Session Topics
1. Health & Safety - features a wide array of health and safety topics, with regard to the qualities and properties of finished food products, technology and methods for production and processing of food products, and innovative technology emerging topics within food industries. These topical areas will look at nutrition and wellness and food safety. Some examples of topics within the health and safety field include:
- Personalized Nutrition
- Human Health and the Microbiome
- The Science of Deliciousness
- Nutraceuticals: Superfoods or Superfads
2. Food Architecture - includes topics related to food architecture. These topics will look at how we can design and build better food with regards to agriculture and novel alternative ingredients. These topics will look at how we produce food today and in the future. Some examples of topics within the food architecture area include:
- Food Nanotechnology
- Gene Editing in Food and Agriculture
- Novel Alternative Proteins
- Cellular Agriculture
3. Processing - includes a wide array of processing related topics, with regard to process improvement, novel processing methods, and innovative processing technologies. These topics will look at the next generation of food manufacturing. Some examples of topics within the processing field include:
- Nonthermal Processing Technologies
- Data Analytics and Modeling in Food Systems
4. Sustainability & Security - features a wide array of sustainability & food security topics, with regard to the qualities and properties of finished food products, technology and methods for production and processing of food products, and innovative technology emerging topics within food industries. These topical areas will look at how to reduce the carbon, water and energy footprints. Some examples of topics within the sustainability field include:
- Sustainable Animal Nutrition
- Food Waste/Ugly Fruits & Vegetables
- Upcycling Food-Water-Energy Nexus
- Plastic Packaging - Recycling
