10 - 12 october, 2024, owerri

A Natural Product expo/symposium that promotes the use of Natural Products, herbal medicine, complementary and alternative medicine.

A Natural Product Expo

About The Event

The overall goal of HerbFEST is to showcase our achievements, research results, rich biodiversity and investment opportunities to the world and enhance the patronage/recognition, productive capacity and income status of small producers.

It is designed to provide an interactive platform for scientists, traditional healers, and natural products manufacturers to review developments in herbal medicinal products.

The 15th edition of HerbFEST 2024, is themed ‘ Herbal Medicine for Sustainable Development ’ with the following subthemes;

a. Ethnobotanical Insights into African Medicinal Plants Conservation,
b. Nigerian Medicinal Plants: A treasured natural resource for drug research and development.
c. Capacity Building for Medicinal Plants Research and Development,
d. Medicinal Plants and Public Health.
e. Standards for life: The Role of Standards Development in the Commercial Exploitation of Herbal Medicinal Plants.
f. Climate Change and Medicinal Plants.

***There will also be a session on Clinical dialogue on Patient Management..***

HerbFEST 2024 will hold as a hybrid event (a blend of virtual and physical seminar)

Where

Owerri, Imo state, Nigeria.

When

10 – 12 October, 2024

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Event Schedule

Day 1

10 Oct, 2024

Opening ceremony

Owerri, Imo state

Day 2

11 Oct, 2024

conveners

Owerri, Imo state

Day 3

12 Oct, 2024

training/EXCURSION

BION Facility, Umuna, Imo state.

Meet

Our Speakers

Prof
Elaine
elizabetsky

prof
martins n.
ike-muonso

prof
elijah
sokomba

prof
maurice
iwu

pharm
titus t.
tile

tf
okujagu

dr ifeanyi
chukwunonso
okeke

A Few Words

About Our Organizer

Bioresources Development and Conservation Programme (BDCP) is a not-for-profit, non-governmental, knowledge based organization dedicated to sustainable utilisation and conservation of biological resources.

Founded in Nigeria in 1991,

the organization has country programmes and offices in several countries in Africa as well as a Washington DC office in the United States.

BDCP’s focus is on sustainable utilization and conservation of biological resources through innovative management and technical support for grass-roots sustainable development projects with special emphasis on projects that promote health,

sustain biodiversity, utilize natural products and support traditional healers. Traditional healers, a major custodian of the biodiversity and ethnomedicinal knowledge, are integrated into all projects, resulting in truly unique grass roots efforts.

The result of this work has been the creation of a successful drug development and biodiversity conservation programmes, where reciprocity and capacity building are central to the process.

Bioresources Development and Conservation Programme (BDCP) is organizing the 15th edition of HerbFEST 2024, an annual regional, natural products expo and Africa’s premier herbs, health foods and natural products Conference, the theme for this year is “HERBAL MEDICINE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT” with the following sub-themes:

***There will also be a session on Clinical dialogue on Patient Management.***

HerbFEST 2024 will hold as a hybrid event (a blend of virtual and physical seminar) on the 10th -12th of October 2024 in Owerri, Imo state.

Venue