Progress 01/01/07 to 12/31/07
Outputs
OUTPUTS: Please refer to CONTRACT/GRANT/AGREEMENT NO: 2006-38831-03674 PROPOSAL NO: 2006-03921 in the amount of $8,000. Both grants were used for the conference. This was a two-day meeting held in conjunction with the Institute of Food Technologists' Annual Meeting in Orlando, FL. The goal of the conference was bring food nanotechnology researchers together to discuss the state of the science (both in potential applications and challenges) worldwide and to use the knowledge to envision usage of current benefits for safer and better quality foods. Further the conference focused on identifying data gaps and developing methods to address them. Past USDA/NRI nanotechnology grantees presented their progress reports alongside other international participants. The conference was the first of its kind and a great success. The conference resulted in the identification of future research needs to help guide food and agriculture research. Conference reports were published in various food-related avenues including the Food Technology magazine and IFT's website http://members.ift.org/IFT/Research/ConferencePapers/firstfoodnano.ht m PARTICIPANTS: Partner organization: Royal Netherlands Embassy, Office of Science and Technology Bart Sattler, Royal Netherlands Embassy, 4200 Linnean Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008, bart@nost.org, T: +1 202 274 2727 Program Coordinators Dr. Hongda Chen, USDA/CSREES, hchen@csrees.usda.gov, 202-401-6497 Theodor T. Cartwright, IFT, USA ttcartwright@ift.org , 202-466-5980 Dr. Frans Kampers, Wageningen UR, Bio-NT, The Netherlands, frans.kampers@wur.nl, +31-317-474098 Dr. Nakajima Mitsutoshi, National Food Research Institute, Japan, mnaka@affrc.go.jp, +81-29-838-8014 Roger Kleinenberg, The Royal Netherlands Embassy Jolanda M. Schavemaker, The Royal Netherlands Embassy Report writing: Betty Bugusu, IFT, 1025 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Suite 503, Washington, D.C. 20036-5422. bbugusu@ift.org, T. 202 330 4980 TARGET AUDIENCES: Target audience: Academics, food scientists, researchers in nanotechnology, Regulators PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Not relevant to this project.
Impacts
The conference addressed the current state of the science, identified data gaps future research needs. The conference has strategic impacts in three significant ways. First, being the first of its kind in the field of food and agriculture, it helped create a forum for scientists to exchange information in the field. This forum has helped increase the interest in the area and the conference has become an annual event at the IFT annual meeting. Second, the research needs identified have helped serve as a guide for the current research activities. Finally, because of the international nature of the conference, there is a increased opportunity to limit duplication of research efforts in the field.
Publications
- Bugusu, B, Bryant, C.M., Cartwright, T.T., Chen, H., Schavemaker, J.M., Davis, S., Hunter, K., Irudayaraj, J. Mohanty, A., Moraru, C., and Weiss, J. (2006). First International Food Nanoscience Conference. Available at http://members.ift.org/IFT/Research/ConferencePapers/firstfoodnano.ht m. Accessed May 20, 2009
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