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Conference topics

The conference will cover major research topics as listed below but are not limited to:

• Clean and sustainable food processing o Circular bioeconomy o Minimally processing o Natural ingredients/preservatives o Food waste utilisation

• New food ingredients o Plant-based ingredients o Alternative proteins (algae, insects, fungi, etc.) o Indigenous sources

• Innovative technologies and future foods o Precision fermentation o Cultured/cultivated meat o 3D Printing o Urban farming o Use of AI

• Sustainable food packaging o Eco-design of packaging o Sustainable packaging, edible packaging o Active and intelligent packaging o Micro and nanomaterials in sustainable food packaging o Recycling of food packaging materials

• Sustainable nutrition for optimum health

• Sustainability-driven consumer studies on novel technologies and future foods

• Regulatory aspects, governance, legislation, and policy for future foods

You can submit as many abstracts to the conference for review as you would like. If, after the review by the committee, you have more than one paper accepted for the conference, you will need to register to attend and pay an additional paper fee for each additional paper (i.e., for the 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th papers – not the 1^st). Please note this is for papers that you are the presenting author of, not papers that you are co-author of.

Successfully submitted abstracts will be acknowledged with an electronic receipt including an abstract reference number, which should be quoted in all correspondence. Allow at least 2 hours for your receipt to be returned to you.

You can submit as many abstracts to the conference for review as you would like. If, after the review by the committee, you have more than one paper accepted for the conference, you will need to register to attend, and pay an additional paper fee for each additional paper (i.e., for the 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th papers – not the 1^st). Please note this is for papers that you are the presenting author of, not papers that you are co-author of.

Successfully submitted abstracts will be acknowledged with an electronic receipt including an abstract reference number, which should be quoted in all correspondence. Allow at least 2 hours for your receipt to be returned to you. Once the paper is accepted, at least one of the authors must register for the conference and present the paper at the conference.

Abstracts of all accepted contributions will be included within the online abstract system which will be distributed to all registered conference participants.

For revisions or queries regarding papers already submitted:

For revisions or queries regarding abstracts already submitted please contact the Conference Content Executive opens in new tab/window (please do not email credit card information under any circumstances). If you do not receive acknowledgement for your abstract submission or you wish to make any essential revisions to an abstract already submitted, please DO NOT RESUBMIT your abstract, as this may lead to duplication. Please email the Conference Content Executive opens in new tab/window (please do not email credit card information under any circumstances) with details of any revisions or queries. Please quote your reference number if you have one. A condition of submission is that if accepted one of the authors will present at the conference.

Workshops

Workshop A

16:15-17:45 Tuesday, 17 June, 2025

Fundamentals of sensory and consumer science and their applications in future foods studies. Speakers: Hye-Soeng Lee, Ciarán Forde

The workshop is designed to:

• Explain the role of sensory and consumer science within the food science discipline, with a focus on its significance for future food development.

• Guide participants on selecting appropriate sensory and consumer science methodologies tailored to their research objectives.

By addressing these key topics, the workshop aims to bridge the gap between food engineering and consumer-centric innovation, fostering interdisciplinary collaboration and enhancing the impact of future food research.

Workshop B

16:15-17:45 Tuesday, 17 June, 2025

Getting started on interdisciplinary research: an introduction to consortium project proposal design Speaker: Oscar van Vliet

We will work on designing research proposals to generate impact on society. This is especially important for demand-driven research that requires for consortia to work with stakeholders on finding solutions to real-world problems, for example thematic calls like in Horizon Europe pillar 2.

In the brief theoretical sections, we discuss theory of change, and how that connects to broader issue management and science communication. To make this concrete and useable for you, we do some exercises on how to read a funding call, writing up your theory of change, finding your role(s) as a researcher, and how to put this into a proposal.

This workshop is aimed at early- or mid-researchers who want to work in consortia to address real-world problems. Participants are encouraged to come to the workshop with their own research ideas and/or actual thematic funding calls that they want to work on. We will mostly use Horizon Europe 2025 calls as examples, but also calls opened in Asia, e.g. Japan, Singapore, China, Australia and/or India.