The
10th International Medicinal Mushroom Conference
Press
Release
The 10th
International Medicinal Mushroom Conference (IMMC10), led by Professor Yu Li,
Chairman of International Society for Medicinal Mushrooms (ISMM) and the
Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering, was successfully held at Alphay
International Conference Center (AICC), in Nantong, China on September 19-22, 2019.
A lot of activities including the 297th Chinese Engineering Science
and Technology Symposium--Forum for the Fungal Health Industry, Professor
Shu-Ting Chang’s Symposium on Academic Thoughts, the founding workshop of the Health
Industry Branch and the Lingzhi Industry Branch of the Mycological Society of
China etc, were also organized during the conference. More than 500 professionals
from 43 countries and regions participated in the event.
The theme of
IMMC10 was “Medicinal Mushroom Science: Innovations and Challenges”. The
conference was supervised by International Society for Medicinal Mushrooms and
Jiangsu Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, hosted by China
Chamber of Commerce of Foodstuffs and Native Produce (CFNA) and Mycological
Society of China and Jilin Agricultural University; co-organized by China
Chamber of Commerce of Foodstuffs and Native Produce, Edible Mushroom Branch,
Internationally Cooperative Research Center of China for New Germplasm Breeding
of Edible Mushroom, Ministry of Science and Technology, Jiangsu Alphay
Bio-Technology Co., Ltd., Key Laboratory of Edible Mushroom Processing of
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, National and Local Joint Engineering
Research Center for Research and Utilization of Economic Fungi, National Edible
and Medicinal Mushroom Industry Technology Innovation Strategic Alliance,
Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences and Jiangsu Edible Fungi Association. It
featured a wide range of academic discussions and keynote speeches, scientific
forums, poster presentations, and exhibitions of edible and medicinal mushroom
products.
The scientific
symposium included
biodiversity and ethnomycology,
genetics and breeding, cultivation and fermentation, biochemistry and
pharmacology, nutritional and medicinal values, industrialization,
as well as the application
of medicinal mushroom in animal, agriculture and
clinical. The conference proceedings collected 71
papers and 316 abstracts in total. In addition, 54 posters and 151 oral reports
were presented and the presentation time lasted for 62 hours. Besides, 28
exhibitors from China, United States, Thailand and Malaysia presented their
up-to-date products and service.
The
International Medicinal Mushroom Conference is one of the most influentially
large-scale activities in the global edible and medicinal mushroom industry,
regarded as “the Olympic Games of mushroom” with its high-standard, profession
and internationality. It is a great platform for the international experts,
scholars and industry people to exchange and interact with each other. It is
the perfect combination of academia and industry. This Conference refreshed the
IMMC past conferences with its high-level, high-standard and large-scale, which
plays an important role in promoting the development of medicinal mushroom in
the world.