ILSI Europe hosts, sponsors, and co-organises a variety of scientific events. These include independent symposia, workshops, webinars, hands-on scientific trainings and sessions held as part of the program of larger scientific conferences or professional meetings.
Explore below our past events for recordings, agendas, copies of presentations, meeting summaries and other reports.
2022
Thresholds of Toxicological Concern: recent developments – Continuing Education Course at ICT 2022
18/09/2022
Maastricht, The Netherlands
Reducing acrylamide exposure of consumers by a cereals supply-chain approach targeting asparagine
15/09/2022
Webinar, Zoom
4th Symposium on ‘Nutrition for the Ageing Brain’
25/08/2022 – 26/08/2022
Lisbon, Portugal
Join us to discuss and debate the potential for maintaining cognitive function through dietary intake. This event is supported by the Nutrition and Brain Health Task Force.
Cronobacter in the Spotlight: New Insights Into a Known Organism
13/07/2022
Webinar, GoToWebinar
This webinar was organised by ILSI Europe’s Microbiological Food Safety Task Force in collaboration with IAFP.
15th International Scientific Conference on Probiotics, Prebiotics, Gut Microbiota and Health – IPC2022
27/06/2022 – 30/06/2022
Bratislava, Slovakia
- Dr Heli Miriam Hollnagel, Dow, Europe, CH
- Pof. Corrado Lodovico Galli, University of Milan, IT
Presentations
Talk 1: Introduction to TTC - Concept, databases, excluded substances and sources of uncertaintySpeaker: Dr Heli Miriam Hollnagel, Dow Europe, CH Talk 2: Recent advances: TTC values for (non)- DNA reactive carcinogens and TTC for airborne compounds
Speaker: Dr Silvia Escher, Fraunhofer ITEM, DE Talk 3: Towards internal threshold of toxicological concern (iTTC): Implementation of Pharmacokinetics (PK) in the safety assessment
Speaker: Dr Abdulkarim Najjar, Beiersdorf, DE Talk 4: TTC in regulatory processes and the US FDA Expanded Decision Tree
Speaker: Prof. Corrado Lodovico Galli, University of Milan, IT
Booth
The exhibition of ICT 2022 was scheduled for four days from Sunday to Wednesday, 18 to 21 September 2022.ILSI Europe was present as exhibitor at booth no 5, conveniently located at the "Brightlands Foyer" of MECC. We showcased our current activities/scientific portfolio and discussed membership opportunities. About the ICT Congresses
The International Congress of Toxicology was jointly organized by the International Union of Toxicology and the European Society of Toxicology and takes place every two years. This year's theme was "Uniting in Toxicology" and had an inspiring scientific program with plenty of discussions and possibilities to exchange knowledge. Its objective was to promote the scientific state of the art as well as reflection on great achievements in recent years.
For more details and registration, please visit the event's website.
Contact InformationILSI Europe Continuing Education Course
- Mr Torben Koenig - ILSI Europe Scientific Project Manager (tkoenig@ilsieurope.be)
- Ms Belinda Antonio - ILSI Europe Project Assistant (bantonio@ilsieurope.be)
ILSI Europe booth stand
- Dr Isabelle Guelinckx, ILSI Europe Scientific Program Director (iguelinckx@ilsieurope.be)
Watch the Webinar HERE
Presentations
Dr Mafalda Quintas - Prof. Nigel Halford
Speaker
Prof. Nigel Halford - Rothamsted Research (UK)
Abstract
Acrylamide forms during industrial food processing and home cooking. For years, the cereals processing industry has been engaged in reducing acrylamide formation through production process optimisations and establishment of guidelines.The 2017 EC Regulation on acrylamide sets benchmarks on acrylamide levels in food, which are considered to be either challenging or insufficient, depending on who is asked. However, if no drastic action is taken, future regulations may threaten the availability of cereals brands.
A new 4 year COST action, called ACRYRED has kicked-off this fall. ACRYRED's challenge is to establish a multi-disciplinary research and communication network on reducing acrylamide formation, involving the entire value chain from grains to consumer products. If asparagine levels can be reduced through better varieties and farming practices, downstream acrylamide formation in cereals-based products could be reduced significantly. Workstreams will also include integration of knowledge on food chemistry and processing, the risk-benefit of Maillard reaction products, and the economic consequences of mitigation measures that may become available.
Join this webinar to hear more about the action, the partners involved and how you can sign up, from the project leader, Prof. Nigel Halford (Rothamsted Research).
The memorandum of understanding and management committee of ACRYRED can be found here.
Contact Information
Dr Konrad Korzeniowski - ILSI Europe Scientific Project Manager (kkorzeniowski@ilsieurope.be)
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'Cronobacter videos recorded by Prof. Steve Forsythe'
- Mis-identifications of Cronobacter
- 10 year analysis of an outbreak. Part 1: PFGE
- 10 year analysis of an outbreak. Part 2: MLST, SNP, CRISPR-cas
- PubMLST analysis of FDA Michigan isolates
- Advanced cgMLST: neonatal meningitic pathovar C. sakazakii CC4
About the webinar
Cronobacter spp. is generally known to survive for long times in dry environments and can also form biofilms. Due to these characteristics the genus is ubiquitous in the environment, and has been isolated from different sources: water, soil, dust, cereals, animal products, herbs, spices and others. Cronobacter spp. (formerly known as Enterobacter sakazakii) was also identified as causative agent in foodborne outbreaks, esp. leading to severe infections, and even death, in infants. Since the majority of cases are in neonates and even premature neonates, the main food product involved is powdered infant formula for babies of 0-6 months. The organism is very robust in surviving dry conditions and is even more difficult to control in dry factory environments than Salmonella. The persistence of these organisms also led to re-occurring outbreaks, fortunately not frequently, but consistent. In this webinar, we started with a short introduction to the organism and then discussed more details, which are relevant for Cronobacter spp. controls, with an expert panel on subjects like: epidemiology, ecology, persistence, sampling, detection and identification methods, microbiological criteria, and preventive measures. The audience was invited to send in questions beforehand.
Learning Objectives:
- Epidemiology, Ecology, Persistence, Sampling, Detection and Identification Methods
- Microbiological Criteria
- Preventive measures
Speakers
- Prof. Seamus Fanning, University of Dublin, IE
- Dr Roy Betts, Campden BRI Group, UK
- Prof. Marcel Zwietering, University of Wageningen, NL
- Mr Francois Bourdichon, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, IT
- Prof. Stephen Forsythe, Guest lecturer at the University of Hong Kong, HK and Advisor to Center for Food Safety, Stellenbosch University, ZA
Moderator
- Dr Anett Winkler, Cargill, DE
Contact
For more information on this digital event, please contact Dr Konrad Korzeniowski, Scientific Project Manager at kkorzeniowski@ilsieurope.be.
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Speakers
Tuesday, 28 June 2022Prof. Sean, Gibbons - Institute for Systems Biology, US
Leveraging the microbiome to predict personalized responses to dietary, pre- and probiotic interventions Wednesday, 29 June 2022
Prof. Colette Shortt - University of Ulster
Gut Brain Axis: Looking Ahead Wednesday, 29 June 2022
Dr Arthur Ouwehand - IFF, FI
Updated concise monograph on Dietary Probiotics, Prebiotics and the Gut Microbiota in Human Health Thursday, 30 June 2022
Dr Benjamin Jensen - University of Copenhagen, DK
Mapping of probiotics and their activities in the small intestine compared to the colon Booth
ILSI Europe was present as exhibitor. We showcased our current activities/scientific portfolio and discussed membership opportunities.
For more details and registration, please visit the event's website.
Contact InformationMs Naomi Venlet - ILSI Europe Scientific Project Manager (nvenlet@ilsieurope.be)
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ILSI Europe Continuing Education Course at ICT 2022
ILSI Europe sponsored a Continuing Education Course on thresholds of toxicological concern - recent developments.This session was supported by ILSI Europe's Alternatives to Animal Testing (AAT) and Threshold of Toxicological Concern (TTC) Task Forces.
Sunday, 18 September 2022 from 13.30-16.00 CET
Chair of the Session
- Dr Heli Miriam Hollnagel, Dow, Europe, CH
- Pof. Corrado Lodovico Galli, University of Milan, IT
Presentations
Talk 1: Introduction to TTC - Concept, databases, excluded substances and sources of uncertaintySpeaker: Dr Heli Miriam Hollnagel, Dow Europe, CH Talk 2: Recent advances: TTC values for (non)- DNA reactive carcinogens and TTC for airborne compounds
Speaker: Dr Silvia Escher, Fraunhofer ITEM, DE Talk 3: Towards internal threshold of toxicological concern (iTTC): Implementation of Pharmacokinetics (PK) in the safety assessment
Speaker: Dr Abdulkarim Najjar, Beiersdorf, DE Talk 4: TTC in regulatory processes and the US FDA Expanded Decision Tree
Speaker: Prof. Corrado Lodovico Galli, University of Milan, IT
Booth
The exhibition of ICT 2022 was scheduled for four days from Sunday to Wednesday, 18 to 21 September 2022.ILSI Europe was present as exhibitor at booth no 5, conveniently located at the "Brightlands Foyer" of MECC. We showcased our current activities/scientific portfolio and discussed membership opportunities. About the ICT Congresses
The International Congress of Toxicology was jointly organized by the International Union of Toxicology and the European Society of Toxicology and takes place every two years. This year's theme was "Uniting in Toxicology" and had an inspiring scientific program with plenty of discussions and possibilities to exchange knowledge. Its objective was to promote the scientific state of the art as well as reflection on great achievements in recent years.
For more details and registration, please visit the event's website.
Contact InformationILSI Europe Continuing Education Course
- Mr Torben Koenig - ILSI Europe Scientific Project Manager (tkoenig@ilsieurope.be)
- Ms Belinda Antonio - ILSI Europe Project Assistant (bantonio@ilsieurope.be)
ILSI Europe booth stand
- Dr Isabelle Guelinckx, ILSI Europe Scientific Program Director (iguelinckx@ilsieurope.be)