Food Forum 2024
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