The symposium will feature a diverse scientific program, including plenary keynotes, symposia, oral presentations, and 5-minute poster blitz presentations, bringing together leading scientists and experts from around the world. The symposium will be held at Conference Hall, B2 floor, Excellence Building at China Medical University (Shuinan Campus), Taichung, Taiwan.

Programme Overview (Tentative)

 

Plenary Keynote

Prof. Vita Lanfranchi, Ph.D. 

Speech Title: From Lab to Life: Leveraging IMUs and Smartphones to Predict Disease Progression through Digital Mobility Outcomes.

 

Plenary Keynote

Prof. Kuan-Pin Su, Ph.D.

Speech Title: Mind-Body Interventions and Psychoneuroimmune Modulation in Depression in the Digital Era

 

Plenary Keynote

Prof. Christoph U. Correll, MD

Speech Title: Harnessing Artificial Intelligence to Improve Clinical Outcomes in Mental Health: The Role of Large Language Models and Clinician Decision Support Systems

 

 

Symposium Title: Psychobiotics and the Gut–Brain Axis in Neuropsychiatric Disorders: From Mechanisms to Precision Interventions

Speaker: 

• Quang Le Do, PhD student, Graduate Institute of Nutrition, China Medical University

Speech Title: Omega-3 Reshape Gut Microbiota in Depression and ADHD

• Enchia Tsai, Co-Founder & Executive Director, Head of Strategy and Innovation Bened Biomedical Co., Ltd.

Speech Title: Clinical Translation and Therapeutic Impact of Psychobiotic L. plantarum PS128 on Neurodevelopmental Health

• Wei-Hsiang Lin, Chief Scientist, Bened Biomedical Co., Ltd.

Speech Title: Translational Evidence of the Gerobiotic Lacticaseibacillus paracasei PS23 in Subjective Cognitive Decline: From Mechanistic Models to Human Outcomes

• Liang-Jen Wang, Director, Department of Psychiatry at Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

Speech Title: Interaction of Candida albicans With Bacteria and Pathogenesis Mechanism in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

 

Symposium Title: Japanese Clinical Perspectives on Nutritional Psychiatry at the Mind-Body Interface: Micronutrients, Metabolism, and Cognitive Health

• Ryohei Takeno, Deputy Head, Mental Health Department, Saitama Sekishinkai Hospital, Sekishinkai Social Medical Foundation
• Shizuka Ota, Director, Watanabe Mental Clinic

Speaker: 

• Tomoyuki Okudaira, Vice Director, Yamaguchi Hospital

Speech Title: Development of Nutritional Psychiatry in Japan: From Clinical Experience to Academic Society Formation

• Yohei Kita, Vice Director, Department of Psychiatry, Shomidori Hospital

Speech Title: Suspected Thiamine Deficiency in Malnourished Psychiatric Inpatients: Early Recognition and Empirical Nutritional Intervention

• Hiroyuki Konno, Chief Director, Japan Brain Care and Dementia Prevention Research Center

Speech Title: Cognitive Improvement in an 83-Year-Old Male With Mild Cognitive Impairment After Multimodal Nutritional and Metabolic Intervention Including Exogenous Ketone Supplementation: A Case Report

 

Symposium Title: Decoding the Metabolism–Brain–Sleep Axis from Molecule to Lifestyle: Precision Mind-Body Medicine through Single-Cell Brain Genomics, AI-Enabled Optical Imaging, Metabolic Profiling, and Sleep-Based Intervention

Speaker: 

• Insung Park, Associate Professor, GInstitute of Global Well-Being Science, Hirosaki University

Speech Title: Metabolic Inflexibility During Sleep: Insights From Whole-Room Indirect Calorimetry

• Jae Gwan Kim, Professor, Department of Biomedical Science and Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology

Speech Title: Engineered Prefrontal fNIRS Functional Connectivity Features for Asymptomatic Alzheimer's Disease Detection

• Dongsung Lee, Associate Professor, Seoul National University College of Medicine Department of Biomedical Sciences

Speech Title: Epigenomic and Chromosomal Architectural Reconfiguration in Developing Human Frontal Cortex and Hippocampus

• Tae Kim, Professor and Chair, Department of Biomedical Science and Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology

Speech Title: REM Sleep Suppression During Diazoxide-Induced Acute Hyperglycemia in a Non-Diabetic Mouse Model

 

Symposium Title: Rewiring the Inflamed Mind: Neuroplasticity, Mood Disorders, and Psychotherapy Within the Immune-Brain Axis

• Piotr Gałecki, Professor and Head, Department of Adult Psychiatry, Medical University of Lodz
• Marta Broniarczyk-Czarniak, Assistant Professor, Department of Adult Psychiatry, Medical University of Lodz

Speaker: 

• Gracja Ryznar, Psychiatry Resident, Department of Adult Psychiatry, Medical University of Lodz

Speech Title: Cytokines and the Mind: Immunological Underpinnings of Depression and Anxiety Symptoms

• Katarzyna Bliźniewska-Kowalska, Assistant Professorr, Department of Adult Psychiatry, Medical University of Lodz

Speech Title: Breaking the Brain’s Resilience: How Inflammatory Pathways Impair Neuroplasticity

• Małgorzata Gałecka, Head, Psychotherapy Department, Medical University of Lodz

Speech Title: Healing Beyond the Mind: The Impact of Psychotherapy on the Immunological Profile

• Marta Broniarczyk-Czarniak, Assistant Professorr, Department of Adult Psychiatry, Medical University of Lodz

Speech Title: Neuropeptides, Social Stress, and the Immune-Brain Interface in Severe Mental Disorders

• Piotr Gałecki, Professor and Head, Department of Adult Psychiatry, Medical University of Lodz

Speech Title: From Inflammatory Depression to Personalized Immunopsychiatry: Clinical Standards and Translational Pathways