The Dean of the Faculty of Biology, Drs. Imransaid L. Tobing, MS open the international conference that speakers from Rutgers University, USA; Hunter College, USA; Sidney University, Australia; LIPI; and UNAS.

The topics presented and discussed in the symposium are:
1.Prof. Dr. David Raubenheimer (Sidney University): The Nature of Nutrition: A Unifying Framework from Animal Adaptation to Human Obesity

2.Prof. Dr. Jessica Rothman (Hunter College): New Insight into the Nutritional Ecology of Wild Primates

3.Prof. Dr. Erin Vogel (Rutgers University): Protein Balance in Wild Bornean Orangutans

4.Prof. Dr. Ernawati Sinaga, MS, Apt (UNAS): The chemical composition of plant for medicine and food

5.Dr. Wartika Rosa Farida (LIPI)

6. Dr. Sri Endarti Rahayu (UNAS)

7.Achi Zulfa (UNAS)