CoNFoMa Symposium
Sep 8-12, 2018
The Graduate Hotel, 615 Washington Ave SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414
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The symposium on Convergence of Nanotechnology in Food Manufacturing (CoNFoMa) will focus on establishing a collective vision for linking cutting edge research in nanotechnology with food engineering across the food/water/energy (FEWS) spectrum. The focus for this event will be post harvest activities, food processing, food packaging, food waste, food safety, and sustainability issues at the FEWS nexus.
Free registration for CoNFoMa with COFE 2018 registration.
Registration to CoNFoMa only $170 (link coming soon, contact management team to register early)
CoNFoMa 2018 will merge with COFE 2018 (Conference of Food Engineering) organized by the Society of Food Engineering (SoFE) (link to COFE here).
Link to hotel and additional information here
Question the Correct Question?
One of the key highlights of CoNFoMa will be "25 intractable questions". Beginning on Sep 8th, 2018 CoNFoMa will host a two day targeted symposium focused on identification of intractable questions by top industry and academic experts. These intractable questions will be used to lay the foundation for future research roadmaps related to nanotechnology in sustainable food production and planetary health. A general schedule is below (speakers will be announced by May 1, 2018):
Sep 9, 2018-Merge with COFE 2018 (The Graduate Hotel)
CoNFoMa events will include technical sessions, roundtable discussions, and student activities at the annual 14th biannual CoFE conference in collaboration with SoFE.
8:00-9:00 Breakfast and workshop description
9:00-12:00 Workshop: The future of nanotechnology in food manufacturing
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-3:00 Proceedings break out groups
Sep 10
10:00-12:00 Student roundtable with academia/industry experts
2:00-4:00 Technical session on sensors and robotics for food engineering
Sep 11
9:00-10:00 Planning meeting and assignment of duties for white paper
10:00-12:00 Technical session on food packaging
Sep 12
10:00-12:00 Technical session on encapsulation/functional foods
3:00-4:00 Wrap up meeting
Program at a glance
Sep 8, 2018 (The Graduate Hotel)
8:00-9:00 Welcome and breakfast (Intractable questions in food engineering)
9:00-10:00 Keynote opening speaker: Pramod Khargonekar, UC Irvine (bio)
10:00-10:30 Discussion
10:30-11:30 Details TBD (industry speaker)
11:30-12:00 Discussion
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-2:00 Details TBD (industry speaker)
2:00-2:30 Discussion
2:30-3:30 Detilas TBD (industry speaker)
3:30-4:00 Discussion
4:00-5:00 Antje Baeumner, University of Regensburg (bio)
5:00-5:30 Discussion
5:30-7:00 Dinner and Keynote closing speaker: Glenda Humiston, Univ. of Cal. Ag. & Nat. Res. (bio)
Organizers
Carmen Gomes, Co-Director
Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Iowa State University
carmen@iastate.edu
Eric S. McLamore, Co-Director
Associate Professor
Agricultural & Biological Engineering
University of Florida
emclamor@ufl.edu
Shoumen Palit Austin Datta, Co-Director
Auto ID Labs, Mechanical Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MDPnP, MGH, Harvard Medical School
shoumen@mit.edu
This work is supported by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, AFRI project [2017-05027]
