Food & Function Blog

Will you be at the 9th International Conference on Polyphenols and Health (ICPH), in Japan this December?

ICPH2019 is the 9th International Conference on Polyphenols and Health and will be running in Kobe, Japan Nov 28-Dec 1, 2019. ICPH has become the most important international event to comprehensively deal with polyphenols and their various beneficial functions for health. This year it has adopted the theme “Basic and Human Studies to Reach Our Goal”.

Running concurrently, ICoFF2019/ISNFF2019, have adopted the theme, “Food Factor Science from Molecular to Human Studies”. The conferences will offer opportunities to exchange scientific ideas and create networks between people from academia, industry and regulatory authorities, as well as between young and established scientists and professionals.

Jeanne Andres, Executive Editor, Food & Function, will be attending. Please feel free to get in touch with me to arrange a meeting: food-rsc@rsc.org I look forward to meeting you in Kobe!

The Innovative Horticulture for Healthy Foods (IHHF 2019) Conference takes place from 8-10 December 2019 at the University of Western Australia as well as the Pullman Bunker Bay Resort in Western Australia.

IHHF 2019 is a satellite meeting that will follow on from three important international meetings in the area of Functional Foods all held in Kobe, Japan: ICoFF2019, ISNFF2019 and ICPH2019.

There is growing interest in the health benefits of eating fruit and vegetables. This meeting will highlight recent developments in horticulture and nutrition and provide exciting opportunities to showcase Western Australian science as well as local produce. This is an opportunity to gain knowledge of innovative developments in horticulture, nutrition and health research.

Key Themes

• Health benefits of fruits, vegetables and their components;
• Fruit, vegetables and their bioactives;
• Food and the gut microbiome;
• Crop improvement for enhanced health benefits;
• Health promotion, evidence from population studies and;
• Innovative products.

Our journal Food & Function is delighted to be sponsoring two poster prizes at the IHHF2019.

There is still time to submit a paper for IHHF 2019, as the Call for Papers close has been extended to 30 September. Registration for the conference closes on 8 November.

To submit a paper, register and find out more about the conference, visit their website: https://www.ihhf19.com.au/

The 4th UK Hydrocolloids Symposium is being held at the University of Leeds, UK on Thursday 12th of September 2019.

The theme of the symposium is “From Food to Bioprocessing” and aims to foster the exchange of ideas and recent advances from a variety of disciplines in which Hydrocolloids are key drivers. The research presented in this symposium will represent a cross section of work undertaken by researchers from foods and pharmaceuticals (encapsulation, delivery, oral processing and digestion), biomaterials (scaffolds, hydrogels, nanomaterials) and future applications of Hydrocolloids.

Our journal Food & Function will be sponsoring a prize for the best poster at the The 4th UK Hydrocolloids Symposium.

The registration deadline is 17.00 on Wednesday 4^th of September.

Find out more here.

The 7th International Conference on Food Factors(ICoFF2019) and the 12th International Conference and Exhibition on Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods (ISNFF2019) will be in Kobe, Japan, this December.
With the mission of promoting research into all aspects of basic and applied Food and Nutritional Science, ICoFF held its first conference in 1995 and has continued to hold every four years. ICoFF is one of the largest international conferences for researchers, scientists, professors and students in the field of food factors and their health-promoting effects. ISNFF, founded in 2007, has been focusing on the research and development on materials that can be used as functional foods. ICoFF2019/ISNFF2019, has adopted the theme, “Food Factor Science from Molecular to Human Studies”.

The conferences will offer opportunities to exchange scientific ideas and create networks between people from academia, industry and regulatory authorities, as well as between young and established scientists and professionals.

Extended! Additional Abstract Submissions for Posters: Accepted until September 9, 2019
Regular registration deadline: Oct. 31, 2019

Click here for more information.

The 8th Biennial Berry Health Benefits Symposium starts today! It runs May 7th-9th at the Embassy Suites by Hilton Portland Downtown, Portland, OR, USA.

We are delighted to announce that Food & Function will be publishing a themed web collection from work presented at the symposium.

Submission deadline is 31st July 2019.

For more information please contact the Editorial office food-rsc@rsc.org

Not long now until the 8th Biennial Berry Health Benefits Symposium! May 7th-9th, 2019, Portland, OR, USA.

Keynote Address and Dinner
Wednesday, May 8th | Our Keynote Speaker will be Dr. Mary Ann Lila, Director, Plants for Human Health Institute, David H. Murdock Distinguished Professor, Food Bioprocessing and Nutrition Sciences, North Carolina State University. Dr. Lila’s keynote address will be Berries — They’re Not Just for Breakfast Anymore.

For more information about the symposium and speakers, click here.

Not long now until Food Matters Live 2018!!  It will be held at ExCeL London, from 20th – 22nd November, 2018.

Remember to register! 

As the UK’s largest and fastest growing event showcasing the food and drink innovations shaping health and wellbeing, it is simply not to be missed.

Food Matters Live brings together a cross sector community of engaged industry experts – the policy makers, the innovators, the fresh start ups, the established household names, in an unmissable three day event. Join 800 exhibitors, 400 speakers and 1000s of visitors at Food Matters Live 2018.

If you are quite rightly interested in this event, then please click here for further details.