Program at a glance
PROGRAM
Venue: International Centre for Interdisciplinary Science and Education (ICISE)
Address: 07 Science Avenue, Quy Nhon Nam, Gia Lai, Vietnam
Dates: February 1–4, 2026
Abstract and biography of Speakers:
https://ars2026.afob-vn.org/our-speaker/
DETAILED PROGRAM (CLICK HERE)
GENERAL PROGRAM AND PLENARY LECTURE
| Dates / Time | Topics |
|---|---|
| Feb. 1, 2026 | |
| All day | Arrival at the Hotel |
| Feb. 2, 2026 – Opening Ceremonies and Scientific Session | |
| 09:00 | Bus transfer to ICISE |
| 09:30 – 11:00 | The 1st In-Person Extended Executive Meeting of AFOB-VN |
| 11:00 | Bus transfer from the Hotel to ICISE |
| 10:00 – 12:00 | Registration |
| 12:00 – 13:20 | Lunch at ICISE |
| 13:30 – 13:40 | Opening ceremony for RBO of AFOB in Vietnam (AFOB-VN) |
| 13:40 – 14:00 | Opening ceremony of the conference ARS2026 |
| 14:00 – 14:10 | Break / group photo |
| 14:10 – 14:50 | Therapeutic Antibody Manufacturing: Recent Progress in mammalian cell / cell culture engineering Plenary speaker 1: Prof. Takeshi Omasa, Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Osaka |
| 14:50 – 15:30 | Development of biomedical materials based on photo-crosslinkable alginate Plenary speaker 2: Prof. Hyung Joon Cha, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Korea |
| 15:30 – 16:10 | Application of Biotechnology for sustainable development of shrimp by-product processing industry Plenary speaker 3: Mr. Loc Thanh Phan, Vietnam Food Joint Stock Company, Vietnam |
| 16:10 – 16:20 | Break |
| 16:20 – 18:00 | Poster presentation and discussion |
| 18:00 – 20:30 | Gala dinner |
| 20:45 | Bus transfer from ICISE to the Hotel |
| Feb. 3, 2026 – Scientific sessions | |
| 08:30 – 09:10 | Renewable Porphyrin Biosynthesis and Its Electrical and Photoactive Applications Enabled by Engineered Corynebacterium glutamicum Plenary speaker 4: Prof. Sung Ok Han, Department of Biotechnology, Institute of Life Science and Natural Resources, Korea University |
| 09:10 – 09:50 | Engineering of micro-organisms for production of bio-materials Plenary speaker 5: Prof. Jian-Jiang Zhong, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China |
| 09:50 – 10:20 | Coffee break |
| 10:20 – 12:00 | Parallel sessions • Parallel session 1: Agricultural Biotechnology 1 • Parallel session 2: Medical and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology • Parallel session 3: Industrial Biotechnology |
| 12:00 – 13:20 | Lunch |
| 13:20 – 15:00 | Parallel sessions • Parallel session 4: Agricultural Biotechnology 2 • Parallel session 5: Environmental Biotechnology • Parallel session 6: General Biotechnology |
| 15:00 – 15:30 | Coffee break |
| 15:30 – 16:10 | Drosophila melanogaster: A tool to look into and screen drugs for human diseases Plenary speaker 6: Prof. Dang Thi Phuong Thao, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Science, VNUHCM, Vietnam |
| 16:10 – 16:40 | Machine Learning Meets Cross-Eyed Protein Engineering: Building Artificial Protein Switches Plenary speaker 7: Prof. Kirill Alexandrov, Queensland University of Technology, Australia |
| 16:40 – 17:10 | Closing ceremony |
| 17:30 | Bus transfer from ICISE to the Hotel |
| Feb. 4, 2026 | |
| All day | Excursion / tour for interactions between scientists Leaving Quy Nhon |