4th International Symposium on Recent Advances in Food Analysis (RAFA 2009)

Topics: Food Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Keywords: Food analysis, advanced (bio)analytical techniques, food analysis applications

Date: /4/5/6/ November, Prague, Czech Republic, Europe

Web Site, Contact: Food_Analysis_2009@vscht.cz

  

Official Information:

The previous symposia in this series were organised in 2003, 2005 and 2007 and very well attended. At the last RAFA held in 2007, 400 participants from 37 countries and 23 exhibitors / sponsors participated. 41 oral communications and 315 posters were presented within the scientific program.

Scientific committee and organizers of the RAFA 2009 aim to prepare a balanced program with many high grade presentations followed by stimulating discussions, several adjacent events, state-of-art exhibition and attractive social program.

The RAFA 2009 will be organised particularly with the emphasis on advanced analytical & bioanalytical technologies and food analysis applications related to the following areas:
- Residues and contaminants,
- Authenticity, traceability, fraud,
- Flavours and odours,
- Processing and packaging contaminants,
- Mycotoxins, marine and plant toxins,
- Allergens,
- Genetically modified organisms (GMO´s),
- Nanoparticles,
- Novel foods, nutritional supplements, organic food,
- QA/QC and chemometrics in food analysis.

Scientific contributions will be presented by leading scientists through invited lectures and contributed oral and poster presentations.

Moreover, platform for young scientists to present their scientific work will be offered. IAEAC and RAFA 2009 Student Travel Grants will be also provided. The best poster presentation by a young scientist will be awarded by IAEAC Roland W. Frei award.

The program will be also accompanied by several adjacent events, e.g. workshop on “Future challenges in integration of young scientists into the EU research activities” and “Workshop on determining the geographical origin of food - trace elements and isotopic patterns in food verification”.

An exhibition of the most modern instrumentation recently used in food analysis and other necessary equipment, i.e. consumables, reference materials, bio-analytical tools, sample treatment devices etc. will be demonstrated during the symposium. Vendor seminars will be also organized to introduce products for food control and recent instrumentation and its applications in food analysis.

Oral presentations can be submitted until 31 July 2009, poster presentations until 31 August 2009.

Further information and deadlines are available at the conference website.