KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
Confirmed Conferences as at 08/15/05
As in the first edition of this meeting, INNOVA 2005 will count with the participation of well known international keynote speakers, such as:
OPENING ADDRESS
  Dr. Margaret A. Lawson
President IFT (Institute of Food Technologists) 2005 - 2006, USA.
"Invisible borders in the New World: the impact of globalization on food"
NEW TECHNOLOGIES FOR FOOD PROCESSING,
CONSERVATION AND TRACEABILITY
 

Dr. Jorge Welti Universidad de las Américas, Mexico
“New trends in freeze drying”

Dra. María Soledad Tapia Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela
“Use of multiple intervention methods or microbial control hurdle technologies in food preservation”.

Dra. Pilar Cano from Instituto del Frío de España
"New technologies for vegetable food processing. Effects on health potentials"

Dr. Gustavo Barbosa Washington State University, USA. “Advances in Food Dehydration, Canning and Freezing”.

Dr. Amauri Rosenthal EMBRAPA, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
“High pressure food processing: considerations on safety, quality, costs and consumers.”

Lic. Patricia Narvaiz Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica Argentina
“Food irradiation for immunocompromised patients”

Ing. Quím. María José Crosa Developing a cheese salting line by vaccum impregnation for a dairy SME.

FOOD FILMS AND PACKAGING
 

Dr. Jorge Welti Universidad de las Américas, Mexico
“Methods, criteria and modelling for selecting plastic films in modified atmospheres”

Dra. Olga Martín Universidad de Lleida, Catalunya, Spain
“Sliced fresh fruit quality and use of edible films”

M.Sc. Alejandro Ariosti, Instituto Nacional de Tecnología industrial, Argentina.
"Food-packing plastic: trends and innovations in technologies and materials"

Ing. Ricardo Dunogent, Instituto Argentino del Envase, Argentina
"Packing and technologies of innovation in food and drink"

FUNCTIONAL FOODS AND NUTRACEUTICALS
 

Dr. Jaime Amaya Universidad de Campinas, Brazil
“Contribution of nutritional science to the development of new products”

Dra. Delia Rodríguez Universidad de Campinas, Brazil
"Chemical tools for the development of new products"

Dr. Esteban Carmuega Scientific consultant to Danone Group, Argentina
“Functional food: towards evidence-based nutrition"

Dra. Diane Birt
Iowa State University, USA.
“Polyphenols and cancer prevention”

Dr. Gustavo González Faculty member, Dept. of Enology, School of Agriculture, University of the Republic.
"Traditional techniques and innovating processes in Enology: Technological aspects related to Polyphenolic composition of wines."

M.Sc. Adri Bester London Bank State University, United Kingdom
"Nutritionally Functional Hydrocolloids"

Ing. Agr. Gustavo Brito Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria, Uruguay
"Differenciating and increasing value of Uruguayan beef and sheep meat on the basis of their nutritional characterization and their impact on human health and product preservation"

Dr. Adrian Saporiti SAPORITI, Argentina.
"Functional foods: from idea to product"

Dr. Gary Fulcher, University of Manitoba, Canadá
"Biochemistry of whole grains: challenge for manufacturers and nutritionists"

ROUND TABLES
  Biotechnological processes in food technology

Dr. Carlos Azambuja, Genia, Uruguay
"Traceability in the meat industry, tenderness and marbling"

M.Sc. Ana López, LATU, Uruguay
"Molecular characterization of soybean cultivars through microsatelytes"

M.Sc. Fabiana Rey, LATU, Uruguay
"Fungal systems as productive reactors"

Dr. Mary Lopretti, LATU, Uruguay
"Production and synthesis control of statins as functional food in pleurotus mushrooms"

Food Science and Technology Associations

Dr. Margaret Lawson, Institue of Food Technologists (IFT, USA)

Dr. Gustavo Barbosa
- Canovas, Washington State University (USA),

Dr. Olga Martín, European Federation of Food Science an Technology (EFFoST)

Dra. Cristina López, Sociedad Uruguaya de Ciencia y Tecnología de Alimentos (SUCTAL)

M.Sc. Gisela Kopper, Asociación Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Ciencia y Tecnología de Alimentos (ALACCTA)

CLOSING ADDRESS
  Prof. J. Claude Cheftel. Food and nutrition Labelling in the European Union
C O N G R E S O S ---& ---R E U N I O N E S