PROGRAMME

SUNDAY 16 May 2004

17.00

Welcome reception: boattrip on the Amsterdam canals

18.30-22.00

Conference dinner

Opening of 'Food Safety Genomics'
Prof.dr. A. van Tunen
Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, Universiteit van   Amsterdam, the Netherlands
 
Keynote lecture: Food safety for the consumer
Dr. H. Koëter
Deputy Executive Director of the European Food Safety Authority
 
Communication on high quality and safe foods
Prof.dr. H. van Trijp
Wageningen University, the Netherlands

MONDAY 17 MAY 2004

Morning session: Genomics in the production of safe food

Chair:

Prof. Dr. M. Gasson
Institute for Food Research, UK

9.00

Chair's opening remarks: setting the scene

9.15

European initiatives in food safety genomics
Mrs. Dr. D. Bennink
EU, Brussels

10.00

Global view on food safety genomics
Dr. J. Maat
Unilever Research, the Netherlands

10.45

Coffee/tea break

11.15

Breakthrough in food safety genomics
Dr. R. Montijn
TNO Nutrition and Food Research, the Netherlands

11.45

Industrial R&D view on food safety genomics
speaker to be announced
Nestlé Research Center, Switserland

12.15

Feed for genomics thoughts
Dr. G. Albers
Nutreco, the Netherlands

12.45

Session closing remarks

13.00

Lunch break

Afternoon session : Implementation of genomics technology for food safety

14.00

Genomics for microbial food quality and safety: a case study in  soup manufacturing
Prof. Dr. S. Brul
Unilever Research, the Netherlands

14.30

Genomics based microbial detection systems
Mrs. Dr. Z. Billinghurst
BioMérieux, France

15.00

Biomarker discovery in food safety genomics
Prof. Dr. A. Smilde,
University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands

15.30

Coffee/tea break

16.00

Functional genomics in the food industry: quality and safety in  production and application
Prof.dr. H. de Winde
DSM, TU Delft, the Netherlands

16.30

Highlights and closing remarks
Prof. Dr. P. Folstar
Netherlands Genomics Initiative, the Netherlands

17.00

End of Food Safety Genomics

17.00

Drinks