Workshops & Vendor Seminars
Interactive workshops and vendor seminars will be organized on Monday and Tuesday afternoon (16 and 17/9/2019) in parallel.
If you are interested in organizing a workshop you can contact imekofoods4@sciensano.be. The workshops will be focused on practical analytical work and on international scientific projects.
Vendors, who are interested in organizing a seminar can contact the conference exhibition manager directly by email: severine.gosinny@sciensano.be.
Workshops
- Metrofood-RI
Tuesday 17/9/2019, room L 333, 16:00-17:20
METROFOOD-RI “infrastructure for promoting metrology in food and nutrition” (ESFRI domain “Health & Food” - www.metrofood.eu)
The general objective of METROFOOD-RI is to enhance scientific excellence in the field of food quality & safety by promoting metrology in food and nutrition, allowing coordination on a European and increasingly on a Global scale.
Goal of the Research Infrastructure
METROFOOD-RI is a new, distributed Research Infrastructure of Global Interest by means of which it will be possible to carry out different activities supporting data collection and measurement reliability, as well as basic and frontier research in food and nutrition. METROFOOD-RI aims at providing high quality metrology services in food and nutrition, comprising an important cross-section of highly interdisciplinary and inter-connected fields throughout the food value chain, including agro-food, sustainable development, food safety, quality, traceability and authenticity, environmental safety, and human health. Its general objective is to enhance scientific cooperation and encourage interaction between the various stakeholders, as well as the creation of a common and shared base of data, information and knowledge.
- QualiTTM - a new Quality Control Toolbox for Mycotoxin and Allergen Analyis
Monday and Tuesday afternoon 16-17/9/2019, room L 308 (offered by r-Biopharm AG)
QualiTTM is a toolbox developed by Trilogy Analytical Laboratory (Washington, MO, USA) for quality control in mycotoxin analysis and - now introducing – also allergen analysis. QualiTTM offers (certified) reference materials, both as pure material and as well as naturally contaminated materials, quality control materials and analytical standards. Besides that Trilogy offers additional useful tools for sample preparation and sample clean-up and knowledge database, collecting 20 years of experience as an (ISO 17025 accredited) food testing lab, specialized in mycotoxin, allergen and biogenic amines testing.
Due to practical considerations, places for this workshop are limited. Pre-registration for this workshop is mandatory and possible only for registered symposium participants via the website.
Vendor seminars
Monday and Tuesday afternoon 16-17/9/2019 the sponsor will organise a 45 min seminar to present their products to the audience. The participants can freely join the seminars. The available seats will be distributed on the first come first served principle.