Programme Day 1
| Time | Programme |
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| 08:00 am - 05:00 pm | BrightSparX Programme
Breakout Room (Level 5) |
| 08:00 am – 09:00 am | Registration |
| 09:00 am – 09:40 am | Keynote 1 Shaping the Future of Nutrition: Micronutrient Analysis and Biofortification Innovation
Speaker: Assoc Prof Dr. Ujang Tinggi, Griffith University |
| 09:45 am – 10:25 am | Keynote 2 Neglected Tropical Diseases
Speaker: Prof. Darren Gray Programme Director, QIMR Berghofer |
| 10:30 am – 10:50 am | Morning Tea Break |
| Parallel | Breakout Room: Danum 2,3 | Main Hall |
| 11:20 am – 11:40 am | Bridging Research, Policy, and Industry: The Role of Scholarly Publishing in Innovation EcosystemsSpeaker: | 100 days to save 8 million lives: How a new kind of personal manufacturing system is transforming global pandemic response
Speaker: Dr. Richard Vellacott Chief Executive Officer, BiologIC Technologies Ltd |
| 11:20 am – 11:40 am | In Vitro Evaluation of Natural Compounds against B. pseudomallei
(Research project: Evaluation of Anti-microbial Activities of Natural Compounds against Burkholderia pseudomallei) Speaker: Dr. Yuwana PodinUNIMAS |
Vaccine and Therapeutic Development Speaker: |
| 11:45 am – 12:05 pm | Therapeutic Potential of Engkabang (Shorea macrophylla) for Drug Development
(Research project: Therapeutic potential of Engkabang (Shorea macrophylla) from Sarawak: Phytochemicals, disease-resistant and medicinal properties for drug development) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Khong Heng Yen Chief Editor, Journal of Smart Science and Technology, Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Sarawak |
Beyond LNPs: A Thermostable Polymer/lipid Platform for mRNA Vaccines and Targeted Therapeutics
Speaker: Dr. Madhavan Nallani Chief Executive Officer, ACM Biolabs Pte Ltd |
| 12:10 pm – 12:30 pm | Antimicrobials from Sarawak Microbial Library
(Research project: Antimicrobials from Sarawak Biodiversity Centre (SBC) Microbial Natural Product Library (MNPL) active against Klebsiella penumoniae resistance strain) Speaker: Dr. Ann Basik, Head of R&D, Sarawak Biodiversity Centre |
From Pandemic Preparedness to Justice: Why Vulnerability and Community Agency Matter. Speaker: Prof. Yodi Mahendradhata, Gadjah Mada University |
| 12:30 pm – 02:00 pm | LUNCH | |
| 02:00 pm – 02:40 pm | Keynote 3 Biologics Innovation for Health Equity: From Capability to Global Impact Speaker: Dr. Wan Kah Fei Head of Antibody Technology Division, Experimental Drug Development Center |
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| 02:45 pm – 03:25 pm | Keynote 4 Engineering Sarawak’s Future: Leveraging Technology for Sustainable and Resilient Development Speaker: Ir. Dr. Angelia Liew San Chuin Director, Sarawak Climate & Energy Diplomacy Unit, Department of the Premier of Sarawak |
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| Parallel | Danum 2,3 | Main Hall |
| 03:30 pm – 03:50 pm | Eco-Friendly Anti-Sandfly Agents from Plants and Fungi
(Research Project: Development of anti sandflies (Leishmania spp.) formulation from plants of Fabacease family and entomopathogenic ascomycete fungi isolated from Miri, Sarawak) Speaker: Muhammad Noor Hazwan Bin JusohSenior Lecturer, Curtin University Malaysia |
The Evolving Role of Pathogen Surveillance in Global Health Security Speaker: Dr. Khoo Yoong Khean Duke-NUS |
| 03:55 pm – 04:15 pm | Long Reads, Long Reach: Building A Collaborative Genomics Ecosystem in Sarawak Speaker: Dr. Bryan Aidan Wee Sarawak Infectious Disease Centre (SIDC) |
Rapid, Portable Detection of Respiratory Viruses – Anywhere, Anytime Speaker: Dr. Gao Yuji National University of Singapore - UKSEA Vax Hub |
| Ongoing Teabreak – no pause in conference sessions | ||
| 04:20 pm – 04:40 pm | Empowering local agriculture through sustainable, science-driven animal feed solutions is the key to lasting food security.
(Research Project: Production of probiotic fortified animal feed from local plant resources and fish wastes) Speaker: Dr. Lee Kui SoonUNIMAS National University of Singapore - UKSEA Vax Hub |
Accelerating Antiviral Innovation for Pandemic Preparedness and Global Health Security Speaker: Dr Chu Jang Hann, Justin Associate Professor, National University of Singapore |
| 04:45 pm – 05:05 pm | Green Nanoparticles for Plant Protection
(Research project: Green synthesis of modified water-soluble phenolic acid conjugated chitosan nanoparticles: Characterization and biological activity against fungal plant pathogens) Speaker: Prof. Awang Ahmad Sallehin bin AwangHusaini UNIMAS |
RACSMEI: A nationwide One Health multi-pathogen survey at the human–animal–environment interface in Cambodia Speaker: Dr Claude Flamand IPC |
| 05:30 pm – 07:30 pm | Networking Reception | |
| END OF DAY 1 | ||