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NJF seminar 399
Beneficial health substances from berries and minor crops –
How to increase their concentration in cultivated species, eliminate losses in processing and enhance dietary use
14-15 March 2007 Finland |
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Today’s consumers are becoming more and more health conscious in relation to diet. Research has produced evidence of health-promoting substances in various foodstuffs and their raw materials. The focus of this seminar is on health-promoting substances derived from cultivated and wild Nordic berries and minor crops, including buckwheat and flax.
The objective of the seminar is to bring together all the players in the food production chain, from farmers to consumers, to identify areas for further research and to initiate collaboration among groups that will lead to new research projects.
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• Health-benefiting substances in berries and minor crops – current state of the art
• Ways to increase concentration of beneficial biomolecules in berries and minor crops by breeding, crop management, selecting cultivation site, and growing new species and cultivars
• Challenges to eliminate losses of beneficial biomolecules in food processing and preparation
• Methods to fractionate and concentrate bioactive molecules
• Consumer behaviour and future trends; how to create diet-targeted innovations based on health-promoting substances derived from berries and minor crops
• Market situation and future prospects for beneficial health products based on berries and minor crops
• Old and new minor crops, their characteristics and prospects in the Nordic countries
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• Professor (applied nutrition) Åke Bruce, National Food Administration, Sweden
• Professor (functional foods) Marina Heinonen, Department of Applied Chemistry and Microbiology. University of Helsinki, Finland
• Professor Heikki Kallio, Department of Biochemistry and Food Chemistry, University of Turku, Finland
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• Research scientists in several fields of expertise: food, nutrition, horticulture, food chemistry, agronomy
• R&D personnel in the food industry
• Personnel in educational establishments
• Food authorities
• Consumer associations
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Posters will be attached on a hard surface. Poster size dimension 95 cm by 120 cm. By 6th of March 2007 the abstracts of papers and posters should be sent to seminar secretary. Write the abstracts by using the templates to the right.
Printed abstracts as well as a print out of A4 size posters will be provided to the seminar participants so mail also the poster file to seminar secretary.
Keynote papers (extended abstracts) and abstracts of offered papers and posters will be published as pdf-files in the NJF Report series on the NJF website.
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• By airplane: airports Turku and Helsinki. Distance from Turku airport is 25 km and price by taxi around 30 euro.
• By train: from Helsinki to Turku (13 km from Turku)
• By bus: from Helsinki and Turku. All busses from Helsinki to Turku and from Turku to Salo (with the exception of the Express busses) stop at the Tuorla bus stop
• By boat (ferry): Turku and Helsinki
• Distances: Helsinki-Piikkiö 150 km, Turku-Piikkiö 13 km.
Transportation from Holiday Inn Hotel Turku to the seminar venue will be provided daily.
Information of travel connections at the link to the right.
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Seminar fee includes seminar seminar programme and printed proceedings of the seminar, lunches and seminar dinner and refreshments.
The participants are requested to book accommodation directly from Turku (13 kms from the seminar venue) or at the Tuorla Hostel which is located at the seminar venue. Limited number of rooms (basic quality) are available at the Tuorla Hostel. Transportation between the seminar venue and Holiday Inn Turku is provided in morning and evening during the seminar days. Organisers have negotiated a special rate at Holiday Inn Turku. Prices (€68 single room/d and €88 double room/d) include breakfast. Book with "NJF" code to get these prices. A quota of rooms is reserved for seminar participants until 16th of February so make your reservation in time! Make your booking directly to the hotel. e-mail: turku.holidayinn@restel.fi. Payment directly to hotel. More info of the hotel and hostel in provided through the links to the right.
For information please contact:
• Seminar Secretary Oiva Niemeläinen, e-mail: oiva.niemelainen@mtt.fi tel. +358 3 41882459, GSM +358 405840642, Fax +358 3 41882437, postal address: MTT Agrifood Research Finland, Plant Production Research, E-house, FIN-31600 Jokioinen, Finland |
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| NJF members before 2007-02-21: 230 EUR |
| NJF members after 2007-02-21: 300 EUR |
| Others before 2007-02-21: 330 EUR |
| Others after 2007-02-21: 430 EUR |
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| The seminar will be held at Countryside College of Southwest Finland, Piikkiö , Finland. |
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- Submission of abstracts for oral presentations: 2007-03-01
- Submission of abstracts for poster presentations: 2007-03-01
- Final registration: 2007-03-13
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SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
• Prof. Åke Bruce, National Food Administration, Sweden
• Research Director Ole Callesen, Danish Institute of Agricultural Science
• Prof. Marina Heinonen, University of Helsinki, Finland
• Research Scientist Kjersti Aaby, Norwegian Food Research Institute
• Senior Research Scientist Pirjo Mattila, MTT Agrifood Research Finland
• Director, Rando Värnik, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Estonia
• Associate Prof. Marie Olsson, SLU, Sweden
LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
• Prof. Hannu Korhonen, Chairman, MTT Agrifood Research Finland, Biotechnology and Food Research
• Prof. Risto Tahvonen, MTT Horticulture
• Res.Assist. Minna-Maria Linna, MTT Horticulture
• Senior Purchasing Agronomist Jussi Hautala, Néstle Nutrition
• Research Scientist Marja Jalli, MTT Plant Protection
• M.Sc. Irmelin Nyman, Assoc. Rural Advisory Centres SLF
• Principal Research Scientist Oiva Niemeläinen, MTT Plant Production, Seminar Secretary |
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Oiva Niemeläinen, MTT Agrifood Research Finland, Plant Production Research
MTT / E-house,
31600 Jokioinen, Finland.
Phone: +358 3 41882459
Fax: +358 3 41882437
E-mail: oiva.niemelainen@mtt.fi
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