Speakers - International Conference for Green-Bio Industry

2026 International Conference for Green-Bio Industry

September 2(Wed)-3(Thu), 2026
GROUND POHANG , EVENT HALL

Speakers

Plenary

  • Seung-Kyu Lee (Vice President, Korea Biotechnology Industry Organization)
    Current) Executive Vice President, Korea Biotechnology Industry Organization, Ph.D.
    Current) Member, National Bio Innovation Committee
    Current) Chairman, FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL INNOVATION
    Current) Director, Asia-Pacific Biomedical Research Foundation
    Current) Steering Committee Member, National RI New Drug Center
    Current) Member, Gyeonggi RISE Committee
    Current) Vice President, The Korean Society for Microbiology and Biotechnology / The Korean Society for Biotechnology and Bioengineering / The Korean Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
    Current) Investment Review Committee Member, Korea Drug Development Fund (KDDF)
    Former) CEO, New Drug Development Bio-venture (ForHumanTech) (2000~2011)
    Former) Visiting Researcher, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
    Former) Ph.D. in Engineering, College of Engineering, Yonsei University

Session 1. POSTECH-Kyungpook National University (College of Veterinary Medicine) Cooperation

  • Woo-Sung Choi (CEO, Medicinabio)
    Current) CEO, Medicinabio Co., Ltd.
    Current) Adjunct Professor, Graduate School of Bio-Nonclinical Science, Konyang University / Expert Committee Member, Pan-Ministry Regenerative Medicine Technology Development Project
    Former) Director, Korean Association for Laboratory Animal Science
    Former) Steering Committee Member, Laboratory Animal Resource Bank, Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS)
    Former) Strategic Planning Director, New Drug Cluster & Head of Bio Business Division, Woojung Bio Inc.
    Former) Head of Preclinical Experiment Department, Laboratory Animal Center, Osong Medical Innovation Foundation
    Former) Senior Researcher, Laboratory Animal Center, Daegu-Gyeongbuk Medical Innovation Foundation
  • Min-Ku Seo (Professor, Kyungpook National University)
    Current) College of Veterinary Medicine, Kyungpook National University
    Former) Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA)
    Former) Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency
    Former) Gyeongbuk Animal Hygiene Testing Laboratory
  • In-Hwan Hwang (Professor, POSTECH)
    Current) Distinguished Professor, Department of Life Sciences, POSTECH
    Former) Chief Scientist, Beijing Forestry University, China
    Former) Director, Functional Genomics Research Institute, POSTECH
    Former) Director, WCU (World Class University) Project
    Former) Full Professor & Head of Department, Department of Life Sciences, POSTECH
  • Yong-Song Gho (Professor, POSTECH)
    Current) Professor, Department of Life Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)
    Current) Director, Global Research Institute for Exosome, POSTECH
    Former) Guest Professor, Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Nutrition, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
    Former) Visiting Fellow, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR), National Institutes of Health (NIH), USA
    Former) Assistant Professor, Graduate School of East-West Medical Science, Kyunghee University
  • Min-Su Seo (Professor, Kyungpook National University)
    Current) Professor, Department of Veterinary Tissue Engineering, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kyungpook National University
    Former) Team Leader, Laboratory Animal Center, Daegu-Gyeongbuk Medical Innovation Foundation
    Former) Researcher, Biotoxtech
  • Hyeong-Gyu Chae (Professor, Kyungpook National University)
    Current) Assistant Professor, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kyungpook National University
    Former) Veterinarian Staff, Western Animal Medical Center
    Former) Veterinarian Staff, Seoul National University Veterinary Medicine Teaching Hospital

Session 2. Korea-Lithuania Cooperation

  • Prof. Ramunas Antanaitis (LSMU)
    Current) Professor, Large Animal Clinic, Veterinary Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences (LSMU)
    Current) Head, Large Animal Clinic, Veterinary Academy, LSMU
    Current) Chair, Veterinary Medicine Doctoral Committee, LSMU
    Current) Member, LSMU Senate and Faculty Council
    Former) Lecturer, Large Animal Clinic, Veterinary Academy, LSMU
  • Dr. Dalia Juodzente (LSMU)
    Current) Associate Professor, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences (LSMU), Lithuania
    Current) Head, Dr. L. Kriaučeliūnas Small Animal Clinic, LSMU
    Current) Veterinary Surgeon–Radiologist, Dr. L. Kriaučeliūnas Small Animal Clinic, LSMU
    Former) Head of Small Animal Surgery Department, LSMU
  • Goo Jang (CEO, LattBio)
    Current) Full Professor, Department of Veterinary Clinical Science, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University
    Former) Associate Professor, Department of Veterinary Clinical Science, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University
    Former) Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary Clinical Science, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University
    Former) Visiting Scholar, Institute of Molecular Biotechnology (IMBA), Austria
    Former) Visiting Scholar, SickKids Hospital, Canada
  • Jin-Sik Choi (CEO, Grassmedi)
    Current) Founder & CEO, Grassmedi Co., Ltd.
    Current) CEO, GRASSMEDI USA, LLC
    Former) Graduated from the Department of Life Sciences, Korea University
    Former) Graduated from the School of Medicine (Graduate School), CHA University

Session 3. Global Export Cooperation for Veterinary Pharmaceuticals Session

  • Don Stewart (CEO, PlantForm)
    Current) President & Chief Executive Officer, PlantForm Corporation, Canada
    Current) Chief Executive Officer, AntoXa Corporation
    Current) President, Alba Biologics Group
    Former) Director Research, Cangene Corporation
  • Homer D. Pantua (CEO, BioAssets)
    Current) President & Chief Scientist, BioAssets Corporation, Philippines
    Current) Adjunct Professor, University of the Philippines
    Current) Scientific Consultant, National Academy of Science and Technology, Philippines
    Former) Senior Principal Scientific Researcher & Biology Team Leader, Genentech, USA
    Former) Graduate Researcher, University of Massachusetts Medical School, USA

Chair

  • Si-Cheol Lee (Director, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences)
    Current) Director, Plant Biomaterials and Biotechnology Division, Department of Agricultural Biology, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration
    Former) Deputy Manager, Namsong Vital Inc.
    Former) Senior Research Fellow, Center for Plant Aging Research, IBS
    Former) Research Associate, Department of Life Sciences, Dartmouth College, USA
    Former) Postdoctoral Fellow, Division of Molecular and Life Science, POSTECH
  • Ok-Jae Koo (Vice President, Hanwha Solutions)
    Current) Vice President / Bio Eng. Division, Hanwha Solutions
    Current) Chairman of the Steering Committee, Bio Future Food Industry Council
    Former) Director / Division Head, ToolGen Inc.
    Former) Principal Researcher, Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT)
    Former) Adjunct Professor, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University
  • Eun-Ju Son (CEO, BioApp)
    Current) CEO, BioApp Co., Ltd.
    Current) Adjunct Professor, Division of Systems Biosciences and Bioengineering, POSTECH
    Former) Research Assistant Professor, Department of Life Sciences, POSTECH
    Former) Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute for Integrative Genome Biology, University of California, Riverside
    Former) Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Life Sciences, POSTECH