Welcome
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
The 16th ICBC conference will be held in Christchurch, New Zealand between the 15th and the 17th of April 2020. The venue for the conference is the newly refurbished town hall which sits in the centre of the city, alongside the banks of the River Avon.
The International Association of Cereal Science and Technology was formed in 1955 at the 3rd International Cereals and Bread Congress and is the foremost international organisations in our field dedicated to international cooperation, the dissemination of knowledge, and the improvement in safety and quality of cereal-based foods. The Association has its headquarters in Vienna, Austria but has members represented from all five continents including industry and academia.
The conference will feature plenary sessions; concurrent sessions embracing the challenges and opportunities facing the cereal science community; poster displays and competitions; a networking dinner for all our contributors to develop long lasting collaborations throughout the world; industry focused workshops; a trade display for equipment and food manufacturing; and of course the opportunity to participate on study tours to acquaint yourself with the culture, food and environment of New Zealand.
Themes for the conference include:
- Cereal nutrition for health-conscious consumers
- Food safety and security
- Sustainable agricultural technology systems
- Milling and bread making technology
- Novel processing techniques for extrusion and biscuit making
- Noodle quality and acceptability
- Wholegrains, their definition and utilisation in foods
- Molecular approaches to grain breeding
- Global supply chain and trade
- Alternative grain crops
- Analytical methods for quality determination
- Consumer perception of grain-based foods
The call for abstracts is now open and the early bird registration will start soon.
I hope to meet as many colleagues and collaborators as I can during the ICBC 2020 and am excited at the prospect of making new friends and sharing some New Zealand hospitality with everyone.
Prof. Charles Brennan
Chair of Conference
Lincoln University, New Zealand
Scientific Committee & Keynote Speakers
Charles Brennan - Lincoln University, New Zealand (Chair of the Conference)
Ke Bein - Henan University, China
Dhan Bhandari - AHDB, UK
Marina Carcea - CREA, Italy
Larisa Cato - AEGIC, Australia
Harold Corke - Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Jan Delcour - KU Leuven, Belgium
Guy Della Valle - INRA, France
Bruce Hamaker - Purdue University, USA
Marta Izydorczyk - Canadian Grain Commission, Canada
Kati Katina - University of Helsinki, Finland
Hamit Köskel - Hacettepe University, Turkey
Weili Li - Chester University, UK
Jianfu Liu - Tianjin University of Commerce, China
Guoqin Liu - South China University of Technology, China
Maria Papageorgiou - International Hellenic University, Greece
Donatella Peressini - University of Udine, Italy
Witoon Prinyawiwatkul - Louisiana State University, USA
Cristina Rosell - Spanish National Research Centre, Spain
Regine Schönlechner - BOKU University, Austria
John R.N. Taylor - University of Pretoria, South Africa
Lirong Wang - CCOA, China
Fengcheng Wang - Henan University of Technology, China
Bin Xiao Fu - Canadian Grain Commission, Canada
Xian Zeng - South China University of Technology, China
Local & Organising Committee
Michaela Pichler - ICC, Austria
Margaret Brennan - Lincoln University, New Zealand
Sabine Gratzer - ICC, Austria
Marcella Gross-Varga - ICC, Austria
Maneesha Mohan - Lincoln University, New Zealand
Alastair Ross - AgResearch, New Zealand
Luca Serventi - Lincoln University, New Zealand
Damir Torrico - Lincoln University, New Zealand