Past Events

Past Events

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.

2025

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About

Since ISAPP's inception, its industry members and invited experts have gathered for the organization's much-anticipated annual meeting-held in a different global location each year. Organized around scientific developments and challenges facing the fields of probiotics, prebiotics, synbiotics, postbiotics and fermented foods, the meeting offers a diversity of ways to engage, including plenary talks, debate, small workshops, rapid-fire session of 5 minute late breaking news talks, poster session, ample Q&A time and networking over food and drinks.

ILSI Europe presentation

09:15 - 09:30: Towards EU health claims for prebiotics: A focus on scientific evidence and regulatory pathways - Elaine Vaughan, Sensus (NL)

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About the event

The Microplastics Initiative Community of Practice is preparing a webinar series for 2025 centered around four key focus areas: Analytics, Exposure, Biomonitoring, and Health Impact. For this second webinar Dr. Federic Been and Dr. H. Kas, authors of "Improved multivariate quantification of plastic particles in human blood using non-targeted pyrolysis GC-MS" will present a summary of their paper, highlighting key findings, research gaps, and opportunities for future exploration in the field of microplastic (MiP) analytics.

Dr. Marianna Armogida and Dr. Filip Sucharski from Haleon will provide insights into the study's methodology and discuss possible extensions of the findings by linking to another publication "Bioaccumulation of microplastics in decedent human brains"

Following up the talk, Dr. Inge Mulder from Amsterdam UMC will also dig deep into exploring the potential implications of detecting microplastics in the blood, including whether these particles might cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB).

Agenda

Welcome & Introduction
Speaker: Ruchi Shah
Affiliation: ILSI Europe
  • Welcome and introduction to ILSI Europe
  • Overview of the webinar objectives and speakers

Paper Summary
Speaker: Prof. Frederic Been
Affiliation: Amsterdam Institute for Life and Environment (A-LIFE), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Industry Perspective
Speakers: Filip Sucharski & Marianna Armogida
Affiliation: Haleon
Scientific Insight
Speaker: Dr. Inge Mulder
Affiliation: Amsterdam UMC, Translational Neurovascular Stroke Research Dept. of Biomedical Engineering and Physics
Q&A
Moderator: Dr. Todd Guin
  • Audience questions and expert reflections
Watch the webinar recording

This webinar is supported by the ILSI Europe Microplastics Initiative.

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About the event

Food allergies pose a significant health risk to millions globally and remain a primary public health concern. At the upcoming
Food Allergen Asia Conference, government regulators and the food industry will be able to learn and discuss the latest FAO/WHO studies, scientific guidance, and policy recommendations that will impact international standards, regulations, and beyond. Explore the changes to the development of global priority allergen lists, allergen thresholds, and robust risk assessment frameworks that form the backbone of food allergen management and control worldwide. Stay abreast of pressing issues such as precautionary labeling, regionally significant allergens, novel foods and ensuring compliance as the food landscape evolves.

ILSI Europe will participate this year with a presentation about the work of Food Allergen Analytics Task Force on food allergen detection: "Adapting Food Allergen Detection Strategies and Technologies in Response to Evolving FAO/WHO Guidelines"

Speakers

Bert Popping, FOCOS GbR, Germany

More info

Learn more about the event programme and register at here.

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About the event

The 18th International Scientific Conference on Probiotics, Prebiotics, Gut Microbiota and Health - IPC2025 will be held during the 24th - 26th June 2025 in Athens, Greece.

The goal of conference is to provide a scientific forum for all stakeholders of probiotics and prebiotics and to enable the interactive exchange of state-of-the-art knowledge. The conference is focused on evidence-based benefits, health claims proven in scientific experiments and clinical trials. New scientific evidences that support or question the efficiency of already existing or prospective substances and applications will be conferred. In addition novel strains, controversial but scientifically solid ideas, approaches and visions will be presented as well. Further to its scientific content, IPC2025 is a networking event. It is a unique opportunity to meet all the stakeholders of probiotics and prebiotics.

ILSI Europe session

ILSI Europe's Prebiotics and Probiotics Task Forces will share key insights from their research at the event, featuring three expert-led sessions on critical topics:

'Gut Health in Focus: Research Directions and Collaborations'

Tuesday, June 24th | 13:00-14:30 | Olympia Hall

Chair: Georgia Chatonidi (ILSI Europe, BE)

Speakers lineup:

  • Georgia Chatonidi (ILSI Europe, BE) - Introduction
  • Adele Costabile (Roehampton University, UK) - "Probiotic Clinical Study Design: What is the Most Appropriate?"
  • Kristin Verbeke (KU Leuven, BE) - "Identifying Key Markers to Evaluate Microbiota Impact on Health"
  • Hediye Arioz Tunc (University of Southampton, UK) - "Prebiotics and Immune Health: Systematic Review & Mechanisms"

More details about the session can be found here.

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About the event

In the light of new activities starting in ILSI Europe Task Forces, we see an evident demand to work on mineral oil risk assessment within our industry members and expert groups. This reflects us back to a previous workshop, which was followed by the publication 'Mineral oil risk assessment: Knowledge gaps and roadmap. Outcome of a multi-stakeholders workshop' Trends in Food Science & Technology, 31/05/2021

It has been some time since this last update. We aim to shed some light on the topic through a short webinar. It will build upon the above-mentioned publication and address whether there have been any advancements on the previous research. If there are, we'll share new findings. If there are not, it would be crucial to highlight the reasons on what is holding back the advancements in the area.

Webinar hosted by ILSI Europe Risk Analysis for Food Safety and Food Contaminants Task Forces

Speakers

  • Giorgia Purcaro - ULiège
  • Juan Carlos Corillo - Shell
  • Carlos Alberca - Cargill
Register here

Did you miss the webinar? Find the presentations' slides and the recording here!

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About

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ILSI Europe presentation

09:15 - 09:30: Towards EU health claims for prebiotics: A focus on scientific evidence and regulatory pathways - Elaine Vaughan, Sensus (NL)

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