24 – 27

September 2024

Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands

17th International Weurman Flavour Research Symposium

This 17th edition of the Weurman Flavour Research Symposium will be held on 24 – 27 September 2024 at Wageningen University and Research in Wageningen, The Netherlands. This conference, created in 1975 in memory of Cornelius Weurman and held every three years in different countries in Europe, is an internationally recognised Symposium gathering well-known scientists from academia and industry from different disciplines in the field of flavour research: chemistry, biology, neurophysiology and psychology.

The local organizers invite scientists with expertise covering different topics in flavour science, from flavour generation in food/non-food products to flavour perception, well-being and health to attend the symposium and submit abstracts. The scientific programme comprises of keynote lectures given by distinguished scientists from academia, scientific talks, flash poster presentations, and posters in the following main subject areas:

  • Multimodal flavour perception: from mixtures of compounds to brain integration
  • Flavour perception: from molecules to receptors to perception
  • Role of flavour in food intake and well-being
  • Flavour representation (naturality, authenticity)
  • Flavour generation
  • Modelling flavour compounds activity
  • New analytical tools for flavour analysis

News

Registration temporarily closed for non-presenting conference attendees

The committee has received a high number of abstracts that have been accepted after review by the scientific committee. Because of the large interest and the limited number of registration tickets that are still available, the committee has decided to temporarily close the registration for non-presenting conference attendees.

If you have any questions about your registration as a speaker/poster presenter or if you want to sign up for the registration waiting list as non-presenting conference attendee, please contact us by  email events@zonderzorg.nl.

Extension of Early registration deadline for accepted abstract presenters – Please register as soon as possible

The deadline for early registration for the 17th International Weurman Flavour Research Symposium held at Wageningen University on 24-27 September 2024 has been extended to accomodate the last of the accepted abstracts presenters. Please complete your regsitration as soon as possible to secure your place in the programme.

Extension of Early registration deadline for accepted abstract presenters

The deadline for early registration for the 17th International Weurman Flavour Research Symposium held at Wageningen University on 24-27 September 2024 has been extended to 21st June 2024.

Extension of Deadline for Abstract Submission to 29 April 2024

The deadline for submission of abstracts for the 17th International Weurman Flavour Research Symposium held at Wageningen University on 24-27 September 2024 has been extended to 29th April 2024 due to high demand.

For the submission of abstracts and info on the abstract, please visit the Call for abstracts page. Information on registration fees can be found on the Information webpage.

Registration is open now!

Today we’ve opened the registration for the 17th Weurman Symposium in Wageningen, the Netherlands, September 24 – 27, 2024!

We welcome you to join the symposium, but also to contribute by submitting abstracts for an oral or poster presentation.

More info on registration fees can be found on the Information webpage, do you want to read more about the abstract, this information can be found here.

Confirmed Keynote Speakers

Dr. David Mela

Consultant Nutrition Science and Research, The Netherlands

Anthony Warner

‘Ending Hunger; How we can feed the world without destroying it’

Confirmed Plenary Speakers

  • Assistant Professor Sylvester Holt

    University of Copenhagen, Denmark

  • Dr. Igor Bodnar

    DSM-Firmenich

  • Chiara Cordero

    University of Turin, Italy

  • Associate Professor Graham Eyres

    University of Otago, New Zealand

Wageningen Accommodation

There are 4 hotels in the area. All information, availability and prices can be found on the webpage of the hotels.

Hotels below are recommended in the area:

WICC Wageningen
Fletcher Hotel-Restaurant De Wageningsche Berg
Hotel De Wereld – Wageningen
Hotel de Reehorst – Ede

Weurman Organizing
Committee 2024:

Weurman International
Scientific Committee:

  • Jan Koek

    Unilever

  • Chris Winkel

    Givaudan

  • Katharina Reichelt

    Symrise

  • Sara Martins

    AFB International

  • Maarten Jongsma

    WUR

  • Catrienus de Jong

    WUR

  • Vincenzo Fogliano

    WUR

  • Andy Taylor

    Flavometrix

  • Ian Fisk

    University of Nottingham

  • Thierry Thomas-Danguin

    CSGA – INRAE

  • Marty Martens

    Friesland-Campina

  • Neil Da Costa

    IFF New Jersey

  • Veronica Galindo-Cuspinera

    DSM-Firmenich

  • Gertjan Heijman

    Upfield

  • Teresa Oliviero

    WUR

  • Ciarán Forde

    WUR

  • Markus Stieger

    WUR

  • Garmt Dijksterhuis

    University Utrecht

  • Veronika Somoza

    Leibniz Institute for Food Systems Biology

  • Arianne van Eck

    WUR

Deadlines and Abstract Submission

All submitted abstracts have been reviewed and the accepted have all been notified. They will be speaking or presenting their poster this September.

Supporting Journal

The prestigious Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry (2 year impact factor 2022: 6.1) invites all presenters to submit full article versions of their conference presentation to be considered for publication in a special issue of the journal dedicated to the Weurman Symposium 2024.

Conference venue: Omnia on the Wageningen Campus

The conference location Omnia is located in the city of Wageningen. It is easily accessible by both car and public transport. Omnia has its own car parks.

Sponsors of the 17th Weurman Symposium

Got questions?

Don’t hesitate to contact us

Laura van der Parre

Conference coordinator Zonderzorg