NFTS 2012

6 – 8 th March 2012

CO-ORGANIZER

Department of Agriculture, Malaysia (DOA)

Federal Land Development Authority (FELDA)

Majlis Amanah Rakyat (MARA)

IN CO-OPERATION

Malay Businessmen & Industrialist Association of Malaysia (PERDASAMA)

Small & Medium Enterprises Corporation Malaysia (SME CORP)

PARTICIPANT MANUAL

M A I N O R G A N I Z E R

Malaysian Agricultural Research & Development Institute

Conference & Exhibition Program Technical Services Centre,

P.O. Box 12301, G.P.O 50774 Kuala Lumpur

• Phone (+603) 8945 4592 • • Fax (+603) 8941 3512 •

Table of Contents

Welcome Note .................................................. 3

Contact Persons ............................................... 3

How to Get There? ........................................... 4

Accommodation ................................................ 5

The Venue ........................................................ 7

Participant Registration ..................................... 8

Conference Hall Tips & Etiquettes .................. 10

Tentative Technical Program .......................... 11

(NEW!) Technical Tour ................................... 13

Other Activities Nearby ................................... 14

Others ............................................................. 15

Prayer Time .................................................... 15

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Welcome Note

National Food Technology Seminar 2012

elcome to the National

Food Technology Seminar 2012 (NFTS 2012). We are pleased to have your participation in this seminar and may this Participant Manual give you an insight of the itineraries and activities for the event from 6th

till 8th of March 2012. This seminar is organized based on the power of knowledge sharing, and guarantees a very fruitful event.

Contact Persons

Secretariat of NFTS 2012 • Farhi • • (+603) 8945 4592, (+012) 314 2353 • • farhi@mardi.gov.my • Technical of NFTS 2012 • Dr. Shafit • • (+603) 8943 7382, (+013) 210 2525 • • shafit@mardi.gov.my •

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“Sharing knowledge is not about giving people something, or getting something from them. That is only

valid for information sharing. Sharing knowledge occurs when

people are genuinely interested in helping one another develop new

capacities for action; it is about creating learning processes.”

Peter Michael Senge (born 1947) is an American scientist

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How to Get There?

This conference will be held in Renaissance Hotel situated in the heart of the 600-year-old historical city of Malacca, thus dubbed as The Historic State or Negeri Bersejarah among locals. Its rich historical background earned it a World Heritage Site designation in July 2008.

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Using North-South Expressway:

1. Look out for the "Ayer Keroh/Melaka" exit and filter out to the toll gates.

2. Continue for approximate half hour on Melaka’s trunk road (no turnings) until "T" junction (Persimpangan Tun Abdul Ghaffar) with a prominent archway is sighted. Filter leftwards to Jalan Mufti Haji Khalil.

3. Past 1st traffic lights to Jalan Taming Sari with landmark on the left: Green Roofed Mosque.

4. Past the 2nd traffic lights, now you are on Jalan Tun Sri Lanang with landmark 100 meters ahead on the right; white building, Southern Hospital (Putra Specialist Hospital).

5. Hotel is located adjacent to Southern Hospital on the right side of the road.

Did you know! Aside named after an Indian

Gooseberry tree, another account says Malacca is derived

from the Arabic word Malakat, meaning market.

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Accommodation

Participants of the conference will enjoy a special Conference Rate for the rooms at the Renaissance Melaka Hotel. Prices of room rates are as per the following details:

Room

Rate per room per

night (RM)

Deluxe Single 252.20 nett

Deluxe Twin 278.40 nett

Room Facilities: Safety Deposit Box, Air Conditioning, Iron, Desk, Ironing Facilities, Seating Area, Sofa, Alarm Clock, Shower, Bath, Hairdryer, Bathrobe, Free toiletries, Toilet, Bathroom, Slippers, Telephone, Radio, Satellite TV, Cable TV, LCD /Plasma /Flat-screen TV, Tea/Coffee Maker, Mini bar, Refrigerator, Electric Kettle, View (sea, garden, landmark, etc.) Room Size: 35 square meters Bed Size (s): 2 Single OR 1 Large double

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Other Accommodations. For more affordable accommodation, Malacca also provide extensive availability of accommodations that you could check out as per the list below. All reservations can be made directly to the respective hotel.

No. Accomodation Contact Number Minimum

Rate Area

A. Bayview Hotel General : (06) 283 9888 RM 250.00 Jalan Bendahara

(10 minutes walk to Renaissance)

B. Hotel Mimosa General : (06) 282 1113 RM 143.97 Jalan Bunga Raya

(10 minutes walk to Renaissance) C. Aldy Hotel China Town General : (06) 283 3232 RM 138.00

D. The Emperor Hotel General : (06) 284 0777 RM 136.00 Jalan Munsyi Abdullah

(10 minutes walk to Renaissance)

E. Hallmark Inn General : (06) 283 8333 RM 103.44

F. Orkid Hotel General : (06) 282 5555 RM 133.60 Jalan Bendahara

(5 minutes walk to Renaissance) G. Accordian Hotel General : (06) 282 1911 RM 77.60

H. Gold Leaf Hotel General : (06) 283 6555 RM 59.00 Jalan Kee Ann

(13 minutes walk to Renaissance)

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TIPS! If you have credit

card and the internet, it is easy

to book your accommodation

at www.booking.com with discounted

rates offered!

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The Venue

Our event will be held at LEVEL 7 of the hotel. Let us have a peek on the venue of the event so that you won’t get lost.

No. Event Venue

1. Seminar Bunga Raya Ballroom

2. Registration/Secretariat Desk

Foyer @ Bunga Raya Ballroom Entrance

3. Tea Break

4. Booth

5. Poster Panels

6. Luncheon Will be announced during event

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Participant Registration

Participant can register at Bunga Raya Ballroom Foyer (LEVEL 7) as per scheduled:

Follow these 4 simple steps for a hassle free registration:

STEP 1. Payments counter first! (Look out for Payment signage). Dedicated for companies, universities & person who wants to pay on

site or hand their cheque. If you have made your payment, bring along your proof of payment to collect your receipts here!

For Government Agencies, please bring along your Government Local

Order (LO) and submit it at the payment counter for processing.

STEP 2. Registration Counter. Register according to the respective counter: Agencies / Companies /

Universities / MARDI. You will receive an ID coupon to collect your name tag and Conference Bag.

For Poster Presenters, please submit your poster here, the secretariat

will put it up for you.

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Date Time (hrs)

5th March 2012 (Early registration)

2000 – 2200

6th March 2012 0730 – 0900

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STEP 3. Name Tag & Conference Bag Counter. Redeem your name tag and bag using your ID coupon that you received earlier.

STEP 4. Technical Tour Counter. Last but not least, register yourself if you wish to participate the tour for free. First come first serve basis and hurry, seats are limited (normally only 2 buses allocated for this tour).

Please take note that:

1. Please ensure that payment should be cleared upon registration, to avoid being restricted from entering the conference. For government local order, payment shall be cleared 1 month after the conference. All participants are entrusted and held responsible of clearing the payments.

2. For Poster Presenters, remember to collect your posters just before the end of the day on 7th March 2012 (after closing ceremony). We will not be responsible for any losses to the uncollected posters.

“Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.”

“When you do things from your soul, you feel a river

moving in you, a joy.”

Jalal ad-Din Rumi is an Persian Poet

“Who are the learned? Those who practice what

they know.”

Muhammad S.A.W (from Bukhari)

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Conference Hall Tips & Etiquettes

As mentioned earlier, the seminar will be held in Bunga Raya Ballroom at Level 7. Here are some tips for you in the conference hall:

1. Please fill in the front seats first. If you come early, front seats are meant for you and the back seats are for the late comers (early bird catches the worm). In Islam, it is good to sit close to the people who give their knowledge not just for a better view and reception of knowledge, but also for baraqah (Did you know that, angels fluttered their wings above us in joining of such event of knowledge).

2. Do not switch off your phones, use silent mode instead. This will allow you to stay connected while at the same time respecting the conference event.

3. Please be mindful with your belongings since everybody have the same conference bags, mixed up are normal thing. To avoid this, personalize your belongings by putting your name on the tag bag.

4. Be on time! Actually we also wait for participants to fill in the hall before starting a session. Yes, we do care for you to have a full session from start.

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Tentative Technical Program

DAY 0 : 5 MARCH 2012 (Monday)

20:00 – 22:00 Registration & Setting up for posters

DAY 1 : 6 MARCH 2012 (Tuesday)

07:30 – 09:00 Registration

09:00 – 10:00 Opening Ceremony

10:00 – 10:30 Tea & poster session

Keynote Session

10:30 – 11:30

Keynote Paper 1: Food for wellness: Regulatory, policy and legal aspect.

Presenter: Pn Fatimah Sulong, Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia

Session 1 : Emerging functional food and ingredients for wellness

11:30 – 12:00

Paper 1: R&D on polyphenols and carotenoid for creating food for wellness.

Presenter: Prof. Dr. Amin Ismail, UPM

12:00 – 12:30

Paper 2: Functional ingredients and food from cocoa & cocoa by products.

Presenter: Ms. Wan Aidah Wan Ibrahim, Pusat Inovasi & Teknologi Koko

12:30 – 13:00 Paper 3: Local marine sources as potential source of materials for functional foods.

Presenter: Dr. Patricia Matanjun, UMS

13:00 – 14:30 Lunch and poster session

Session 1: Emerging functional food and ingredients for wellness (Cont.)

14:30 – 15:00 Paper 4: Sport nutrition: Designer food for sportsmen.

Presenter: Dr. Mahendran Appukuty, UiTM

15:00 – 15:30

Paper 5: Food for prevention and management of obesity.

Presenter: Dr. Safiah Md Yusuf, UiTM

15:30 – 16:00

Paper 6: High antioxidant product with new concept.

Presenter: Dr Suri Roowi, MARDI

Session 2: Advances in the development of food for wellness

16:00 – 16:30

Paper 7: Nutrigenomic: A tool in designing new food for wellness.

Presenter: Dr. Indu Bala Jaganath, MARDI

16:30 – 17:00

Paper 8: DIC Technology for the production of quality functional food.

Presenter: Mr. Hung Tze Mau, Abcar Global Sdn Bhd

17:00 Tea

DAY 2 : 7 MARCH 2012 (Wednesday)

Keynote Session

8:30 – 9:30

Keynote Paper 2: Functional and novel food for wellness.

Presenter: Dr Allan Lim, Nestle R&D Center (Pte) Ltd

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Session 2 : Advances in the development of food for wellness (cont.)

09:30 – 10.00

Paper 9: Nanoencapsulation technology for production of functional ingredient.

Presenter: Assoc. Prof.Dr .Tan Chin Peng, UPM

10:00 – 10:30 Tea and poster session

10:30 – 11:00

Paper 10: Novel intensified process for production of collagen from agriculture resources.

Presenter: Prof. Ir. Dr. Abdul Wahab Mohamad, UKM

11:00 – 11:30

Paper 11: Potential functional ingredients from tiger milk mushroom.

Presenter: Dr Tan Chong Seng, MARDI

Session 3 : Product Claims & Safety Issues

11:30 – 12:00

Paper 12: Crossing the boundary between food & medicine.

Presenter: Pn Shantini Thevendran, Biro Pengawalan Farmaseutikal, KKM

12:00 – 12:30

Paper 13: Novel food products from Malaysian herbs.

Presenter: Dr Nor Azah Mohamad Ali, FRIM

12:30 – 13:00

Paper 14: Clinical study on functional and novel food.

Presenter: Dr. Hjh Zakiah Ismail, IMR

13:00 – 14:30 Lunch

14:30 – 15:00

Paper 15: Safe packaging for health food products.

Presenter: Prof. Dr. Mustafa Ali Mohd., UM

Session 4 : Marketing of functional food for wellness

15:00 – 15:30 Paper 16: Marketing of functional & novel food.

Presenter: Michael Chow, SENSUS

15:30 – 16:00

Paper 17: Precommercialization of food for wellness.

Presenter: Mr. Ariffin Tawang, MARDI

16:00 – 16:30

Paper 18: Capacity Building Programmes for SMEs.

Presenter: Ms. Hilyati Mohd Nasir, SMECorp.

16:30 – 17:00

Paper 19: Success Story of SMEs.

Presenter: Department of Agriculture, Malaysia.

17:00 Closing remarks and tea

DAY 3 : 8 MARCH 2012 (Thursday)

07:30 – 07:59 Assembly at Lobby

08:00 – 12:00 Technical Tour

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch

For Your Information:

1. Presentation slides will not be distributed among participant due to copyright infringement. Thus it is advisable to personally approach the speaker and request for a copy of the presentation from them.

2. Your responds and ratings towards our services through the questionnaire given in the conference bag will enable us to provide a better service in the future. Mystery gifts will be given as a token of appreciation for every completed questionnaire.

3. Again, poster presenters are reminded to collect the posters from the poster panels after the closing of the conference.

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(NEW!) Technical Tour

Never before, the Food Technology Seminar includes a Technical Tour in its program. Now, for the first time in the history of organizing Food Technology Seminar, the Main Committee have decided to include a Technical Tour which will be held on the very last day of the conference (i.e. on 8th March 2012). Thus it has extended the end date of the seminar which is originally on 7 March 2012. The Technical Tour will take the participants to several new interesting places that are related to food manufacturing. The spirit of the tour will be informative and nevertheless will be a worthwhile experience to the participants. We will update the info about the Technical Tour either on the website or in the Programme Book, so keep on updated.

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Please be Mindful that:

1. To confirm your participation on the technical tour upon registering your good self on the registration day. All participants are eligible for a seat for the technical tour however seats are only available in limited numbers thus rules are adhered to first come first serve basis.

2. Bus service for the tour is meant only for the participants thus it is advisable not to bring along your spouse or family for the bus trip. To have your spouse or family to come along, you could arrange your own transport with the permission of the technical tour committee

3. To wear a proper attire during the technical visit. It is advisable to wear suitable sport shoes, shades and breathable dress as the weather is expected to be pretty hot.

4. As to avoid delayed check outs, participants are advised to check out before departing for the technical tour. Luggage shall be kept safe at the hotel’s concierge.

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Other Activities Nearby

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Others

There are 2 ways to participate this event for free: 1. By renting a booth only at RM 2,000 you will receive a single pass for free. 2. By participating with 10 other fellow in a single registration, you may receive one

pass for free.

Prayer Time

For Muslim participants, the Prayer Room is located at the 10th floor of the Renaissance Hotel. Below are the prayer times for your reference.

Date Day Imsak Subuh Syuruk Zohor Asar Maghrib Isyak

01-03-2012 Thursday 05:55 06:05 07:22 13:26 16:40 19:27 20:36

02-03-2012 Friday 05:55 06:05 07:22 13:26 16:39 19:27 20:36

03-03-2012 Saturday 05:55 06:05 07:21 13:26 16:38 19:27 20:36

04-03-2012 Sunday 05:55 06:05 07:21 13:25 16:38 19:27 20:36

05-03-2012 Monday 05:55 06:05 07:21 13:25 16:37 19:26 20:35

06-03-2012 Tuesday 05:54 06:04 07:20 13:25 16:36 19:26 20:35

07-03-2012 Wednesday 05:54 06:04 07:20 13:25 16:36 19:26 20:35

08-03-2012 Thursday 05:54 06:04 07:20 13:24 16:35 19:26 20:35

09-03-2012 Friday 05:54 06:04 07:19 13:24 16:34 19:26 20:35

10-03-2012 Saturday 05:53 06:03 07:19 13:24 16:33 19:26 20:34

11-03-2012 Sunday 05:53 06:03 07:19 13:24 16:32 19:25 20:34

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