"Please note that the information is under development since the event is becoming fully digital"
Today we are much more conscious of what we eat. We not only want our food to be safe, tasty and make us healthy, but also that it is produced in a sustainable way without excessive processing and unnecessary additives. Many also want more plant protein and tasty, varied vegetarian food from locally grown producers. We may not fully realize what a complex and intriguing material we are putting in our mouth when we eat. The complexity of food not only provides the good feeling when we eat, but also provides the nutrition and health that we need.
Sweden has made very large investments in complex and exciting research tools in Lund, namely ESS and MAX IV. With the new tools at hand we are developing systematic understanding of food structure in connection to processing as well as digestibility and bioavailability of nutrients. In the future we will therefore be able to design healthy, sustainable and tasty food; taking its foundations from the food structure knowledge!
The challenges are large, but stimulating, and the food industry and academia are ready to meet them jointly. This was clearly demonstrated in March 2019 through the high and active participation in the first "Northern Lights on Food" (NLF) workshop in Lund. At this first NLF workshop, industry and academia started to discuss how food research and development can be strengthened through the technologies available in conjunction with MAX IV and ESS. The workshop attracted over 100 Nordic food scientists, including industry representatives, scientists and product developers from both national and international food companies.
Now we are moving forward and are proud to announce the second Northern Lights on Food Conference, June 9-11 2021, this time organised with financial support from Formas. We will bring together the key actors in the food sector, including academic researchers, institutes and the food industry, with experts in X-ray and neutron-based techniques. The aim is to establish and organise a Northern Light on Food (NLF) network that will provide food researchers with the opportunity to take full advantage of the new research tools provided by Large Scale Research Infrastructure (LSRI), ESS and MAX IV, emerging in Lund.
When: June 9, 12.00 - June 11, 13.00
Where: on Zoom
Deadline: Registration deadline is June 7.
Cost: No Conference fee since the event will be fully digital
Student speed dating
Do you want to meet your peers, and see how they have used these techniques in their research, or how to get some inspiration for your work? If you are a young investigator, and want to network, please join this speed dating session. A one-hour meeting with short, breakout sessions to get to know each other, and connect with future colleagues!
Confirmed speakers
Benjamin Boyd - Monash University, Australia
Marta Martínez Sanz - CIAL-CSIC, Madrid, Spain
Krassimir Velikov - Unilever, the Netherlands
Behnaz Pirzamanbein - Lund University, Sweden & QiM, DTU, Denmark
Alejandro Marangoni - University of Guelph, Canada
Shuai Bai - Lund University, Sweden
Thea Lykkegaard Møller - Aarhus University, Denmark
William Twengström - Exciscope AB, Sweden
Peter Fischer - ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Emanuel Larsson - Lund University, Sweden
Gregor Rudolph - Lund University, Sweden
Laurence Ramos - CNRS-University Montpellier, France
Francisco Vilaplana - KTH, Sweden
Sisse Marquina-Jonberg - Novo Nordisk Foundation, Denmark
Maria Öhman - Vinnova, Sweden
Christian Malmberg - Lantmännen, Sweden
Hans Tromp - NIZO, The Netherlands
Peter L Wejse - Arla, Denmark
Milena Corredig - Aarhus University, Denmark
Ramune Kuktaite - SLU Alnarp, Sweden
Wim Bouwman - Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands
You find the full timetable here.
Organizing committee
Anna Ström – Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
Niklas Lorén – RISE, Sweden
Milena Corredig – iFood Centre for Innovative Food Research, Aarhus University, Denmark
Maud Langton – Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden
Elisabet Rytter – Livsmedelsföretagen/Sweden Food Arena
Lars Nilsson - Lund University, Sweden
Stephen Hall – Lund Institute of Advanced Neutron and X-ray Science (LINXS), Sweden
Åsa Grunning - Lund Institute of Advanced Neutron and X-ray Science (LINXS), Sweden
Tommy Nylander – Lund University, Sweden
Selma Maric – MAX IV Laboratory
Northern Lights on Food website.
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