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.
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Sustainable Food Summitt 2024
04/07/2024 – 05/07/2024
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
NutrEvent 2024
01/10/2024 – 02/10/2024
Lille, France
ILSI Europe Annual Symposium 2024
27/11/2024
Lyngby, Denmark
IAFP’s European Symposium on Food Safety
30/04/2024 – 02/05/2024
Geneva, Switzerland
Global Engage Microbiome & Probiotics R&D and Business Collaboration Forum
23/04/2024 – 24/04/2024
The Hague, The Netherlands
- Session 6 - Forever Young: Exploring Solutions for Healthy Aging and Nutrition
- Session 7a - Redefining Resilience: Innovations for a Sustainable Food Future
- Session 8 - Taste the Future: A Journey into Tomorrow's Food Landscape
The sessions' descriptions can be found in the programme below
Abstracts will be selected on the basis of scientific excellence and relevance to the sessions.Submissions will be accepted until 1 July. Authors will be notified at the end of August.
Travel and accommodation for the selected speakers will be covered by ILSI Europe (oral presentations only). Send an abstract
Programme
Here is the detailed programme for ILSI Europe Annual Symposium.To find the detailed programme for the Early Career Scientists Event, click here.
9:00 - 9:30
Networking Coffee
09:30 - 10:20
Session 5 - Keynote: To be defined
10:20 - 11:00
Networking Break & Poster Session
11:00 - 12:30
Session 6 - Forever Young: Exploring Solutions for Healthy Aging and Nutrition
The pace of population ageing is accelerating. The proportion of the world's population over 60 years will continue to grow in the upcoming years I think you need to say that older adults will form a larger proportion of the population?. This prolonged lifespan is accompanied by an upsurge in chronic diseases, including cardiovascular disorders, diabetes, cancer, sarcopenia, and degenerative conditions. Could ageing processes be delayed by intervention earlier in life? Research has revealed the connections between dietary quality and life expectancy, as well as the potential benefits of interventions such as caloric restriction, micronutrient supplementation, and consumption of antioxidants and functional foods . Additionally, incorporating sustainability in the pursuit of understanding ageing mechanisms and developing nutritional strategies aligns with a holistic vision of human and planetary health. This session proposes to explore how nutrition emerges as a natural arsenal in the fight against age-related ailments, as well as solutions that can be both effective for individuals and sustainable for generations to come.
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch Break & Poster Session
14:00 - 15:30
Session 7a - Redefining Resilience: Innovations for a Sustainable Food Future
There is an urgent need for food system change to improve both health and environmental outcomes in fairer and more equitable ways. Food needs to be healthy, accessible, and affordable for all citizens. No country is completely food secure, and we all rely upon food imports and exports. Pandemics, conflict and climate change have shown that our food system is vulnerable to environmental and geo-political shocks. There is a clear need to enhance food system resilience to further crises and stresses. Many argue that food should be more expensive, that we are not paying the true cost of the food we put on our plates. Yet, at the same time, we see a rise in the use of food banks and other charitable food provision because many people in our society cannot afford to feed themselves due to the cost of living crisis. This is a dilemma which faces the food industry, policy makers and consumers. A variety of solutions are proposed though it is clear that one size does not fit all. We need to address the whole food system to ensure access to safe, nutritious food for all. Where do we start?
Session 7b - Panel Discussion on innovations in Food Safety
Food safety is under pressure from climate change, emerging raw materials, circular economy, and dietary changes. An adaption of food safety management systems is needed to make them more robust towards changes and hazards. Additionally, EU Member States aim to maintain the highest levels of food safety. In order to reach these highest standards and adapt to changing environment, there is a need for greater synergy among industry, regulators and researchers to 1) discuss and identify food safety priorities, 2) develop innovative solutions and 3) implement them by all players in the food chain into practice. This session will start with a presentation of 2 EU-funded projects, called CATALYSE and FoodSafeR. Then a tripartite panel will be discuss priorities, needs and barriers in the area of food safety. The audience is of course invited to actively participate in the discussion.
15:30 - 16:10
Networking Break & Poster Session
16:10 - 17:50
Session 8 - Taste the Future: A Journey into Tomorrow's Food Landscape
A growing number of food tech companies are using precision fermentation to create animal-free proteins, fats, and oligosaccharides in pursuit of a more sustainable future. New yeast and bacteria fermentation technologies turn simple inputs into a variety of high-quality nutritious fats and functional proteins with a far lower environmental impact than traditional agriculture can deliver. Moreover, the first large-scale robotic vertical farms produce spinach and berries. These urban farms aim to provide essential daily-life vegetables in a more operationally cost-efficient way than traditional farms. These developments show that our future food will likely come also from food grade controlled laboratories and controlled indoor vertical farms. How will our food look and taste in the future? Are consumers ready to consume these differently produced food products? How much should we inform or educate consumers about the origin of the nutrients they consume? Will there be resistance depending on the form of the foods? Let's delve into the questions that define the future of our food.
Registration
Registrations will open soon. Stay tuned!
Registration for the Annual Symposium is also valid for the Early Career Scientists Event.Various prize categories are on offer. Early bird registration dates are valid until 1 June 2024.
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About the event
We are honoured to be part of the 2024 IAFP European Symposium organising committee!
Since 2005, IAFP's European Symposium has been shaping the future of food safety by providing a forum for the exchange of ideas with colleagues from across Europe working in industry, government, and academia. The Symposium is an excellent forum to gain knowledge about the latest developments and techniques in food science and safety. The symposium will be held 30 April - 2 May in Geneva, Switzerland.
Catalyse EU Project World Café
Research and innovation for food safety must be developed to further explore and manage (new) risks. In a World Café set up , we will explore needs and priorities within the 6 critical Food Safety areas identified by Flanders' Food:
- Understanding - Create understanding and appreciation of food safety
- Trendrisk - Create support for demand-driven food safety problems
- Tech-enabled - Incorporate technology into a food-safe work environment
- Farm-to-Fork risks - Make food safety more sustainable and connected
- Pathogen control - Monitor the presence and growth of pathogenic microorganisms
- Clean production - Monitor hygiene to control food safety
Your participation in the focus group will not only benefit your professional development, but will also contribute to the collective effort to improve food safety across Europe.
Limited seats! To participate, register here.
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About the event
Global Engage is pleased to announce the 12th Microbiome, Probiotics & Prebiotics R&D and Business Collaboration Forum, which is confirmed to be held on April 23-24 2024 in The Netherlands and co-located with the 6th Skin Microbiome & Cosmeceuticals Congress.
This world-renowned event which attracted 265 industry, academic, and investment leaders last year, enables the discussion of the most scientific cutting-edge microbiome, probiotics and skin-based research; the challenges and opportunities in translating research towards commercialisation, and partnerships and collaborations that secure investment. With 3 conferences and 8 tracks, there is ample content to learn from top scientists, network and broaden your connections and should you wish showcase your work in the poster presentation sessions or get involved in the interactive panel and roundtable discussions.
ILSI Europe session
A session will present the work of the ILSI Europe expert group on Prebiotics and Cognition commissionned by the Prebiotics Task Force.
Track: Gut Brain AxisSession time: Tuesday 23rd April 2024 | 12:40 - 13:10
Session title: Prebiotics and Cognition - A Review and Future Directions for Human Intervention Studies
Prebiotics have been tested in preclinical and human intervention studies for their effects on cognition. In this presentation, these studies are reviewed together with a list of recommendations to move the field forward. Specifically, we stress the need to perform studies in healthy participants that test the potential "rescuing" effects of prebiotics under conditions where cognition may be transiently compromised. Ultimately, such studies would allow better estimation of the magnitude.
Speaker: Franco Ruiz, PhD Student at KU Leuven (Laboratory for Brain-Gut Axis Studies (LaBGAS), Translational Research for Gastrointestinal Disorders (TARGID) division, Department of Chronic and Metabolic Diseases)
Further information
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About the event
Since 2009, the Sustainable Foods Summit has been covering major sustainability developments in the food industry. How are sustainability schemes and eco-labels evolving in the food industry? With growing proliferation in labels, what are the prospects for a single sustainability standard for food products? What is the future outlook for plant-based foods? What developments are occurring in sustainable ingredients? How can food & beverage firms move towards circularity? How can operators close their material loops? Such questions are regularly addressed at this international series of summits.
The 15th European edition will take place in Amsterdam on 4-5th July 2024. Other editions in this international series will be hosted in North America (24-25 Jan), the Asia-Pacific (4-5 Sep), and Latin America (27-28 Nov). The summits regularly bring together some of the leading organisations involved in sustainability and eco-labels in the food industry. Please contact us for more details. The summit is organised by Ecovia Intelligence, a London-based specialist research, consulting & training company that focuses on global ethical product industries. We organise workshops, seminars and sustainability summits at international locations throughout the year. We have been encouraging sustainable development in our specialist industries for over 20 years. More detailsThe Sustainable Foods Summit is a climate-neutral event. The carbon footprint of each edition is determined by calculating the carbon and greenhouses gases. These emissions are offset by investing in soil composting and / or related projects.
Further information
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