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December 2007, Issue #4

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Call for Papers

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Third European Conference on Sensory and Consumer Research
A Sense of Innovation
University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Germany
• 7-10 September 2008


Join sensory professionals from across Europe for the third in a series of conferences on sensory and consumer research to hear about: how the latest findings in sensory science can be meaningfully utilized for successful innovation projects; how socio-demographic, psychographic and behavioural factors are responsible for differing consumer group preferences or dislikes; the increased importance of sensory science at the innovation based interface between R&D and Marketing.

Abstract submission deadline: 29 February 2008
Abstracts for oral and poster presentations are now invited. Please submit abstracts using the Online Submission Form by 29 February 2008.

The Third European Conference on Sensory and Consumer Research will be concentrating on:

• New Aspects in Sensory Perception
• New Aspects in Sensory and Consumer Evaluation
• Implementation of Sensory in Industry
• New Aspects in Psychophysics
• Sensory in the interface of Marketing and R&D
• New Mega-trends in Sensory and Consumer Research
• Neurobiological processing of Perceptions
• Parcours of Senses

Selected, peer-reviewed full papers from the oral and poster presentations will be published in a special issue of Food Quality and Preference which will be mailed to all fully registered delegates in 2009.

www.eurosense.elsevier.com


 
 
IN THIS ISSUE
bullet Call for Papers - Food Factory 2008
bullet Upcoming conferences
bullet Featured Special issue
bullet More Special Issues
bullet Featured Book
 
 
Call for Papers - Food Factory 2008

Papers are invited for

FOOD FACTORY 2008:
4th International Conference on the Food Factory of the Future
4-5 June 2008, Laval, France

Papers must be presented as 1-page summaries, in English, must relate to one of the four conferences sessions, and should be sent as an e-mail attachment to Laurent.poisson@univ-lemans.fr (Secretary of the Scientific Committee), before 31 January 2008.

Full instructions and more information
FOOD FACTORY 2008: 4th International Conference on the Food Factory of the Future

 
 
Upcoming conferences
ICEF 10 - 10th International Congress of Engineering and Food

ICEF 10 - 10th International Congress of Engineering and Food
April 20-24,2008, Vina del Mar, Chile

The major theme for this event will be Food Engineering at Interfaces.
More information

 
32nd National Nutrient Databank Conference (NNDC): Nutrient Databases Without Borders

32nd National Nutrient Databank Conference (NNDC): Nutrient Databases Without Borders
May 12-14, 2008, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Various academic, government, or research facilities throughout the US host the NNDC annually to provide a forum where collaborations in generating food composition data can be shared and food and nutrient database expansion and application can be explored to serve the needs of industry and research.
More information

 
CIFST/AAFC Joint Conference CIFST/AAFC Joint Conference
May 25-27, 2008, Charlottetown, PEI, Canada
 
9th International Hydrocolloids Conference

9th International Hydrocolloids Conference
15-19 June 2008
Rasa Sentosa Resort, Singapore

The theme of 9IHC is “Theoretical and Applied Aspects of Hydrocolloid Structure and Interactions with Natural Food Ingredients and Pharmaceuticals”. Selected, peer-reviewed papers will be published in a special issue of Food Hydrocolloids

More information

 
54th ICoMST – International Congress of Meat Science and Technology

54th ICoMST – International Congress of Meat Science and Technology
10-15 August 2008, Cape Town, South Africa

This event, themed The Role of Science in the Growing Demand for Red Meat, is an international forum for the exchange of scientific information, technology and experiences between academic and industry researchers.

More information

 
21st International ICFMH Symposium – Food Micro 2008:
21st International ICFMH Symposium – Food Micro 2008:
“Evolving Microbial Food Quality and Safety”

1-4 September 2008
Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre, Scotland

Food Micro 2008 Aberdeen aims to build on the success of previous FOOD MICRO meetings by covering all aspects of Food Microbiology and the very latest scientific developments in the field. Selected, peer-reviewed papers from the symposium will be published in a special issue of International Journal of Food Microbiology

More information

 
Third European Conference on Sensory and Consumer Research: A Sense of Innovation

Third European Conference on Sensory and Consumer Research: A Sense of Innovation
7-10 September 2008
University of Hamburg, Germany

See the CALL FOR PAPERS above. Contributions are invited on the themes of the conference listed. Please submit abstracts using the Online Submission Form by 29 February 2009.

 
 
Featured Special Issue

20th International ICFMH Symposium on FOOD MICRO 2006
Edited by D. Ercolini and E. Guerzoni
International Journal of Food Microbiology, Volume 120, Issues 1-2, 30 November 2007

This special issue of International Journal of Food Microbiology results from “Food Micro 2006” the 20th International ICFMH Symposium on Food Microbiology, held at the University of Bologna, Italy, from August 29th to September 2nd, 2006. Four major topics were covered by the scientific contributions to the conference: The topics – Food microbes “omics”: from genes to traits; Food microbiology and safety; Food biotechnology; Predictive and descriptive methods in food microbiology – were meant to address the field of food microbiology with all the aspects of wider interest today.

bullet View the special issue on ScienceDirect

 
 
More Special Issues

View a list of all Food Science Special Issues published between November and December 2007

 
 
Featured Book

New in November

bullet Computer Vision Technology for Food Quality Evaluation
Computer Vision Technology for Food Quality EvaluationEdited by Da-Wen Sun
Hardbound, 608 pages
Series: Food Science and Technology International

In Computer Vision Technology for Food Quality Evaluation, an esteemed international team of both academic and professional experts address in detail specific aspects of the latest development in this relevant technology. Their insights illustrate the advantages and challenges of using the technology for objective, rapid, non-contact and automatic quality inspection and control.

 

 
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