Food Indexing Training Course

Food Indexing Training Course Organising Institution: IFR/Institute of Medical Research, Belgrade Date: 8-11th November 2009 Location: IMR, Belgrade MoniQA offers 5 places for this workshop and will pay the workshop fee and the hotel! Special registration needed, use the form below and explain in detail, why you would like to attend the workshop. The aims of the course are: (1) To give an introduction to food nomenclature, classification systems and identification of foods in food databases, and show how LanguaL food indexing can enhance data quality and exchange between databases. (2) To give a practical guide to using LanguaL for indexing traditional foods and supporting more accurate recipe calculations. (3) To give a practical guide to using EuroFIR bioactive databases and show how these can be used for investigating information on both the composition and biological effects of bioactive compounds in traditional foods. (4) To introduce data quality assessment systems for assessing the quality of data on nutrients and bioactives in traditional foods. The course will be in English and consist of a series of talks by leading experts, questions and answer sessions and practical exercises. It will be highly interactive with practical sessions in small working teams and feedback on activities. All course notes, presentations, exercises, memory sticks with LanguaL food indexing and post-course advice/mentoring will be supplied by IMR/IFR/EuroFIR. Registration Form The call for bursary applications is open and the deadline for applications is 2nd October 2009 - Bursary Application Form (members only) Don't forget to save the form BEFORE you submit it. If you don't the text you have added will be lost! Successful applicants will be informed on or as soon as possible after 8th October 2009. Please contact Siân Astley (sian.astley@bbsrc.ac.uk) for more information about the bursaries.