Japan’s Morinaga Milk Industry will present insights on how evolving scientific understanding of gut health and immunity is reshaping infant and child nutrition strategies in Asia.
Kyoko Saito, lead of the Marketing Group, Functional Food Ingredients Division, will explain the connection between early nutrition, digestive development, and resilience against illness, while addressing parental expectations and trust.
Singapore-based Yeo’s will address how everyday foods can be designed, fortified and formulated to deliver macro- and micronutrients seamlessly into kids’ diets.
Deepapriya Velumani, head of R&D at Yeo’s, will also discuss how formulators can integrate clinically validated nutrients into culturally relevant, affordable, and appealing food formats to improve nutrition uptake among kids.
From a research front, Dr Elaine Quah, assistant professor at Duke-NUS Medical School and senior research fellow at KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, will present insights on children’s eating behaviours and caregiver feeding practices.
These insights have helped shape national guidelines, such as the Singapore Infant and Young Child Feeding Guidelines, developed to cultivate healthy eating behaviours and habits in children.
The Growth Asia Summit 2026 will be held at the iconic Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Center from July 8 to 10.
Register for your delegate passes here.
The three-day summit will also shine the spotlight on topics significant to APAC’s health and nutrition market, including “Maternal and Women’s Health” and “Healthy Aging and Healthspan Advances”, “Active Lifestyle Nutrition”, “Weight Management”, and “Protein and Healthier Product Innovation”.
For the first time, the summit will also introduce the Growth Asia Start-Up Stars, inviting start-ups to showcase their innovations and delegates to pick the three overall winners.
Confirmed speakers include:
- Dr Teena Badshah, Life Sciences - Associate Principal Scientist, PepsiCo
- Sanjib Bose, Regional Director of Strategy & Digital Commerce, Asia & General Manager, Philippines, Mars Wrigley
- Tomás Centeno, Vice President, Strategy and Commercial Excellence, Mondelēz International
- Kai Jia Chua, Professional Care & Development Manager, Alpro Pharmacy
- Fleur Cushman, Executive Director, CurraNZ
- John O’Doherty, CEO, Complementary Medicines Australia
- Jeff Duyvesteijn, Executive Director, For Youth
- Meiyuan Feng, Associate Director, Life Sciences, PepsiCo Asia R&D Center
- David Foreman, Pharmacist, Author, Speaker, Herbal Pharmacist
- Dr Heng Hui Gan, Expert, GourmetPro
- Tim Hill, Key Account Director South East Asia, GlobalData
- Craig Houliston, Executive Director, APAC Consulting and Insights, NielsenIQ
- Takayuki Kushida, General Manager, Health Science Business Department, Kirin Holdings Company
- Julia Laukemann, Founder and CEO, L’évive Labs
- Shanlu Liang, Senior Ingredient Innovation Scientist, Sirio Pharma
- Yunn Lim, Senior Analyst, Food Science, Mintel
- Dr Dominic Lomiwes, Science Team Leader, Immune Health & Physical Performance, New Zealand Institute for Bioeconomy Science
- Warren Mackay‑Smith, General Manager of Ai Innovation Hub, Blackmores
- Dave McCaughan, Founder & Storyteller, BIBLIOSEXUAL
- Dr Suman Mishra, Science Team Leader, Digestive & Metabolic Health, New Zealand Institute for Bioeconomy Science
- David Naidu, Chief Strategy Officer – Asia, Bel Group
- Masae Nakano, Chief Technology Officer, Calbee
- Alicia Ng, Vice-President, Head of R&D, Asia Pacific & Indian Subcontinent, Haleon
- Kelvin Ng, Managing Partner Asia and Expert, Green Bridge Partners representing GourmetPro
- Yi Ling Ng, Professional Care & Development Manager, Alpro Pharmacy
- Celia Ning, Senior Director, Scientific Affairs, ProActive Health, Kerry
- Andy Mckimmie, Country Manager, Singapore and Regional head of eCommerce for Southeast Asia & Korea, Blackmores
- Keisuke Muroi, Chief Operating Officer, Morus Inc.
- Veronika Müller-Wigger, Head of Portfolio Innovation, Novonesis
- Naoko Onishi, Body Granola Overseas Development Lead, Calbee
- Asst Prof Elaine Quah, Senior Research Fellow I, Division of O&G, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital | Duke-NUS Medical School
- Dr Amanda Rao, Founder and CEO, RDC Clinical representing Pharmako Biotechnologies
- Kanan Pardeshi, Product Manager - Innovations, Siens by Dabur
- Dr Novita Puspasari, Scientific Affairs Manager, H&H Group
- Hiroyuki Saito, Asian Region Lead, Ajinomoto Group Ventures
- Dr Ignatius Szeto, Assistant President, Yili Group
- Dr Sheryl Tan, Wider Asia Medical & Scientific Affairs Lead, Haleon
- Deepapriya Velumani, Head of R&D, Yeo’s
- Vijayaraghavan Venugopal, Co-founder, Fast & Up
- Dr Ross Walker, Integrative Cardiologist, Sydney Heart Health Clinic representing Kaneka Ubiquinol™
- Decky Yao, Chairman, APSKI (Asosiasi Pengusaha Suplemen Kesehatan Indonesia)
- Kelvin Zhang, Head of Marketing, BYHEALTH
- Zhongpeng Zhang, Secretary-General, China Nutrition and Health Food Association (CNHFA)
To learn more, visit the Growth Asia Summit homepage here.
