Food Forum 2024
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We are delighted to announce the return of EuroFIR Food Forum to Brussels!
This year, as in 2023, the General Assembly will welcome participants both in person and online.
📅 Dates: April 23-24, 2024
📍 Venue: Comet Meetings – Louise
pl. Stéphanie 20, 1050 Bruxelles, Belgium
Programme
Tuesday 23rd April 2024
09:30-10:00 Registration
10:00-12:00 FoodCASE User Group
Joanna Czach & Anna Żołynia, Premotec GmbH – CH; Sidney Tomé – INSA – PT.
12:15-13:15 Lunch
13:15-15:15 Protein Discussion Group – Redefining Protein Content in FCDBs
Larissa Pferdmenges, MRI – DE
- 13:30-14:00 PART 1: Brief introduction to the topic, review of what has happened so far and definition of the protein component.
- 14:00-14:30 PART 2: Research and evaluation of nitrogen-to-protein conversion factors – Status quo
- 14:30-15:00 PART 3: Protein and NCFs – next steps
15:00-15:15 Wellness session
15:15-15:45 Coffee break
15:45-17:00 Fibre terminology and international cooperation
Shavawn Forester & Emily Jennings-Dobbs (Nutrition Institute, US)
Wednesday 24th April 2024
08:30-09:00 Registration
09:00-12:15 Scientific presentation
09:00-09:40 Food Waste Management – ILVO’s Initiatives
Bart Van Droogenbroeck, ILVO – BE
09:40-10:20 Data4Food2030
Pia Groenewolt, VUB – BE
- 10:20-10:40 Coffee Break
10:40-11:10 Assessing Israeli Exposure to Food Additives through Collaborative Strategies
Naomi Fliss Isakov, MOH – IL
11:10-11:40 TABULA new food database Spain
Marina Redruello CEU Institute for Food and Society – ES
11:40-12:10 Branded food composition data
Maria Kapsokefalou, AUA – EL
12:15-13:15 Lunch
14:15-15:15 Future Food Composition
13:15-13:45 Environmental indices
Marcel Tyszler/ Michela van Kampen, Blonk Consultants – NL
13:45-14:15 African Food Composition Data & Community
Hettie Schönfeldt, University of Pretoria – ZA
14:15-14:45 Updating the eBASIS and need for new data evaluators
Pedro Cardenas-Canto, Maria Traka, Paul Finglas, (QIB, UK)
14:45-15:30 Future updating of Food composition data and access for users
Joanna Czach and Anna Zolynia (Premotec, CH)
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break
16:00-17:30 EUROFIR AISBL 15TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Paul Finglas, Siân Astley, Sidonie Pauchet, EuroFIR
18:00 Reception