Among the keynote speakers secured for the conference are leading international researchers Dr Ian Biggs, from the CRC for Developing Northern Australia ; Prof. Yong-Cheng Shi, of Kansas State University, USA; Prof. Bin Zhang, of the South China University of Technology; Dr Amy Lin, of the Singapore Institute of Food and Biotechnology; Prof. Glen Fox, of the University of California, Davis, USA; and, Prof Flavio Augusto Santos, of the University of So Paulo, Brazil.