From Insight to Impact: Lead a Featured Session
Featured Sessions address how critical developments, both current and on the horizon, will impact the edible oils and fats, surfactants and detergents, plant proteins, and related sustainable materials industries.
As a leader of one of these sessions, you will develop and coordinate all aspects, including selecting speakers.
Criteria for Submissions
- Proposed topics should be timely, relevant content.
- Topic must be outside the scope of the technical program, i.e. a subject that is not covered in a regular session.
- Proposals should include a minimum of three speakers with different affiliations.
- Topics should include high-level context that is important to a broad range of attendees.
Steps for Submitting a Proposal
Deadline: January 12, 2026
- Contact Steph Adams to discuss your proposal.
- Prepare a title, description, and proposed speakers.
- The topic will be reviewed by a committee.
- Once a topic and description are approved, staff can assist with confirming speakers.
- Submit the approved proposal to the online system.
Please contact Steph Adams with questions about your submission.
2025 Featured Sessions
View Featured Session topics from the 2025 meeting in Portland.
Fats, Facts, and Fiction: The Seed Oil Controversy
Harnessing Vegetable Oil Waste - Circular Economy in Action
Trends in Perceptions & Product Developments of Nutritional &
Healthy Fat, Oil, & Protein Products in the Far East Region
Valorization of Cereal Milling Byproducts for Sustainable
Development—Lipids & Proteins Jointly organized by International Association
of Rice Bran Oil (IARBO)
NEW in 2025! Student Lightning Talks