We would like to invite you to join us on April 21st, for the Innovation Day 2023 about “Sustainable and Healthy Food Choices”. This event is organized by the Faculty of Biotechnology of Universidade Católica Portuguesa in Porto, with the goal to promote knowledge transfer between all the stakeholders, and to highlight cutting-edge research in different areas.
Local: Auditório Carvalho Guerra
PROGRAMME
| 09h15 | Opening Session Paula Castro | Director of Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Universidade Católica Portuguesa |
| 09h30 | Human brain and planetary health: Can the globe feed two birds with one scone by following the EAT-Lancet Reference Diet? Dalile Boushra| Postdoctoral Researcher at the Translational Research Center for Gastrointestinal Disorders (TARGID) at KU Leuven, Belgium |
| 10h00 | Funding Sustainable and Healthy Product Research and Innovation João Cortez | R&I Funding Advisor, CBQF-ESB, Universidade Católica Portuguesa |
| 10h30 | Coffee break |
| 11h00 |
Innovation in Health, Nutrition and Sustainability through By-Products Valorization (online) |
| 11h30 | Sustainable and Healthy Food Choices – its challenges from crop production to barriers of consumption, to product development, to clinical validation Marta Vasconcelos | Assistant Professor CBQF-ESB, Universidade Católica Portuguesa Elisabete Pinto | Assistant Professor CBQF-ESB, Universidade Católica Portuguesa Ana Gomes | Associate Professor CBQF-ESB, Universidade Católica Portuguesa Marta Correia | Assistant Professor CBQF-ESB, Universidade Católica Portuguesa |
| 12h20 |
Round Table: Challenges and Opportunities for Sustainable and Healthy Food Choices Germen Moagem de Cereais, S.A |
| 12h45 | “ECOTROPHELIA – Inovação e Empreendedorismo no setor agrolimentar” Challenges and Participation of ESB-UCP Conceição Hogg | Assistant Professor, Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Universidade Católica Portuguesa. |
| 13h00 | Lunch |
| 14h30 16h00 |
Guided Visits to CBQF Laboratories |