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REGISTRATION

For details on delegate ees and to register, please visitwww.qub.ac.uk/asset2011

Participants must make their own arrangements in relationto health, travel and other insurances. The organiserscannot assume liability or changes in the programme dueto unoreseen circumstances.

CONFERENCE SECR ETARIAT

For the most current inormation regarding theConerence, please visit our websitewww.qub.ac.uk/asset2011

Alternatively, i you have any queries, you can contact the

secretariat by email at asset2011@qub.ac.uk

During the Conerence a registration and inormationdesk will be located in the Sir William Whitla Hall at theUniversity.

CITY OF BELFAST

Northern Ireland has within its borders a wide variety olandscapes, cultural attractions and leisure opportunities,as well as an intriguing - and amously complex - history.Within a ew miles o Belast, one can take advantage obreath-taking coastlines and mountains, archaeologicalmonuments, a buzzing arts scene and much more. It isno wonder that in 2009 leading travel guide publisherFrommers named Belast as one o its top 12 world traveldestinations. Belast is now emerging as a dynamic newdestination or conerences, meetings and events, whilecontinuing to oer close access to some o the mostbeautiul and diverse countryside in Europe.

QUEENS UNIVERSITY BELFAST

Just a short d istance rom Belast City centre lies QueensUniversity Belast, host to the Conerence. QueensUniversity Belasts proud academic tradition stretchesback over 160 years rom its establishment by QueenVictoria in 1845 as one o the three Queens Colleges inIreland. It received its R oyal Charter rom King Edward VIIin 1908, becoming an independent University in its ownright. Today, the University combines an internationalreputation or excellence in research and education,with a student-centred ethos and a leadership role in thecommunity. The UKs Entrepreneurial University o the Year2009, awarded by Times Higher Education, Queens is amagnet or inward investment, an international centre oacademic excellence.

In keeping with Queens University Belasts continuedexcellence in research, the Institute o Agri-Food and LandUse was ounded in 2005. The Institute is ast becoming acentre o excellence and is recognised on a global basis orhigh quality research. Within this Institute, The Centre or

ASsured, SaE and Traceable Food (ASSET) was launchedin January 2009. In continuing this role as a base or world-class academic and scientifc research, ASSET and QueensUniversity Belast are delighted to host this importantConerence during March 21-24 2011.

17 September 2010 Announcement and call or papers

19 November 2010 Deadline or abstract submission

15 December 2010 Notifcation o abstract acceptance

1 January 2011 Deadline or hotel reservation

21 March 2011 Registration and Welcome Party

22 March 2011 Start o Scientifc Programme

22 March 2011 Conerence Dinner

24 March 2011 End o Conerence (12.30pm)

CALENDAR

The Food Integrity and Traceability Conerence will be heldat Queens University Belast rom Monday 21 March to

Thursday 24 March 2011.

Registration and a Welcome Party will be held on theevening o Monday 21 March within the University.

The Scientifc Programme starts on Tuesday 22 March at8.45am in the Sir William Whitla Hall at the University.For urther inormation, please visitwww.qub.ac.uk/asset2011

Belast is easily reached rom either Belast InternationalAirport or the George Best Belast City Airport by bus.Buses rom the Belast International Airport run requentlywith an interval o approximately 15 minutes andtravel time to Belast City Centre (Europa Bus Station) i sapproximately 30 to 40 minutes. Buses rom the GeorgeBest Belast City Airport run approximately every 20minutes and journey time is approximately 15 to 20minutes.For more inormation on public transport pleasevisitwww.translink.co.uk

ACCOMMODATION

A range o accommodation will be avai lable throughoutBelast City and the Queens University area. A number ohotel rooms in a variety o local hotels have been reservedor Conerence delegates. To book these rooms, and orurther inormation on accommodation in the Queensarea, visit www.qub.ac.uk/asset2011 and ollow theLocation and Accommodation link.

Please note that these rooms will only be held orConerence delegates until 1 January 2011.

GENERAL INFORMATIONAND ORIENTATION

A S S E TAssured, Safe, and Traceable

This project is supported by theDepartment or Employment andLearning through its Strengtheningthe all-Island Research Baseinitiative

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FOOD INTEGRITY AND TRACEABILITYCONFERENCE

21-24 March 2011

Queens University BelfastNorthern IrelandBT7 1NN

Organised by:

The Institute of Agri-Food and Land UseSchool o Biological SciencesQueens University Belastin conjunction withsafefood

INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

Paul BRERETON United Kingdom

Padraig BURKE Ireland

Andrew CANNAVAN Austria

Martin DANAHER Ireland

Chris ELLIOTT United Kingdom

James LINDSAY United States

James MCINTOSH Ireland

CONTRIBUTED PAPERS AND TOPICS

Contributed papers, as 10 minute (student) and 20 minuteoral presentations, or posters, are particularly welcomeacross the main broad themes o the Conerence:

Reviewing recent progress in delivering sae, authenticand traceable ood to the consumer;

Identiying the greatest current and emerging threats tothe integrity o the agri-ood supply;

Delivering new analytical means o veriying theintegrity o the agri-ood supply chain.

Contributions on the ollowing specifc topics are also

encouraged: Advances in monitoring schemes or eed and ood

contamination identifcation;

Advances in methods/processes or improving eed andood traceability;

Emerging biotoxins: environmental contaminants,processing contaminants, microbiological threats whichmay pose new challenges or supply chain integrity;

Fingerprinting-based approaches or early riskidentifcation;

On-site analysis e.g. on arms, slaughterhouses,eedmills, processing plants;

The issues that current regulations, or lack thereo, posein delivering total ood integrity;

Laboratory accreditation and method validation;

Key fndings rom National, EU and International oodsaety research projects;

The potential roles o nanomaterials (positive andnegative) in ood saety;

Innovations in combating ood raud.

ORGANISING COMMITTEE

Chair: Chris ELLIOTT

Members: Edel CASEY

Andrew CASTLES

Terry FODEY

Mark MOONEY

Eimear NELIS

Antony POTTER

Clare REDSHAW

Luc ROCK

Angela SEATON

Joyce WATTERSON

CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT

On behal o the Institute o Agri-ood and Land Use, QueensUniversity Belast, and in collaboration withsafefood and theOrganising Committee, I cordially invite you to take part in

The Food Integrity and Traceability Conerence, to be held atQueens University Belast, rom 21 March to 24 March 2011.

The number o ood scareshas grown enormously over thepast decade; imported oods ound to contain dangerouscontaminants such as drugs, dyes and bacterial toxins arenow reported requently. As demands rom consumers andregulators grow, the need to develop technologies to detectcontaminants in ood has increased.

This Conerence, the frst on this subject at Queens UniversityBelast, will consist o plenary lectures, presented by high

calibre invited speakers, contributed papers (10 or 20 minutecommunications or posters), and a technical exhibition oscientifc instruments and related products.

The City o Belast is a n emerging cultural, historical,economic and touristic centre. The Northern Irish riendlinessand hospitality is well known to everyone who has been inthe region beore. It would be a great pleasure to welcomeyou to our Conerence in Belast!

Professor Chris ElliottChair o the Organising Committee

INVITED LECTURERS

Andrew CANNAVAN International Atomic Energy Agency(IAEA), Austria

Antonio DI GIULLIO European Commission

Gerry DOWNEY Teagasc, Republic o Ireland

Lujia HAN Chinese Agricultural University,Beijing, China

Harvey INDYK Fonterra, New Zealand

Simon KELLY Food & Environment Research Agency,United Kingdom

James LINDSAY US Department o Agriculture (USDA),United States o America

Michel NIELEN Wageningen University and ResearchCentre (WUR), The Netherlands

Gaud PINEL LABERCA, Ecole Nationale Vtrinaire,Nantes, France

Pat WALL University College Dublin (UCD),Republic o Ireland

Stefan WEIGEL RIKILT, Institute o Food Saety,Wageningen, The Netherlands

safefood is the all-island consumer body established in

1999 to promote best practice in ood saety and healthyeating across the ood chain on the island o Ireland.safefood are delighted to be a partner in this conerencewhich will highlight signifcant ood saety concerns,emerging challenges in traceability and state-o-the-artmethodologies or controlling ood saety risks or thebeneft o the consumer.