Program

Monday, June 3 | Dip.to DAFNE Aula 1 “Gian Luca Montel” 

12:00 | Registration

15:00 | Opening

15:30 | Prologue talk: There is no food without a package - redefining sustainable products | Milena Corredig (Aarhus University, Denmark) 

16:15 | Keynote speaker 1: Physiological responses to damage and post cutting behaviour | Sunil Parek (National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship & Management, India)

16:45-19:00 | Session 1:  Physiological responses to damage and post-cutting behavior

19:00 | Welcome cocktail

Tuesday, June 4 | Dip.to DISTUM Aula Magna “Giovanni Cipriani” 

08:00 | Registration

09:00 | Keynote speaker 2: Cultivating Tomorrow: How Indoor Vertical Farming Will Bring a Revolution in Fresh-Cut Leafy Greens and Herbs|  Francesco Orsini (Università di Bologna, Italy)

09:30-11:00 | Session 2 (parallel session):  Pre-harvest factors affecting quality and  post-cutting performances of fresh produce

09:30-11:00 | Session 3 (parallel session):  Modified atmosphere advances and packaging solutions

11:00 | Coffe break

11:30 | Special session: Project POFACS (PON ARS01_00640)

13:00 | Lunch break + Poster session

14:30 | Keynote speaker 3 Current and future strategies for enzymatic browning control  |  Qingguo Wang ( Shandong Agricultural University, China)

15:00-16:30 | Session 4 (Parallel session): Modified atmosphere advances and packaging solutions

15:00-16:30 | Session 5 (Parallel session): Innovative technologies to extend shelf-life of cut products

16:30 | Coffe break

17:00-18:30 | Special session: Packaging Sustainability EU COST Action CA19124

Keynote speaker 4: Integration of decay indexes and food waste potential in LCA studies of fresh products packaging  | Fatima Poças (Portuguese Catholic University, Portugal)

18:30 | ISHS Business meeting

20:00 | Cultural event

Wednesday, June 5 | Dip.to DISTUM Aula Magna “Giovanni Cipriani” 

09:00 | Keynote speaker 5: Produce Safety Systems from the Field to the Table: Innovations in a changing world  | Ana Allende (Spanish National Research Council, CEBAS-CSIC, Spain)

09:30 | Keynote speaker 6: AI-empowered imaging in the supply chain of agricultural products  |   Giovanni Attolico  (Institute of industrial technologies and automation - STIIMA-CNR, Italy)

10:00 |Session 6: Product safety

11:30 | Coffe break

12:00 | Keynote speaker 7: From waste to worth: by-products revalorization in the fresh-cut industry. Francisco Artés Hernández (Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena)

12:30 | Session 7: Green technologies and product innovation

13:45 | Lunch break + Poster session

14:30 | Session 8: Industry Forum

16:30 | Closing

20:00 | Social dinner

Thursday, June 6

08:30 | Technical tour: Visit to Ortomad srl by La Linea Verde and Bonduelle Italia

18:30 | Return to Foggia