KEYNOTE LECTURE - Monday, May 29
Food process innovations aligned with sustainability assessment
Alexander MATHYS

Dep. of Health Sciences and Technology
ETH Zurich
Switzerland

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Alexander MATHYS is food technologist and received his Ph.D. in food processing in 2008. He is Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) in Sustainable Food Processing at the ETH Zurich, Switzerland since 2015, where he is focusing on more efficiency and sustainability of value chains in food and feed.
His current research focus is on material and energetic utilization of plant based side streams, micro process engineering and extrusion for tailored structure formation and synthesis, innovative multi hurdle technologies for gentle preservation of healthy and high quality food, novel protein sources from algae and insects to improve food security as well as life cycle sustainability assessment as basic analysis in food processing.

KEYNOTE LECTURE - Tuesday, May 30
Formulation Engineering of Healthy Foods
Serafim BAKALIS

School of Chemical Engineering
The University of Birmingham
Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK

Professor Serafim Bakalis is a University Academic Fellow, tenuring from 2005 to present.
This prestigious research post has enabled him to develop a wide range of skills and techniques, interacting with leading industries while still continuining to contribute to teaching and administration within the School of Chemical Engineering
Professor Bakalis' research spans a range of engineering related aspects with an emphasis in understanding the effect of processing on microstructure control and extension of traditional unit operations to include performance of formulations of various consumer products.

KEYNOTE LECTURE - Wednesday, May 31
Modelling at the interface of process and product innovations
Pieter VERBOVEN

Division of Mechatronics, Biostatistics and Sensors (MeBioS)
KU Leuven
Belgium

Dr. Pieter Verboven holds a PhD in Bioscience Engineering from the University of Leuven. He is currently a Science2Business Research Manager at the same university bridging between strategic basic research, technological innovation development and industrial collaborations. His exploitation platform CADcracker is embedded in the division MeBioS (Mechatronics, Biostatistics and Sensors). The group has a proven track record and leading expertise in computer aided design and engineering (CADE) for optimizing and innovating agrofood products and processes. To this end, CADcracker initiates and coordinates strategic and applied research benefiting stakeholders in the agrofood sector.
His research aims to improve -through modelling and simulation- understanding of the dynamics of agrofood product biology, structure and quality as affected by conditions and processing along the supply chain from field to consumer.