLab Jinwook Lee, Director
15:00 - 15:30 Quality Considerations for Microneedle Pharmaceuticals National Institute of Food and Drug Safety Evaluation (NIFDS) Jungyoon Choi, Senior Research Officer

* The above schedule is subject to change without prior notice.