PROGRAMME

PARMA SUMMER SCHOOL 2017

“IN SILICO METHODS FOR FOOD SAFETY”

13-15 June 2017
Meeting venue: EFSA, Parma, Italy

PROGRAMME

TUESDAY 13 JUNE 2017
Time Topic Presenter
13H00 Registration – Buffet lunch
14H30 Opening messages Bernhard Url, Executive Director, EFSA
Prof. Pier Sandro Cocconcelli, Vice Rector for Internationalisation, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Prof. Gabriele Costantino, Director of Food and Drug Department, University of Parma
Prof. Furio Brighenti, Vice Rector for Research, University of Parma
15H10 Keynote Speaker 1: Toxicology and alternative tests Thomas Hartung, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
16H00 Coffee break
16H15 Keynote speaker 2: The importance of Predictive Microbiology in Food Safety Jeanne-Marie Membre, French National Institute for Agricultural Research
17H05 Keynote speaker 3: Endocrine disruptors (computational approaches, consensus methods) Kamel Mansouri, US Environmental Protection Agency National Center for Computational Toxicology
17H55 Discussion
18H15 End of the 1st day
WEDNESDAY 14 JUNE 2017
Time Topic Presenter
09H00 Computational gastronomy: a novel view to bridge the gap between science and the kitchen Marta Vila, Food campus, University of Barcelona
09H35 Nuclear Receptors, in vitro and in vivo approaches Adriana Maggi, Centre of Excellence on Neurodegenerative Diseases of the University of Milan (CEND)
10H10 Protein ligand interactions, energy evaluation methods Glen E. Kellogg, Institute for Structural Biology, Drug Discovery and Development, Virginia Commonwealth University VA USA
10H10 Alternative methods to animal testing: the LIFE-EDESIA in silico-in vitro approach to Endocrine Disruptors Stefano Lorenzetti, Manager of the European Project LIFE-EDESIA, Istituto Superiore di Sanità
11H10 Coffee break
11H30 Molecular dynamics methods applied too food chemistry Francisco J. Luque, University of Barcelona
12H05 Screening, docking, scoring and other computational methods Francesca Spyrakis, University of Torino
12H40 Lunch
13H30 Food contact materials: Chemical risk assessment and practical challenges Jane Muncke, Food Packaging Forum
14H10 Lipidomics and food metabolites Gabriele Cruciani, University of Perugia
14H45 Food Consumption Databases Sofia Ioannidou, EFSA
15H20 Coffee break
15H45 OpenFoodTox Jean-Lou Dorne, EFSA
16H20 In-silico and read across approaches in the risk assessment of pesticides Rositsa Serafimova, EFSA
16H55 Discussion
17H30 End of the 2nd day
THURSDAY 15 JUNE 2017
Time Topic Presenter
09H00 Predictive Modelling (theory) Kostas Koutsoumanis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
09H35 Predictive Modelling (Demonstration and applications) Kostas Koutsoumanis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
10H35 Coffee break
10H45 Evaluation of heat treatments of live bivalve molluscs Winy Messens, BIOCONTAM Unit, EFSA
11H00 Maintenance of the cold chain during storage and transport of meat Michaela Hempen, BIOCONTAM Unit, EFSA
11H20 Development of a model for L. monocytogenes in RTE foods Fernando Pérez, University of Córdoba
11H55 Other in-silico application in microbiological food safety and risk assessment Pier Sandro Cocconcelli, University Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
12H50 Discussion
13H00 Conclusions Hans Verhagen, Head of RASA Department, EFSA
13H30 End of the Summer School