conference program

1:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Chairs: Paula Brown

Speakers: 

1:00 pm - 1:45 pm, Thomas Brendler, Traditional Medicianls & SABPA

Product Innovation within the Constraints of Regulatory Compliance and Sustainable Supply 

1:45 pm - 2:20 pm, Cris Amarillas, Eurofins

The Role of Analytical Methods in Supply Chain Control & Authentication

2:20 pm - 2:55 pm, Lisa Spicka, NSF

Sustainability and the NHP Industry: ESG's Regulatory Imperative

Integration of sustainable practices is no longer exclusive to mission-driven companies. Sustainability is maturing as a practice and regulations are now being proposed and taking effect in multiple countries and regions. Join Lisa Spicka de Bevacqua, NSF’s Global Sustainability Consulting Director, to learn about existing sustainability regulations and buyer requirements that demand sustainability reporting and action, and the practical ways through which companies can respond to reduce risk and improve social and environmental impacts.

3:15 pm - 3:45 pm, Holly Johnson, AHPA

Tools to support Supply Chain Control & Compliance

3:45 pm - 5:00 pm, Panel Discussion

Featuring

Chanchal Cabrera, Innisfree

Gavin Mah, Biomed

Nathalia de Macedo, NSF

8:30 am - 10:00 am

Chair: Siyaram Pandey

Speakers:

8:30 am - 8:50 am, Paul Spagnuolo, University of Guelph

Anti-cancer applications of food-derived bioactive compounds

8:50 am - 9:10 am, Satya Prakash, McGill University

Microbiome and probiotics as colon cancer biotherapeutics: potential and limitations

9:10 am - 9:30 am, Siyaram Pandey, University of Windsor

Scientific validation, mechanism of action of Anticancer Natural Health Products and their interaction with standard chemotherapy: prospects of NHPs as adjuvant to standard treatment for cancer therapy and prevention of relapse

9:30 am - 9:45 am, Keanna Dube, University of Windsor

Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Evaluate the Efficacy of Combined Treatment of UbisolQ10 and Ashwagandha in a Transgenic Mouse Model of Alzheimer’s Disease

9:45 am - 10:00 am

10:00 am - 12:30 pm

Chair: Cory Harris 

Speakers:

Lacey Samuels

Deepak Anand

Gary Leong

Jon Wardle

1:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Chair: Sharan Sidhu

Speakers:

1:00 pm - 1:10 pm, Sharan Sidhu

Introduction

1:10 pm - 1:50 pm, Arvind Gupta (University of Toronto) & Jennifer Jing Zhao (Vitanutri Labs Canada)

Innovating the next generation of natural health products: Accelerating lab bench research to consumer products

1:50 pm - 2:30 pm, Anika Singh (BCIT) & Michael Bentley (Sierrasil)

Navigating Industry Driven Research: Overcoming Challenges in NHP Research

2:30 pm - 3:00 pm, Junzeng Zhang, Dalhousie University

Profiling of saponins in different body parts of north Atlantic sea cucumber (Cucumaria frondosa) using UPLC-HRMS and MS/MS

3:15 pm - 3:45 pm, Anubhav Pratap-Singh, University of British Columbia

Innovations through collaborations in food, nutraceuticals & packaging research

3:45 pm - 4:15 pm, Paul Spagnuolo, University of Guelph

From Academia to Industry : The path from research to commercialization

4:15 pm - 5:00 pm, Panel Discussion

Featuring

Cynthia Shippam, IRAP-NRC

Austin Lee, University of British Columbia

Rachel Backer, MITAC

Junzeng Zhang, Dalhousie University