Program
The Weurman symposium will commence on Monday 23d of September with a welcome at 18:00 (6:00 pm) at hotel WICC in Wageningen. Tuesday 24th of September 2024 at 8:00 a.m the program starts and conclude on Friday 27th of September 2024 at 12:15 p.m., followed by a farewell lunch until 13:30 (1:30 p.m.)
Day 1
Monday 23rd September 2024
| 18:00 – 20:30 | Welcome and registration at the WICC hotel Wageningen Address: Lawickse Allee 9, 6701 AN Wageningen |
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Day 2
Tuesday 24th September 2024
| 8:00 – 8:30 | Registration | |
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| 8:30 – 8:45 | Welcome and Conference Opening | Sjoukje Heimovaara, Ciaran Forde, Vincenzo Fogliano, Catrienus de Jong, Markus Stieger, Wageningen University, The Netherlands |
| 8:45 – 9:30 | Crop circles, zombies and zebras: Challenges and (self-)deception in food research | Dave Mela, Consultant Nutrition Science and Research, The Netherlands |
| 9:30 – 10:15 | Ending Hunger: How we can feed the world without destroying it | Anthony Warner, Professional Development Chef, United Kingdom |
| Session 1: Flavour generation
(Session chairs: Vincenzo Fogliano, Catrienus de Jong) |
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| 10:15 – 10:45 | Exploring flavor chemistry of sustainable food products with PTR-MS | Sylvester Holt, University of Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 10:45 – 11:15 | Coffee break | |
| 11:15 – 12:30 | Multiple presentations. | Check day 2 for the full program |
| 12:30 – 13:30 | Lunch break | |
| 13:30 – 14-05 | Session 2: Flash Poster Presentations
(Session chairs: Jose-Antonio Piornos-Martinez, Igor Bodnar) |
Check day 2 for the full program |
| 14:05- 15:35 | Session 3: Poster Presentations | |
| 15:35 – 16:00 | Coffee break | |
| Session 4: New analytical tools and flavour modelling
(Session chairs: Graham Eyres, Ni Yang) |
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| 16:00 – 16:30 | Direct Injection Mass Spectrometry for In-Vivo Flavour Compound Monitoring from Microorganisms and Humans | Franco Biasoli, Fondazione Edmund Mach, Italy |
| 16:30 – 18:00 | Multiple presentations | Check day 2 for the full program |
| 18:00 | Drinks and bites |
Day 3
Wednesday 25th September 2024
| Session 5: Flavour: From molecules to receptors to perception
(Session chairs: Paul Breslin, Ian Fisk) |
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| 8:30 – 9:00 | Hop Flavour in Beer: Unravelling terpene biotransformation reactions during fermentation | Graham Eyres, University of Otago, New Zealand |
| 9:00 – 10:15 | Multiple presentations | Check day 3 for full program |
| 10:15 – 10:45 | Coffee break/ poster display | |
| Session 6: Oral flavour perception
(Session chairs: Sylvester Holt, Franco Biasoli) |
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| 10:45 – 11:15 | Fiery flavours: unveiling Capsaicin’s impact on aroma release and perception | Ni Yang, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom |
| 11:15 – 12:30 | Multiple presentations | Check day 3 for full program |
| 12:30 – 13:30 | Lunch Break & Change of Posters | |
| 13:30 – 14:00 | Session 7: Flash Poster Presentations
(Session chairs: Jane Parker, Andrea Buettner) |
Check day 3 for full program |
| 14:00 – 15:30 | Session 8: Poster Presentations | |
| 15:30 – 16:00 | Coffee Break | |
| Session 9: New tools and flavour modelling
(Session chairs: Chiara Cordero, Wender Bredie) |
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| 16:00 – 16:30 | The role of ethanol as modulator of aroma release in alcoholic drink | Jose-Antonio Piornos-Martinez, INRAE Dijon, France |
| 16:30 – 18:00 | Multiple presentations | Check day 3 for full program |
| 18:00 | Free evening | |
Day 4
Thursday 26th September 2024
| Session 10: Flavour perception
(Session chairs: Corinna Dawid, Andy Taylor) |
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| 8:30 – 9:00 | Plant proteins and flavors: unhappy marriage? | Igor Bodnar, DSM-Firmenich, Switzerland |
| 9:00 – 10:30 | Multiple presentations | Check day 4 for full program |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Coffee and poster display | |
| Session 11: New analytical tools for flavour analysis
(Session chairs: Jose-Antonio Piornos-Martinez, Graham Eyres) |
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| 11:00 – 11:30 | Now we can also “see” how it smells! | Chiara Cordero, University of Turin, Italy |
| 11:30 – 13:00 | Multiple presentations | Check day 4 for full program |
| 13:00 – 13:45 | Lunch Break | |
| 13:45 – 15:00 | WUR meets Weurman – Campus tours | More info can be found here |
| 15:00 – 15:15 | Departure of busses | |
| 15:15 – 23:30 | Social program: A Jungle adventure | |
| 23:30 | Departure of busses to hotels |
Day 5
Friday 27th September 2024
| Session 12: Flavour generation
(Session chairs: Sylvester Holt, Markus Stieger) |
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| 9:00 – 9:30 | Flavor stimuli in plant-based proteins: curses and blessings | Corinna Dawid, Technical University Munich, Germany |
| 9:00 – 10:15 | Multiple presentations | Check day 5 for full program |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Coffee break | |
| Session 13: Flavour perception
(Session chairs: Vincenzo Fogliano, Ciaran Forde) |
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| 11:00 – 11:30 | How Taste Sensors Regulate Metabolism | Paul Breslin, Rutgers University and Monell Chemical Senses Center, USA |
| 11:30 – 12:00 | Multiple presentations | Check day 5 for full program |
| 12:00 – 12:15 | Weurman Closing Remarks and Prize award | Ciaran Forde, Vincenzo Fogliano, Catrienus de Jong, Markus Stieger, Wageningen University, The Netherlands |
| 12:15 – 13:30 | Lunch break | |
| 13:30 | Ending of conference | |
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