Program

As of February 13, 2026, the programs and schedule are subject to change.



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Tuesday, October 13

Opening lecture by ICPH

Tuesday, October 13　15:00-17:00　

Speaker
 Howard D. Sesso (Harvard Medical School)
Naomi Osakabe (Shibaura Institute of Technology)
Wednesday, October 14

Plenary Lecture 1

Wednesday, October 14　8:30-9:30　

Speaker
 Sayuri Miyamoto (University of São Paulo)

Bioavailability and Metabolism of polyphenols (tentative)

Wednesday, October 14　10:00-11:30　

Speaker
 Chris Gill (Ulster University)
Akari Ishisaka (University of Hyogo)
Gary Williamson (Queen's University Belfast)

Gastrointestinal Health and Diseases

Wednesday, October 14　10:00-11:30　

Speaker
 Andrew J Brown (Univaersity of New South Wales)
Yosuke Kurashima (Chiba University)

Immune modulation: Potentials of food factors in
treatment of allergy and other diseases

Wednesday, October 14　10:00-11:30　

Speaker
 Masako Toda (Tohoku University)
Yu-Chen Hou (Taipei Medical University)

Functional Polyphenol Metabolite (tentative)

Wednesday, October 14　10:00-11:30　

Speaker
 TBA

Bioprospecting and creation of
nanoparticles as functional units in food

Wednesday, October 14　10:00-11:30　

Speaker
 Lijing Ke (University of Leeds)
Masao Yamasaki (University of Miyazaki)

Advancing Human Health through Polyphenols:
Clinical and Epidemiological Evidence

Wednesday, October 14　13:00-14:30　

Speaker
 Claudine Manach (INRA Clermont-Ferrand)
Yoshimi Kishimoto (Setsunan University)

Biomarkers, Analytical Methods and
Omics Technologies on Polyphenols

Wednesday, October 14　13:00-14:30　

Speaker
 Dragan Milenkovic (NC State University,US)
Yoshinori Fujimura (Kyushu University)
Pedro Mena Parreño (University of Parma)

Muscle and Bone Health

Wednesday, October 14　13:00-14:30　

Speaker
 Takeshi Nikawa (Tokushima University)
Mariko Uehara (Tokyo University of Agriculture)

Taste, Olfaction and Sensory Properties

Wednesday, October 14　13:00-14:30　

Speaker
 Mei Peng (University of Otago)
Tatsu Kobayakawa (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology)
Ou FU ( Jiangnan University)

Cancer Chemoprevention

Wednesday, October 14　13:00-14:30　

Speaker
 Young-Joon Surh (Seoul National University)
Masako Nakanishi (University of Connecticut Health)
Ayami Sato (Toyo University)

Keynote lecture by ICoFF

Wednesday, October 14　15:00-16:30　

Speaker
 Min-Hsiung Pan (National Chung Hsing University)
Yuji Naito (Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine)
Thursday, October 15

Plenary Lecture 2

Thursday, October 15　8:30-9:30　

Speaker
 Hiroaki Oda (Nagoya Bunri University)

The Polyphenol-Microbiota Axis: Recent Advances in
Metabolism, Bioavailability, and Therapeutic Potential

Thursday, October 15　10:00-11:30　

Speaker
 André Marette (Universite Laval)
Ana Rodriguez-Mateos (King's College London)
Oran Kwon (Ewha Womans University)

Antioxidant and Redox Regulation on Polyphenols (tentative)

Thursday, October 15　10:00-11:30　

Speaker
 Patricia I. Oteiza (UC DAVIS)
Xuebo Liu (Northwest A&F University)
Toshiyuki Nakamura (Okayama University)

Antioxidant and Redox Regulation

Thursday, October 15　10:00-11:30　

Speaker
 Mike Lange (University of California, Berkeley)
Fumie Nakashima (Nagoya University)

Nutraceuticals (Vitamins and Minerals) in Health Management

Thursday, October 15　10:00-11:30　

Speaker
 Taiho Kambe (Kyoto University)
Takashi Nakagawa (University of Toyama)

Digestion, Absorption, Metabolism, and Bioavailability

Thursday, October 15　10:00-11:30　

Speaker
 Tappei Takada (The University of Tokyo)
Tony Merriman (The University of Alabama at Birmingham)
Kazumi Ninomiya (Gunma University)

Anti-aging/senolysis-1

Thursday, October 15　10:00-11:30　

Speaker
 Keiko Kono (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology)
Eiji Hara (Osaka University)

Brain-gut-axis

Thursday, October 15　13:00-14:30　

Speaker
 Jessica A Grieger (The University of Adelaide and Robinson Research Institute)
Marta Trius-Soler (University of Copenhagen)
Yasuyuki Fujii (Shibaura Institute of Technology)

Fruits and Vegetables (tentative)

Thursday, October 15　13:00-14:30　

Speaker
 Jae-Hak Moon (Chonnam National University)
Mari Maeda-Yamamoto (National Agriculture and Food Research Organization)

Oils and Fats 1

Thursday, October 15　13:00-14:30　

Speaker
 TBA

Health Promotion:
Japan Society of Nutrition and Food Science (tentative)

Thursday, October 15　13:00-14:30　

Speaker
 TBA

Molecular Mechanisms Underlying the
Functional Properties of Tea, Coffee, and Cocoa

Thursday, October 15　13:00-14:30　

Speaker
 Motofumi Kumazoe (Kyushu University)
Jaehoon Bae (Daegu Haany University)

Anti-aging/senolysis-2

Thursday, October 15　13:00-14:30　

Speaker
 Takahiko Shimizu (Juntendo University)
Mario Barbaggallo (University of Palermo)

Brain Health and Cognitive Function

Thursday, October 15　15:00-16:30　

Speaker
 Amy Jennings (Queen's University Belfast)
Rosa M Lamuela-Raventós (University of Barcelona)

New Frontiers in Food-Gut Microbe Crosstalk and
Health Outcomes

Thursday, October 15　15:00-16:30　

Speaker
 Jun Ogawa (Kyoto University)
Jun Kunisawa (National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition)

Oils and Fats 2

Thursday, October 15　15:00-16:30　

Speaker
 TBA

UK Nutrition Society Phytochemicals and Health Group (tentative)

Thursday, October 15　15:00-16:30　

Speaker
 TBA

Food Processing, Safety Management and Shelf-life

Thursday, October 15　15:00-16:30　

Speaker
 Chaniphun Butryee (Mahidol University)
Daitaro Ishikawa (Tohoku Univarsity)

Beyond Borders of Taste: Exploring the Role of
Umami and Koku (Kokumi) in Japanese and Global Food Culture

Thursday, October 15　15:00-16:30　

Speaker
 Ciaran Forde (Wageningen University &Research)
Toshihide Nishimura (Umami Information Center)
Friday, October 16

Plenary Lecture 3

Friday, October 16　8:30-9:30　

Speaker
 Jeremy Spencer (University of Reading)

AI and ML in Food Science (tentative)

Friday, October 16　10:00-11:30　

Speaker
 Chien-Yeh Hsu (Wageningen University &Research)
Toshihide Nishimura (Umami Information Center)

Nutritional Regulation of Epigenetics (tentative)

Friday, October 16　10:00-11:30　

Speaker
 Hisanori Kato (Kagawa Nutrition University)
Rina Agustina (University of Indonesia)

Lipid Quality

Friday, October 16　10:00-11:30　

Speaker
 Makoto Arita (Keio University)
Shinji Miura (University of Shizuoka)

Precision Nutrition & Food Factors

Friday, October 16　10:00-11:30　

Speaker
 Colin D Kay (Arkansas Children’s Nutrition Center)
Hideyuki Ito (National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition)
Yu Tahara (Hiroshima University)

The diverse roles of hormesis in the mechanisms of functional expression of food factors (tentative)

Friday, October 16　10:00-11:30　

Speaker
 Vittorio Calabrese (University of Catania)
Akira Murakami (University of Hyogo)
Duk-Hee Lee (Kyungpook National University)

Clinical Trials and Epidemiology (tentative)

Friday, October 16　13:00-14:30　

Speaker
 Toshitaka Odamaki (MORINAGA MILK INDUSTRY CO.,LTD.)
Nicola Bondonno (Danish Cancer Institute)
Seiichiro Aoe (Otsuma Women’s University)

Marine products (tentative)

Friday, October 16　13:00-14:30　

Speaker
 Tatsuya Sugawara (Kyoto University)
Jie Xu (Ocean University of China)
Ryota Hosomi (Kansai University)

Bioactive Peptides (tentative)

Friday, October 16　13:00-14:30　

Speaker
 Shigeru Katayama (Shinshu University)
Kaustav Majumder (University of Nebraska–Lincoln)

Functions of Green Tea and Black Tea:
The Japanese Society for Catechin Research

Friday, October 16　13:00-14:30　

Speaker
 Hiroshi Yamada (University of Shizuoka)
TBA

Garlic and health (tentative)

Friday, October 16　13:00-14:30　

Speaker
 TBA

Metabolic Syndrome and Related Diseases

Friday, October 16　15:00-16:30　

Speaker
 Satoshi Nagaoka (Gifu University)
Hiroko Kishi (Shimane University)
Rina Yu (Ulsan University)

Application of advanced methods to clarify causality

Friday, October 16　15:00-16:30　

Speaker
 Yu-Han Chiu (Brown University)
Rikuta Hamaya (Harvard Medical School)

Molecular Targets of Food Factors (tentative)

Friday, October 16　15:00-16:30　

Speaker
 Taichi Hara (Waseda University)
Hirofumi Tachibana (Kyushu University)

Food Colloids, Physics and Chemistry

Friday, October 16　15:00-16:30　

Speaker
 Sirithon Siriamornpun (Mahasarakham Univercity)
TBA

Molecules and Functions of Soy, Legumes and Grains

Friday, October 16　15:00-16:30　

Speaker
 Kumi Yoshida (Aichi Shukutoku University)
Yang, Suh-Ching (Taipei Medical University)
Kosaku Ohinata (Kyoto University)
Saturday, October 17

Plenary Lecture 4

Saturday, October 17　8:30-9:30　

Speaker
 Kiyotaka Nakagawa (Tohoku University)

Biomarkers, Analytical Methods and Omics Technologies

Saturday, October 17　10:00-11:30　

Speaker
 Sastia Prama Putri (Osaka University)
Katsuhisa Kurogi (University of Miyazaki)
Shu Taira (Fukushima University)

Molecular Targets of Food Factors 1

Saturday, October 17　10:00-11:30　

Speaker
 Zigang Dong (Zhengzhou University)
Rie Mukai (Tokushima University)
Kozue Sakao (Kagoshima University)

The Science of Glycation: From Food Chemistry to Human Health and Disease: The Japanese Maillard Reaction Society

Saturday, October 17　10:00-11:30　

Speaker
 TBA

An International Workshop for Early-Career Researchers to Explore the Present and Future of Healthy Diet and Nutrition: IUNS

Saturday, October 17　10:00-11:30　

Speaker
 TBA

Closing Ceremony

Saturday, October 17　11:30-13:00　

Speaker
 Hitoshi Ashida (Mukogawa Women’s University)
Aedin Cassidy (Queen’s University Belfast)

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