On 19th March the 2nd workshop will be held in Reykjavik in Hilton Nordica hotel. This workshop will be organised by Matis.
What: 2nd Marifunc Workshop on 'Seafood and health (ingredients) - What is the full story for the consumer and industry?'
When: March 19 2009, 8.30 – 12.45
Where: Hotel Hilton-Nordica. Sudurlandsbraut 2, Reykjavík. Meeting room E.
Registration: for registration an e-mail has to be sent to
Marifunc.registration()matis.is
with the following information: name of person attending the workshop, e-mail address and current recidence (city/country).
Registration deadline: Tuesday March 17th.
Background for workshop:
Regular seafood consumption is associated with beneficial health effects. This half-day workshop reviews the research on seafood and health, the use and quality aspects of marine lipids and seafood proteins as ingredients in functional foods and consumer acceptance of (marine) functional food. The contributions in this workshop are partly based upon the outcome of a Nordic Network for Marine Functional Food (MARIFUNC) project from Nordic Innovation Centre (www.marifunc.org). Further contributions are given by research specialists in the area for completing the overview of the conference topic. The conference is arranged jointly with Matis- Food Research and Innovation in Iceland (www.matis.is) and Unit of Food Research in Iceland (www.rin.hi.is).
Programme:
8.30 Registration & coffee
9.00 Welcome and introduction. Sjöfn Sigurgísladóttir, Director, Matís ohf, Iceland
9.10 Introduction MARIFUNC. Joop Luten, Coordinator MARIFUNC, Nofima Marine, Norway
9.25 Seafood and health - what is the full story. Alfons Ramel Unit for Nutrition Research
University of Iceland & Landspitali-University Hospital
10.25 Coffee Break
10.45 Challenges when developing marine lipids for functional foods. Nina Skall Nielsen , DTU Aqua, Denmark
11.30 Fish proteins and peptide products: Processing methods, quality and functional properties. Gudjon Thorkelsson/Hörður Kristinsson, Matis, Iceland
12.15 1-2-3-4 Health. Ola Eide, Olivita, Norway
12.35 Closing of workshop
(All presentations will be in English)
Further information can be found here.
Interesting book on the workshop's topic can be found here.
For further information please contact Guðjón Þorkelsson, gudjon.thorkelsson()matis.is.
