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Next on the Programme: Stakeholder Workshop

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ISO-FOOD will organize the first stakeholder event in 2015 – a Stakeholder Workshop in May 2015 – which will be held at the Jožef Stefan Institute. Representatives of business, academia, governmental organisations and NGOs are invited to present their views on the food quality and traceability issues, and become engaged into a stimulating discussion on the emerging topics of the food research, generating ideas and initiating collaborations. The key conclusions of the workshop will be published through a post-workshop press release. Contact us on erachair@isofood.eu

Kick-off Meeting

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Venue and date: Ljubljana, October 8th, 2014

Location: Jožef Stefan Institute, main hall, F5 seminar room, Jamova 39, Ljubljana

Agenda

Morning Session

Introduction to ERA Chair ISO-FOOD and Research Themes

08.45 – 09.00 Welcome
09.00 – 09.30 Current status of the ERA Chair ISO-FOOD project by prof. dr. Milena Horvat, the coordinator & dr. David Heath, ERA Chair holder

Research Topic Presentations

 

09.30 – 09.45 “Food traceability and fingerprints – Compound specific isotope analysis” (prof. dr. Nives Ogrinc)
09.45 – 10.00 “Radionuclides in food and water“ (dr. Ljudmila Benedik)
10.00 – 10.15 “Speciation of elements in foodstuffs” (dr. Tea Zuliani)
10.15 – 10.30 Coffee break
10.30 – 10.40 “Arsenic speciation in food” (doc. dr. Zdenka Šlejkovec)
10.40 – 10:50 “Selenium speciation in food” (prof. dr. Vekoslava Stibilj)
10:50 – 11:00 “Mercury speciation in food” (prof. dr. Milena Horvat)
11:00 – 11.15 “Nanoparticles in food” (Janja Vidmar, prof. dr. Maja Remškar)
11.15 – 11.30 “Metrological support” (prof. dr. Milena Horvat et al.)
11.30 – 11.45 “Data management & exploitation” (doc. dr. Barbara Koroušić Seljak)
12.00 – 12.45 Lunch 

 

Afternoon Session

Round Table WP Presentations & Discussion

12.45– 13.15 WP1 – Coordination and Management (prof. dr. Milena Horvat)
  WP2 – ERA Chair Constitution (prof. dr. Milena Horvat)
13.15 – 13.45 WP3 – Research and Education (prof. dr. Nives Ogrinc)
13.45– 14.15 WP4 – Networking and Transfer of Knowledge (doc. dr. Barbara Koroušić Seljak)
  ISO-FOOD & Communication (doc. dr. Barbara Koroušić Seljak)
14.15 – 14.30 Coffee break  
14.30 – 15.00 WP5 – Outreach and Dissemination (prof. dr. Sonja Lojen)
15.00 – 15.30 WP6 – ERA Chair Sustainability (dr. David Heath)
15.30 – 16.00 Decisions to be taken (appointment of task leaders for each WP) & Future events and communications
16.00 – 16:15 Conclusion

 

World Food Day

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On 16 October 1945, 42 countries acted in Quebec, Canada, to create the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). In doing so they took another important step forward in man’s perpetual struggle against hunger and malnutrition. For through the establishment of FAO they provided themselves, and the many other nations that were to enter the Organization, with a mechanism through which its Member Countries could deal with a set of problems that are of major concern to all countries and all people.

So that, FAO was founded in 1943 at Hot Springs (USA) during the UN Conference on Food and Agriculture, and it was formally instituted during the First Session of the FAO Conference, held in Quebec, Canada, in 1945 – more information on FAO’s origin is available here.

FAO celebrates World Food Day each year on 16 October, the day on which the Organization was founded in 1945.

The objectives of World Food Day are to:

  • encourage attention to agricultural food production and to stimulate national, bilateral, multilateral and non-governmental efforts to this end;
  • encourage economic and technical cooperation among developing countries;
  • encourage the participation of rural people, particularly women and the least privileged categories, in decisions and activities influencing their living conditions;
  • heighten public awareness of the problem of hunger in the world;
  • promote the transfer of technologies to the developing world; and
  • strengthen international and national solidarity in the struggle against hunger, malnutrition and poverty and draw attention to achievements in food and agricultural development.