Meet Our Speakers

Robert Alber

Vice President Human Nutrition, Alzchem Trostberg, Germany

I am proud to represent with Creapure the #1 premium creatine product in sports nutrition and the only Creatine produced… READ MORE

Jerome Aubert

Director R&D, DFS and Product Development at Lonza, France

An innovator and problem-solver working at the intersection of science, technology and the needs of customers and consumers. >25 years’… READ MORE

Wouter Claerhout

Vice President APAC at Phynova Group, Belgium

Wouter Claerhout is Vice President APAC at Phynova (UK) and a Nutraceutical specialist with 25+ years of experience in an… READ MORE

Patrick Coppens

Director Scientific and Regulatory Affairs at Food Supplements Europe, Belgium

Food Supplements Europe has been created in 2013 to represent the interests of the European food supplement sector. Its membership includes… READ MORE

Manfred Eggersdorfer, PhD

Professor em. for Healthy Ageing, University Medical Center Groningen, Netherlands

Manfred Eggersdorfer is Professor em. for Healthy Aging at the University Medical Center Groningen in the Netherlands. He has worked… READ MORE

Gerald Flintoacă Filip

General Secretary, The Romanian Food Supplements Industry Association, Prisa, Romania

PRISA – The Romanian Food Supplements Industry Association is the first organization in Romania exclusively dedicated to the food supplements… READ MORE

Lee Gray

Business Development Director, Rubicon Bridge, UK

Lee has over 10 years’ experience with developing Food and Food Supplement products for European marketplaces and specializes in developing… READ MORE

Tobias Hess

Global Head of Innovation & Application Development Pharma & Nutrition, Budenheim, Germany

Tobias Hess has more than 15 years of experience in the field of pharmaceutical and nutritional products, their development, production… READ MORE

Daniel Hibbitt

Regulatory Transformation Director, Rubicon Bridge, UK

Daniel Hibbitt is the Regulatory Transformation Director at Rubicon Bridge, where he has played a pivotal role in conceptualising and… READ MORE

Renato Iguera

General Secretary, Europam - the European Herb Growers Association, Italy

37 years of experience in herbal drugs and their active principles for use in the pharmaceutical, health-food and personal care… READ MORE

Adam Ismail

Chief Business Officer, KD Pharma Group, Spain

Adam joined KD Pharma Group in March 2018 as Chief Strategy Officer. In October 2024, he took on a new… READ MORE

Sam Jennings

Technical Director, Council for Responsible Nutrition UK (CRN-UK)

Sam Jennings is Technical Director to the Council for Responsible Nutrition UK (CRN UK), the UK trade body supporting the… READ MORE

Lars Lobbedey

Global Segment Development Manager Dairy, Petfood, Confectionary & Healthfood, SGS Health & Nutrition, Germany

Dr. Lars Lobbedey is a state-certified food chemist. For more than 28 years, he has worked in various testing companies… READ MORE

Lena Leder

Nutrition Science Manager, Balchem Corporation, Norway

Lena Leder is currently working as the Nutrition Science Manager at Balchem in Oslo, Norway. She holds a PhD in… READ MORE

Dongmin Liu

Professor & Director of Molecular Nutrition Laboratory in the Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise at Virginia Tech, USA

Dongmin Liu has completed his Ph.D. at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) and postdoctoral studies in the… READ MORE

Lea Pollak

Head Supplements, Biologically Active and Psychoactive Substances, Croatian National Institute of Public Health

Dr. Lea Pollak is the Head of the Department of Food Supplements, Biologically and Psychoactive Substances at the Croatian… READ MORE

Rene Roth-Ehrang

Member of the Management Board Quality & Development at Finzelberg, Germany

Dr. René Roth-Ehrang. holds a Doctorate in Pharmacy and an MBA with a specialization in Marketing. With over two decades… READ MORE

Samet Serttas

Director of Public Affairs, Herbalife, Türkiye

Samet Serttaş is the Director of Government and Corporate Affairs for the EMEA region at Herbalife. He holds a bachelor’s… READ MORE

Paul Spagnuolo

Professor, Guelph University, Canada

Paul Spagnuolo, BSc, MSc, PhD Dr. Paul Spagnuolo is a Professor in the Department of Food Science, University of Guelph.… READ MORE

Filip Van Hulle

General Manager at Kaneka Nutrients Europe, Belgium

I am pharmacist and got my degree at Catholic Research University in the city of Leuven, Belgium. I also have… READ MORE

Manuela Windhausen

Business Development Manager, SGS Institut Fresenius, Germany

Manuela Windhausen is a certified food chemist with extensive experience in the food and beverage industry. Since 2023 she has… READ MORE

Maria Witt-Wallert

Project nature4HEALTH, Institute of Nutritional Sciences, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany

Member of the §15 Commission of Thuringia and the Animal Welfare Committee, FSU Deputy Chair of the Society for Applied… READ MORE