ILSI shares science to diverse audiences by hosting, sponsoring, and co-organizing a variety of events around the world. These include independent symposia; workshops; hands-on scientific training; and sessions held as part of the program of larger scientific and professional meetings.
Upcoming Events
Synergy Days 2024
2024-10-14 – 2024-10-15
Barcelona, Spain
Seminarios web Inocuidad de los Alimentos y Biotecnología 2024
2024-10-15
San José, Costa Rica
38th EFFoST International Conference 2024
2024-11-12 – 2024-11-14
Bruges, Belgium
Advancing Gut Microbiome Research for Applications in Health and Food Innovation
2024-11-25 – 2024-11-26
Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
Early Career Scientists Event 2024
2024-11-26
Lyngby, Denmark
Seminario de Marzo:
Seguridad y calidad nutricional de alimentos
Seminario de Abril:
Aromas que conservan: descubriendo el potencial de los aceites esenciales en alimentos.
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Malaysia, and in collaboration with Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, the symposium will collaborate with key local and regional institutions, bringing together subject experts including renowned scientists, regional practitioners and researchers, industry leaders in the field, health officials and regulators to share latest advancement and new knowledge on human and gut microbiome research in Asia and SE Asia.- Advance knowledge link on gut microbiome to health and disease, focusing on Asian populations
- Provide regional landscape and initiate collaboration in SE Asia to generate data and further research and product development
- Promote innovation and regulatory development for consumer and market
- Develop insights and recommendations for research and regulatory guidance
- Facilitate discussion on pre-competitive collaborative research opportunities
Day 1 - November 25, 2024, 08:45 - 18:00 hr
- Session 1 - Human Gut Microbiota - Updates on Science and Research in Southeast Asia
- Session 2 - Technologies and Food Innovations to Advance Gut Microbiota and Health
- Session 3 - Infant Gut Microbiota and Health
- Panel Session
Day 2 - November 26, 2024, 08:30 - 18:00 hr
- Rapid-fire Poster Presentation Session - for Shortlisted Posters
- Session 4 - Gut Microbiota, Metabolic Health and the Gut-brain Axis
- Session 5 - Functional Biotics and its Applications in Southeast Asia
- Session 6 - Developments in Regulations and Consumer Insights in Southeast Asia
- Panel Session
Please refer below for the full program and presenters details.
Register
*Local Rates are applicable to participants residing in Malaysia.**Only for NSM members from academia, NGO, or self-employed; NSM membership number to be provided.
Malaysian Registrants:
This seminar, co-organized by the Nutrition Society of Malaysia (NSM), is HRD Corp-claimable.
Click below to complete the online registration:
Postgraduate students submitting a poster can enjoy special registration rates. Click below for the detailed guidelines in submitting your abstract and poster:
Submission Deadline: October 24, 2024, 23:59hrs (SGT)
For further inquiries, please contact event@ilsisea.org.sg. Venue
The Symposium will be held IN-PERSON at:
Sapphire Ballrom, Level 1Avanté Hotel
1 Persiaran Bandar Utama Bandar Utama
PJU 6, Bandar Utama, 47800
Petaling Jaya, Malaysia About the Organizers
ILSI SEA Region
ILSI Southeast Asia Region (ILSI SEA Region) is a regional branch of the International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI), a nonprofit, worldwide organization whose mission is to provide science that improves human health and well-being, and safeguards the environment. Established in 1978 and headquartered in Washington, DC, USA, ILSI carries out its work through a global network of 10 entities across the world. ILSI has specialized consultative status with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).ILSI SEA Region seeks to achieve ILSI's mission by fostering collaboration among experts from academia, government, and industry, to provide a balance of perspectives and ensure its scientific outcomes are useful at the local, national and international levels. Its activities include scientific meetings and conferences, capability development programs, and research and community projects. ILSI SEA Region's scientific programs are guided by the principles of integrity, independence and transparency. By maintaining our neutrality and independence, we have worked closely and effectively with our key stakeholder groups from academia, industry, international organizations and governments.
School of Medical and Life Sciences, Sunway University, Malaysia
Sunway University is one of Malaysia's leading private universities. Upholding values-based education, the University strives to ensure the campus community develops a sustainable mindset by embracing an ecological worldview, understanding systems perspective, and developing emotional intelligence. Sunway University is part of the Sunway Education Group which is owned and governed by the Jeffrey Cheah Foundation, Malaysia's largest education-focused social enterprise, where operating surpluses are channelled back into the institutions or disbursed as scholarships, research grants and faculty or facility expansion funds.The Sunway University School of Medical and Life Sciences is dedicated to revolutionising healthcare development in the region. The School comprises five Academic Departments and Research Centres, including the Sunway Microbiome Centre - a Centre that focuses on the research of microbiota in health and disease. The Sunway Microbiome Centre collaborates nationally and internationally with researchers across multiple disciplines to advance microbiome research, and unravel how naturally existing microbial species in the digestive system influence the occurrence and progression of a variety of human illnesses and diseases.
Nutrition Society of Malaysia
Established in 1985, the Nutrition Society of Malaysia is a non-profit professional organisation with 500 members, comprising mainly of nutritionists. Its objectives are to 1) promote, advance, and disseminate scientific knowledge of food and nutrition, and 2) promote healthy eating and active living amongst all Malaysians. As a professional organisation, NSM is guided by a simple belief - the more people understand food and nutrition, the better they can care for their health and wellbeing. For that reason, NSM supports the advancement of research, sharing practical insights and important discoveries for the benefits for all. NSM also support the Government's efforts in promoting healthy nutrition in the society to combat nutrient deficiencies as well as diet-related chronic diseases in the country (e.g. obesity, diabetes, hypertension and coronary heart disease). In caring for the community, NSM continuously disseminate practical nutrition information to the young and old alike, guiding them to discover the benefits of good nutrition and a healthy lifestyle.
Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University (LKCMedicine, NTU), Singapore
NTU is a research-intensive public university ranked amongst the world's top universities. It is also home to world-renowned autonomous institutes including the Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering. Apart from its main campus, NTU also has a medical campus in Novena, Singapore's healthcare district.Established in 2010 by NTU, Singapore in partnership with Imperial College London, the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine) aims to be a model for innovative medical education and a centre for transformative research. The School's primary clinical partner is the National Healthcare Group, a leader in public healthcare and quality medical expertise, facilities and teaching. LKCMedicine is transitioning to an NTU Medical School, ahead of the 2028 successful conclusion of the NTU-Imperial partnership to set up a Joint Medical School. The School welcomed its first intake of the NTU MBBS programme in August 2024, emphasizing themes including precision medicine and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in healthcare, with an expanded scope in the medical humanities.
SYMPOSIUM PROGRAM
DAY 1: November 25, 2024
08:00 - 08:45 hr Registration08:45 - 09:00 hr Opening and Welcome Remarks
DAY 2: November 26, 2024
08:30 - 09:30 hr Breakfast Refreshment & Poster Presentation Session
SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
Explore our various sponsorship opportunities and take part in this important meeting! For more details, please email event@ilsisea.org.sg
ORGANIZER
CO-ORGANIZERS
COLLABORATOR
CONTACT
If you have any inquiries, please do not hesitate to contact the following:
For Local Participants:Dr. Tee E Siong
Malaysia
Email: estee@nutrihealth.com.my For Overseas Participants:
ILSI Southeast Asia Region
Singapore
Tel: 65 6352 5220
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About the event
In collaboration with DTU Skylab from Denmark Technical University, ILSI Europe is organising an event for Early Career Scientists (ECS) focussed on sustainable food systems. The event offers a great opportunity for young scientists to present their work, network and expand their knowledge about important topics related to food sustainability. It is also offers a chance for industry and academic experts to discover a new pool of talent and gain a fresh point of view on the research this area.
If you are an Early Career Scientist (student, PhD candidate, or practising scientist who received their highest certificate (e.g. BSc, MSc or PhD) within the past ten years) and work within this nexus, we would like to hear from you! We welcome abstracts for oral and poster presentations from researchers working on food waste and by-products valorisation, soil health, or the sustainable design of products and processes.
Additionally, our career development session promises an interactive exploration of opportunities to propel young scientists' careers forward. Delve into funding possibilities, entrepreneurial ventures, and other pathways to professional growth. Gain valuable insights, resources, and guidance to navigate your career journey with confidence and clarity.
Stay tuned for more details on this exciting event designed to empower and support early career scientists on their path to success.
The ECS event is joined with the ILSI Europe Annual Symposium, which will be held the next day.Registration gives you access to both days. For practical information, visit the events Home Page
Registration
Registration for this event is also valid for the ILSI Europe Annual Symposium.
Various prize categories are on offer.Super Early bird rates are valid until 1 June 2024.
Early bird rates are valid until 30 September 2024.
If you have any questions regarding registration, please contact Hugo Costa (hcosta@ilsieurope.be).
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Below, you will find the detailed programme for the Early Career Scientists event.To find the detailed programme for ILSI Europe Annual Symposium, click here.
8:30 - 9:00
Registration
9:00 - 10:30
Session 1 - Green by Design: Innovating with Sustainability in Mind
Nearly all human activities can result in resource depletion, ecological damage, and environmental pollution. To minimize these potentially damaging effects, change is necessary towards a more responsible way of designing human activities. This includes food production and processing. To implement such change, we should apply sustainable design principles: consider and minimize environmental impact when developing ingredients, products, and food production processes. This can be done by finding ways to reduce waste, reuse resources, and recycle products and materials. This is known as the "3R principles", which can be further extended to the 10R principles: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Renew, Recharge (or Refill), Repair (or Remedy), Re-manufacture (or Recover), Replace (or Replant), Re-clear (or Refine) and Remove.
Chair: Bas Blaauboer, Emeritus professor of toxicology at Utrecht University (NL)
Speakers:
- Prof. Francesco Rosati, Associate Professor in Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the Centre for Technology Entrepreneurship, Technical University of Denmark (DK).
Presentation: Beyond Sustainability: Business Model Innovation for Regenerative Sustainable Systems - Sabina Dahal, MSc, PhD student at DTU Food
Presentation: Can probiotics supplementation at industrial scale yellow mealworm (Tenebrio molitor Ln.) farming be a beneficial option? - Bina Bhattarai, post doctoral researcher at Technical University of Denmark (DK)
Presentation: Circular food packaging design for circular economy: a food safety assessment - Adam Fogarasi, MSc, preparing to start his PhD at University of Copenhagen (DK)
Presentation: The HEAT Project: Multidimensional Optimization of Sustainable European Diets
10:30 - 11:00
Networking break & Poster session
11:00 - 12:30
Session 2 - Up-cycling the up-cyclable: new perspectives in green, bio-based, and circular valorisation of food waste and food by-products
The agri-food chain is affected by resource scarcity, food loss, and waste and by-products production. A specific life cycle assessment of agri-food chains can highlight the critical points, elucidating the targets that research and policy management must work with in the near future. The EU waste policy aims to contribute to the circular economy by extracting high-quality resources from waste as much as possible. The European Green Deal aims to promote growth by transitioning to a modern, resource-efficient, and competitive economy. As part of this transition, green and bio-based approaches will drive new perspectives in food waste and by-products up-cycling, including recalcitrant biomasses. Fermentation, precision fermentation, and bio-catalysis coupled with other green approaches will permit the release of new processes, new products, and new capacities. This session will explore the crucial connections between the process technologies, the regulatory aspects (e.g. for novel ingredients) and the sustainable perspectives in the agri-food area, exploring the resilient capacity to drive the future human nutrition.
Chair: Marco Arlorio, Director of Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Università del Piemonte Oriental (IT)
Speakers:
- Giancarlo Cravotto, Full Professor of Chemistry at Dipartimento di Scienza e Tecnologia del Farmaco, University of Turin (IT)
Presentation: Semi-industrial cascade protocols under non-conventional technologies for the valorization of agri-food by-products - Vincenzo Disca, a PhD student at the Food Chemistry, Biotechnology and Nutrition Unit (DSF) at University of Piemonte Orientale Amedeo Avogadro (IT)
Presentation: Up-cycled cocoa bean shells: a potential fiber-rich functional ingredient? - Simone Krings, Post Doctoral researcher in the Department of Proteomics and Microbiology at the University of Mons (BE)
Presentation: Valorising organic waste for the production of high-value molecules by purple non-sulfur bacteria - Maame Ekua Manful, a Ph.D. Student on the Up4health Project, a BBI JU-funded project at the Technological University Dublin
Presentation: Safety and regulatory aspects of upcycled novel foods in the European Union: Insights and future perspectives
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch Break
14:00 -15:00
Career Development Session - How to boost my career in Food & Nutrition Science?
Our career development session promises an interactive exploration of opportunities to propel young scientists' careers forward. Delve into funding possibilities, entrepreneurial ventures, and other pathways to professional growth. Gain valuable insights, resources, and guidance to navigate your career journey with confidence and clarity.
Exhibitors:
- COST Action
- ENLP (European Nutrition Leadership Platform)
- DTU Skylab
- ILSI Europe
15:00 - 15:40
Session 3 - Food 2030
The EU's research and innovation policy framework supporting the transition towards sustainable, healthy and inclusive food systems, that respect planetary boundaries.
Chair: Isabelle Guelinckx, Executive & Scientific Director at ILSI Europe
Speaker:
- Rosalinda Scalia, Deputy Head of Unit at EC-DG RTD, Unit Bioeconomy & Food Systems, Healthy Planet Directorate. Presentation: The Research and Innovation policy framework supporting the transition towards sustainable, healthy and inclusive food systems, that respect planetary boundaries.
15:30 - 17:00
Session 4 - From the Ground Up: Exploring the Vital Links between Soil Health and Sustainable Food Systems
Soil is the foundation of our food system. Healthy soils are essential to provide healthy food, reverse biodiversity loss, and safeguard human health, but also for achieving climate neutrality, a clean and circular economy and halting desertification and land degradation. Yet it is estimated that 60 to 70% of European soils are unhealthy, degraded or depleted. We urgently need to protect and restore these invaluable resources, as outlined by the EU Soil Strategy for 2030. Soil regeneration offers a pathway forward, combining practices to improve soil health and productivity. This session will explore the crucial connections between soil, human and planetary health. Their understanding is key to design solutions for resilient agricultural systems and sustainable food production.
Chair: Emilie Weynants, EU-Projects & Communication Manager at ILSI Europe
Speakers:
To be defined
16:50 - 17:00
From 19:15
Awards & Closing
Dinner in Copenhagen at Scandic Spectrum Hotel
Call for abstracts
[Abstracts submission closed]
We accept abstracts from early career scientists for the following sessions:
- Session 1 - Green by Design: Innovating with Sustainability in Mind
- Session 2 - Up-cycling the up-cyclable: new perspectives in green, bio-based, and circular valorisation of food waste and food by-products
- Session 4 - From the Ground Up: Exploring the Vital Links between Soil Health and Sustainable Food Systems
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
Travel and accommodation for the selected speakers will be covered by ILSI Europe (oral presentations only). Important note: We will only accept abstracts from early career scientists for these three sessions.
An early career scientist is defined as a postgraduate student or scientist from academia or industry who has obtained their highest degree (BSc, MSc or PhD) within the last ten years.
[Abstracts submission closed]
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About the event
The Synergy Days is the most important conference connecting the digital innovators of the European agri-food sector.
Building onto the legacy of the SmartAgriHubs project, for 3 years in a roll, the event offers a space for our community to meet, debate and exchange knowledge. We connect the dots in the agri-food sector by bringing together EU projects, policy-makers, European and Digital Innovations Hubs, farmers and more.
You can expect two action-packed days of crucial discussions, workshops, live demonstrations, EU project pitches, designed to create more networking connections than ever before.
This year's edition will also feature a parallel event focused on the work of European Digital Innovation Hubs.
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