Imre Blank, Head of R&D Networks
Nestle Fellow – Food Chemistry & Flavours, Switzerland
Title:Major trends in flavor research
John O’Brien, The Food Observatory, Weybridge, UK
Title:21st Century challenges and opportunities in food risk assessment
Markus Fischer, Director Hamburg School of Food Science(HSFS), University of Hamburg, Germany
Title:Food Authentication
Dieter Schrenk, Head of the Dept. of Food Chemistry and Toxicology Technical University of Kaiserslautern, Germany
Title:Risk on the table?-perspectives in chemical food safety
Michael Rychlik, Chair of Analytical Food Chemistry (Head), Technical University of Munich, Germany
Title:Foods high in folate vitamins – Analytical confirmation and biofortification
Tsimidou Maria, Director Laboratory Food Chemistry and Technology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Title:TBA
Rui Hai Liu, Professor, Department of Food Science, Cornell University, USA
Title:Synergy and molecular targets of dietary bioactive components for cancer prevention
Mun Yhung Jung, Director Agricultural and Food Product Analysis Center, Woosuk University, South Korea
Title:TBA
Pingfan Rao, Director, CAS.SIBS-Zhejiang Gongshang University; Honorary Vice-president, Chinese Institute of Food Science and Technology, China
Title:Advancing food chemistry: from chemistry to food
E. Elias Hakalehto, CEO, Finnoflag Oy, Finland
Title:Food, microbiome and nutrition - causal links influencing the health of patients
Eckhard Flöter, Chair of Food Process Engineering, Dept. of Food Technology and Food Chemistry, TU Berlin, Germany
Title:TBA
Renowned Speakers
Thierry Thomas-Danguin, Senior Research Scientist, CSGA – INRA, France
Title:Reducing sugar, salt and fat content in food: can we still preserve taste?
Berta Spasova, Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology IGB, Germany
Title:TBA
Romdhane Karoui, Artois University, Charles Viollette Institute, France
Title:TBA
Zvi Hayouka, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Title:Fighting foodborne bacteria using peptides
Edward Muntean, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Romania
Title:Paralel chromatography application in beverages' authentication
Glaucia Maria Pastore, UNICAMP, Brazil
Title:Small Brazilian wild fruits: Nutrients, bioactive compounds, health-promotion properties and impact in food industries
Vania Margaret Flosi Paschoalin, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Title:Beetroot supplementation and the effects of its bioactive compounds in health and disease
Lisa M. Lamothe, Nestle Research Center, Switzerland
Title:Carbohydrate structure and glycemic response: designing α-glucan structures for slow glucose release
Mohamed Tarek Khadir, University Badji Mokhtar Annaba, Algeria
Title:Advantages of Model Predictive Control in Food Industry-Case study on pasteurization temperature control
Concettina La Motta, University of Pisa, Italy
Title:TBA
Maria Teresa SR Gomes, University of Aveiro, Portugal
Title:Using chemical sensors to detect fraud, contaminants, or changes in rheological properties during food processing
Isabel. M.P.L.V.O. Ferreira, University of Porto, Portugal
Title:Influence of diet pattern on bioaccessibility and absorption of heterocyclic aromatic amines and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
Olivia Maria de Castro Pinho, University of Porto, Portugal
Title:Impact of wheat bread fortified with fibre enriched extracts on mineral composition and bioaccessibility
Miguel A. Faria, University of Porto, Portugal
Title:Antiproliferative interactions between anthocyanins, phenolic acids, and flavonols in gastric and intestinal cancer cells in vitro
Inge S. Fomsgaard, Aarhus University, Denmark
Title:Potentially health-promoting phytochemicals of the benzoxazinoid group, abundant in cereal grains and food products
Sofia Agriopoulou, Technological Educational Institute of Peloponnese, Greece
Title:TBA
Ronald de Vries, Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, Netherlands
Title:Discovery of novel fungal enzymes for food applications
Xuan Zhu, Zhejiang Gongshang University, China
Title:Effects of cobalamin on inflammatory bowel disease and the intestinal microbiota composition in mice
Shiyi Tian, Zhejiang Gongshang University, China
Title:Enhancing vitamin b12 content in co-fermented soy-milk via a Lotka Volterra model
Jianzhong Han, Zhejiang Gongshang University, China
Title:Comparative analysis of traditional fermentation furu for the presence of microbiome and vitamin B12 content
Geana Elisabeta-Irina, The National Institute for Research and Development for Cryogenic and Isotopic Technologies ICSI, Romania
Title:The influence of honey adulteration with sugar syrups on the honey bioactive compounds and biochemical properties
Thozama Mandindi, Walter Sisulu University, South Africa
Title:Analysis of edible wild plants with health promotion benefits
Guy Mechrez, Agricultural Research Organization (ARO), Israel
Title:Synthesis of new inorganic Janus particles: self-assembly, Nanostructuring and applications
Mahmut Dogan, Erciyes University, Turkey
Title:Effect of the particle size on the technological properties of apple dietary insoluble fiber obtained by using different drying and milling techniques
Pedro Valencia, Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria, Chile
Title:Mathematical index to evaluate the proteolytic susceptibility of food proteins
Margit Cichna-Markl, University of Vienna, Austria
Title:Differentiation of berry species in foods by DNA barcoding and High-Resolution Melting (HRM) analysis
Ditte Baun Hermund, Technical University of Denmark
Title:Physical and oxidative stability of high-fat fish-oil emulsions with added algae-based stabilizers from Saccharina latissima
Mahmut Dogan, Erciyes University, Turkey
Title:Optimization of the production of liquid coffee creamer by using different ingredient: Taguchi Methodology
Maria Anastassiadou, European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), Italy
Title:Chemically defined flavouring substances in food: the EFSA evaluation procedure and its status
Gloria Astrid Garzon Monroy, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia
Title:Vaccinium meridionale pomace as ingredient for the development of functional Greek yogurt
Margit Cichna-Markl, Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES), Austria
Title:Differentiation of Berry Species in Foods by DNA Barcoding and High Resolution Melting (HRM) Analysis
Rupert Hochegger, Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES), Austria
Title:TBA
Juliana da Silveira Espindola, Federal University of Rio Grande (FURG), Brazil
Title:Raman spectroscopy for carotenoids analysis in Bunchosia glandulifera pulps
Title:Novel sorbitol ester of norbixin disperses bixin in aqueous solution through a nanostructure complex that shows higher storage stability than norbixin at moderate temperatures
Jelena Golubovic, Jozef Stefan Institute, Slovenia
Title:Phytoestrogen content in organically- and conventionally produced beer and hops
Kathy Van Den Houwe, Scientific Institute of Public Health (WIV-ISP), Belgium
Title:Analytical strategies to study the migration of selected chemical contaminants into dry foodstuffs
Chitta Ranjan Deb, Nagaland University, India
Title:Ethnic fermented food products of Nagaland, India
Amiza Mat Amin, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Malaysia
Title:Optimization of enzymatic protein hydrolysis condition of edible bird’s nest using Alcalase® to obtain the maximum degree of hydrolysis
Oren Tirosh, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Title:S-nitroso-N-acetylcysteine as a nitrite replacement additive in meat products
Rui-Min Han, Renmin University of China, China
Title:Molecular mechanism of radical scavenging for metal-flavonoid complexes as antioxidants
Keynote Speakers
