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.
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Early Career Scientists Event 2024
2024-11-26
Lyngby, Denmark
Acryred Work Package 1 Workshop
2024-07-07
Aveiro, Portugal
8th International Symposium on Food Packaging
2025-04-01 – 2025-04-04
Dubrovnik, Croatia
58th Congress of the European Societis of Toxicology
2024-09-08 – 2024-09-11
Copenhagen, Denmark
38th EFFoST International Conference 2024
2024-11-12 – 2024-11-14
Bruges, Belgium
- 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
Sessions' 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 until 1 July. Authors will be notified at the end of August.
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.
Travel and accommodation for the selected speakers will be covered by ILSI Europe (oral presentations only). Send an abstract
Programme
Here is 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.
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.
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch Break
14:00 -15:00
Session 3 - Career Development
More info soon
15:00 - 15:30
Networking break & Poster Session
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 2023. 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.
17:00 - 17:15
Awards & Closing
Registration
Registrations will open soon. Stay tuned!
Registration for this event is also valid for the ILSI Europe Annual Symposium.Various prize categories are on offer. Early bird registration dates are valid until 1 June 2024.
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About the event
Coming soon!
Further info
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About the event
ILSI Europe International Symposium on Food Packaging is held every four years. It is internationally recognised as a scientific forum to discuss and move forward the science that supports safety and innovation in the field, with minimal environmental impact.
This conference of experts facilitates transfer of knowledge and brings innovative solutions to the most pressing issues in this field.
This four-day conference will be structured around 5 main themes:
- Advances in analytical techniques
- Progress in toxicological prediction and assessment
- Progress in risk assessment
- Food Contact Materials in circular economy
- Packaging in space
Registration
Early bird registration opens on September 1st.
Call for abstracts
Abstracts should be focused on themes mentioned above and should not exceed 400 words.
Deadline for abstract submission for oral presentation is October 31st 2024.
Deadline for abstract submission for poster presentation is December 15th 2024.
When composting your abstract, please keep in mind:
- Relevance: The abstract should be relevant to the conference theme or topic.
- Originality: The abstract should present original research or innovative ideas.
- Clarity: The abstract should be written in clear and concise language, with a well-defined structure and logical flow.
- Significance: The abstract should demonstrate the significance and potential impact of the research or ideas presented.
- Methods: The abstract should provide a clear and concise summary of the research methods used, including the study design, data collection, and analysis.
- Results: The abstract should clearly and accurately describe the research findings and their implications.
- Conclusion: The abstract should provide a clear and concise conclusion that summarizes the main points of the research or ideas presented.
- Grammar and References: The abstract should adhere to grammar rules and include appropriate and relevant references, cited correctly.
Sponsorship Opportunities
ILSI Europe now welcomes food and related industry or scientific journals to participate in the 8th edition of the International Symposium on Food Packaging that will be held on 1-4 April 2025 at Valamar Lacroma Dubrovnik in Croatia. Sponsorship will allow your organisation to be recognised at the following levels:
Organising and Scientific Committee
Charlene Lacourt - DanoneThomas Gude - ETH Zurich
Peter Oldring - Sherwin Williams
Laurence Gijs - Dow Europe Cristina Nerin - University of Zaragoza
Hugo Costa - ILSI Europe
Konrad Korzeniowski - ILSI Europe Christian Kirchnawy - Austrian Research Institute
Thomas Simat - Technical University Dresden
Emma Bradley - FERA Science
John Koontz - FDA
Alejandro Ariosti - University of Buenos Aires
Peter Ragaer - University of Gent
Peter Simon - Slovak University of Technology
Frank Welle - Fraunhofer Institute
Selcuk Yildirim - Zurich University of Applied Sciences
Marco Zhong - National Reference Laboratory of Food Contact Material [post_title] => 8th International Symposium on Food Packaging [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => 8th-international-symposium-on-food-packaging [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2024-04-11 04:49:15 [post_modified_gmt] => 2024-04-11 08:49:15 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://ilsi.org/?post_type=event&p=40634 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => event [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw ) [3] => WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 40044 [post_author] => 351 [post_date] => 2024-02-05 09:37:58 [post_date_gmt] => 2024-02-05 09:37:58 [post_content] =>
About the event
The Danish Society of Toxicology and Pharmacology has the honor to organise EUROTOX 2024 in Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark. The congress will take place from 8 to 11 September 2024.
The congress theme "Toxicology - A Quest for safe Chemicals and Medicines" reflects the congress programme including a variety of topics dealing with safety of drugs and environmental chemicals, new and emerging technologies, personalised medicine, human health effects caused by exposure to chemicals as well as safety issues arising from climate changes.
The Local Organising Committee (LOC) and the Scientific Programme Committee (SPC) have made an inspiring programme, including the newest aspects of modern toxicology and methodologies. We emphasise the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration within toxicology and with the medical industries.The Scientific Programme (SP) includes four "Short Oral Communications Sessions" (OS) giving the young researches the possibility to present their latest research results. We encourage everyone to submit their abstract to get the possibility to present at one of the numerous OS. The venue is The Tivoli Congress Center, located in the city centre at the waterfront, 12 min by metro from Copenhagen Airport, walking distance to central city locations e.g. the Tivoli Park, the railway station and the Town Hall Square. The Congress Centre, designed by the architect Kim Utzon, has a capacity of up to 5500 meeting participants, includes congress hall, auditoriums and big meeting rooms all at the ground floor. The Tivoli Hotel has 679 rooms, swimming pool, playrooms, fitness & business centers, cloud bar and restaurants. Another 3000 hotel rooms are located within walking distance.
Further information
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About the event
The 38th EFFoST International Conference will be hosted by KU Leuven and UGent and will be held in the city of Bruges in Belgium. The EFFoST2024 conference will explore the theme "Future Food Systems: Innovation through Progress at Scientific Interfaces". We look forward to welcoming you in the city of Bruges, from 12-14 November 2024.
EFFoST2024 embraces the quintuple innovation helix framework, promoting interdisciplinary collaboration in the food sector. Our mission is to advance the global goal of providing safe, nutritious, and sustainable food with broad consumer acceptance, aligning with the 'one health' concept defined by WHO.
Discover the pinnacle of food science and technology at the annual EFFoST conference. Join global experts, scientists, industry leaders, policymakers, and students from diverse food-related fields.
Further information
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About the event
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.
The ECS event is joined with the ILSI Europe Annual Symposium, which will be held the next day. The registration will give you access to both days.
Stay tuned for more details on this exciting event designed to empower and support early career scientists on their path to success.
More information on the practicalities of the event coming soon!
Call for abstracts
We accept abstracts 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
Sessions' 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 until 1 July. Authors will be notified at the end of August.
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.
Travel and accommodation for the selected speakers will be covered by ILSI Europe (oral presentations only). Send an abstract
Programme
Here is 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.
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.
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch Break
14:00 -15:00
Session 3 - Career Development
More info soon
15:00 - 15:30
Networking break & Poster Session
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 2023. 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.
17:00 - 17:15
Awards & Closing
Registration
Registrations will open soon. Stay tuned!
Registration for this event is also valid for the ILSI Europe Annual Symposium.Various prize categories are on offer. Early bird registration dates are valid until 1 June 2024.
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