Nutritional Quality and Food Functionality of Burdekin Plum (Pleiogynium timoriense). Presented by: Gengning Chen, Centre for Nutrition & Food Sciences

ARC Training Centre for Uniquely Australian Foods Elkhorn Building (#1024), 80 Meiers Road, Indooroopilly, Queensland, Australia

Monday 25 Oct 2021, 10:00am-12:00pm, Elkhorn building # 1024, room 206, UQ Long Pocket campus Zoom link: https://uqz.zoom.us/j/84450711759 Presented by: Gengning Chen, Centre for Nutrition & Food Sciences Advisory team:  Prof Yasmina Sultanbawa, A/Prof Daniel Cozzolino, Dr Michael Netzel, Dr Sandra Olarte Mantilla, Dr Kamalesh Adhikari   About this seminar Pleiogynium timoriense, best known as Burdekin plum, is one of Australia’s native plants. Within...

16th NZOZ Sensory and Consumer Science Symposium ABSTRACT SUBMISSION 29th OCTOBER

The 16th NZOZ Sensory and Consumer Science Symposium will be held on the 15-17th Feb 2022, hosted by The University of Queensland and The Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology. We will enjoy a full program of speakers and poster presentations and we encourage all participants to submit an abstract for consideration as a poster or oral presentation (including students). Abstracts are due by 29th October....

Optimising and industrialising black soldier fly (BSF) production -redirecting food waste to livestock feed production using insects – Confirmation Seminar

ARC Training Centre for Uniquely Australian Foods Elkhorn Building (#1024), 80 Meiers Road, Indooroopilly, Queensland, Australia

Date: Monday 15th November 2021, 9am - 10.30am, Elkhorn Building (#1024),  80 Meiers Road, Indooroopilly, 4068 Zoom link: https://uqz.zoom.us/j/7255227376 Presented by: Shanmugam Alagappan, Centre for Nutrition and Food Sciences Advisory team: Professor Louwrens Hoffman, Dr Sandra Olarte Mantilla, Associate Professor Daniel Cozzolino, Dr Deirdre Mikkelsen, Dr Peter James and Ms Olympia Yarger About this seminar Annually, 1.3 billion tonnes of biowaste...

QSA will be holding the QAAFI Student Symposium

Online and in-person 3.143 North, Queensland BioScience Precinct, 80/306 Carmody Rd, St Lucia, QLD, Australia

On the 26th of November the QSA will be holding the QAAFI Student Symposium. This symposium will be an opportunity for all (Honours, Masters & PhD) students to present their work as either a poster or oral presentation and will also feature a panel discussion with industry leaders. The theme of the symposium is “A Future for Sustainable Food Systems”...

Understanding value for Uniquely Australian Foods in target markets

ARC Training Centre for Uniquely Australian Foods Elkhorn Building (#1024), 80 Meiers Road, Indooroopilly, Queensland, Australia

Monday 7 Feb 2022, 9:30am-10:30am, Elkhorn building #1024, Room 206, UQ Long Pocket Campus Zoom link: https://uqz.zoom.us/j/81842365188 Presented by: Clare Wijngaarden, Centre for Nutrition & Food Sciences Advisory team: A/Prof Heather Smyth, Dr Kamalesh Adhikari, Mr Rus Glover (ANFAB)   About this seminar Customers and end users are critical players in any fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) value chain. It is...

Stand and Deliver: Biopiracy, Law and the Balkanization of the Genescape

Professor Jack Kloppenburg Emeritus Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison Date and time: 9 AM, 22 February 2022 AEST (Time Converter for your location), 1 hour duration Watch the recorded lecture: https://law.uq.edu.au/event/session/17624 For 40 years now the users and suppliers of agricultural biodiversity have traded charges of highway robbery. Seed companies demand that purchasers of their seed pay a royalty and respect the...

Novelties, Frauds, and Protections: The Fruit Business in Ninteenth-Century America

Professor Daniel Kevles Yale University​ Date and time: 9 AM, 18 October 2022 AEST (Time Converter for your location), 1 hour duration Location: Online Lecture via Zoom Register: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/277289669867 Abstract In the United States through the 1830s, commercial fruit nurseries were few in number, served largely local markets, and, facing little competition, did little in their catalogues to differentiate and brand their...

Supporting Indigenous Data: Introducing the Traditional Knowledge and Biocultural Labels

Online

Associate Professor Jane Anderson​ New York University Associate Professor Maui Hudson University of Waikato Date and time: 5 PM, 17 May 2022 AEST (Time Converter for your location), 1 hour duration Location: Online Lecture via Zoom Register: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/supporting-indigenous-data-people-plants-and-the-law-lecture-series-registration-277270071247 Abstract Concerns over Indigenous Data Sovereignty and Indigenous rights under the Nagoya Protocol underpin the development and application of Traditional Knowledge and Biocultural...

Innovative food labels to build and sustain native plant gastronomy – Confirmation Seminar

Wednesday July 27th at 11am ***BY ZOOM ONLY***  Zoom Meeting ID: https://uqz.zoom.us/j/5592453470   Presented by: Christopher Peter Sauer, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, ARC ITTC for Uniquely Australian Foods Advisory team: Prof Brad Sherman, Prof Yasmina Sultanbawa, Dr Allison Fish. Panel Chair: Dr Kamalesh Adhikari. Panel: Dr Michael Netzel, Dr Susannah Chapman. About this seminar This seminar will...

Artificial by Nature: Plastic Flowers as Intangible Properties

Register: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/artificial-by-nature-people-plants-and-the-law-lecture-series-registration-277282638837 Abstract In March 1961, the refusal of entry of a ‘Sweetheart Roses’ consignment into the United States began a series of interesting controversies concerning the copyright in plastic roses, geraniums, lilacs, and flower corsages. Although the history of these cases remains largely unexplored, this paper shows how significant they were in addressing the unstable distinction between the natural...

Traditional Foods as Intangible Heritage and Economic Assets: Seminar and Roundtable

ARC Training Centre for Uniquely Australian Foods Elkhorn Building (#1024), 80 Meiers Road, Indooroopilly, Queensland, Australia

Tucson, Arizona (USA) has been at the forefront of the global movement to revive traditional foods for both preservation of cultural heritage and economic development. Through the lens of Tucson's experience, Dr Jonathan Mabry will present a seminar which will explore the cultural and economic values of Indigenous and heritage foods and compare the effectiveness of some different strategies for...