Call for abstracts for papers and posters
Deadline December 31st 2010
Participants are invited to submit abstracts for papers and posters in the following areas for inclusion in the Conference Programme.
Hydrocolloid functionality in relation to food texture [convenors: Fons Voragen and Harmen de Jong]
This section will deal with the influence of hydrocolloids in developing food texture.
Plenary Speaker: Professor Micha Peleg, MIT, USA
New hydrocolloid technologies [convenor: Tim Foster ]
The focus will be on the developments of natural materials as functional structuring ingredients: thickening, gelling and surface activity. Such materials are of plant cell origin and may allow natural, E-number-free structuring capabilities. Such materials may be functionalised through chemical physical or biochemical processing.
Plenary Speaker: Dr Leif Lundin CSIRO, Australia
Hydrocolloids in focus [convenor: Graham Sworn]
This session will cover recent developments in the market, analysis, structural understanding and applications of specific hydrocolloids.
Plenary Speaker: Dr Takahiro Funami, San-Ei Gen F.F.I., Osaka,Japan.
Invited speaker: Dr Denis Seisun, IMR International, USA
'Current trends in the hydrocxolloid market'
Invited speaker: Dr Graham Sworn, Danisco, France
The Pilnik Lecture: Dr Henk Schols, University of Wageningen, The Netherlands
New hydrocolloid design [convenors: Alan Imeson and John Mitchell]
The focus will be on the physical and enzymatic modification of hydrocolloids and production of composite structures, for example layer-by-layer assembly and nanoparticles.
Plenary Speaker: Professor J.R. Mitchell, University of Nottingham, UK
‘Physical modifications of xanthan gum’
Hydrocolloids for health and wellbeing [convenors : Claus Rolin and Fons Voragen]
This session will deal with the influence of hydrocolloids on health. Health effects of proteins are well known. Today, polysaccharides are becoming increasingly recognised for their benefits to human health. Several pharmacological activites relating to the immune system, the digestive system, glucose and cholesterol lowering, anti-glaucoma effects have been reported to be triggered by polysaccharides. Pectins for instance have been shown to have potential as prebiotics, to prevent adhesion of pathogenic bacteria, to inhibit prostate and colon cancer and to improve the biocompatibility of medical devices by coating them with artifical surfaces and thus promoting tissue/implant integration.
Plenary Speaker: Dr Bernd Stahl, Milk Research and Functional Innovations
'Specific dietetic glycans'