PROTEIN H2020 Project Showcase
- Oct 25, 2022 from 3:00pm to 4:30pm UTC+02
- Location: Virtual
- Description:
PROTEIN has developed a series of exciting new tools to support public health through personalised nutrition and physical activity. The ecosystem revolves around the PROTEIN app - an automated and personalised meal and activity planner based on AI.
- Created by: Savvas Xystouris
Past Events (56)
Free Webinar: Analysis for substances causing food hypersensitivity, 28th of September 2022, 15:00 to 16:30 BST
- Sep 28, 2022 from 3:00pm to 4:30pm UTC+01
- Location: Online
- Description:
Food safety and food fraud can overlap as they did in the 2015 allergens in spices global incident.
Do you work within the food industry or are a part of the UK official food control system and involved in food allergen testing? Then you may be inter
- Created by: Savvas Xystouris
IFST Webinar: Plant-based vs. milk – hype or hope?
- Sep 8, 2022 from 2:00pm to 3:00pm UTC+01
- Location: Virtual
- Description:
Organised by IFSTs Sensory Science Group (SSG)
Sensing alternatives to milks. Are plant-based alternatives to milk worthy of all that rave? Alternatives to milk have recently been on the rise. Consumer acceptance has been widespread with plant-based
- Created by: Savvas Xystouris
2022 SNEB Annual Conference: Re-engineering Nutrition Education and Behavior - designing tech competence in your digital world
- Jul 29, 2022 to Jul 31, 2022
- Location: Atlanta, GA / Online
- Description:
The Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior Annual Conference is the premier event for nutrition education professionals from around the world. Attendees have the opportunity to interface with influential nutritionists from extension, public hea
- Created by: Matheus Abrantes
HUMAN NUTRITION ON A FINITE PLANET: SECURING SUSTAINABLE AND HEALTHY DIETS FOR ALL
- Jun 22, 2022 from 9:00am to 12:30pm UTC+02
- Location: Online
- Description:
Scope and objectives
The main objectives of the thematic session are to:
- Explore how to define and promote healthy and sustainable diets (e.g., that meet climate and biodiversity targets, are socially acceptable, affordable, and adaptable to individ
- Created by: Savvas Xystouris
Future of Food Conference 2022
- Jun 16, 2022 from 8:30am to 4:45pm UTC+02
- Location: Brussels
- Description:
The Future of Food Conference is a high-level forum, providing a platform for all the stakeholders of the food system to discuss the most pressing challenges and solutions in the EU’s agrifood sector and co-create innovative solutions.
In the lead-up
- Created by: Savvas Xystouris
Addressing antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in agrifood systems; a FAO e-learning introductory course on AMR
- Apr 27, 2022 from 1:30pm to 3:30pm UTC+02
- Location: Virtual Event
- Description:
The webinar, entitled ‘Addressing antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in agrifood systems; a FAO e-learning introductory course on AMR’, will take place on April 27 from 13:30 to 15:00 (Rome time), and is part of the series jointly organized with the Fren
- Created by: Breanna Lepre
DISH Cluster: “Towards a healthy and safe diet”
- Apr 6, 2022 from 10:00am to 12:00pm UTC+02
- Location: Online
- Description:
The context
What we eat matters for healthy living. However, hazards in food still account for about 23 million cases of illness and 5.000 deaths in Europe every year. Besides, Non-Communicable Diseases are collectively responsible for almost 70% of
- Created by: Savvas Xystouris
Better meals for Europe’s children: Pathways to serving healthier, tastier, more sustainable food in schools
- Mar 24, 2022 from 10:00am to 1:00pm UTC+01
- Location: Online
- Description:
Public food procurement can help address today’s most pertinent challenges to health and well-being: from obesity to the climate crisis.
Schools are important places to leverage the multiple health, environmental and social benefits of serving bette - Created by: Savvas Xystouris
Technical Webinar: Learning from experiences to increase forest data transparency for climate action
- Mar 23, 2022 from 2:30pm to 4:00pm UTC+01
- Location: Virtual event
- Description:
BACKGROUND
Launched in 2019, the "Building global capacity to increase transparency in the forest sector” (CBIT-Forest) is a project implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and funded by the Capacity-b
- Created by: Breanna Lepre
Frontiers in Gut Microbiome Research: Virtual 1-Day Event
- Mar 22, 2022 from 9:30am to 4:40pm UTC0
- Location: Online
- Description:
On March 22nd, 2022, healthcare professionals – including dietitians, nutritionists, general practitioners, and academics – are invited to attend Frontiers in Gut Microbiome Research: Application in Nutrition, Health and Wellbeing.
Hosted by Bimuno a
- Created by: Savvas Xystouris
The Confluence - Planetary Health
- Feb 20, 2022 all day
- Location: Virtual event
- Description:
A musical evening of ‘East meets West’ cultural extravaganza on the theme of climate change and food security. All proceeds GO to the urban slum women leading a Mobile Teaching Kitchens (MTK) initiative in India.
- Created by: Breanna Lepre
Secrets of the tomato - Exploring the cultural roots, health benefits and economic potential of that wonderful little fruit called the tomato
- Feb 2, 2022 from 1:00pm to 2:40pm UTC+01
- Location: Virtual event
- Description:
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is pleased to announce the webinar Secrets of the tomato - Exploring the cultural roots, health benefits and economic potential of that wonderful little fruit called the tomato, on February
- Created by: Breanna Lepre
METROFOOD-PP CONNECTOR EVENT, 27 January 2022
- Jan 27, 2022 all day
- Location: Virtual event
- Description:
The METROFOOD-RI consortium is very pleased to invite you to the METROFOOD-PP CONNECTOR EVENT ´Explore societal engagement in research and innovation´, to be held virtually on 27 January 2022.
METROFOOD-RI – Infrastructure for promoting metrology in
- Created by: Selvarani Elahi
- Tags: eu h2020, nutrition, metrology, food safety, food authenticity, agri food systems
Winter Conference 2021 - Obesity and the brain
- Dec 7, 2021 to Dec 8, 2021
- Location: Online or in-person
- Description:
This conference is hosted by the Nutrition Society to examine some of the intricacies and latest research findings from neuroscientists and clinicians within the topic of “Obesity and the brain”.
Day one will include talks from neuroscientists from l
- Created by: Sally Ayyad
Impact of COVID-19 on agricultural sustainability - developing resilience for the future, 23 November 2021, 15:00 -16:00 GMT
- Nov 23, 2021 from 3:00pm to 4:00pm UTC0
- Location: Webinar
- Description:
The ultimate consequences of COVID-19 on communities, countries and the world has yet to be realised and may take years to understand fully. However, the revolution in technological innovation instigated by the research community for SARS-CoV-2 testi
- Created by: Selvarani Elahi
- Tags: covid, sustainability, agriculture, gene editing, crispr, novel technologies, government chemist
Mind the gap: Addressing national forest inventory capacity needs to support climate action
- Nov 17, 2021 from 2:30pm to 4:00pm UTC+01
- Location: Online
- Description:
This international technical webinar is part of the series organized by the FAO elearning Academy, Agreenium (l’alliance de la formation et la recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation, l'environnement et la santé globale), the United Nations Econ
- Created by: Sally Ayyad
Monitoring and sustainable financing for forest and landscape restoration
- Nov 10, 2021 from 2:30pm to 3:30pm UTC+01
- Location: Online
- Description:
This international technical webinar is part of the series organized by the FAO elearning Academy, Agreenium (l’alliance de la formation et la recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation, l'environnement et la santé globale), the United Nations Econ
- Created by: Sally Ayyad
Massive open online course on Nutrition and Food Systems (MOOC): Learn about the pathways to sustainable and healthy diets
- Oct 17, 2021 to Oct 24, 2021
- Location: https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=aMQ6Frir0ESB_dnbFeOvlnE0zUXyA29Au-CjeZtOEQNUNkJPVUJPWVkxNFc2
- Description:
Professionals working in policy and institutional environments related to food, need to have the skills to design, implement, monitor and evaluate policies and programmes in a holistic and integrated way. They should be able to apply “systems thinkin
- Created by: Sally Ayyad
International Technical Webinar | How to strengthen the capacity to manage risks in agriculture: Experiences from practice
- Oct 13, 2021 from 1:30pm to 3:00pm UTC+01
- Location: Online
- Description:
This international technical webinar is part of the series organized by the FAO elearning Academy, Agreenium (French training and research alliance for agriculture, food, environment and global health), UN-ESCAP (United Nations Economic and Social Co
- Created by: Sally Ayyad