- Dr. Hsia made a presentation on the latest global trends in the food industry. According to Dr. Hsia, in addition to the growing importance of food security, the shortage of food supply will be an inevitable development in the future, and people would need to not only avoid wasting food, but also explore more sources of nutrition, including even eating worms.
- Dr. Wei Fang, Professor and Former Chairman, Department of Bio-Industrial Mechatronics Engineering, National Taiwan University, spoke on the idea of “plant factory” not only for solving worldwide challenges ahead but also open up worldwide business opportunities.
- Mr. Rommel Sim Gerodias, President and CEO, Sauber Professionals, Inc. from the Philippines focused on food security, analyzing the global burdens of food-borne diseases, discussing evolving food security problems, and shareing his views on the future of food security. In conclusion, he indicated that in the future, people can expect an increasing number of devices and applications within food businesses to do more testing on an increasingly diverse range of parameters. With the technological developments, there is certainly scope to increase the ease and frequency of food product testing over and above standard tests from farm to fork.
- Keiichiro Wakai, Chairman of Aomori Chamber of Commerce and Industry, talked on “Developing a new era of exchange between Tohoku in Japan and Asia through dispelling reputational damages”. Mr. Wakai said that five years and eight months since “the Great East Japan Earthquake” that struck the Tohoku region and caused unprecedented damage, the reconstruction is underway, thanks to the enormous support from the people in Japan and overseas, and the tireless effort of the people in the afflicted areas.
