Lunch, breaks and poster sessions take place in room SH-4800.

Presentations take place in room SH-2800.

See presentation abstracts 

THURSDAY - May 18, 2023

8:00 - RegistrationCome early to register!
8:30 - Welcome remarksValérie Orsat, Co-chair of Green Food Tech, McGill University, INAF, Canada 
Sergey Mikhaylin, Co-chair of Green Food Tech, Université Laval, INAF, Canada 
8:40 - KEYNOTE SESSION
Co-chairs : Valérie Orsat and Sergey Mikhaylin
How to encourage putting technological innovations for food producers and food SMEs into practice: The experience of the EU-FAIRCHAIN projectGeneviève Gésan-Guiziou, INRAE-Institut Agro, Rennes, France
9:20 FLASH PRESENTATIONS 1See the program of Flash presentations
9:30 Coffee break and poster sessionSee the list of posters 

10:00 - SESSION 1 -  Involvement of stakeholders to contribute to resilience of food systems
Co-chairs : Geneviève Gésan-Guiziou and Laure Saulais

Integrating principles of resilience into the regulation of food systemsSarah Berger Richardson, University of Ottawa, Canada
 
Valorization of by-products from the marine biomass processing for the bio- and agri-food sectorsLucie Beaulieu, Université Laval, INAF, Canada 
Food loss and waste: a first portrait for QuebecLaura Cicciarelli, Recyc-Québec, Canada

International Standards and Food Waste

Anne A. MacKenzie, Codex Contact Point, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Canada
Emergence of food health ingredientsAisha Issa, Institut de technologie agroalimentaire du Québec, Canada 
11:40 FLASH PRESENTATIONS 2See the program of Flash presentations
11:55 Lunch 

13:00 - SESSION 2 - GastronomiQc Lab's International Rendez-vous - Sustainable food in gastronomy
Co-chairs : Sylvie Turgeon and Véronique Perreault

GastronomiQc Lab: joint research unit lifting the gastronomy on the next level of sustainabilityVéronique Perreault, ITHQ, INAF, GastronomiQc Lab, Canada
Sylvie Turgeon, Université Laval, INAF, GastronomiQc Lab, Canada
KEYNOTE 
Living-Lab Mycotour: towards a sustainable use of wild forest mushrooms and truffles as a driver for rural development and territorial attractivenessFernando Martínez-Peña, Center for Agro-Food Research and Technology of Aragon, Spain
Reterritorialization of food: socio-economic and environmental analysis for three categories of products from territorialized food chains in two regions in France.Gaëlle Petit, Institution Agro Dijon, France
The process of creating and developing a digital tool identifying product sustainability for institutional foodservice: social innovation, participatory research and Living LabAlain Girard, ITHQ, GastronomiQcLab, Canada
Red lentil purees as fat replacers in mayonnaise sauces: characterization and applicationAuriane Feroussier, Université Laval, INAF, GastronomiQc Lab, Canada
Macroalgae from Quebec: Effects of the growth environment and processing on nutritional, bioactive composition, aromas and consumer behaviorBétina Lafeuille, Université Laval, INAF, GastronomiQc Lab, Canada
Identifying the factors affecting the implementation of food waste reduction strategies in independent restaurants: Moving towards eco-efficiency

Jade Lévesque, Université Laval, INAF, GastronomiQc Lab, Canada

14:41 FLASH PRESENTATIONS 3See the program of Flash presentations
14:55 Coffee break and poster sessionSee the list of posters 

15:30 - SESSION 3 - Food losses and waste reduction
Co-chairs : Jen-Yi Huang and Lucie Beaulieu

Towards integrated green supercritical fluid biorefineries: A case study on utilization of the tomato processing wasteOzan Ciftci, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
Valorization of brewer’s spent grain for the production of more sustainable materialsSébastien Cardinal, Université du Québec à Rimouski, Centre de développement bioalimentaire du Québec, Canada
Fighting Shelflation: Reduction of Food Loss and Waste at Consumer Level by Chemometric Characterization, Predictive Modelling of Organoleptic Quality Loss Throughout the Food Value Chain.Louis Sasseville, Saint-Hyacinthe Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canada
Vision and approach on application of advanced technologies in circular economy and reduction of food waste and loss: interest and limitationsFadi Ali, Saint-Hyacinthe Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canada
16:50 FLASH PRESENTATIONS 4See the program of Flash presentations
17:10 Poster sessionSee the list of posters 

19:00 Networking Dinner Cocktail 

Hôtel ITHQ (3535, St-Denis Street)

FRIDAY - May 19, 2023

8:30 - KEYNOTE SESSION
Co-chairs : Valérie Orsat and Sergey Mikhaylin
Food System Challenges - Solutions for a sustainable futureRob Vos, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - USA
9:10 FLASH PRESENTATIONS 5See the program of Flash presentations
9:25 Coffee break and poster sessionSee the list of posters 

10:00 - SESSION 4  -  Advancements in green food technologies
Co-chairs : Laurent Bazinet and Ozan Ciftci

Industrial applications of pulsed electric field in extraction processOleksii Parniakov, Elea Technology GmbH, Germany
Ion exchange membrane processes for food processing: recent studies on detoxification, desalination, and colloid adjustmentYang Zhang, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, China
Hybrid catalysis concept for the valorization of bio-based molecules to value-added chemicals for potential food-grade applicationsRenato Froidevaux, Université de Lille, France
Novel synbiotics from lactic acid bacteria and natural exopolysaccharides are effective in inhibiting gastrointestinal E. coliYao Louis-Espérance Bene, Université de Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
Identification of microbial strains with potential biopreservation activity in cheeses against contaminating microbiotaFrançoise Coucheney, Polytech Lille, Université de Lille, France
Exploring emerging technology at pilot plant scale – from a food safety point of viewMarie-Claude Gentès, Saint-Hyacinthe Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canada
12:00 Lunch 

13:00 - SESSION 5  -  Multicriteria sustainability assessment
Co-chairs : Sergiy Smetana and Gaëlle Petit

Economic-environmental tradeoffs of energy efficiency improvement in craft breweryJen-Yi Huang, Purdue University, USA
Reduction of environmental impacts of caffeine extraction from guarana by using ultrasound assistanceKrasimir Dimitrov, Université de Lille, France
Exploring the beliefs of Quebec consumers about environmental impacts of foodLaure Saulais 
Bertrand Espougne
Université Laval, INAF, Canada 
Milk alternatives from an environmental and nutritional point of view – Life Cycle Assessment of plant-based beverage: Hemp milk and derived productsBeatriz Silva, German Institute of Food Technologies, Germany
Assessing the potential environmental impacts of microplastic emissionsAnne-Marie Boulay, CIRAIG - Polytechnique Montréal, Canada 
14:40 Coffee break and poster sessionSee the list of posters 
15:10 - KEYNOTE SESSION
Urban farms: between an ecological transition of the city and development of an urban food systemÉric Duchemin, Urban Agriculture Lab, Canada 

15:50 - SESSION 6 - Processing of emerging foods and food ingredients
Co-chairs : Alain Doyen and Rozenn Ravallec

Alternative sources of proteins as sustainable matrices for animal-based products substitutionSergiy Smetana, German Institute of Food Technologies, Germany
Advanced technologies for the preparation of innovative and value added protein ingredientsLamia L'Hocine, Saint-Hyacinthe Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canada
Impact of industrial process on gastrointestinal digestion of milk micellar caseins and development of low bitterness casein hydrolysatesChristophe Flahaut, UMRt BioEcoAgro-INRAe 1158, Université d’Artois, France
Green Processing and Related Technologies in Creating Functional Vegetables via Sustainable Agricultural Practices and Smart Vertical FarmingRuchira Nandasiri, University of Manitoba, Canada

Closing ceremony and awards

Renée Michaud, Directrice exécutive, INAF, Canada
Alain Doyen, Directeur scientifique, INAF, Canada 
Valérie Orsat, Co-chair of Green Food Tech, McGill University, INAF, Canada 
Sergey Mikhaylin, Co-chair of Green Food Tech, Université Laval, INAF, Canada

17:30 End of conference