The International Symposium on Edible & Medical Plant Resources and the Bioactive Ingredients, which is supported and launched by Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, is held every two years. It is faced to scientists who study on edible & medical plant resources around the world. The 5^th International Symposium on Edible & Medical Plant Resources and the Bioactive Ingredients (ISEPR 2016) will be held on November 4^th to 7^th 2016, in Shenzhen, China. The goal of ISEPR 2016 is to provide an opportunity to exchange achievements about resources, cultivations, chemical constituents, bioactivities and medical applications of edible & medical plants. To discuss the hot points and the core problems in the relevant fields, and to foresee the prospect in basic researches and technologies. The latest developments of this field, domestic and abroad, are expected to promote scientific exchanges, cooperation and communications among the scientists around the world.  

ISEPR 2016 is hosted by Shenzhen University, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry; and organized by Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Novel Natural Health Care Products,The State Key Laboratory of Chinese Medicine and Molecular Pharmacology (Incubation) in Shenzhen, Jinan University, Key Laboratory of Plant Resources and Chemistry in Arid Regions of CAS; Central Asian Center of Drug Discovery and Development of CAS. Many scholars around the world will be invited to give the special presentation on the topic of edible and medicinal plants. Pharmaceutical companies will also welcomed to give presentation about the topic. 

Theme for the symposium 

 The Health Industry Development on the Belt and  Road (“一带一路”大健康产业发展) 

Topic for the symposium  

Fundamental studies on drugs and functional food basis on edible plants   

Novel methodologies and technologies of analysis and isolation of active ingredients in edible plants  

New methodologies of identification and molecular biology researches on the active ingredients from edible plants   

Functional factors of edible plants preventing crucial diseases  

Novel methodologies and technologies in synthesis and structure optimization of the functional factors from edible plants  

Novel methodologies and technologies in processing of edible plants  

Cultivation techniques of edible plants and medical plants 

Basic Information of the symposium  

Date: 4^th to 7^th November, 2016 

Site: Guohui Hotel, Shenzhen (http://96042.hotel.cthy.com/) 

Languages: English, Chinese 

Chairman:  Liu Weiguo (Shenzhen University), Lu Yi (Shenzhen Institute of Drug Control), TSIM Karl Wah-Keung Tsim (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) and HAJI Akber Aisa (Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, CAS), WONG Wing-tak (The State Key Laboratory of Chinese Medicine and Molecular Pharmacology (Incubation) Shenzhen)

Academic Committee: YAO Xinsheng, SUN Handong, BI Kaishun, DUAN Jinao, WANG Zhentao, HAN Yifan, TU Pengfei, YE Wencai, CHEN Daofeng, SUO Yourui, WANG Tiejie, SHAW Pang-chui, HE Zhendan, CHEN Sibao, LI Shaoping, HAJI Akber, Aisa, TSIM Karl Wah-Keung Karl

The first round announcement is issued in March, 2016. The second round announcement will be issued in September 2016. The deadline of submitting the paper and registration is on September 30^th, 2016.  

Form of the Symposium  

Plenary lectures  

Oral presentations and discussion  

Poster sessions   

Schedule 

Registration 

Each participant is asked to complete one copy of the Registration Form and send it to the Symposium Organizing Committee before September 30^th, 2016.  

Registration fee includes Conference Proceedings and banquet. Expenses relating to transportation and accommodation should be covered by participants. Please register and make your travel arrangement at your early convenience. 

Contact   

Both Registration Form and the abstract written according to the requirements of the symposium) should be submitted to the secretariat of the symposium’s academic committee before September 30^th, 2016. 

For information about registration and abstract submission, please contact the organizing committee:  

Contacts:  Miss CHUNG Tik-man(HKUST), Ms. Jiang Lan (XTIPC)  

Telephone: +86-755-86715683, +86-991-368-0635  

 Fax: +86-991-383-8957 

Email: :dwzhong@ust.hk, xjlab@ms.xjb.ac.cn  

Please visit the following website for more information about the symposium, http://www.xjipc.cas.cn/qtgn/zt/gjxsyh/    

Annex I. Registration Form  

Annex II. Abstract report Requirements 

The Organizing Committee of ISEPR2016  

April 20^th, 2016