Conference programme
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Tuesday, 03 December 2024
12:00 Registration
13:00 Welcome by the organisers
13:45 Keynote
Francesco Branca, World Health Organization (WHO), Geneva, CH
14:15 Session I: Alternative proteins landscape
Plant and animal proteins used in alternative protein product (Pam Ismael, University of Minnesota, US)
Microbial-based protein sources and precision fermentation (Matthias Schmalisch, Formo Bio GmbH, Berlin, DE)
Animal cell-culture as a new source of protein (David Kaplan, Tufts University Center for Cellular Agriculture, Medford, US)
Public attitudes towards novel proteins (Marleen Onwezen, Wageningen University & Research, Den Haag, NL)
Feed in the context of alternative proteins (N. N. German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), Berlin, DE; N. N. Matís, Reykjavik, IS)
Scaling up production (speaker tbc)
18:00 – 20:00 Welcome cocktail
Wednesday, 04 December 2024
09:00 Setting the scence: Opportunities and challenges of alternative protein in food and feed
Masami Takeushi, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Rome, IT
09:20 Session II: Regulatory frameworks
Overview of the regulatory system for food and feed safety: USA (Steve Musser, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Silverspring, US)
Overview of the regulatory system for food and feed safety: EU (Rafael Luis Perez Berbejal, European Commission, Brussels, BE)
Overview of the regulatory system for food and feed safety: Asia (Soo Jung Choi, Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, Seoul, KR and Yong Quan Tan, Singapore Food Agency, SG)
11:00 Session III: Safety
Ensuring the safety of emerging protein sources: How EFSA's updated Novel Food Guidance protects consumer health and supports innovation in the EU agrifood sector (Ermolaos Ververis, EFSA, Parma, IT)
Food and feed safety assessment: the Australian perspective (Nora Galway, Food Standards Australia New Zealand, Canberra, AU)
Approach to the safety assessment of food ingredients and additives (Kristi Muldoon-Jacobs, FDA, Silverspring, US)
14:00 Session IV: Nutrition
Are alternative protein foods nutritious and healthy? From dietary modelling to randomised controlled trials in Singapore (Darel Toh, Singapore Institute of Food and Biotechnology Innovation, SG)
How processing of protein-rich plant materials affects protein ingredient functionality (Ute Weisz and Hannelore Daniel, Technical University of Munich, DE)
Plant-based alternatives in South America: exploring nutritional aspects and market availability (Marilia Regini Nuti, Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation, Rio de Janeiro, BR)
15:45 Session V: Consumer perception
Communication and Consumers’ Perception of Cultivated Meat in Singapore (Shirley Ho, Nanyang Technological University, SG)
The consumer and industry perspective on the future of alternative proteins using the example of Canada (Sylvain Charlebois, Dalhousie University, Halifax, CA)
Health effects and consumer perception of novel fermented foods (Armando F J Perez Cueto Eulert, Umeå University, SE)
Thursday, 05 December 2024
09:00 Setting the scene: Sustainable food and feed systems – the role of alternative proteins
speaker tbc
09:20 Session VI: Environmental sustainability and circularity
Comparing different farming systems and different nutrition diets such as plant-based proteins (Urs Niggli, Institute of Agroecology, Aarau, CH)
Life cycle assessment (LCA) of alternative proteins (Serenella Sala, Joint Research Centre, Ipsra, IT)
Environmental sustainability of alternative protein sources for food and feed (Hanna Tuomisto,University of Helsinki, FI)
11:00 Session VII: Socio-economic impact
Social LCA “considerations” related to alternative proteins (Alessandra Zamagni, Ecoinnovazione srl, Bologna, IT)
tbd (Ivo Rzegotta, Good Food Institute Europe ASBL, Forest, BE)
The socio-economic advantages of alternative protein sources in the context of the European Green Deal (Lynn Frewer, Newcastle University, UK)
14:00 Conference panel discussion
16:00 Closing remarks
Hermann Broll, BfR, Berlin, DE