July 13 – 18 2025, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
2025 THE SIXTH ASRTU
CHINA-RUSSIA CONFERENCE ON INNOVATIVE FOOD
SCIENCE AND EQUIPMENT
Dear experts,
The sixth ASRTU China-Russia conference on Innovative Food Science and Equipment invites experts in field of agriculture and forestry, fishery, food manufacturing, food nutrition, animal husbandry, green chemistry, clinical medicine, instruments and equipment to exchange the latest achievements and determine development strategies in Chinese & Russian scientific collaboration.
The Conference Program
MAJOR TOPICS OF THE CONFERENCE:
- High and new technology and future food;
- Innovation and challenges in nutrition and health research;
- Precision nutrition and health;
- Food-omics technologies;
- Food safety testing;
- Gut microbiology and health;
- Analysis of the active compounds of natural products and their functional evaluation;
- Special nutrition and foods formulation for special medical uses;
- The biosynthesis, transformation and separation of the active compounds of natural products;
- Development and application of homologous food based on medicinal and food sources;
- New resources for food development;
- Food processing technologies and green manufacturing;
- Emerging food-processing technologies;
- Intelligent food processing equipment;
- Refrigeration and postharvest technologies.
Plenary Speakers:
Healthy foods: an emerging research frontier in food science
Luo Yunbo, PhD, China Agricultural University (CAU), Professor at the College of Food Science & Nutritional Engineering, Academician of the International Academy of Food Science and Technology, Recipient of NSFC for Distinguished Young Scholars, China
Biofilms as a global challenge in food production and healthcare settings
Kuznetsova Oksana, PhD, Director of the V. M. Gorbatov Federal Research Center of Food Systems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Editor-in-Chief of the “Food systems” journal, Russia
Long-term spaceflight composite stress induces depressive behaviors in model rats through disrupting hippocampus synaptic plasticity
Lu Weihong, PhD, Harbin Institute of Technology, Director of the Extreme Environment Nutrition and Protection Research Institute, Director of the National and Local Joint Laboratory of Molecular Synthesis, Transformation and Separation Technology of Extreme Environment Nutrition, China
Emerging challenges and strategic responses in global food safety and quality assurance
Amin Mousavi Khaneghah, PhD, ITMO University, Leading Researcher at the Faculty of Biotechnologies (Biotech), Russia, Co-Editor-in-Chief of the “Quality Assurance and Safety of Crops & Foods (QASCF)” journal
Structural characterization and biological activities of sulfated polysaccharide from sea cucumber Stichopus japonicus
Cao Rong’an, PhD, Heilongjiang Bayi Agricultural University, Professor at the College of Food Science, Vice Dean of the Modern Industrial College for Agricultural Products Processing of Beidahuang, China
Innovations in functional food products development using targeted delivery for precise prophylactic action on population diseases
Denis Baranenko, PhD, ITMO University, Director of the International research centre «Biotechnologies of the Third Millennium» (Bio3M), Leading Researcher at the Faculty of Biotechnologies (Biotech), Russia
Scientific committee:
Baranenko Denis
Conference co-chair,
ITMO University
PhD, Docent, Director of the International Research Center «Biotechnologies of the Third Millennium»
Lu Weihong
Conference co-chair,
Harbin Institute of Technology
PhD, Professor, Director of the Extreme Environment Nutrition and Protection Research Institute, and Director of the National and Local Joint Laboratory of Molecular Synthesis, Transformation and Separation Technology of Extreme Environment Nutrition, China
Skorb Ekaterina
ITMO University
DSc, Professor, Director of the School of Life Sciences
Baranov Igor
ITMO University
DSc, Professor, President of the International Academy of Refrigeration, Director of the Educational Center «Energy-Efficient Engineering Systems»
Nadtochii Lyudmila
ITMO University
PhD, Docent, Associate Professor of the Faculty of Eco-Technologies
Shamtsyan Mark
Saint Petersburg State Technological Institute (Technical University)
PhD, Docent, Dean of the Faculty of Chemistry and Biotechnology
Elmesseri Tamer Mohamed Ali Mohamed
ITMO University
PhD, Senior Researcher at the Faculty of Biotechnology
Petrova Yulia
Surgut State University
PhD, Docent, Director of the Institute of Natural and Technical Sciences
Organising committee:
Chechetkina Alexandra
ITMO University
PhD, Senior Researcher at the International Research Center «Biotechnologies of the Third Millennium»
Ma Yuan
Zhengzhou Research Institute of HIT
Harbin Institute of Technology
Ilina Victoria
ITMO University
PhD, Researcher at the International Research Center «Biotechnologies of the Third Millennium»
Kurbonova Malikakhon
ITMO University
PhD, Junior Researcher at the International Research Center «Biotechnologies of the Third Millennium»
SCHEDULE:
Сonference onsite registration
13 Jul 2025
Plenary Section
14 Jul 2025
Thematical sections and poster sessions, industry visits
15-16 Jul 2025
Young talents section
17 Jul 2025
Round table discussion and future conference planning
18 Jul 2025
Call for Papers – Special Issue of Quality Assurance and Safety of Crops & Foods (QASCF)
We are delighted to announce a Special Issue of the Quality Assurance and Safety of Crops & Foods (QASCF) (Q1 / Impact factor 5.3) journal in collaboration with the Sixth ASRTU Conference.
Editorial Oversight:
Guest Editors: Dr. Denis Baranenko and Prof. Lu Weihong (Conference Co-Chairs)
Scientific Oversight: Dr. Amin Mousavi Khaneghah, Co-Editor-in-Chief, QASCF
CONTACT INFORMATION
Surname and name of person responsible:
Dr. Kurbonova Malikakhon
E-mail: asrtu2025@innovativefood.ru
Phone number: +79178954847 (Russian, English, Chinese)
VENUE:
ITMO University, 9, Lomonosova street, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
Organizer:
International Research Center “Biotechnology of the Third Millennium”, ITMO University
Foreign support unit:
Association of Sino-Russian Technical Universities (ASRTU)
Co-organizers:
Heilongjiang Food Science and Technology Society, China
The International Academy of Refrigeration, Russia
School of Medicine and Health, Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT), China
Zhengzhou Research Institute, HIT, China
Institute of Extreme Environment Nutrition and Protection, HIT, China
National and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for the Synthesis and Separation of Nutritional Molecules in Extreme Environments, China
Heilongjiang Province Key Laboratory of Industrial Hemp Industry Technology, China
Zhengzhou Key Laboratory of Personalized Nutrition Digitalization and Biological Metabolism Evaluation, China
Heilongjiang Bayi Agricultural University, China