NANOTECHNOLOGY SYMPOSIUM 2020 21st February 2020 • World Trade Centre • Kuala Lumpur

NANOTECHNOLOGY ENABLED TEFARCO BEST POSTER AWARD INNOVATIONS: RESEARCH, Students/staff who participate in MTE DEVELOPMENT AND CHALLENGES AWARDS will also have a free poster display at Symposium Nanotechnology Symposium 2020 gathers the leading experts over the world to share their nanoresearch findings related to nanocarrier design, processing technology, nanomaterials, nanoformulations, manufacturing challenges, nanotoxicology, pharmaceutical / nutraceutical / cosmeceutical markets, and rules and regulations pertaining to production, distribution, OPPORTUNITY storage, research and commercialization, with therapeutics range from small molecule drugs, meet scientists, researchers, academics biomacromolecular drugs and biologics. The event serves as a platform for industrialists, and industrialists in nanotechnology academicians, scientists, students, administrators and entrepreneurs who have a strong interest related fields in nanotechnology to meet, to share information and to establish research and business activities.

Through joining the symposium, you will : SHOWCASE • learn about the current progress in nanotechnology and related sciences in your research findings and innovation pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, cosmeceutical and biomedical sectors. to potential academic and industry • receive updated information on material sciences, dosage form design, processing collaborators technology and physicochemical/biological/in vivo characterization essential in the research and development of nanoproducts. • have an outlook on marketing, regulatory and commercialization strategies to translate nanotechnology research entities for societal applications. NETWORK • have the opportunity to meet scientists, researchers, academics and industrialists in with manufacturers and suppliers of nanotechnology related fields. materials, analytical technology and • have the opportunity to showcase your research findings and innovation to potential processing equipment, as well as, academic and industry collaborators. preclinical/clinical services and • meet manufacturers and suppliers of materials, analytical technology and processing non-profit organizations for scientific equipment, as well as, preclinical/clinical services and non-profit organizations for promotion scientific promotion. • have the opportunity to visit MALAYSIA TECHNOLOGY EXPO 2020 (www.mte.org.my) which showcases university and industry innovations related to pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, cosmeceutical, medical, dental, biomedical, engineering, material and health sciences and practice. VISIT MTE 2020 which showcases university • have the opportunity to win the Tefarco Best Poster Award. All participants are welcome. and industry innovations related to pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, Organised by Symposium cosmeceutical, medical, dental, Knowledge Partner biomedical, engineering, material and health sciences and practice

MTE2020 is Supported by

KEMENTERIAN PENDIDIKAN MALAYSIA KEMENTERIAN TENAGA, SAINS, TEKNOLOGI, KEMENTERIAN PEMBANGUNAN USAHAWAN MINISTRY OF EDUCATION MALAYSIA PERUBAHAN IKLIM & ALAM SEKITAR MINISTRY OF ENTREPRENEUR DEVELOPMENT Chinese Innovation & Invention Society MINISTRY OF ENERGY, TECHNOLOGY, SCIENCE, CLIMATE CHANGE & ENVIRONMENT NANOTECHNOLOGY SYMPOSIUM SPEAKERS

DR MOHD NOR AZMAN BIN HASSAN Deputy Secretary General (Science) Ministry of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment & Climate Change (MESTECC) Malaysia. Dr. Mohd Nor Azman Hassan is currently the Deputy Secretary General (Science) of the Ministry of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change. He oversees the policies and development of science, technology and innovation ecosystem to support the socio-economic development of the country. His previous positions were in the areas of higher education, policy and technological development including industrial related technologies such as renewable energy, advanced materials and manufacturing, biotechnology and nanotechnology. He had extensive engagements with the industry especially the SMEs, in particular to communicate government’s policies relating to STI. Dr. Azman holds a doctoral degree from Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA in the field of renewable energy technology and is trained in conducting Life Cycle Analysis (LCA). Dr Azman is also a registered Technologist with the Malaysian Board of Technologist.

PROF. JACKIE Y. YING AIChe One Hundred Engineers of the Modern Era, US National Academy of Inventors, Mustafa Prize laureate Senior Fellow, National Bio Lab, Singapore; Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, NanoBio Lab & A*STAR Prof. Jackie Y. Ying received her B.E. from The Cooper Union and Ph.D. from Princeton University. She was Professor of Chemical Engineering of MIT (1992-2005), and Executive Director of Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology in Singapore (2003-2018). She currently leads NanoBio Lab as A*STAR Senior Fellow. Her research is focused on nanomaterials design and synthesis for applications ranging from biosensors and diagnostics, nanomedicine and targeted delivery of drugs, cell culture substrates and biomaterials, in vitro toxicology and drug screening, pharmaceuticals and chemicals synthesis, to battery and fuel cells. Her work has been recognized with American Ceramic Society Purdy Award, David and Lucile Packard Fellowship, ONR and NSF Young Investigator Awards, Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award, ACS Faculty Fellowship Award in Solid-State Chemistry, TR100 Young Innovator Award, AIChE Colburn Award, IUBMB Jubilee Medal, Mustafa Prize “Top Scientific Achievement Award”, Academy of Sciences of Iran Medal of Honor, IAS-COMSTECH Ibrahim Award, and Turkish Academy Prize in Science and Engineering Sciences. She is a Fellow of German National Academy of Sciences, MRS, RSC, AIMBE, AAAS, SNAS, IAS and U.S. National Academy of Inventors. She is Editor-in-Chief of Nano Today.

PROF. DANIELA TRAINI Professor of Respiratory Science, NHMRC Investigator, The University of Sydney, Faculty of Medicine and Health and The Woolcock Institute of Medical Research. University of Sydney, Australia. Prof. Daniela Traini (previous ARTC Future Fellow 2012-2016) is a Professor of Respiratory Science at the Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, and a NHMRC Investigator (2020- 2024). Her research portfolio covers all areas of respiratory research from bench to bedside. Professor Traini leads the Respiratory Technology group at the Woolcock Institute for Medical Research. Professor Traini is an international leader in pulmonary drug delivery. Over the last 15 years since joining the University of Sydney, and before during her 5 years in industry, she had developed a leading research program on aerosol drug delivery, ranging from powder engineering, aerosol generation and characterisation in vitro to in vivo lung deposition and clinical outcomes. She has extensive experience in both academic and industrial pharmaceutics, and still retains strong link with the pharmaceutical industry. Since 2005 she has published over 220 full peer reviewed manuscripts, has 6 patents and has attracted more than $15 Millions in competitive funding.

PROF. DR. TERUNA J. SIAHAAN Aya and Takeru Higuchi Distinguished Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, KU. University of Kansas, USA Prof. Dr. Teruna Siahaan is the Aya & Takeru Higuchi Distinguished Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry at The University of Kansas (KU) and a Fellow of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS). His research is focused on improving drug delivery to the brain and immune cells; he published 200 papers, obtained 12 patents, and edited two books. He serves as the Director, Center for Global Health, School of Pharmacy, KU; Associate Chair, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry; and the Executive Board of Directors the Globalization Pharmaceutics Education Network (GPEN) Organization. He has received several honors and awards, including Self Faculty Scholar, KU; Pfizer Research Scholar Award; 2013 Mentor of the Year, KU; and 2014 PhRMA Foundation Award for Excellence in Pharmaceutics. ASSOC. PROF. GAIA COLOMBO Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology Section of Drug and Health Products, Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology University of Ferrara, Italy Assoc. Prof. Gaia Colombo graduated in Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology at University of Parma (Italy), after 8-month research internship at the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of South Paris XI (France). From 2002 to 2004 she was granted of a PhD scholarship from University of Parma, allowing her being appointed for 18 months at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA, USA) in prof. Robert Langer’s group, where she worked on drug delivery systems for prolonged local anesthesia. She got her PhD degree in “Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics” from the University of Parma in 2005. Since April 2016 she is permanently appointed as Associate Professor by the Dept. of Life Sciences and Biotechnology (Degree in Pharmacy), University of Ferrara (Italy). She teaches “Pharmaceutical Technology” for the undergraduate Pharmacy program. Her research mainly focuses on transmucosal (nasal, buccal), respiratory and oral drug delivery. In 2008-10 she participated in a project funded by CARISBO Foundation on nose-to-brain delivery of antivirals in veterinary viral encephalitis. She has been Principal Investigator of a project “FIRB 2010” funded by Italian Ministry of Research, University and Education. She was funded by the Emilia-Romagna Region for a project on in vitro methods for antiviral drug assessment together with the Lombardy and Emilia Romagna Experimental Zootechnic Institute (IZSLER) and the Universities of Bologna and Parma. Prof. Colombo has published as author 63 papers, as well as 4 patents and 8 book chapters. She has been invited as lecturer by several academic and non academic institutions in Italy, France, Spain, Switzerland, USA, Canada, Turkey, Australia, Greece. In 2006 she founded the “AAPS Italian University Network Student Chapter” (A.It.U.N.), the first European chapter of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists, for which she served as Chair in 2006-07. Since 2007, she collaborates as qualified expert with the Italian Agency for Drugs (AIFA, Agenzia Italiana del Farmaco) for the evaluation of the Quality section (Module 3) of Common Technical Documents. She is member of the Editorial Board of journals in the Pharmacology & Pharmacy category and Associate Editor for Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy.

PROF. DATUK DR. HALIMATON HAMDAN Professor of Chemistry Faculty of Technology & Informatics Razak Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur Prof. Datuk Dr. Halimaton is attached at Faculty of Technology & Informatics Razak, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Chairperson of NanoMalaysia Institute for Innovative Technology (NanoMITe) Global Research Consortium and Council Member of Akademi Sains Malaysia. She received her Ph.D in Physical Chemistry from University of Cambridge UK in 1989, M. Sc degree from Marshall University, USA (1981) and B. Sc degree from Indiana University, USA (1979) and was UTM’s first woman Professor at 40. Prof. Halimaton has successfully promoted her research and innovative activities globally. She pioneered the Zeolites and Nanostructured Materials Research in Malaysia in 1990. Her invention, Maerogel; silica aerogel from rice husk, the lightest solid and best insulator known today was the product of 2008 (International Clean Energy Circle, UK). Maerogel is patented in Malaysia and 22 other countries worldwide and being developed at the pilot plant and pre-commercialisation scale. In addition she owns 10 patents on zeolites and mesoporous materials. Her current research include synthesis and design of new generation hybrid, chiral, bifunctional and functionalized heterogeneous catalysts, drug delivery systems, nanostructured materials, aerogel nanofibers and functionalized silica nanosphere chain. Prof. Halimaton was the Director responsible for the development of Ibnu Sina Institute for Fundamental Science Studies UTM (2000-2006). She established the Nanotechnology Initiatives and NanoMalaysia Bhd. She chairs the Science Outlook 2015 and 2017. She is an advocate of STEM education and was a member of National Science Research Council (2010-2013) and National Science Council (2014-2017). Her scientific research and scholastic work has received recognitions, including Petronas Inventors Award (1993), Seoul International Invention Fair (2002), National Intellectual Property Award (2006). IFIA Cup for Woman Inventor (2008) from the Int. Federation of Inventors Association, Great Women of Our Time Award (GWOT 2008) and Merdeka Award for S&T and Health Category in 2009. She is a fellow of ASM, IKM and MSA, President of Malaysia Nanotechnology Association (MNA) and Chairman of the Board of Trustee for Yayasan My-Prihatin. Prof. Halimaton is also currently the Chairman of the Governing Board of International Science,Technology & Innovation Center (ISTIC) for South-South Countries under the auspices of UNESCO. PROF. ChM DR. MOHD BASYARUDDIN ABDUL RAHMAN Dean and / Professor of Chemistry, Faculty of Science Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor Prof. Dr. Mohd Basyaruddin Abdul Rahman is a Senior Professor of Chemistry at UPM and was appointed as a Distinguished Visiting Scholar at the University of California, Berkeley and Osaka University. He received his Ph.D in Catalysis Chemistry from the University of Southampton and post-doctoral in Structural Biology at the University of Edinburgh. He has secured more than RM25 million worth of research grants, published more than 200 cited papers and developed 20 patents. He has been received the Young Scientist award from various bodies including IUPAC, the American Chemical Society, and the InterAcademy Panel. He also won the National Intellectual Property Award 2009 and was named the most Outstanding Young Malaysian 2008 and Faces of Science@Malaysia. Currently, he is developing several translational researches on aerosolised nanoemulsion systems and reticular nanomaterials as nanohubs for delivery of drugs for cancer treatment and delivery of pesticides for sustainable agriculture.

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE MEMBERS

PROF. DR. TERUNA J. SIAHAAN PROF. DANIELA TRAINI Aya and Takeru Higuchi Distinguished Professor of Respiratory Science, NHMRC Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Investigator, The University of Sydney, Chemistry, Faculty of Medicine and Health and The School of Pharmacy, KU. Woolcock Institute of Medical Research. University of Kansas, USA University of Sydney, Australia.

PROF. DATUK DR. HALIMATON DR. NIKOLETTA FOTAKI HAMDAN Pharmacist, MSc, PhD Reader in Professor of Chemistry Faculty of Pharmaceutics, Technology & Informatics Razak University of Bath, United Kingdom. Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur

ASSOC. PROF. PORNCHAI ASSOC. PROF. DR. SANYOG JAIN ROJSITTHISAK Department of Pharmaceutical, National Department of Food and Pharmaceutical Institute of Pharmaceutical Educational & Chemistry, Research (NIPER), India. Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand.

PROF. DR. WONG TIN WUI Non-Destructive Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Research Centre, iPROMISE Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.

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