7th International Conference on Food Structures, Digestion and Health

Tuesday, 14 November 2023

• Riddet Institute Student Colloquium - Presentations only for Riddet Institute PhD students, conference delegates are welcome to attend in the audience subject to availability of seating
  
  
• Master Class - Separate event to the main conference, please book to attend
  
  
• FSDH Conference - Welcome function

Wednesday, 15 November 2023

• Plenary session: Global food challenges
  
  Anticipating and overcoming food system vulnerabilities in a world beset by climate change, pandemics and geopolitical strife
  Plenary Speaker - Professor Rickey Yada, University of British Columbia, Canada.
  
  Opening Lecture:
  Food structure, digestion and health outcomes
  Emeritus Professor Mike Gidley, University of Queensland, Australia
  
  
• Session 1: Food materials and structures produced by sustainable processing
  
  Multi-scale food structure tailoring for nutrition and pleasure by sustainable process engineering.
  Keynote Speaker - Professor Erich Windhab, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich, Switzerland
  
  
• Session 2: Advances in integrated models of human digestion
  
  Model-data fusion for physics-based simulations of digestion and food processing
  Keynote Speaker (general simulations and modelling) - Dr Simon Harrison, CSIRO, Australia
  
  Development of Dynamic In Vitro Models & Correlation to In Vivo Studies
  Keynote Speaker (physical models) - Professor Gail Bornhorst, University of California Davis, United States
  
  
• Session 3: Food structure modifications in the GIT: implications in sensory perception and nutrient absorption
  
  Keynote Speaker - Dr Alejandra Acevedo-Fani, Riddet Institute, New Zealand
  
  
• Poster Session

Thursday, 16 November 2023

• Plenary session: Nutritional science in the 21st century from an industry/consumer perspective
  
  Purposeful research and innovation for the nutrition and health needs of consumers
  Plenary Speaker - Dr Tsz Ning Mak, Nestlé Institute of Health Sciences Singapore Hub Manager, Singapore
  
  
• Session 4: Impact of food structure on physiology and human health
  
  Keynote Speaker - Dr Anthony Fardet, Senior Research Scientist in Preventive, Holistic and Sustainable Diets, National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment, France (online presentation)
  
  
• Session 5: Foods for populations with different nutritional needs (including fortification approaches)
  
  Optimal vs required dietary protein intake in different populations. Is “personalized” nutrition feasible?
  Keynote Speaker - Professor Robert Wolfe, University of Arkansas, United States
  
  
• Session 6: Foods for enhancing the gut microbiome and human health
  
  Panel Discussion: Food structure and nutrition - redefining dietary guidelines and food labelling for improved health outcomes
  
  
• Conference Dinner

Friday, 17 November 2023

• Plenary session: A glimpse into the next generation food systems
  
  Modeling and Simulation Tools for Industrial and Societal Research Applications: Digital Twins and Genome-based Machine-learning
  Plenary Speaker - Professor Tarek Zohdi, University of California, Berkeley, United States
  
  
• Session 7: Advances in precision fermentation, plant biotechnology and cellular agriculture for sustainable food production
  
  The Plant Age; Food for the future
  Keynote Speaker (plant bio tech) - Professor Oded Shoseyov, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
  
  A Kinder, Greener Tomorrow through Precision Fermentation
  Keynote Speaker - Dr Sunil Sukumaran, Chief Technology Officer, Perfect Day, San Francisco, United States (online presentation)
  
  
• Session 8: Challenges in structuring alternative proteins for product new development
  Panel Discussion: Animal protein versus plant protein – where are we heading?