Chain 2011 - 6th International CIGR Technical Symposium Towards a Sustainable Food Chain

6th International CIGR Technical Symposium
Towards a Sustainable Food Chain

Food Process, Bioprocessing and Food Quality Management

Nantes, France - April 18-20, 2011
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The Food and Microbial Engineering Laboratory of the University of Burgundy and Agrosup Dijon, together with the Embrapa Labex Europa and the Food Safety Group of CIGR (International Commission of Agricultural Engineering) organize a workshop "Food Safety: Advances and Trends", to be held on the 14th and 15th April 2011 at Agrosup Dijon, with the support of Welience. More info.

CIGR - SECTION 6
CIGR Section VI (Postharvest Technology and Process Engineering) deals with the engineering and priciples ans technologies in postharvest ans processing of agri-food products. It is devoted to follow the trends, promote the advancement and enhance the dissemination and transfer of technology in postharvest and processing at a global scale.

To fulfil better its missions, Section VI of CIGR is organizing the
6th International Technical Symposium
"Toward a Sustainable Food Chain"
Nantes, France - April 18-20, 2011.

The event follows 5 previous similar events held in each continent, demonstrating the international profile of CIGR :
China - Beijing - 2004
Poland - Warsaw - 2006
Italy - Naples - 2007
Brazil - Foz do Iguaçu - 2008
Poland - Potzdam - 2009

As previous in Symposiums, selected papers presented at this Symposium will be published in a special issue of Food and Bioprocess Technology - An International Journal published by Springer.

CALL FOR PAPERS
MONDAY 18th - TUESDAY 19th, 6 SESSIONS :

Postharvest technology
Preservation, storage, and distribution
Processing equipment and technologies for agricultural and food products
Innovative and non thermal technologies
Properties of agricultural products & foods
Engineering for food safety and security
Foods and Sensors, sensing technology
Mathematical modelling and simulation
Process control
Product monitoring in the supply chain
Energy efficiency and environmental friendliness of agri-food chain
INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS
The deadline for abstract submission is 15/10/2010.
The program committee will make the final decisions on the acceptance of abstracts. To participate, please:

fill and submit the REGISTRATION form: see "Registration" option on the menu bar,
transfer the registration fee either online or by international bank transfer.
when logged in, see the Guides for authors and get templates under "Abstract" option on "Registration" page, submit your presentation title, authors and keywords and load your abstract, indicating if you prefer oral or poster presentation.