Conference Themes

I. Consumer well-being

a. Diet-host interaction: biotech / metabolomic approaches

• Gut microflora / food design relationship
• Safety aspect of food associated microorganisms
• Molecular determinants / food formulation
• Probiotics from genomics to functionality

b. Diet and physical activity

• Level of physical activity and diet needs & interaction

• High level
• Intermediate
• Low – sedentary

c. Healthy ageing

II. Industry competitiveness

a. Technology innovation by omic approaches / bioprocesses

• Enzymes & biocatalysis
• Biomasses & biopolymers
• Process ecology / sustainability
• Biorefinery

b. Bio-based analytical approaches for food quality

• Metabolomic and food characterization

• Genuinity / authenticity / adulteration

• Structural proteomic
• Genomic and metagenomic in evaluation of food safety