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Speaker Profile: Konstantinos Karayiannis, Overseas Department Manager, Morita Kagaku Kogyo Co., Ltd

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Konstantinos Karayiannis works at the overseas department of Morita Kagaku Kogyo, where he is in charge of overseas sales, business development as well as communication & coordination issues related to the overseas operations.

After graduating the Business & Administration Faculty of Piraeus University in Greece, he moved to Japan where he completed his post-graduate studies in Business at Shiga University and the PhD curriculum on Management Organization at Kyoto University.

He currently lives and works in Japan.

2nd Stevia World Asia 2010 Shanghai Speaker
Day 2 – Wednesday, Apr 21
11:15 New Steviol Glycosides in Morita Variety

2nd Stevia World Asia 2010 in Shanghai is a showcase of the who’s who in Stevia sector, including top stevia growers, refiners, traders, key stevia organisations, government officials, scientists and investors who will highlight Upcoming opportunities, Pinpoints Regulatory Challenges & Shares Market Updates. To find more about Stevia World Asia in Shanghai from April 20 to 21, 2010, please visit http://www.steviaworldforum.com

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Speaker Profile: QingHai Long, Deputy Head of Farming Technique Guidance Station, Jiangsu Dongtai Agriculture Technique Promotion Centre

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QingHai Long graduated from Jiangsu Agriculture University in 1981, majoring in Plant Conservation. He’s been working in Dongtai Agriculture Technique Guidance Station ever since he left school until today. He is currently the Deputy Head, in charge of Technical Research and Promotion and is engaged in the grains, cottons, oils, special grains and special food crops technique promotion.

In 1996-1998, he studied plant culture and the modern agriculture management in the Nanjing Agricultural College and in 1999 obtained the qualification of senior agronomist. Since 2000, he managed more than 10 scientific research topics for the provincial and municipality level, among which, two obtained the Jiangsu Province government second prize.

He is currently the member of the standing committee in the fifth Dongtai Science Committee, and is a member in the Jiangsu Province crops academic society – special grain & special food crops professional committee. He has obtained Advanced Individual reward several times.

2nd Stevia World Asia 2010 Shanghai Speaker
Day 2 – Wednesday, Apr 21
11:45 High Productivity Cultivation Techniques for Stevia

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Speaker Profile: Shintaro Kimura, Managing Director, JBB Stevia Laboratory, Ltd.

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Shintaro Kimura is the President of B&L Corporation that trades Stevia products for agriculture and human health globally since 2006. He manages all the sales strategy of Stevia products.

He is also the Executive Managing Director of JBB Stevia Laboratory Co., Ltd. that is the world pioneer of Stevia rebaudiana applications in non-sweetener sector since 2002. He has managed all the researches and developements in JBB Stevia Laboratory Co., Ltd.

Since 1993. He will be director of JBB Paraguay SA. that is going to be established in Republic of Paraguay as South American business hub.

2nd Stevia World Asia 2010 Shanghai Speaker
Day 2 – Wednesday, Apr 21
09:05 Application of Stevia Rebaudiana in Agriculture, Stockbreeding and Human Nutrition

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Speaker Profile: HB Wang, General Manager, HB International Laboratories Limited

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HB Wang is a Graduate in Pharmaceutical Botany and Traditional Chinese Medicine, obtained from the University of Nanjing in 1987. He also has MBA from the University of Nanjing in 1995.

Previously, he was a manager of international department for Jinling pharmaceutical Co.,Ltd.

He teamed up with Dr. Wu (Ph.D USA) and Dr.Li (Ph.D USA) to established HB INTERNATIONAL LABORATORIES LTD in 2008, developing technology for natural herbs.

He has twenty years of experience in the field of natural herbs.

2nd Stevia World Asia 2010 Shanghai Speaker
Day 2 – Wednesday, Apr 21
09:35 Extraction & Purification Technologies for High Purity Reb-A

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Speaker Profile: Prof. Dr. ZaiBin Hao, Advisor, Jining Aoxing Stevia Products Co Ltd

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Professor Dr. Hao is an Advisor to Jining Aoxing Stevia Product Co. He also teaches at the Guilin University of Technology. He obtained professional doctorate degree on Biological Resources Production from Ehime University, Japan in 1999, and completed his post doctorate research in Northeast Agricultural University, China.

His research covers plant development and utilization of its active materials. In steviol glycoside research, he has nurtured four PhDs and one master students, published dozens of articles and applied for 5 patents.

2nd Stevia World Asia 2010 Shanghai Speaker
Day 1 – Tuesday, Apr 20
15:50 On Stream Quality Control and Cost Budgeting of Steviol Glycoside Production

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Speaker Profile: Dr. Shaohui Zhang, R&D Director, Doehler Food & Beverage Ingredients Shanghai Co Ltd

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Dr. Shaohui Zhang graduated from Kagoshima University, Japan and got a doctorate in food science, and then he worked at Tanishow Food Research Institute.

He has worked at Shanghai Bright Dairy and Mengniu Group as Technical Director and R & D Director for over 10 Years. In 2010, Dr. Zhang joined Doehler Food & Beverage Ingredients (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.

2nd Stevia World Asia 2010 Shanghai Speaker
Day 1 – Tuesday, Apr 20
14:10 Overcoming Stevia Taste Challenges – New Flavor Solutions

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Speaker Profile: Toshio Miyazawa, Researcher, Ogawa & Co. Ltd.

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Toshio Miyazawa graduated from Chiba University in 1998, majoring in Food Science.

Thereafter, he’s been working as researcher in Flavor System & Technology Laboratory, Ogawa & Co., Ltd. His research focus is the measurement of both flavor and palatability based on psychophysics and physiology.

Currently, one of his responsibility is to develop “Stevia Optimizer” as product leader, which is a exclusive flavor system more than masking agent for stevia products.

Work Experience:

• 1998 – Joined Ogawa & Co., Ltd.
• 2000 – Group Leader, Sensory Evaluation Group, Flavor Laboratory
• 2005 – Visiting Scientist, Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, U.S.
• Investigated psychophysics of odor mixtures (i.e., interaction among flavor)
• 2006 – Researcher, Flavor System & Technology Laboratory, R&D Control Division
• Research for flavor perception with enhancement and suppression

2nd Stevia World Asia 2010 Shanghai Speaker
Day 1 – Tuesday, Apr 20
13:35 Flavor Masking/Modification and Sweetness Enhancement Technology for Stevia

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Speaker Profile: Jie Liu, Manager of Standard and Monograph, United States Pharmacopeia R&D (Shanghai) Co., Ltd

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Jie Liu is a Graduate from Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences. Since 2008 he joined USP-China as Standards Acquisition Manager. In his current role, Jie Works closely with various USP divisions to support the effort to acquire monographs and reference material for chemical drugs and products, excipients, food ingredients, and dietary supplements from key constituencies in Greater China region.

Jie has more than 10 years of experience in pharmaceutical research and development. Prior to USP, he worked in Novartis in United States.

2nd Stevia World Asia 2010 Shanghai Speaker
Day 1 – Tuesday, Apr 20
15:15 Quality Standards to Ensure Highest Purity & Consistency for Reb-A

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Speaker Profile: Zuoren Zhou, Chairman, Wuxi Jinbo Stevia International Trade Co., Ltd.

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Zuoren Zhou has been involved in the stevia business for over 20 years, he’s successfully built many stevia production plants in China and overseas. Through continual research and improvement of stevia extraction, he’s able to design world standard stevia production line that’s recognized by domestic and international industry peers. He’s been successful in developing stevia extraction technology that is highly efficient, can achieve high purity, lower energy consumption and reduction in labour input.

2nd Stevia World Asia 2010 Shanghai Speaker
Day 1 – Tuesday, Apr 20
11:35 Developmental Direction of Stevia Industry

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Speaker Profile: Dr. Alan Jingjun Liao, CEO, Guilin Layn Natural Ingredients Corp.

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Dr. Alan Jingjun Liao is the Board Director and CEO of Guilin Layn Natural Ingredients Corp. He is also amember of China National High-Tech food development council.

Before Joining Layn, he has 8 years of working experience in P&G as senior food scientist and external business development manager.

He graduated from Peking University, majoring in biochemistry. He is an expert in photochemistry, human nutrition, and intelligence properties.

2nd Stevia World Asia 2010 Shanghai Speaker
Day 1 – Tuesday, Apr 20
11:00 Ensuring Sustainability in the Stevia Supply Chain

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Speaker Profile: HongXiang Du, Senior Researcher, CCM International Ltd.

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- Master’s degree of ecology from Sun Yat-sen University
- 6-years’ experiences in market research
- Projects handled: HIS, aspartame, stevia, saccharine, yeast extract, enzyme, sugar, starch, white biotechnology, etc.
- Expertise: market research, benchmarking, financial analysis, competitive intelligence

2nd Stevia World Asia 2010 Shanghai Speaker
Day 1 – Tuesday, Apr 20
09:10 Stevia’s Competitiveness & Prospects in China

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