THE F&B INDUSTRY’S BIGGEST THREAT TO PROFITABILITY
The International Biofilm Summit is a worldwide conference with high-quality presentations focused on biofilm’s issues in the food and beverage industry. Since the first event in 2015, the IBS keeps the industry informed about biofilm’s latest news and innovative solutions. For the 2019 edition we joined our forces with CibusTec, one of the most innovative food technology exhibitions.
02
DAYS
16
SPEAKERS
+200
PARTICIPANTS
The 2019 Program
| 09:30 | WELCOME COFFEE |
| 10:30 | Foodborne zoonoses in Europe: Monitoring of zoonoses and food-borne outbreaks in the European Union Frank BOELAERT, Biological Hazards and Contaminants (BIOCONTAM) Unit, European Food Safety Authority (IT) |
| 11:10 | Biofilms and the environment: Biofilm control: From chemical to biological arsenal? Romain BRIANDET, Research Director, INRA Micalis (FR) |
| 11:50 | COFFEE BREAK |
| 12:20 | The use of DNA sequencing technologies for investigation of contamination routes in the food industry; opportunities and bottlenecks Trond MORETRO, Research Scientist, NOFIMA AS (NO) |
| 13:00 | LUNCH |
| 14:00 | Occurrence, characterization and spoilage potential of biofilms in different food companies. Koen DE REU - ILVO, Senior researcher and Group Leader Microbiological Food Safety (BE) |
| 14:40 | Competitive inter-species interactions underlie the increased antimicrobial tolerance in multispecies brewery biofilms H.P. STEENACKERS, MICA Lab, Centre of Microbial and Plant Genetics, KU Leuven (BE) |
| 15:20 | Factor affecting the Biofilms in the food processing plants Pier Sandro COCCONCELLI, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (IT) |
| 16:00 | COFFEE BREAK |
| 16:30 | Biofilm risks in food processing Gun WIRTANEN, Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences (FI) |
| 17:10 | When unions makes force: fighting bacterial communities harbouring pathogens in the food industry Pedro RODRIGUEZ-LOPEZ, Postdoc Researcher, Department of Food and Drug, University of Parma (IT) |
| 17:50 | Endemic population of Listeria monocytogenes through formation of biofilm and its persistence in food-processing environment Erdogan Ceylan, Director of Research, Mérieux NutriSciences (US) |
| 18:30 | DINNER PARTY |
| 10:00 | Case study : Biofilm risk to natural mineral water and prevention tools Coca-Cola HELLENIC BOTTLING COMPANY (AT) |
| 10:30 | Latest Innovations related to biofilm detection and elimination John LAROCHELLE, CEO, Environmental Infection Prevention (US) |
| 11:10 | Identification and elimination or control of potentially pathogenic organisms in ready-to-eat products John BUTTS, President, FoodSafetyByDesign LLC (US) |
| 11:50 | COFFEE BREAK |
| 12:20 | Detecting surface contamination and biofilms: Implications for the Italian Food Industry Chris GRIFFITH, Hygiene Consultant and Emeritus Professor at University of Wales (GB) |
| 13:00 | Case study: Biofilm: prevention and control strategies in the wine industry Dott. Enol. BRIAN DE FAVERI, BOTTER (IT) |
| 13:15 | BiofilmExpert : how to extend shelf life of the finished product ? Laurent Delhalle, Realco (BE) |
| 13:30 | CLOSING LUNCH |
Derk Oorburg
Director Quality Assurance, VION
Delegate IBS 2017
«I’ve learned a lot about biofilm and especially on the interaction between bacteria within biofilm and this little cosmos they make up. I’ve met very interesting people who can help me fight biofilm in our facilities and create safer food for our consumers worldwide »
Featured Speakers 2019
Frank BOELAERT
Biological Hazards and Contaminants (BIOCONTAM) Unit, European Food Safety Authority (IT)
Romain BRIANDET
Research Director, INRA Micalis (FR)
Trond MORETRO
Research Scientist, NOFIMA AS (NO)
Koen DE REU – ILVO
Senior researcher and Group Leader Microbiological Food Safety (BE)
H.P. STEENACKERS
MICA Lab, Centre of Microbial and Plant Genetics, KU Leuven (BE)
Pier Sandro COCCONCELLI
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (IT)
Gun WIRTANEN
Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences (FI)
Pedro RODRIGUEZ-LOPEZ
Postdoc Researcher, Department of Food and Drug, University of Parma (IT)
John Larochelle
CEO, Environmental Infection Prevention (US)
John BUTTS
President, FoodSafetyByDesign LLC (US)
Chris GRIFFITH
Hygiene Consultant and Emeritus Professor at University of Wales (GB)
Ceylan Erdogan
Director of Research,
Mérieux NutriSciences
(US)
Venue
WHAT
The ticket included :
- 2 days of presentations
- Gala dinner
- Free entrance to Cibus Tec
- High valuable networking
2019 event
The 2019 edition took place
on October 23-24
WHERE
Fiere di parma
Viale delle esposizioni 393
Parma – Italy
Our Sponsors
Kersia is a global leader in biosecurity and food safety. We propose products and value added solutions to prevent diseases or contamination in both animal and humans at every stage of the food supply chain.Thanks to their technical and technological know-how, our teams regularly monitor cleaning-disinfection protocols by optimizing the consumption of hygiene products and the general cost of cleaning, as well as the quality of hygiene practices to quickly prevent any drift. Focused on the future, we help our clients anticipate changes on their market, and we propose innovative technologies to boost their sustainable performance.Combined with our strong disinfectant, the partnership with Realco and our enzymatic range complete our global product offer to provide adapted biofilm solutions and prevent contamination in food sector.With Kersia, the agri-food sector have found a partner committed to the safety of food production, processing and distribution, at every stage of the chain.
ENZYMATIC SOLUTIONS: YOUR KEY TO HYGIENE Piramide is the first firm to introduce in the Italian market enzymes in food industry cleaning process 27 years ago, since that time it is the exclusive agent of Realco for the Italian market. Biofilm control and microbicological reset via the Biorem technology is our expertise.
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For more than two decades, FoodChain ID has been at the vanguard of the New Food industry, providing expertise worldwide to navigate the requirements of an increasingly regulated food economy and technical services to support the demand for clean label standards.
Realzyme is Realco’s subsidiary in the USA.
Realco is a Belgian company specialising in biotechnology.
It provides unique enzyme-based cleaning solutions
to professionals in the agri-food industry, the out-ofhome
catering sector and to individuals.
Realco is a Belgian company specialising in biotechnology.
It provides unique enzyme-based cleaning solutions
to professionals in the agri-food industry, the out-ofhome
catering sector and to individuals.
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