The Third SEAFOODplus Conference

Tromsø, 29-05-06 to 02-06-06

Programme Open Conference

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SEAFOODplus invites industry representatives, scientists and policy makers to attend

The Third Open Conference
 

Tuesday 30 May 2006 - plenary session
Wednesday 31 May 2006 - three parallel symposia
at
Arktika, Polarmiljøsentret, Tromsø, Norway

 

 The three symposia cover:
Consumer oriented seafood product development
Seafood and lowering the risk of chronic diseases
New developments to manage microbial seafood safety

 

For further information contact:
Coordinator Torger Børresen
 tb(at)dfu.min.dk
phone: +45 45 25 25 77

Secretariat manager Jette Donovan Jensen
 jej(at)dfu.min.dk
phone: +45 45 25 25 75

 

Welcome reception
Monday 29 May 2006

A welcome reception will take place on Monday 29 May 2006 at 19:00 at the Polaria Museum, Sentrum, ved Strandveien, Tromsø.

 
The mayor of Tromsø, Hermann Kristoffersen, will welcome the SEAFOODplus participants to Tromsø. A variety of seafood delicacies are kindly offered by Rya Produkter.

 
Registration for the Conference and the three symposia will take place from 19:00

Programme for the plenary session - Tuesday 30 May 2006

8:00 Registration – continued
 

9:00 Opening and welcome speeches
Helga Pedersen, Norwegian Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs, Norway
Ivan C. Burkow, Managing Director, Fiskeriforskning, Norway
Ciaran Mangan
, Scientific Officer, DG Research, Directorate E, Biotechnology, Agriculture & Food, Belgium
Torger Børresen
, SEAFOODplus Coordinator, Danish Institute for Fisheries Research

 

9:30 What consumers would like to know about seafood
Karen Brunsø, MAPP, Denmark and Wim Verbeke, Ghent University, Belgium
 

9:50 Seafood traceability for the industry in the global trade
Erling Larsen, Danish Institute for Fisheries Research, Denmark
 

10:10 Discussion on the consumer perspective versus the industry perspective
 

10:25 Coffee break
 

10:45 Seafood as the key to improve the quality of life in young European families
Inga Thorsdottir, Landspitali-University Hospital, Iceland
 

11:05 New knowledge about the mechanisms of seafood lipid oxidation
Charlotte Jacobsen, Danish Institute for Fisheries Research, Denmark
 

11:25 Natural antioxidants: great potential for use in seafood.
Isabel Medina, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Spain
 

11:45 Muscle proteomics as a new tool to better understand texture defects in farmed fish
Martine Morzel, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), France
 

12:05 Discussion on the nutrition perspective versus the product quality perspective
 

12:25 Lunch 

 
14:00 Presentation of the first SEAFOODplus Associate Certificate to Angulas Aguinaga
Torger Børresen, Danish Institute for Fisheries Research, Denmark and
Mercedes Careche
, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Spain
 

14:10 Using SmartTag as operational welfare indicator of farmed fish
Øyvind Aas-Hansen, Fiskeriforskning, Norway
 

14:30 New sustainable feed resources and impact of nitrogen extractives in farmed rainbow trout
Anders Aksnes, Fiskeriforskning, Norway 
 

14:50 Dietary modulation of new healthy selenium compounds in farmed African catfish
Edward Schram, The Netherlands Institute for Fisheries Research (RIVO), The Netherlands
 

15:10 Discussion on the feed resource perspective versus the health component perspective
 

15:25 Coffee break
 

15:50 The impact of processing on nutritional benefits of seafood
Edel Elvevoll, University of Tromsø, Norwegian College of Fishery Science, Norway

 
16:10 Changes in nutrients in farmed African catfish during household preparations
Narcisa Bandarra, The National Research Institute on Agriculture and Fisheries Research
(IPIMAR), Portugal.

 
16:30
Discussion on the nutrient loss during industrial processing versus household cooking

 
16:45 Summary of the third SEAFOODplus Open Conference
Torger Børresen, Danish Institute for Fisheries Research, Denmark

 
17:00 Adjourn
 
 

19:30 Conference Banquet at Rica Ishavs hotel, Tromsø.
Award for the best presentation will be announced 

 

Programme for Symposium no 1 - Wednesday 31 May 2006

'Consumer oriented seafood product development'

9:00 Opening
Joop Luten, Fiskeriforskning, Norway

 
9.10 Success stories of seafood product development
Javier Borderias, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Spain

 
9.40 Culinary based product development for seafood and the stage gate principle
Mike Morrissey, Oregon State University, USA

 
10.10 Coffee break

 
10.40 From consumer studies to seafood product design
Adriaan Kole, The Netherlands Institute for Fisheries Research (RIVO), The Netherlands

 
11.10 The results of the SEAFOODplus food design contest
To be announced by Adriaan Kole, The Netherlands Institute for Fisheries Research (RIVO) and demonstrated by the winner of the contest

 
11:25 Innovative seafood product development from a SEAFOODplus Associate Member's point of view
Jose Luis Hurtado, Angulas Aguinaga, Spain

 
11.40 Plenary show with the other symposia participants: Seafood a joint for ever!
A top chief cook will present his view on seafood for European consumers and prepare seafood dishes!
Kjetil Gundersen, Gastronomic Institute, Norway

 
12.10 Lunch - with product demonstrations from Angulas Aguinaga, Spain, and local Tromsø seafood producers

 
13.30 Farmed cod - evaluation by chief cooks from European restaurants
Morten Heide, Fiskeriforskning, Norway

 
14.00 Consumer preferences for different cod products: Why do some consumers prefer one product to another?
Kolbrun Sveinsdottir, The Icelandic Fisheries Laboratories, Iceland

 
14.30 How do young consumers perceive new convenience seafood products in Europe?
Svein Ottar Olsen, Fiskeriforskning, Norway

 
15.00 Coffee break

 
15.30 Enhancement of consumer preference for frozen and thawed cod fillets by new processing methods
Jens Østli, Fiskeriforskning, Norway

 
16.00 Successful new seafood products enriched with taurine
Ronan Gormley, Ashtown Food Research Centre (Teagasc), Ireland

 
16.30 Summary of the symposium
Joop Luten, Fiskeriforskning, Norway

 
16:45 Adjourn

Programme for Symposium no 2 - Wednesday 31 May 2006

'Seafood and lowering the risk of chronic diseases'

9:00 Opening
Ingeborg Brouwer, Wageningen Centre for Food Science, The Netherlands

 
9.10 Seafood and the interplay between the brain and the intestines
Robert Jan Brummer, Wageningen Centre for Food Science and University of Maastricht, The Netherlands

9.40 Fish consumption and cancer risk: results from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer (EPIC)
Elio Riboli and Teresa Norat, Imperial College London, United Kingdom

 
10.10 Coffee break

 
10.40 Seafood and gut health
Gertjan Schaafsma, Wageningen University, The Netherlands

 
11.10 Farmed fish and cancer - the controversy between toxicology and epidemiology on the effect of organic pollutants
Eiliv Lund, University of Tromsø, Norway

 
11.40 Plenary show with the other mini-symposia participants: Seafood a joint for ever!
A top chief cook will present his view on seafood for European consumers and prepare seafood dishes!
Kjetil Gundersen, Gastronomic Institute, Norway

 
12.10 Lunch - with product demonstrations from Angulas Aguinaga, Spain, and local Tromsø seafood producers

 
13.40 Seafood and prevention of colon cancer - potential mechanisms of action
Elizabeth Lund, Institute of Food Research, United Kingdom

 
14.10 Bioactive dietary compounds in seafood and colon cancer prevention
Cindy Davis, National Cancer Institute, USA

 
14.40 Seafood and colorectal tumours: a meta-analysis and genetic susceptibility
Ellen Kampman, Wageningen University, The Netherlands

 
15.10 Coffee break

 
15.30 Early essential fatty acid status and later cognitive development of children
Gerard Hornstra, Nutri-Search, The Netherlands

 
16:00 Quantitative Risk - Benefit Analysis: the fish case
Nynke de Jong, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, The Netherlands

 
16.30 Summary of the symposium
Ingeborg Brouwer, Wageningen Centre for Food Science, The Netherlands

 
16:45 Adjourn

Programme for Symposium no 3 - Wednesday 31 May 2006

'New developments to manage microbial seafood safety'

9:00 Opening
Bill Doré, Marine Institute, Ireland

 
9:10 A new psychrotolerant and histamine producing Morganella species
Jette Emborg and Paw Dalgaard, Danish Institute for Fisheries Research, Denmark

 
9:40 Listeria monocytogenes: Predicting the growth boundary in seafood
Paw Dalgaard and Ole Mejlholm, Danish Institute for Fisheries Research, Denmark

 
10:10 Coffee break

 
10.40 Promising hurdle technologies to minimise the survival and growth of pathogens and spoilage bacteria in seafood during processing
Francoise Leroi, The French Research Institute for the Exploration of the Sea (IFREMER)

 
11.10 The growth and survival of Listeria in ready-to-use salt cured cod
Ingebrigt Bjørkevoll, Fiskeriforskning, Norway

 
11.40 Plenary show with the other mini-symposia participants: Seafood a joint for ever!
A top chief cook will present his view on seafood for European consumers and prepare seafood dishes!
Kjetil Gundersen, Gastronomic Institute, Norway

 
12.10 Lunch - with product demonstrations from Angulas
Aguinaga, Spain and from local Tromsø seafood producers

 
13.40 Risk based management of shellfisheries
Monique Pommepuy, The French Research Institute for the Exploration of the Sea (IFREMER), France

 
14.10 The industry perspective of risk based management of shellfisheries
Doug McLeod, Scottish Shellfish Association, United Kingdom

 
14.40 Foodborne viruses: an emerging problem?
Marion Koopmans, National Institute of Public Health and The Environment (RIVM), The Netherlands

 
15.10 Coffee break

 
15.30 Rapid methods for detection of Vibrio spp. in European seafood
Ron Lee, The Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science (CEFAS), United Kingdom

 
16.00 Seafood Safety Issues: A USA Perspective
Steve Otwell, University of Florida, USA

 
16:30 Summary of the symposium
Bill Doré, Marine Institute, Ireland

 
16:45 Adjourn