Scientific program

Sunday 22nd
19:00h-20:30h Welcome Reception / Carmen de la Victoria
Monday 23rd Tuesday 24th Wednesday 25th Thursday 26th
08:00h-08:30h Registration
08:30h-09:00h WELCOME AND OPENING Registration Registration Registration
  TOPIC: Emulsions, foams and gels TOPIC: Alternative, plant-based, clean-label, sustainable food colloids TOPIC: Multiscale characterisation and novel structures TOPIC: Encapsulation, delivery, bioaccessibility and nutrition
09:00h-09:50h PLENARY LECTURE: Charlotte Jacobsen (Technical University of Denmark, Denmark)
Prediction and validation of emulsifying properties of peptides in oil-in-water emulsions
PLENARY LECTURE: Anna Ström (Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden)
Functional and health aspects of plant protein – polysaccharides interactions
PLENARY LECTURE: Marta Martínez Sanz (CIAL, UAM-CSIC, Spain)
From structure to nutrition: Linking the multi-scale architecture of alternative food systems to their digestion mechanisms
PLENARY LECTURE: Ben Boyd (Monash University, Australia & University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
A new look at milk as a drug delivery system, through the lens of lipid digestion
09:50h-10:05h O1 – Jolijn Koomen (INRAE, France) – Linking colloidal structure to antioxidant function in legume protein-stabilised emulsions O17 – Gireeshkumar Balakrishnan (Le Mans Université, France) – Carrageenan Gels Formed Through Crosslinking with Rapeseed Proteins: Role of Electrostatic and Hydrogen- Bonding Interactions O33 – Theresia Heiden-Hecht (Jülich Centre for Neutron Science, Germany) – Phospholipids disrupt the interfacial network of proteins at the oil/water interface O48 – Ilona E. Kłosowska-Chomiczewska (Gdańsk University of Technology, Poland) – Dynamic colloidal transformations of human milk during infant in vitro digestion
10:05h-10:20h O2 – Gradzielski Michael (Technische Universität Berlin, Germany) – Food-Grade Nanoemulsions Formed with Triacylglycerols and Different Biosurfactants as Stabilisers O18 – Nicola Cesario Angelino (Aarhus University, Denmark) – Structuring starch–protein systems from pea dry fractionation side streams for sustainable food applications O34 – Kerstin Risse (Technische Universität Berlin, Germany) – Structure, Heat, and Time: The Dynamic Life of Protein–Phospholipid Oil–Water Interfaces O49 – Sébastien Marze (INRAE, France) – In vitro digestion of dairy milk and cream, and of their vegetal analogs
10:20h-10:35h O3 – Gökhan Uğur Atı (Aarhus University, Denmark) – Association of endogenous phospholipids with pea globulins: effect on their structure and functionality O19 – Emanuele Greco (University of Parma, Italy) – Blend or not to blend? Functional and Colloidal Properties of Yeast–Pea Protein Mixtures O35 – Jasper Landman (Wageningen University and Research, the Netherlands) – Dynamics of pulse protein arrested states – an in situ GISAXS study O50 – Maria de las Nieves Siles-Sanchez (Aarhus University, Denmark) – Monitoring iron speciation during gastrointestinal digestion: X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy
10:35h-10:50h O4 – Supratim Ghosh (University of Saskatchewan, Canada) – Influence of phospholipids and a novel vegetable oil blend on the formation and quality of faba protein-stabilized plant-based whipped cream O20 – Rose GAZEAU (Université de Bordeaux & ITERG, France) – Faba Bean as a Promising Emulsifying and Gelling Alternative to Soy O36 – Olaf Holderer (Jülich Centre for Neutron Science, Germany) – Sustainable emulsions stabilized by cruciferin that forms dynamic interfacial architectures O51 – Eleni P. Kalogianni (International Hellenic University, Greece) – Towards the development of food delivery systems by making use of microgel stabilized emulsions
10:50h-11:20h COFFEE BREAK COFFEE BREAK COFFEE BREAK COFFEE BREAK
        TOPIC: AI methods and digital technologies in food colloids
11:20h-11:50h KEYNOTE: Karin Schroen (Wageningen University and Research, the Netherlands) – Monitoring dynamic processes in food using microfluidics KEYNOTE: Ben Kew (University of Leeds, UK) – Delubrication by plant proteins: Understanding and addressing using colloidal technologies KEYNOTE: Marta Krasowska (Adelaide University, Australia) – Emulsifier Saturation Modulates Interfacial Monoglyceride Crystallisation and Polymorphic Transitions KEYNOTE: Tim J Wooster (Nestlé Research, Switzerland ) – Hyperspectral Imaging: "Night Vision" that unlocks emulsion stability monitoring in complex systems
11:50h-12:05h O5 – Fathinah Islami Hasyyati (Wageningen University and Research, the Netherlands) – Coalescence in Pickering emulsions: influence of deacetylation of chitin nanoparticles and dispersed phase fraction investigated by microfluidic techniques O21 – Francisco Vilaplana (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweeden) – Enzymatic engineering of plant-based dietary fibre hydrogels from agricultural side streams O37 – Niklas Lorén (RISE Research Institutes, Sweeden) – The influence of wax-based oleogelators on microstructure evolution, rheology and diffusion O52 – Simha Sridharan (University of Leeds, UK) – Fingerprinting Protein Adsorption Classes to Identify ‘Ideal’ Plant Protein-Based Emulsifiers
12:05h-12:20h O6 – Lovikka Ville A. (University of Helsinki, Finland) – Atomic force microscopy of undried Pickering emulsions at the nm and µm scale O22 – Thidarat Makmoon (University of Birmingham, UK) – Formulation engineering of melt-in-the-mouth plant-based protein-rich gels O38 – Dieke Groot Nibbelink (Wageningen University and Research, the Netherlands) – Oleogelation using dried protein particles O53 – Gopesh Patel (University of Saskatchewan, Canada) – Predicting random jamming-induced repulsive gelation in sodium caseinate-stabilized polydisperse nanoemulsions by combining the entropic, electrostatic, interfacial and steric interactions
12:20h-12:35h O7 – Gijs D. Konings (Wageningen University and Research, the Netherlands) – Tuning the Mechanical Properties of Emulsions with Adhesive Protein Nanoparticles O23 – Ulrike van der Schaaf (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany) – Polysaccharide-based microgels serve as fat replacers in fermented dairy products O39 – Carsten Nachtigall (Technische Universität Dresden, Germany) – Structural modification of microbial exopolysaccharides and its impact on their functionality O54 – Giovanni Tizzanini (Chalmers University of Technology, Sweeden) – Predicting in vitro digestion of gelatin gels from videos using machine and representation learning
12:35h-12:50h O8 – Qimeng Wang (Wageningen University and Research, the Netherlands & China Agricultural University, China) – Microbubble powders using freeze-dried Pickering emulsions O24 – Cordelia Selomulya (UNSW Sydney, Australia) – Structuring Plant-Based Foods with Double-Network Emulsion Gels O40 – Gleb Yakubov (University of Leeds, UK) – Multiscale Characterization of Interfacial Binding Between Soluble Amylose Chains and Waxy Corn Starch Granules O55 – Jeta Purrini (Wageningen University and Research, the Netherlands) – Which molecular parameters predict foaming properties – A soft matter approach
12:50h-13:20h FLASH FLASH FLASH AWARDS AND CLOSING
13:20h-14:30h LUNCH LUNCH LUNCH LUNCH
Monday 23rd Tuesday 24th Wednesday 25th Thursday 26th
14:30h-15:00h KEYNOTE: Patricia Lopez-Sanchez (Institute of Marine Research IIM-CSIC, Spain) – Hydrogel Model Systems to Decode Polysaccharide Interactions and Rheology in Seaweeds KEYNOTE: Yifan Zhang (Wageningen University and Research, the Netherlands) – The role of serum properties in juiciness perception of plant-based meat analogues KEYNOTE: Bettina Wolf (University of Birmingham, UK) – Impact of functional properties and thermo-mechanical pre-treatment on freeze structured fibrous pea protein isolate textures  
15:00h-15:15h O9 – Francesca Duggan (University of Parma, Italy & University College Cork, Ireland) – Hybrid cold-set gels from dairy and lupin proteins: linking protein mixing ratio with rheological properties O25 – Mingxin Wang (University of Leeds, UK) – Enzymatic hydrolysis: An approach to improve the lubrication properties of plant proteins O41 – Patrick A. Rühs (ETH, Zürich) – Addressing multicomponent complexity in freeze structuring of food colloids  
15:15h-15:30h O10 – Moawad Yara (Valrhona, CRT Agir, CRPP, France) – Role of Dispersion Type, Fat Phase, and Fiber Nature in the Texture and Stability of Model Chocolate Emulsions O26 – Sai Prasanna (Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati, India) – From Fibre to Function: Cellulose Nanocrystals Extracted from Spent Coconut Fibres as Pickering Emulsion Stabilizers O42 – Julian Fischer (BOKU University, Austria) – Inducing anisotropy in emulsion-filled hydrogels by unidirectional freezing  
15:30h-15:45h O11 – Pascal Bertsch (University of Fribourg, Switzerland) – The Nano World of Espresso: Oil Droplets and Rigid Polymer Structures Shape the Shot O27 – Rocío Morales-Medina (Technische Universität Berlin, Germany & University of Granada, Spain) – Combined enzymatic pre-treatment and microfluidization allow production of stable low-viscous suspensions of high-cellulosic dietary fibre by-products O43 – Luuk Philipsen (Unilever Innovation Centre Wageningen & University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands) – Edible films from cellulose microfibrils and solid fats VISIT TO ALHAMBRA
15:45h-16:00h O12 – Christophe Chassenieux (Le Mans University, France) – Water in Water emulsions stabilized by cruciferin-based microgels and microcapsules O28 – Astrid Penicaut (INRAE, France) – Emulsifying Properties of White Chlorella Biomass and Its Fractions after Cell Disruption by High-Pressure Homogenization WILD FOOD TALK – Introduction and explanation to coffee break
16:00h-16:30h COFFEE BREAK + POSTER SESSION COFFEE BREAK + POSTER SESSION
16:30h-16:45h O13 – Sybren Zondervan (Wageningen University and Research, the Netherlands) – Switchable foam stability by Janus-like plant protein particles O29 – Anahí Bonilla-Rodríguez (University of Lleida & Agrotecnio Center, Spain) – Pea protein hydrogels: influence of protein concentration, pH and ultrasound-assisted gelation
16:45h-17:00h O14 – Tobias Roebroek (KU Leuven, Belgium) – Balancing oil and protein content: antifoam regimes of foamed protein-based emulsions O30 – Federico Casanova (Technical University of Denmark, Denmark) – Structural, Colloidal, and Functional Modifications of Coconut Protein Induced by Defatting: Roles
      TOPIC: Encapsulation, delivery, bioaccessibility and nutrition
17:00h-17:15h O15 – Reinhard Miller (TU Darmstadt, Germany) – Dynamic and equilibrium surface layer properties of jujube (Ziziphus jujube) leaf extract O31 – Ben Van den Wouwer (Ghent University & KU Leuven, Belgium) – Impact of lipid co-isolation and processing strategies on the yield and foaming functionality of soybean okara protein isolates O44 – Larisa Tsarkova (DTNW & University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany) – Evaporation in bulk water, ethanol–water, and aroma–ethanol–water mixtures: interplay of geometry, composition, and interfacial processes
17:15h-17:30h O16 – Giulia Potenziani (University of Turin, Italy) – Botanical Extracts in Water-in-Oil Emulsions: A Natural Strategy to Enhance Sunflower Oil Oxidative Stability O32 – Mauricio Oyarzún (University of Copenhagen, Denmark) – Behavior, Functionality and Digestibility of a Protein Concentrate, and Integration of Oil Bodies into Skim Milk: A Dual Study of Products from Hempseed Water-Only Fractionation O45 – Prashant Kumar (Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati, India & Leibniz University Hannover, Germany) – Sustained Intestinal Release and Enhanced Bioaccessibility of Cinnamon Essential Oil from Cold Plasma-Modified Nanocarriers
17:30h-17:45h FLASH FLASH O46 – Giulia D’Alessio (University of Teramo, Italy) – Tailoring pea protein functionality via high-pressure homogenization for stabilizing and spray-drying hop-enriched O/W emulsions
17:45h-18:00h FLASH FLASH O47 – Fang Fang (Aarhus University, Denmark) – Interactive effects of polyphenols and artificial cell walls on starch transitions and starch and polyphenol bioaccessibility
18:00h-18:30h COFFEE BREAK + POSTER SESSION
18:30h-19:00h GUIDED VISIT:
GRANADA WALKING TOUR
19:00h-20:00h Walk together to Carmen de los Mártires
20:00h-20:30h GALA DINNER
(Carmen de los Mártires)
Monday 23rd Tuesday 24th Wednesday 25th Thursday 26th
* Lunch and coffee are served in posters area

Oral Presentations

Presentations should preferably be submitted in PDF format. Microsoft PowerPoint is also available. All presentations must be uploaded before each session to the conference computer. The use of personal laptops during sessions will not be permitted.

Presentation Durations:

  • Oral presentation: 12 minutes, followed by 3 minutes for questions.
  • Keynote presentation: 25 minutes, followed by 5 minutes for questions.
  • Plenary presentation: 40 minutes, followed by 10 minutes for questions.
  • Flash presentation: 5 minutes with no questions.

Poster Presentations

Posters must be prepared in vertical A0 format.