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.
Discover below the upcoming events we are organising or participating in.
2023
FOOD 2030: Green and resilient food systems
04/12/2023 – 05/12/2023
Brussels, Belgium
On 4 and 5 of December 2023, the European Commission will organise a conference in Brussels entitled “Food 2030: green and resilient food systems” to showcase achievements of EU food systems related projects, explore future research and innovation orientations and levers of change
EU Food Safety Forum: supporting the Food Safety Systems of the future
28/11/2023 – 29/11/2023
Brussels, Belgium
The first European Food Safety Forum will take place in Brussels on the 28 and 29 November 2023 in Brussels @ La Tricoterie.
14th European Nutrition Conference – FENS 2023
14/11/2023 – 17/11/2023
Belgrade, Serbia
ILSI Europe will participate once more to the internationaly renowned European Nutrition Conference hosted by the Federation of European Nutrition Societies (FENS 2023), with four sessions and a booth.
Demystifying Allergen Quantitative Risk Assessment
07/11/2023
Webinar, Zoom
The ILSI Europe Food Allergy Task Force is organising a webinar on November 7th as a follow-up to the Practical Guidance on Applying Quantitative Risk Assessment to Food Allergens in Food Operations. During this webinar, ILSI Europe experts will provide tools and methods to streamline the process of collecting data for food allergen risk assessments, thereby facilitating their implementation.
ILSI Europe Annual Symposium 2023
24/10/2023 – 25/10/2023
Brussels, Belgium
The ILSI Europe Annual Symposium (IEAS) will be back on 24 & 25 October 2023 in Brussels.
- To join in-person at the venue please apply here.
- To follow online, sign-up to this Platform by clicking on "Register now". On the day of the event, log in and click on "Join Now" to watch the streaming sessions.
Due to space constraints and because we give importance to a diverse audience, the European Commission reserves the right to limit the number of participants from the same organisation.
Find the programme and the speakers list here.
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The first European Food Safety Forum will take place in Brussels on the 28 and 29 November 2023 in Brussels @ La Tricoterie.
The Forum will be organized as periodic appointment for gathering together Food Safety System actors in order to share knowledge and best practices, to discuss the Food Safety hot issues, to propose collaborations for improving the efficacy of the Food Safety policies and research in Europe. It will be held in Brussels every year, usually jointly with a European Commission event. The first edition of the Forum will present the platform and the results of the FSOLabs.
Strategies, roadmaps and recommendations delivered by the project will be then validated at institutional level ensuring their alignment with EU Food Safety policies, and enhancing the harmonization of Horizon 2020 Associated Countries and neighbor countries policies with the European ones. The organization of the European Food Safety Forum will take into account the best innovative models of breakout sessions to make the participatory process more effective
Info and registration
Learn more and register here.
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1. Gut microbiota & health throughout different life stages
Tue 14 | 13:30 - 15:00 | Symposium 4 - Room 9Chair: Kristin Verbeke, Translational Research Center for Gastrointestinal Disorders -TARGID, BE
Co-chair: Elaine Vaughan, Sensus, NL Prebiotics, infectious diseases and immunity
Speaker: Paul de Vos (University of Groningen, NL)
The talk will elaborate on the extent and mechanisms by which prebiotics impact the human host to support immunity in infection situations and vaccination efficacy Biological ageing and the human intestinal microbiota
Speaker: Miguel Gueimonde, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)
The talk will discuss on the differences between two concepts of age, chronological vs biological, the role the gut microbiota and the possibilities for modulating the biological ageing process by microbiota-targeted dietary and/or lifestyle interventions. A systematic review of breast milk microbiota composition and the evidence for transfer to and colonization of the infant' gut
Speaker: Christine Edwards, Affiliation: University of Glasgow, UK
This review concluded, while there is considerable evidence that there is a diverse microbiota in human breastmilk across the period of breastfeeding with some consistency in composition, there are only limited data to support its role in colonisation of the infant gut.
2. Food for thought, and for cognitive ageing
Wed 15 | 11:00 - 12:30 | Symposium 5 - Room 11Chair: David Vauzour, Univ East Anglia, UK
Co-chair: Anirikh Chakrabarti, Cargill, BE The EAT-Lancet reference diet and cognitive function across the life course
Speaker: Curie Kim, King's College London, UK
A deep dive into the EAT-Lancet reference diet and the evidence base to answer the crucial question: Is a sustainable diet also sustainable for your brain? Prebiotics for a sharp mind? What we know and where to go next
Speaker: Boushra Dalile, PhD. , Translational Research Center for Gastrointestinal Disorders (TARGID), KU Leuven, Belgium
Presenting state-of-the-art on prebiotics and cognition and proposing a list of recommendation to move the field forward. Multi-nutrient interventions and cognitive ageing: are we barking up the right tree?
Speaker: Hayley Young, Swansea University, UK
This talk will discuss modern approaches to modelling the complexity of diet and its relations with brain aging.
3. Dietary Carbohydrates and Health
Thu 16 | 16:30 - 18:00 | Symposium 5 - Room 11Chair: Cristina Campoy, University of Granada, Sp
Co-chair: Stephan Theis, Beneo/Südzucker Group, De Health Relevance of Lowering Postprandial Glycaemia in the Paediatric Population through Diet'
Speaker: Anette Buyken (Paderborn University, De)
Results from a multistakeholder ILSI-workshop on current knowledge and gaps regarding the role of postprandial glycaemic response in the paediatric population Scientific review of digestible and non-digestible carbohydrates consumption for toddlers (1-3 years) in relation to health outcomes
Speaker: Bartlomiej Zalewski (Medical University of Warsaw; Chair of the ILSI Europe Dietary Carbohydrates expert group)
Effects of digestible and non-digestible carbohydrates in children aged 12-47 months on several outcomes of interest, based on RCTs and prospective cohort studies Precision nutrition approaches to improve glucose homeostasis
Speaker: Ellen Blaak (Maastricht University, NL)
This lecture will focus on Precision nutrition approaches to improve glucose homeostasis and glycemic variability
4. Increase transparency in the food chain by technology to facilitate healthy food choices
Fri 17 | 11:00 - 12:30 | Symposium 6 - Room 13Chair: Isabelle Guelinckx, ILSI Europe, Be
Co-chair: Jayne Woodside, Queens Univ Belfast, UK Transparency solutions for transforming the food system: the TITAN project
Speaker: Isabelle Guelinckx, ILSI Europe, BE
Presentation of the 4-year Eu funded project that aims to enhance food transparency in order to transform the food system into a demand-driven economy that provides consumers with healthy and sustainable food. A digital chatbot, the play-way to educate children and parents on nutritional habits
Speaker: Maijaliisa Erkkola, University of Helsinki, FL
Demonstration of how AI can be used to create an app consisting in an interactive place where children can learn from food by playing and interacting with a chatbot focused on their needs A QR code, so much more than just a link
Speaker: Ciro Borrelli, QualityChain, CH
Illustration on how digital technology can better inform consumers, and anti-counterfeiting for food businesses and retail Developing the Sus-Health index
Speaker: Jayne Woodside, Queens Univ Belfast, UK
This pilot plans to produce with stakeholders a pragmatic index to incentivises sustainable and healthy food consumption, test the index in 2 commercial food outlets and then upscale.
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For more information and registration, visit the conference website: fens2023.org
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The ILSI Europe Food Allergy Task Force is organising a webinar on November 7th as a follow-up to the Practical Guidance on Applying Quantitative Risk Assessment to Food Allergens in Food Operations. During this webinar, ILSI Europe experts will provide tools and methods to streamline the process of collecting data for food allergen risk assessments, thereby facilitating their implementation.
Registration
We are thrilled to present this event as a LinkedIn online experience, allowing you to choose the platform that suits you best: LinkedIn or Zoom.
To join via Zoom, register here.
To join via LinkedIn, click attend here.
Contact
For more information on this digital event, please contact Geraldine Borja at gborja@ilsieurope.be
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About the event
The ILSI Europe Annual Symposium (IEAS) will be back on 24 & 25 October 2023 in Brussels.
IEAS is a gathering of experts from around the world who meet to shed light on the current and future challenges in food safety, nutrition and sustainability. It is also an opportunity for stakeholders to take part in the debate around those topics and create connections.
This year, we also propose as a side event an interdisciplinary interactive workshop on the health benefits of prebiotics. (fully booked)
Programme and activities
Tuesday 24 October: ILSI Europe Annual Symposium
Scientific sessions and keynote presentations from top-notch experts in the field of food safety, nutrition and sustainability. A breakfast buffet will be available to participants upon arrival and the symposium will be followed by a reception on Tuesday 24.
Programme
Consult the detailed agenda Download the presentations' slidesSpeakers
Confirmed speakers include:
Dr. Paul Cotter
Head of Food Biosciences Department, Teagasc (IR)
Anna Stubbendorff
PhD Student, Sustainable Nutrition, Lund University (SE)
Dr. Boushra Dalile
Postdoctoral Researcher, KU Leuven (BE)
Dr. Ermolaos Ververis
Scientific Officer at Nutrition & Innovation Unit, EFSA (IT)
Prof. Julia Stingl
Professor, RWTH Aachen University (DE)
Dr. Willian Abraham da Silveira
Lecturer in Molecular Genetics and Genomics, Staffordshire University (UK)
Dr. Stefano Renzetti
Senior Scientist and Project Leader, Wageningen University (NL)
Dr. Torstein Skåra
Senior Scientist at Nofima (NO)
Prof. Ciarán G. Forde
Professor at Wageningen University & Research (NL)
Dr. Miguel Gueimonde
Research Scientist at IPLA-CSIC (ES)
Prof. Marco Arlorio
University of Piemonte Orientale (IT)
Organising Committee
Prof. Bas Blaauboer
University of Utrecht (NL)President of ILSI Europe (BE)
Dr. David Vauzour
Associate Professor, University of East Anglia, Norwich Medical School (UK)
Dr. Laura Righetti
Assistant Professor, Wageningen University & Research (NL)
Dr. Carolien van Loo-Bouwman
Senior manager Nutrition and Innovation, Yili Innovation Center Europe (NL)
Clémentine Thabuis
Nutrition Research Manager, Roquette (FR)
Dr. Jan de Vries
Consultant, De Vries Nutrition Solutions (NL)
Call for abstracts
We accept abstracts for the following sessions:
- Session 2: Beyond bread and beer: unleashing the power of fermented foods
- Session 3: Waste not, want more: creating value from food by-products and waste streams
Abstracts will be selected based on scientific excellence and relevance for the sessions. Submissions are accepted until August 31st. Presenting authors will be informed between Sept 1st and Sep 15th. If the presenting author is an Early Career Scientist, he/she will get priority over a senior scientist. An Early Career Scientist is defined as postgraduate student or a scientist from academia or industry who has received his/her highest degree (MSc or PhD) within the past ten years. Travel and accommodation for the selected presenting authors will be covered by ILSI Europe.
Abstracts submission is closed.
Wednesday 25 October: Prebiotics "sandpit"Identifying knowledge gaps and a roadmap for building a health claims portfolio
Interdisciplinary interactive workshop organised by the Prebiotic Task Force to identify current gaps in scientific understanding and support for prebiotic health benefits and the link to microbiota modulation.
Objectives
- Provide a state-of-the-art overview of the scientific evidence on the health benefits of prebiotics and the link to microbiota modulation.
- Identify the current routes to make a prebiotic claim for food or food supplements in Europe and compare these with worldwide health claim regulations (e.g. North America, Asia-Pacific).
- Design and co-build a roadmap to progress scientific support for prebiotic health effects and health claim substantiation.
What to expect from the interactive sandpits?
Three experts in the field will give a presentation on the mechanistic, clinical and regulatory insights related to prebiotic health benefits. The session will be closed with a 40min interactive discussion, in which the experts and workshop participants aim to answer the following questions:
- What is the consensus position with regard to the mechanism(s) and evidence linking prebiotics, microbiome modulation and physiological function for the corresponding topics?
- What are the gaps (both scientifically and from a regulatory perspective) regarding health claims for prebiotics and the corresponding topic?
- What is needed (or should be done) to approach/tackle these gaps?
- What could be an ideal roadmap to address these gaps and develop further support for prebiotic health effects and health claim substantiations?
Programme
Consult the detailed agenda Download the presentations' slides
Speakers
Confirmed speakers include:
Prof. Paul de Vos
University of Groningen (NL)
Prof. Nathalie Delzenne
UCLouvain (BE)
Prof. Gemma Walton
University of Reading (UK)
Prof. Seppo Salminen
University of Turku (FI)
Prof. Kieran Tuohy
University of Leeds (UK)
Prof. Ellen Blaak
University of Maastricht (NL)
Prof. Philip Calder
University of Southampton (UK)
Prof. Louise Dye
University of Leeds (UK)
Dr. Kathy Musa-Veloso
Intertek Scientific and Regulatory Consultancy (CA)
Dr. Alessandro Busetti
Metabolon (IT)
Dr. Annegret Nielsen
Analyze & Realize GmbH (DE)
Dr. Alwine Kardinaal
NIZO (NL)
Prof. Philip Burnet
University of Oxford (UK)
Dr. Lesley A. Houghton
University of Leeds (UK)
Organising Committee
Dr. Anirikh Chakrabarti
Senior Scientist, Cargill (BE)
Dr. Elaine Vaughan
Scientific & Regulatory Affairs, Sensus (NL)
Dr. Damien Guillemet
Scientific Development Director, Nexira (FR)
Prof. Kieran Tuohy
Professor of Energy Metabolism and Microbiome, University of Leeds (UK)
Dr. Lucien Harthoorn
Director Research & Development, Clasado Biosciences (UK)
Registration
Registration for IEAS on 24 OctoberTo attend the ILSI Europe Annual Symposium, register using the blue button below. Different fee categories are proposed. The registration fee for the Annual Symposium gives you access to the workshop on 25 October. Early bird fees are valid until 30 June 2023. Register to IEAS 2023 Registrations for workshop on 25 October
Registrations for the prebiotics workshop are closed.
Cancellation policy
Registration cancellations should be addressed in writing to Hugo Costa (hcosta@ilsieurope.be). Cancellations received before 10 October 2023 will be refunded minus €50 handling charges. Cancellations received after 10 October 2023 will not be refunded. Substitutions of attendees are accepted if addressed in writing to Hugo Costa.
Venue and access
The Symposium will take place in Comet Meetings Louise: Place Stéphanie 20, 1050 Brussels.
Metro, tram and bus
Comet Meetings Louise is located in the heart of the Louise district. Public transport is an excellent option to reach the venue:
- (M) Louise - Lines 2 and 6 (5 min walk)
- (T) Louise - Lines 8, 92, 93, 97 (5 min walk)
- (T) Stéphanie - Lines 8, 92, 93 (2min walk)
- (B) Stéphanie - Line N11 (3min walk)
Parking
If you decide to come by your own car, you will find several parking options just a few minutes' walk away.
- Inter-Parking Parking Stéphanie (4min walk)
- Q-Park Parking (4min walk)
- ZenPark Parking (5min walk)
Access to the conference will be granted to registered participants only. Upon arrival, participants should present themselves at the registration desk and will receive a personal badge. The registration desk will be opened from 08:30am to 09:30am.
Accessibility for everyone is one of our priorities. Comet has put in place various devices that make their facilities accessible to people with reduced mobility (PRM).
Free internet is provided by WiFi throughout the venue.
If you have any questions or specific access requirements, please email us at any time at hcosta@ilsieurope.be
Accomodation
All pre-booked rooms at Moxy Hotel for our upcoming event have been reserved. In case you were unable to secure a room, we have provided a list of nearby hotels from the venue for your convenience. Some of these hotels offer a discount code that can be used to secure a room at a better rate. Please follow this link for alternative accommodation options and to have access to these discounted rates.
Recording and photos
Video recording and photos will be taken during the event for communication purposes.
Contact
For more information about the symposium program, please contact Isabelle Guelinckx at iguelinckx@ilsieurope.be
For questions about the registration, please contact Hugo Costa at hcosta@ilsieurope.be
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Transforming our food systems for sustainability and resilience is pertinent and urgent to achieve our EU Green Deal goals. The food system is highly complex, characterised by uncertainty, multiple drivers, impacts and interconnected sectors, requiring trade-offs. Acting simultaneously on many fronts is the only key to success. This is why we need a systems approach to understand the challenges and to target transformational change through a coherent set of policies, initiatives, and investments. The role of Research and Innovation (R&I) policy has finally been recognised as key to unravelling the complexities and catalysing solutions.
In 2016, DG Research & Innovation launched the Food 2030 initiative, which set out an ambitious and impact-driven R&I policy framework for sustainable food systems, that is being deployed via Horizon Europe.
On 4 and 5 of December 2023, the European Commission will organise a conference in Brussels entitled "Food 2030: green and resilient food systems" to showcase achievements of EU food systems related projects, explore future research and innovation orientations and levers of change. The EC aims to convene a wide range of actors and policy makers for this in-person event, which will also be web streamed and recorded for those unable to travel.
Info and registration
- To join in-person at the venue please apply here.
- To follow online, sign-up to this Platform by clicking on "Register now". On the day of the event, log in and click on "Join Now" to watch the streaming sessions.
Due to space constraints and because we give importance to a diverse audience, the European Commission reserves the right to limit the number of participants from the same organisation.
Find the programme and the speakers list here.
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