Food “safurity”: meeting point between safety, security and sustainability

On May 5, at the Auditorium Testori Palazzo Lombardia, Milan will host the conference “Food Safurity: bridging safety and security”.

The initiative is part of the series of conferences, under the project “Exhibition Spaces for the Research - Italian Pavilion EXPO2015” within the Regione Lombardia - Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Framework Agreement along with the participation of Unioncamere Lombardia.
Open to a public of sector operators (admission is free after registration on www.expo.cnr.it/it/node/124), the conference opens with the description of the “ideal factory”, structured to ensure the value of food, and continues with interventions on technologies that safeguard the quality and safety of products, packaging types based on new materials, modern logistics and transport systems.
 
The program
After the salutations, Giacomo Copani of ITIA-CNR will open the day with a report entitled “The food industry in the future: possible scenarios and enabling technologies” followed by Daniel Rossi of the European “Food for Life”- Confagricoltura Platform, who will speak of “Global supply chains and the identity of the food industry in the future”.
 
Moderated by Diego Breviario (IBBA-CNR), the day will continue with other contributions.
Food “Safurity”: assessing the overall quality in the food chain, Gianni Gilioli, University of Brescia, and Paulo Daminelli, IZSLER;
- The maize chain for food production and quality products, Alberto Verderio, CRA, and Federico Sannella, Birra Peroni;
- Digital technologies in the food industry to promote creative thinking in the consumer, Neil Maiden City University of London;
- Food information to increase consumer understanding, Raffaello Prugger, Tecnoalimenti SCpA;
- Elemental analysis of food, Laura Eleonora Depero, University of Brescia and Laura Borgese, SMART Solutions Srl;
- The technology behind a food safety sensor, Riccardo Bertacco, Politecnico di Milano, IFN;
- The identification of microorganisms in water and food, Giorgio Sberveglieri, University of Brescia and Veronica Sberveglieri, INO-CNR;
- Magnetic resonance imaging for safe, quality food, Roberto Consonni, ISMAC-CNR.
 
The conference continues in the afternoon, with other interventions and a final discussion.
- Biomaterials for high-performance packaging, Stefano Farris, University of Milan and Gianni Ronchi, Metalvuoto;
- Polymers for packaging: stable and safe, Simona Losio, ISMAC-CNR and Paul Mariani, Versalis SpA;
- Ensuring food quality: the key role of logistics, Carlo Noeé LIUC and Maria Jesus Saenz, Zaragoza Logistics Centre;
- Feeding the Planet: local excellences become international, Gianluca Carenzo, Parco Tecnologico Padano.