Home - THE 1ST CARBOFUTURE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS FOR FOOD AND BIOMATERIAL INNOVATIONS (CARBOFUTURE-2026)

Aim and Scope

The 1st CarboFuture International Conference: Carbohydrate Polymers for Food and Biomaterial Innovations (CarboFuture-2026) aims to bring together researchers and industry professionals to advance the research and innovation on carbohydrate polymers. The conference will focus on the structures, functions, and processing of carbohydrate polymers and their complexes with other compounds, as well as their critical roles in food systems and human health. It will also catch the emerging trend on the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) and data-driven approaches to the discovery and characterization of carbohydrate polymers for smart functions and health solutions. CarboFuture-2026 is planned as a medium-sized international meeting, hosting approximately 250-300 participants from around the world.

The conference program will be composed of main and parallel sessions for presentation of plenary and invited lectures by eminent and outstanding scholars, and oral talks and posters by active and front-line researchers and postgraduate students. It may also include specialized talks and posters by industrial sponsors on R&D of health products and technical services.

Organizing Committee

Chair（主席）

Jianyong WU 吴建勇

Professor, PolyU and NCU

General Secretary（秘书长）

Xiaojun HUANG 黄晓君

Professor, NCU

Happy Urbiztondo

Secretary
Staff in KU Leuven

Ziliang LIU 刘子良

Secretary
Professor, NCU

Bing ZHANG 张兵

Secretary
Professor, NCU

Weiwei HE 何伟炜

Secretary
Professor, NCU

Bin ZHANG 张斌

Secretary
Professor, SCUT

Lijun YIN 殷丽君

Secretary
Professor, CAU

Scientific Committee

Domestic

(in no particular order)

Mingyong XIE 谢明勇, Professor and Academician 院士, Nanchang University

Kwok-Fai SO 苏国辉, Professor and Academician 院士, The University of Hong Kong

Bin LI 李斌, Professor, Huazhong Agricultural University

Guang YANG 杨光, Professor, Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Jianyong WU 吴建勇, Professor, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Nanchang University

Junyi YIN 殷军艺, Professor and Dean, Nanchang University

Kan DING 丁侃, Professor and Executive Director, Zhongshan Institute for Drug Discovery, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Lianzhong AI 艾连中, Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Li LIU, Professor, Nanjing Agricultural University

Qiang HUANG 黄强, Professor and Dean, South China University of Technology

Quanbin HAN 韩全斌, Professor and Director, Research Centre for Standardization of Chinese Medicines, Hong Kong Baptist University

Shaoping NIE 聂少平, Professor and Vice President, Nanchang University

Shiguo CHEN 陈士国, Professor, Zhejiang University

Sheng CHEN 陈声, Professor and Head of FSN, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Voglmeir JOSEF, Professor, Nanjing Agricultural University

Xiaojun LIAO 廖小军, Professor and Dean, China Agricultural University

Xiangzhao MAO 毛相朝, Professor and Dean, Ocean University of China

Yapeng FANG 方亚鹏, Professor and Dean, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology

Xiulan SUN 孙秀兰, Professor and Dean, Jiangnan University