The Growth Asia Summit 2026 takes place next week from July 8 to 10 at the iconic Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre, Singapore, and will also feature exclusive insights from brands including Blackmores, PepsiCo, GNC, Yili, Haleon, Swisse and Mondelez, among many more.
Register to attend the summit today; the advance program is available for download here.
For the first time in our face-to-face event, Chinese e-commerce giant JD Health will be present. JD Health is a subsidiary of JD.com.
Leighton Zhang, senior category manager at JD Health, will outline trends in China’s e-commerce health supplement market during a panel discussion focusing on Asia’s consumer and innovation revolution on the first day (July 8) of the summit.
Zhang specializes in helping overseas brands enter the Chinese market and has experience in end-to-end e-commerce operations.
Guardian Singapore, part of Hong Kong-based DFI Retail Group, will also be present at the summit, with Managing Director Naresh Kalani, who leads the health and beauty category, attending.
Guardian is one of the key health and beauty retailers in Singapore and across the wider Asia-Pacific region and operates in Hong Kong under the brand Mannings.
Most recently, DFI Retail has struck an exclusive partnership with the UK-based Holland & Barrett, with Guardian Singapore being the first to sell a range of H&B products online and offline, including vitamins and supplements for immunity, gut health, sleep, beauty-from-within, and healthy aging.
Guardian also previously announced plans for introducing menopause-friendly product aisles across its stores in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Hong Kong and Macau.
Malaysia-based Alpro Pharmacy is another retailer joining the summit. With over 300 outlets across East and West Malaysia, Alpro Pharmacy has also expanded in the neighbouring Indonesian market where it operates nearly 200 outlets.
Kai Jia Chua, professional care & development manager at Alpro Pharmacy, will be presenting the topic “Eating Smart in a Carb-Heavy World: Sustainable Approaches to Glycaemic Control” on the second day (July 9) of the summit.
Yi Ling Ng, also a professional care & development manager at Alpro Pharmacy, is also one of the expert panelists in a discussion on healthy aging and healthspan advances on the third day (July 10) of the summit.
More about the summit
The three-day summit will cover the hottest themes trending in Asia-Pacific’s health and nutrition sector, including Protein and Healthier Product Innovation, Infant and Childhood Nutrition, Maternal and Women’s Health, Active Nutrition and Healthy Aging and Healthspan Advances.
The event will feature extensive expert insights from a raft of big-name brands, leading academics, market and trends specialists, policy experts, and the most innovative suppliers.
Confirmed speakers include:
- Warren Mackay‑Smith, General Manager of Ai Innovation Hub, Blackmores
- Teena Badshah, Life Sciences - Associate Principal Scientist, PepsiCo
- Cheri Mullen, Senior Vice President, Chief Global Franchise & Wholesale Officer, GNC
- Dr. Novita Puspasari, Scientific Affairs Manager, H&H Group
- Dr. Ignatius Szeto, Assistant President, Yili Group
- Denise Zhu, Product Innovation Lead, BYHEALTH
- Lucas Chang, R&D Manager, Microbiome Science & Product Innovation, TCI
- Chris Chen, General Manager of the Nutrition & Health Technology Center, Angel Yeast
- Vicky Choi, Founder and CEO, Vicky en france
- Kai Jia Chua, Professional Care & Development Manager, Alpro Pharmacy
- Gillian Fish, Founder & CEO, 6AM Agency
- David Foreman, Pharmacist, Author, Speaker, Herbal Pharmacist
- Dr. Heng Hui Gan, Expert, GourmetPro
- Lay Kwan Goh, VP Marketing & Business Development APAC, Health Nutrition & Care, dsm-firmenich
- Craig Houliston, Executive Director, APAC Consulting and Insights, NielsenIQ
- Andy Huang, Chief Nutrition Scientist, Junlebao
- Yukio Kimura, Chief Operating Officer,Glico Asia Pacific
- Amy Lau, Co-Chair (Singapore), Women in Nutraceuticals
- Julia Laukemann, Founder and CEO, L’évive Labs
- Zoe Li, General Manager, China & APAC, MitoQ
- Shanlu Liang, Senior Ingredient Innovation Scientist, Sirio Pharma
- Nathanael Lim, Insight Manager, Euromonitor International
- Yunn Lim, Senior Analyst, Food Science, Mintel
- Dr. Dominic Lomiwes, Science Team Leader, Immune Health & Physical Performance, New Zealand Institute for Bioeconomy Science
- Dr Vishakha Mahajan, Product Champion/Manager, Anagenix
- Dave McCaughan, Founder & Storyteller, BIBLIOSEXUAL
- Andy Mckimmie, Country Manager, Singapore and Regional head of eCommerce for Southeast Asia & Korea, Blackmores
- Dr. Suman Mishra, Science Team Leader, Digestive & Metabolic Health, New Zealand Institute for Bioeconomy Science
- Veronika Müller-Wigger, Head of Portfolio Innovation, Novonesis
- Koichiro Murashima, Executive Officer and General Manager, Institute of Health Sciences, Kirin
- Keisuke Muroi, Chief Operating Officer, Morus Inc.
- David Naidu, Chief Strategy Officer – Asia, Bel Group
- Masae Nakano, Chief Technology Officer, Calbee
- Alicia Ng, Vice-President, Head of R&D, Asia Pacific & Indian Subcontinent, Haleon
- Kelvin Ng, Managing Partner Asia and Expert, Green Bridge Partners representing GourmetPro
- Yi Ling Ng, Professional Care & Development Manager, Alpro Pharmacy
- Celia Ning, Senior Director, Scientific Affairs, ProActive Health, Kerry
- Dr Jean Nyakayiru, Senior Scientist, FrieslandCampina Ingredients
- John O’Doherty, CEO, Complementary Medicines Australia
- Naoko Onishi, Body Granola Overseas Development Lead, Calbee
- George Paraskevakos, Executive Director, International Probiotics Association (IPA)
- Kanan Pardeshi, Product Manager - Innovations, Siens by Dabur
- Wai Mun Poon, Regulatory Affairs Consultant, Wong SJ Asia
- Assistant Profressor Elaine Quah, Senior Research Fellow I, Division of O&G, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital | Duke-NUS Medical School
- Dr. Amanda Rao, Founder and CEO, RDC Clinical representing Pharmako Biotechnologies
- Hiroyuki Saito, Asian Region Lead, Ajinomoto Group Ventures
- Kyoko Saito, Lead of Marketing Group, Functional Food Ingredients Division, Morinaga Milk
- Paul Savuriar, Manager Business Development - APAC, GlobalData
- Dr Greg Sawyer, Senior Scientist, Bioeconomy Sciences Institute, Health & Consumer Sciences Group
- Fiona Scrymgeour, Chief Marketing Officer, Nuchev
- Erika Sirimanne, Head of Business Development (Tech), New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE)
- Dr. Sheryl Tan, Wider Asia Medical & Scientific Affairs Lead, Haleon
- Dr. Verena Tan, Associate Professor and Programme Leader for the BSc (Honours) in Dietetics and Nutrition, Singapore Institute of Technology
- Elizabeth Tay, Co-Chair (Singapore), Women In Nutraceuticals
- Valerie Thill, Senior Marketing Director, AMEA Snacking, Mondelez International
- Deepapriya Velumani, Head of R&D, Yeo’s
- Vijayaraghavan Venugopal, Co-founder, Fast & Up
- Dr. Ross Walker, Integrative Cardiologist, Sydney Heart Health Clinic representing Kaneka Ubiquinol™
- Tomomasa Yagisawa, Deputy General Manager, Health Science Business Division Head Institute of Health Sciences, Kirin
- Decky Yao, Chairman, APSKI (Asosiasi Pengusaha Suplemen Kesehatan Indonesia
- Zhongpeng Zhang, Secretary-General, China Nutrition and Health Food Association (CNHFA)
- Leighton Zheng, Senior Category Manager, JD Health
To learn more, visit the Growth Asia Summit homepage here.
Groups of three or more are eligible for a special rate — email GrowthAsiaSummit@wrbm.com for details.
