Hosts

Probiota Americas is chaired by the award-winning editorial team at NutraIngredients.com

Stephen Daniells, PhD
Global Editor-in-Chief
Cassandra Stern
Deputy Editor
Asia Sherman
Claudia Adrien
Senior Correspondent

Speakers

NutraIngredients is thrilled to announce the speaker line-up for 2026

Buster Fox, Novonesis
Vice President of Sales, EMEIA
Novonesis
Peng Guo, PhD, BioGrowing
Chief Technology Officer
BioGrowing
Loren Israelsen, United Natural Products Alliance
Founder and President
United Natural Products Alliance
Dr. Stan Kubow, McGill University
Professor
McGill University
Shinto Kurosaki, Morinaga Milk Industry
Research Associate
Morinaga Milk Industry
Peter McMath, WPIC Marketing + Technologies
Chief Growth Officer
WPIC Marketing + Technologies
George Paraskevakos, International Probiotics Association (IPA)
Executive Director
International Probiotics Association (IPA)
Dr. Jon-Paul Powers, Gowling WLG
Partner and Scientific Advisor
Gowling WLG
Dr. Chitong Rao, Bluepha
Chief Scientist
Bluepha
Jordi Riera, Kaneka Probiotics
Chief Business Officer
Kaneka Probiotics
Dr. George Zhou, Wecare Probiotics
Director of Applied Technology, Global Marketing Manager
Wecare Probiotics