Events
About the Congress
It is our great pleasure to invite you to participate in the 4th International Apitherapy Congress of IFA on 21 May – 24 May 2021, to be held online during the online International World Api-Expo, on 20 – 29 May 2021.
It will be an excellent opportunity to celebrate the World Bee Day on the 20th May and bring all the colleagues together for discussion and interaction, while also providing a significant networking platform through the attendance of major stakeholders.
Keynote Speaker
Prof. Fang Zhu
President of the Apicultural Science Association of China
In July 1956, Prf. Fang Zhu started his apitherapy healthcare practice with experiments, observations and researches at home and abroad. Then on February 14, 1958, he wrote the paper “Bee—the Friend of Health” and published it in the newspaper “People’s Daily”. In August 1959, the Chinese Medicine Association compiled and published People’s Health Care and Chinese Magazine on Dermatology, which presented papers on treating diseases using bee venom and propolis respectively. Dr Fang Zhu was the first person to come up with the technique of bee acupuncture combining meridians and points.
Featured Speakers
Prof. Abdurrahim Koçyiğit
Head of Medical Biochemistry Department. Bezmialem Vakıf University / Turkey
Prof. Ahmed Hegazi
Microbiology and Immunology in the National Research Center, Egypt
Prof. Badiaa Lyoussi
Head of Pharmacology Department, University of Fez, Morocco
Dr. Christina Mateescu, PhD
President of Apitherapy Scientific Commission in Apimondia / Romania
Etienne Bruneau
President of the Apimondia Scientific Commission "Beekeeping Technology and Quality"
Prof. Erdem Yeşilada
Yeditepe University, Head of Department of Pharmacognosis and Phytotherapy / Turkey
James Townsend Fearnley
Director of Apiceutical Research Center / UK
Prof. Li Wanyao
President of the Traditional Chinese Medicine Apitherapy Society / China