It is our pleasure to announce the 13th ACGG Conference, following the success of the previous events. The ACGG Conference is an annual meeting, particularly among the members of Asian Community of Glycoscience and Glycotechnology (ACGG), to disseminate recent findings on a broad range of topics in glycoscience/glycotechnology. Active members of the community are currently from China, Hongkong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand that organises the ACGG conference on a rotational basis. The first ACGG conference was hosted by Japan (Tsukuba) in 2009 followed by Taiwan (Taipei, 2010), China (Shanghai, 2011), South Korea (Jeju, 2012), Thailand (Khon Kaen, 2013), India (Hyderabad, 2014), Japan (Miyagi, 2015), China (Wuxi, 2016), Hong Kong (2017), Taiwan (Tainan, 2018), South Korea (Busan, 2019) and India (Hyderabad, 2023). The 13th ACGG Conference will be held for two days, on 14-15 November 2024, in Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia, with a theme of "Roles of Carbohydrate for Health and Green Industries."

Glycoscience and glycotechnology contribute towards solving major global problems, especially in the fields of agriculture, energy, medicine and biotechnology. The 13th ACGG Conference would include keynote and plenary lectures on the current trends and scenarios in glycoscience/glycotechnology. Furthermore, this conference is designed to provide participants from academia, governmental and non-governmental organisations as well as industry with a platform to share and discuss glycoscience/glycotechnology research in an international atmosphere, with oral or poster presentations. We also encourage students to present their research achievements.

We believe that this international event will expand our horizons in the field of glycoscience/glycotechnology and carbohydrate biotechnology as well. Therefore, we cordially invite you to attend the conference.