Preliminary programme

19 May 2019

Participants arrival and accommodation
19:00 to 20:00: Congress palace, Liège, Welcome reception and cocktail: beer, wine and chocolate testing event

8:00 – 9:00 Participants registration and posters mounting
9:00 – 9:30 Opening ceremony and Welcome remarks
9:30-11:45 Opening session :Consumer demand, Food losses and Marketing strategies:
9:30 -10:15 Opening Keynote speaker from :Food companies/industries
10:15 – 10:45 Key note Speaker from Plant protection Industry
10:45 – 11:15 Coffee break
11:15 – 11:45 Invited speaker from Packaging and Warehouses
11:45 – 12:30 Round table discussion: Market and industry demands
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 15:00 Session I: Smart innovative technologies for detection of postharvest pathogens and toxic metabolites
Invited speaker
Contributed oral presentations
15:00-15:30 Coffee break
15:30- 17:00 Session II: Innovation in Postharvest Disease Control
Invited speaker
Contributed oral presentations
17:00 -18:00: Round table discussion: Are the market needs in accordance with actual innovative research.

8:30 – 11:30 Session III : Elucidation of host pathogen interactions/Molecular exploration of host-pathogen interactions
8:30-9:00 Invited speaker
9:00- 10:00 Contributed oral presentations
10:00 – 10:30 Coffee break
10:30 – 11:30 Contributed oral presentations
11:30: 12:30 Poster Flash presentations: Schedule 3min/ poster presentation everyone will present the aim of their research findings in maximum 3 to 5 slides
Lunch 12:30 – 13:30
13:30 – 14:30 Poster viewing Sessions I, II, III and IV
14:30 – 17:30 Session IV: Integrated approaches and new chemistries to reduce postharvest waste.
14:30 – 15:00 Invited speaker
15:00-16:30 Contributed oral presentations
16:30-17:00 Coffee break
17:00-18:00 Contributed oral presentations
19:00 -22:00 Congress Palace: Liégeoise speciality Diner:

Full day Technical tour: Agrobiotech-Gembloux, CRA wallon and PC fruit center,/ Lunch

8:30 – 12:30 Session V: Alternative Postharvest Disease Control Technologies
8:30-9:00 Invited speaker
Contributed presentations
9:00- 10:30 Contributed oral presentations
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 12:30 Contributed oral presentations
Lunch 12:30 – 13:30
13:30 – 14:30 Poster viewing Sessions V and VI
14:30 – 17:30 Session VI: Microbiota community in postharvest
14:30- 15:00 Invited speaker
15:00- 16:00 Coffee break
16:00-16:30 Coffee break
16:30 – 17:30 Contributed presentations
17:30-18:00 Round table discussion : fruit microbiome: new frontier (including biocontrol companies)
19:00 23-00 Congress palace Gala diner

8:30 – 12:30: Session VII: Postharvest Food safety
8:30 – 9:00 Invited speaker
Contributed oral presentations
Coffee break
Contributed oral presentations
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 14:30 poster viewing
14:30 – 16:30 Session VIII: Advances and applied research in handling, packaging, transport, and distribution to reduce postharvest losses
Invited speaker
Contributed oral presentations
Coffee break
Contributed oral presentations