THEME: INNOVATIONS IN 'NATURALS'

DAY I: February 10, 2010 (WEDNESDAY)

Session I: Natural Products - Emerging Trends

8.30   to   9.30          On-Spot Registration

10.00 to 10.20          Address by our Guest of Honour
                               Mr. G.A. Rajkumar, IAS, Principal Secretary & Director,
                               Indian Medicine & Homoeopathy.Chairman & Managing Director,                                Tamilnadu Medicinal & Herbal Products Corporation Ltd.  

10.20 to 10.45            Address by Dignitaries on the Dais.                  

10.45 to 11.00            Tea  

11.00 to 11.20            Session Introduction 

11.20 to 12.00             Opportunities in Cognitive space - Boosting Mental Performance
                                  through Natural Products.
                                  Prof. Andrew Scholey, Head, Herbal and Nutritional Research Unit,
                                  Brain Sciences Institute, Swinburne University, Australia.

12.00 to 12.40             Leveraging innovations in development of natural products.
                                  Dr. Pulok Mukherjee, Director, School of Natural Product Studies,
                                   Jadhavpur University, India.

12.40 to 1.00               Recent developments of botanical derivatives in the reduction of
                                  cardiovascular risks.
                                  Dr. Paolo Morazzoni, Scientific Director, Indena SpA., Italy

1.00 to 1.20                 Bouquet presentation & Q/A Session

1.20 to 2.10                 Lunch

2.10 to 2.20              Session Introduction

               Session II: Going Natural - the Future of Personal Care

2.20 to 3.00              The Promising Ingredients for Anti-Aging Cosmeceutical
                               Mr. Vispi Kanga, President of Cosmet-Pharm Consultants, LLC, USA.

3.00 to 3.40               New Actives from around the world for the Personal Care
                                Dr. S.K. Mitra, Head – R&D, Emami India Limited , India.

3.40 to 4.00               Bouquet presentation & Q/A Session

4.00 to 4.15               Tea

4.15 to 4.20               Session Introduction

                                     Session III: Regulations

4.20 to 5.00               Regulations in Australia & New Zealand
                                Dr. John Miller, Director,
                               John Miller Consulting (Aust.) Pty Ltd., Australia

5.00 to 5.40               Natural / Organic Food Quality, Safety & Health
                                Dr. D.N. Kulkarni, President, Sustainable Agriculture,
                                Jain Irrigations Systems Ltd.

5.40 to 6.00              Bouquet presentation & Q/A Session

                                 DAY II: February 11, 2010 (THURSDAY)

10.00 to 10.30              Tea

                             Session IV: Novel Botanical Ingredients

10.40 to 11.20        Immunomodulators: the novel ingredients in nutraceuticals.    
                             Dr. Shakti Upadhyay, CRO Parry Life Sciences, EID Parry (India) Ltd.

11.20 to 12:00         Antioxidants and Natural: Controversies in Food and Nutrition Science
                             Dr. Dilip Ghose, Director, nutriConnect, Australia.

12.00 to 12.40         Novel Ingredients in Functional Food
                              Dr. Vilas Shirhatti, Chief -  Advansed Research , Marico Limited, India.

12.40 to 1.00           Bouquet presentation & Q/A Session

1.00 to 2.00             Lunch

                            Session V: New Market Dynamics

2.00 to 2.40            Challenges of Retailing
                             Mr. Radha Krishnan, AlignedBP Ltd., India

                                    Session VI: QC & QA

2.40 to 3.20           Clinical Research & Herbal Analysis
                            Dr. K.S. Laddha, Tech. Director, Total Herb Solutions (India) Pvt. Ltd.

3.20 to 3.40           Bouquet presentation & Q/A Session

3.40 to 4.00           Tea

                       Session VII: Marketing, Distribution & Sales

4.00 to 4.30          Palm Oil - Global Horizons
                           Ms. Bhavna Shah, Rep.- India & Sri Lanka, Malaysian Palm Oil Council

4.30 to 5.00          Emerging India - A Strategic hub for sourcing Natural products - I
                           Mr. Chandrasekhar S., Head - Business Development,
                           bioNutrition, Avestha Gengreine Technologies Pvt. Ltd..

5.00 to 5.30         Emerging South Asia - A Strategic hub for sourcing Natural products - II
                           Mr. Prahalathan Iyer, General Manager, EXIM Bank, India

5.30 to 5.45          Bouquet presentation & Q/A Session

                            Vote of Thanks