4th MoniQA International Conference Programme Development

The composition of the Scientific Committee and the chairpersons of the various technical sessions are currently being confirmed. Any suggestions are welcome.

DRAFT Programme

Food Safety under Global Pressure by Climate Change, Food Security and Economic Crises

  Wednesday morning, 09:00 – 12:30

1. Food Safety & Food Security & Climate Change & Financial Crisis

Moderator: Roland Poms, Austria

Welcome on behalf of MoniQA Association,

Angelo Visconti, ISPA-CNR, Italy, MoniQA President

Welcome on behalf of the Technical University Budapest

András Salgó, Department Head, BME, Hungary

Welcome on behalf of the Hungarian Ministry of Agriculture

Speaker tbc

Sustainability of primary production and impact of economic crises on food market trends

Franz Fischler, former European Union's Commissioner for Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries (1995–2004), Austria (tbc)

Horizon 2020: Priorities for Food Security, Safety, and Biotechnology,

Antonio di Giulio, Head of Unit DG Research, European Commission, Belgium (confirmed!) 

Food and Nutrition Security in the Context of Climate Change and Resilient Agricultural Produce

V. Prakash, India

Financial Crisis and Food Security Challenges - The World Bank View,

Randall Purcell, Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, World Bank, USA (tbc)

Emerging issues – screening for the unknown. Safety of nano- and other emerging technologies.

Jean-Lou Dorn, EFSA, Italy (tbc), and Martin Rose, FERA, United Kingdom

1.  Emerging issues – screening for the unknown. Safety of nano- and other emerging technologies.

Martin Rose, FERA, United Kingdom and Jean-Lou Dorne, EFSA, Italy (tbc)

Wednesday, 27 February 2013, 14:00-17:30

1. Rapid methods, sensors, computing and modeling

Philippe Delahaut, CER, Belgium, and Chris Elliott, Queens University, United Kingdom (tbc)

1. Water Quality: Natural and Anthropogenic Contaminants, Effects of Climate Change, Resource Management and Safe Supply for the Food and Drink Industry

Licia Guzzella, IRSA-CNR, Italy, and Anton Alldrick, CampdenBRI, United Kingdom

Wednesday, 27 February 2013, 19:00: Welcome Reception

Thursday, 28 February 2013, 09:00-12:30

1. Efficient Food Allergen Management and Gluten Free, Social and Consumer Impacts, Labelling and Globalisation

Bert Pöpping, EuroFins, Germany, and Clare Mills, University of Manchester, United Kingdom

1. Mycotoxins – Climate Change, Avoidance, Reduction, Exposure and Analysis

Hans van Egmond, RIKILT, the Netherlands, and Michele Solfrizzo, ISPA-CNR, Italy 

Thursday, 28 February 2013, 14:00-17:30

1. Infectious Disease and Food Safety - Climate Change, Mobility and Globalization

Wolfgang Kneifel, BOKU, Austria, and Stephen On, ESR, New Zealand  (tbc)

1. Food Integrity – Authenticity, Labelling, Fraud, New Developments, Methods and Globalisation

Markus Lipp, USP, USA, and Paul Finglas, IFR, United Kingdom

Thursday, 28 February 2013, 19:00: Social Dinner

Friday, 1 March 2013, 09:00-12:30

1. Omics  – Foods for the Future, Food Analysis and Characterization for a Safe, Secure and Nutritious Food Supply

Peter Shewry, Rothamsted, United Kingdom (tbc), and Ben Van Ommen, TNO, the Netherlands (tbc)

1. Food Safety Education and CPD (PHD, consumer, decision makers) – Standards, schemes, offerings

Paola Pittia, University of Teramo, Italy (tbc), and Gerhard Schleining, BOKU, Austria

Friday, 1 March 2013, 14:00-17:30

1. Validation and Standardisation – Verification – Sampling: Best of IAM

Richard Cantrill, AOCS, USA, and Franz Ulberth, IRMM, European Commission, Belgium (tbc)

1. Where do we go from here?

World Bank or World Food Programme or DG SANCO or DG Research or ….(tbc)

1. Awarding Ceremony and Young Scientist Presentations

Best Poster, Wiley Award, sponsored Industry Awards/Grants for young researchers

Moderated by Roland Poms, ICC, Austria, and Xiaofang Pei, SCU, China

Friday, 1 March 2013, 17:30

Farewell

Angelo Visconti, ISPA-CNR, Italy

Additional Meetings:

• QAS Editorial Board Meeting
• MoniQA Supervisory Board Meeting
• MoniQA General Assembly
• Platinum Sponsors Workshops (26 February 2013)
• ISEKI / MoniQA (26 February 2013)
• Leaders of Tomorrow and Soft Skills Seminar (26 February 2013)
• Qualitative Methods and new validation protocols (for IAM/Codex/MoniQA on Sunday 3 March 2013)

Organising Committee:

Sandor Tömöskösi, BME, Hungary (Chair)

Roland Poms, ICC, Austria (Co-Chair)

Line Lindner, ICC, Austria

Zsuzsanna Bugyi, BME, Hungary

Lívia Hajas, BME, Hungary

Kitti Török, BME, Hungary

Scientific Committee (a few are still to be confirmed):

Roland Poms, ICC, Austria (Chair)

Andras Salgo, BME, Hungary

Angelo Visconti, ISPA-CNR, Italy

Bert Pöpping, EuroFins, Germany

Hans van Egmond, RIKILT, the Netherlands

Paul Finglas, IFR, United Kingdom

Wolfgang Kneifel, BOKU, Austria

Xiaofang Pei, SCU, China

Richard Cantrill, AOCS, USA

Hamit Köksel, HCTU, Turkey

Sandor Tömöskösi, BME, Hungary

Franz Ulberth, IRMM, European Commission, Belgium

Jean-Lou Dorn, EFSA, Italy

Anton Alldrick, CamdenBRI, United Kingdom

Clare Mills, University of Manchester, United Kingdom

Markus Lipp, USP, USA

Martin Rose, FERA, United Kingdom

Stephen On, ESR, New Zealand

Philippe Delahaut, CER, Belgium

Chris Elliott, Queens University, United Kingdom

Árpád Ambrus, National Food Safety Authority, Hungary

Peter Shewry, Rothamsted, United Kingdom

Michele Solfrizzo, ISPA-CNR, Italy

Gianni Tartari, IRSA-CNR, Italy

András Sebők, Campden BRI, Hungary

Paola Pittia, University of Teramo, Italy

Gerhard Schleining, BOKU, Austria

Important Dates:

Deadline Abstract Submission:                                   25 September 2012 (for oral presentation)

                                                                              15 December 2012 (for poster presentation)

Notification Acceptance as oral/poster:                 15 October 2012

Early Bird ends:                                                                 31 October 2012

On-line registration ends:                                            20 February 2013