Mahenina Jaovita Manase received his PhD in Pharmacognosy from the University of Burgundy, France. He is currently an associate professor at University of Antsiranana, Madagascar. His research interests are largely focused on the analytical chemistry of natural products from plants, as well as the use of various biological assays to assess the potential of these molecules. He is working on the development of an international project that aims to increase the value of plants that are traditionally used by the Malagasy people.

Celina is an expert on access and benefit sharing (ABS) and provides technical expertise on issues related to innovation and sourcing of biodiversity. For the past 22 years, she worked in the cosmetic industry, both for ingredient suppliers and brands. She specialized in sustainable innovation and has been a consultant for life science based industries since 2010, especially on ABS. She also worked with the GIZ. Since 2007, she has trained companies and students on sustainable development, innovation and geopolitics & SDG.

I am an ethnobotanist, studying and promoting of plants and traditions in Africa, particularly in Burkina Faso. I record and promote oral knowledges like traditional medicine.
I am working with cosmetics companies to establish sustainable vegetal suply chains. This includes searching for plants with cosmetic potential, as well as addressing legislative and logistical aspects to facilitate local development actions. 

After a Pharmacy degree in 1993 at the University of Montpellier, I graduated a Ph.D. in Pharmacognosy in 1998, at the University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne (French Ministry of Higher Education and Research grant). Then, I have been recruited at the University of Bourgogne as associate professor in Pharmacognosy in 1999, and full professor in 2009. I have been at the head of the Laboratory of Pharmacognosy since 2018.

Sandrine Mengue is currently a Senior lecturer of Psychophysiology at the University of Yaoundé 1 (Cameroon). She earned her Master of Animal Physiology at the same university, in 2011, and her Ph.D. in the same field with an emphasis on nervous impairment linked to postmenopause in 2016.  Working with Prof.

Prof. Badiaa Lyoussi, Head of Laboratory of Natural Substances, Pharmacology, Environment, Modeling, Health and Quality of Life (SNAMOPEQ), Member of the Apitherapy Commission of Apimondia, has a good experience over 30 years in the physiopathology and pharmacology of natural products. She had more than 206 scientific publications with h-index (41). She won the first price in the excellence for scientific research and innovation including active participation in innovative projects related to api-phytotherapy approach’s.

She is a Food Engineer with doctorate in Food Engineering. She was a visiting researcher at University of Orleans (ICOA). She is currently a full professor at the Faculty of Animal Science and Food Engineering at the University of São Paulo, Head of the Department and Coordinator of the Postgraduate Program in Food Engineering (PPGEA). She is a supervisor at PPGEA and a member of the International Master Program at University of Bordeaux (UFR of Pharmaceutical Sciences). She is a reviewer for several scientific journals with a safe editorial policy.

Since 2022, I am associate professor in the laboratory CHEMBIOPRO (Laboratoire de Chimie et Biotechnologie des Produits naturels) at the University of Reunion Island. My research topics are focused on aromatic and medicinal plants. I mainly work on valorisation of plants and co-products through characterization of active compounds for cosmetics or pharmaceutics applications. 

Valorisation of terpenes from Citrus peel waste 

Said gharby was born in 1978 in Casablanca City, Morocco. He received his Ph.D. in analytical chemistry, from Faculty of Science, University Mohammed V Rabat, in 2012. He had published more than 90 papers in international journals and presented about seventy 70 communications in symposia and national/international meetings. 
Since 2017, Said Gharby was appointed as a professor of analytical chemistry and quality control at the Polydisciplinary Faculty of Taroudant, Ibn Zohr University.

Mehdi Beniddir is a Professor of Natural Product Chemistry at the Faculty of Pharmacy of Paris-Saclay University. He obtained his PhD under the guidance of Dr Françoise Guéritte and Dr Marc Litaudon at the Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles (ICSN-CNRS) in 2012. After a post-doctoral period in the group of Prof. Erwan Poupon, he joined the Faculty of Pharmacy of Paris-Saclay University in 2014.