CIFST President Belinda Elysee-Collen invites you to learn about the latest developments for the World Congress as we plan to welcome the world to Montreal 2014.

2. Previous congress in Canada was in 1991!

3. World Congress hosts
&
The International Union of
Food Science and
Technology (IUFoST) is the
worldwide association for food
science and technology
supporting programs and
projects to increase food
security and safety worldwide.
IUFoST groups together more
than 65 countries, of which
Canada (CIFST) and USA (IFT)
are members.

4. Together we can
create a Canadian
success story!

5. CONGRESS INGREDIENTS
International Delegates
1,500
Canadian Delegates
500
Exhibitors and Sponsors
150
Honorary Plenary Speakers
Session Chairs
Abstracts received
Parallel sessions
INNOVATION & COLLABORATION
8
60
1,200
88
100%

6. Statistics
The majority
of delegates
will be from
NORTH
AMERICA
50%
EUROPE
ASIA
20% 20%
The rest of the
world including
MIDDLE
EAST,CENTRAL
AND SOUTH
AMERICA
10%

7. CONGRESS THEME
Our objective:
Bring together industry and academia

8. Program Committee
Our scientific program committee:
50% industry – 50% academia

9. Industry Leader Summit
Guy Wollaert, Senior Vice President and Chief Technical Officer,
The Coca Cola Company, USA
Philip Donne, President, Campbell Company of Canada, Canada
Johanne Baensch, Global Head of Research and Development,
Nestlé, Switzerland

10. Research themes
1. Potential Regulatory Issues
2. Consumer Behaviour and Sensory Evaluation
3. Innovation Through Collaboration (Industry, Academia,
Government, Consumers)
4. Industrially-Relevant Products and Issues
5. Food and Health
6. Food Nanotechnology
7. Food Safety
8. Food Chemistry
9. Food Processing
10. Convergence Innovation for Affordable Food, Health and
Healthcare
11. Sustainability and Food Security

11. Names that resonate with Industry
• Robert Fisher, Chief Technical Officer, Molson Coors
Brewing Company, USA
• Lekh Juneja, Excecutive Vice President, Taiyo Kagaku Co.
Ltd., Japan
• Marcel Paques, Principal Scientist, FrieslandCampina, The
Netherlands
• Mike Robach, Vice President, Corporate Food Safety and
Regulatory Affairs, Cargill, USA
• Liz Sloan, Professional Member of IFT, IFT, USA
• Bernhard van Lengerich, Chief Science Officer, VP
Technology Strategy, General Mills, USA
• Lu Ann Williams, Director of Innovation, Innova Market
Insights, The Netherlands

12. Names that resonate with science
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Riette de Kock, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Peter Jones, University of Manitoba, Canada
Brian Keating, CSIRO, Australia
Hosahalli S. Ramaswamy (Swamy), McGill University,
Canada
Yrjo Roos, University College Cork, Ireland
Fereidoon Shahidi, Memorial University of
Newfoundland, Canada
Harjinder Singh, Massey University, New Zealand
Rickey Yada, University of Guelph, Canada

13. Student Challenge
A unique Canadian initiative
 11-12 Universities from across Canada will
send teams of 4 students
 Sponsored by Industry
 International panel of judges

14. EXPO
+ EXPO activity pass

15. Networking – mobile app

16. “Guinness World Record”
• We are approved to attempt to break the
record for the longest line of canned food
• We will need 30,000 cans
• Approx. 2.7km (1.7 miles) in length
• In the Palais du Congres
• With support from the Palais and Tourisme
Montréal

17. Social Media Campaign

18. iufost2014.org
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