Symposium on the Ethical Issues of the High Tech Applications in Food Processing
A workshop titled ‘Symposium on the Ethical Issues of the High Tech Applications in Food Processing’ will take place on the 2011 EFFoST Annual Conference on ’Process-Structure-Functions-Relationships‘ on 8th November 2011, Berlin, Germany.
The Symposium, organised by the Network of Excellence ‘HighTech Europe’ in association with the European Federation of Food Science and Technology (EFFoST), will highlight food ethics, consumer science, ethical aspects of the major innovation sources and food processing. The symposium will bring together the most reputable international food scientists and professionals to provide an interdisciplinary approach in food ethical issues. The meeting is expected to attract approximately 100 participants from around the world in connection with participants within the 2011 EFFoST Annual Conference.
Conference sessions will address in speeches and in a panel discussion the ethical issues in connection with bioethics, biotechnology, food technology, quality assurance, consumer science, legislative issues and risk management.
The conference will be chaired by Prof. Diána Bánáti, Chair of EFSA, member of the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies (EGE), administration is provided by EFFoST conference For further details and registration please visit HighTech Europe project website.
The HighTech Europe Network of Excellence comprises 21 industrial and research partners from all over Europe as well as one research institute from Australia. The overall intention of the network is to promote knowledge transfer and the introduction of high-tech bio, nano and ICT technologies to food markets, in order to strengthen the competitiveness of the European food industry, especially of SMEs. In order to harmonize excellence in food research available within Europe, the project’s aim is to establish a European Institute for Food Processing. If you want to learn more about the project or HighTech Europe’s Associated Membership Platform visit www.hightecheurope.eu.
