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