Organising Committee
The people behind the 3rd GHI World Congress
The congress is organised by the Global Harmonization Initiative together with the host institution Selçuk University, supported by local and international committee members. For the programme reviewers see the Scientific Committee.
Congress Leadership
Dr. Gerhard Schleining
- Former President of ICC 2022/23 (International Association for Cereal Science and Technology)
- Founding Board member of GHI (Global Harmonization Initiative)
- Coordinator of the knowledge alliance EuFooD-STA
- President of the SEA-ABT Association (South East Asia Academy for Beverage Technology)
- Chair Regional Section EHEDG Austria and EHEDG certified Trainer
Dr. Diana Bogueva, PhD
- GHI 2027 Congress Scientific Committee Chair
- President of the Global Harmonization Initiative, Board member and Working Groups Director
- Research Fellow, Sustainability Policy Institute, Curtin University, Australia
Prof. Dr. h.c. Huub Lelieveld
- Founder and Honorary President of the Global Harmonization Initiative
- Fellow of the International Academy of Food Science and Technology
- (Co-)editor of many books on hygiene and food safety, food processing technologies and harmonization of food safety regulations
- Visiting professor at the National University of Food Technologies in Kiev, Ukraine
Host Institution Organising Committee
Selçuk University, Konya
Prof. Dr. Bünyamin Ayhan
- Dean, Faculty of Tourism; Professor Drat Department of Journalism, Selçuk University, Türkiye
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Birsen Bulut-Solak
- Vice Dean, Faculty of Tourism; Deputy Head of Department of Gastronomy and Culinary Arts, Selçuk University, Türkiye
- GHI Ambassador, Türkiye
Local Organising Committee
Dr. Esra Celik
- Assistant Professor, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Afyon Kocatepe University, Afyon, Türkiye
- Vice Chair, GHI Ethics and Food Safety Practices Working Group
- Adjunct Research Associate, Curtin University, Australia
Dr. Ismail Hakki Tekiner
- Independent Researcher, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Member, GHI Ethics in Food Safety Practices Working Group
- Turkish coordinator of the IPSUS Project 2020
Dr. Samim Saner
- Bogazici University, Chemistry Department, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Vice President of the Turkish Food Safety Association, Türkiye
- CEO INNOVOSS, Türkiye
Prof. Dr. Mükerrem Betül Yerer Aycan
- Faculty of Pharmacy, Chair of the Department of Pharmacology and Head of Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Türkiye
- Apron Biotechnology CEO; BeWiSe Pharma Co-Founder
- Health Institutes of Türkiye (TÜSEB) Senior Researcher
- GHI Ambassador, Türkiye
Prof. Dr. Hamit Köksel
- Former Chairman of the Science Board of the ICC Academy of the International Grain Science and Technology Association
- Hacettepe University and Istinye University, Türkiye
Prof. Dr. Nayil Dinkci
- Department of Dairy Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Ege University, Türkiye
- Director of Ege University Tire Kutsan Vocational Training School, Türkiye
International Organising Committee
Dr. Dilip Ghosh
- Adjunct Fellow, NICM Health Research Institute, Western Sydney University, Australia
- Adjunct Professor, National Centre for Naturopathic Medicine, Southern Cross University, Australia
- Director Nutriconnect, Sydney, Australia
- Adjunct Professor, Kasturba Integrative Health Sciences – MRF, Mumbai, India
- Adjunct Professor, Jamia Hamdard University, Delhi, India
- Visiting Professor, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
- Advisor, Health and Dietary Supplements Association, India
- Advisor, Australasian Association of Ayurveda Inc., Australia
- Advisor, Council for Ayurveda Research, USA
- Advisor, The Society for Ethnopharmacology, India (SFE-India)
- Ambassador, Global Harmonization Initiative, Austria
- Consultant, WHO Global Traditional Medicine Centre (Traditional Medicine)
Prof. Dr. Chin-Kun Wang
- Distinguished Professor, Chung Shan Medical University, Taiwan
- Former President, Chung Shan Medical University, Taiwan
- United Nations Goodwill Ambassador “Zero Hunger”
- Honorary President of the Nutrition Society of Taiwan
- Executive Councilor of the International Academy of Food Science and Technology (IAFoST)
- Fellow, International Union of Food Science and Technology (IUFoST)
- President, International Society for Precision Health
- Global Harmonization Initiative Working Group Chair and Ambassador
- Fellow of the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT)
- Visiting Professor, School of Medicine at Seoul National University, South Korea
- Visiting Professor, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan
Prof. Dr. Christelle Bou-Mitri
- Associate Professor in Food Science, Faculty of Nursing and Health Sciences, Notre Dame University-Louaize, Lebanon
Organising Committee Advisor
Prof. Dr. Joe Mac Regenstein
- GHI Vice President and Board member
- Emeritus Professor, Department of Food Science, Cornell University, USA
Who reviews the abstracts?
Meet the members of the Scientific Committee who evaluate all submissions and presentations.