Food Forum 2025
Save the date : EuroFIR Food Forum 2025
The EuroFIR Food Forum is our annual networking event in Brussels, bringing together members and clients to connect, share insights, and discuss key challenges in developing, maintaining, and publishing food composition data.
Attendees will have the opportunity to network, exchange expertise, and explore solutions, while also showcasing their work to fellow compilers and data users. This event offers a platform to engage with industry and research professionals, gain valuable knowledge, and address issues relevant to both research and commercial applications.
This year is particularly special as we celebrate the 20th anniversary of EuroFIR! Join us to be part of this milestone event, connect with experts, and contribute to shaping the future of food composition data.
Event Format: Hybrid Event
Tuesday, 8th April 2025
08:30 – 09:30 | Registration and Breakfast
08:45 – 09:45 | FoodCASE User Group | Karl Presser (Premotec GmbH)
10:00 – 11:15 | Workshop 1: Aggregating food composition data and analytical considerations | Karl Presser (Premotec GmbH)
11:15-11:30 Break
11:30 – 12:00 | Protein calculation: Update | Larissa Pferdmenges (Max Rubner-Institut, DE)
12:00 – 13:30 | Addressing EuroFIR Members’ Needs for the Next Five Years – Part 1 | Siân Astley (EuroFIR, BE)
13:30-14:30 | Lunch
14:30 – 16:00 | Addressing EuroFIR Members’ Needs for the Next Five Years – Part 2 | Siân Astley (EuroFIR, BE)
16:00-16:30 | Break
16:30 – 18:00 | Workshop 3: Vitamin analysis in FCDBs | Paul Finglas (EuroFIR, BE)
16:30-16:50 | Introduction to PTFI and vitamin analysis survey (online) | Tracy Shafizadeh (PTFI)
Wednesday, 9th April 2025
08:30 – 09:00 | Registration and Breakfast
09:00 – 09:30 | A healthy and sustainable food security plan for 2050, a multi sectorial effort | (Naomi Fliss, Director of Nutrition, Ministry of Health, Israel)
09:30 – 10:00 | Data4Food2030| Ella Deroo (ILVO, Belgium)
10:00 – 10:30 | Branded Food Data facilitate decision-making in Food Industry & Dietetic Practice | Stephania Xanthopoulou (Agricultural University of Athens, EL)
10:30 – 11:00 | Break
11:00 – 11:30 | Using food composition data to calculate nutritional health impacts of 70 fish species | Matilda Nordman (DTU, DK) (online) & Marion Buso (EuroFIR, BE)
11:30 – 12:00 | FLAVOURFERM | Maria Traka (Quadram Bioscience Institute, UK)
12:00 – 12:30 | Estimating the prevalence of micronutrient inadequacy across Europe in the Zero_HiddenHunger_EU project | Máiréad Kiely (UCC – IE)
12:15 – 13:15 | Lunch
13:30 – 14:00 | The VeriFish sustainability indicator framework to communicate responsible aquafood production and consumption patterns | Christine Absil (Clupea Consultancy, NL)
14:00 – 14:30 | Bridging nutrient data gaps to unlock the potential of aquatic foods | Eva Maire (French Research Institute for Sustainable Development, FR)
14:30 – 15:00 | Valorisation of food and feed waste products | Ana Isabel Novo de Barros (University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, PT)
15:00 – 15:30 | Coffee Break
15:30-17:30 EuroFIR General Assembly | Siân Astley (EuroFIR, BE)
You can book a bedroom at:
Hotel Louise
Avenue Louise 212
1050 Bruxelles
02/644.44.16
Booking : contact by email Elline Salpin [email protected] mention EuroFIR Food Forum 25
Dates : Du 8 avril au 10 avril 2025 (2 nuits)
Bedrooms and Rates:
10 Doubles confort bedrooms (Occupation simple ou double)
Single occupancy: 145 € per night and person (city tax and breakfast excluded)
Free cancellation 28 days before arrival
50 % cancellation fees between 28 and 21 days before arrival
Non refundable 21 before arrival
Hotel Barsey by Warwick
Avenue Louise 381-383
02/ 641. 51. 30
Book your accommodation at Barsey Hotel HERE