Technical Program

Program Organizer: Lisa Clement, Cargill, USA 

Authentication, Traceability, and Adulteration 
Abstracts focused on origin verification, authenticity, fingerprinting, traceability, and adulteration detection in oils, fats, and related products. 

Contaminants, Safety, and Regulatory Analysis 
Abstracts related to process contaminants, food-contact contaminants, food safety testing, compliance, and analytical support for regulatory or safety assessment. 

Lipidomics and Advanced Analytical Platforms 
Abstracts using advanced analytical tools such as LC-MS, GC-MS, NMR, IR, ion mobility, oxylipin analysis, lipidomics, or other structural characterization approaches. 

Methods, Standards, and Data Tools 
Abstracts focused on analytical methods, validation, automation, proficiency testing, collaborative studies, AI/ML-assisted analysis, and data workflows. 

Program Organizer: Monica Henry, Meelunie, USA 

Microbial and Enzyme Technologies 
Abstracts on microbes, enzymes, biocatalysis, precision fermentation, microbial systems, cell-free systems, and biotechnology-enabled performance solutions. 

Oilseed Crops, Traits, and Feedstocks 
Abstracts on crop biotechnology, new oilseed platforms, breeding, genomics, feedstock development, and sustainable crop innovation. 

Bioconversion and Bio-based Applications 
Abstracts on fermentation or bioconversion of residues and byproducts, biosynthesis of target molecules, biomaterials, and circular-bioeconomy applications.

Program Organizer: Andrew Gravelle, University of California, Davis, USA 

Plant-Based Foods and Alternative Products 
Abstracts on plant-based dairy, meat, cheese, fermented alternatives, and other food products focused on structure, texture, and consumer experience. 

Emulsions, Oleogels, and Delivery Systems 
Abstracts on emulsions, oleogels, fat powders, encapsulation, delivery systems, and microstructure design for food applications. 

Fat Functionality, Crystallization, and Product Performance 
Abstracts on confectionery and bakery fats, cocoa butter equivalents, fat crystallization, polymorphism, shortening behavior, and structured fat functionality. 

Program Organizer: Vermont Dia, University of Tennessee Knoxville, USA

Bioactive Lipids
Bioactive lipids are dietary fats that can impact signaling pathways including inflammation, immune regulation, neurological health, and risk of chronic disease. We are looking for abstract submissions on the examination of lipid mediators including oxylipins, fatty acids and their metabolic products, and eicosanoids, and endocannabinoids and their impact on human health, precision fermentation, and other technologies to generate molecules or special lipids; translational insights and clinical intervention studies are highly encouraged.

Oil Extraction Co-Products and Health Animal fats and vegetable oils are essential products of the food oil industry and their production results in co-products including press cakes, meals, fiber and starch, and other phytochemicals that could impact human health. This session will highlight the nutrient profile, bioactivity, and uses of these co-products and how they are related to human health.

Precision Nutrition
Precision nutrition moves beyond one-size fits all recommendations to strategize health recommendations to the individual's biology lifestyle, and environmental exposure. Critical challenges and opportunities in biomarkers and analytics, data privacy and ethics, clinical trial design for personalization, and behavioral change and science will be discussed.

Program Organizer: Brajendra “BK” Sharma, USDA, USA 

Renewable Feedstocks, Biofuels, and Pretreatment 
Abstracts on biofuel feedstocks, renewable diesel/SAF inputs, pretreatment, low-carbon oilseeds, pyrolysis/co-refining, and related feedstock challenges. 

Bio-based Materials, Lubricants, and Specialty Products 
Abstracts on biolubricants, coatings, polymers, hydrogels, specialty materials, and industrial products derived from oils, fats, or lipid feedstocks. 

Reaction Engineering and Industrial Lipid Processes 
Abstracts on esterification, oxidation, reactor design, emulsification, process chemistry, and industrial transformation of lipid-based materials. 

Program Organizer: Ignacio Vieitez, Universidad de la República (UdelaR), Uruguay 

Oxidation Mechanisms and Reaction Pathways 
Abstracts on mechanistic studies of lipid oxidation, reactive species, oxylipins, modeling, and factors that drive oxidative change in foods and oils. 

Antioxidants, Stability, and Shelf-Life 
Abstracts on antioxidant systems, clean-label preservation, stability enhancement, shelf-life extension, and oxidative control in foods, oils, and packaging. 

Flavor, Off-Notes, and Product Quality 
Abstracts on flavor deterioration, off-notes, aroma changes, quality impacts of oxidation, and practical quality outcomes in finished products. 

Program Organizer: Gulustan Ozturk, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA 

Phospholipids in Health, Food, and Surfactants 
Abstracts on phospholipids and related polar lipids in nutrition, health, food systems, emulsification, delivery systems, surfactants, analytical characterization, and industrial or functional applications. 

Program Organizer: Vinay Patel, Natures Crops International, USA 

Refining, Degumming, Bleaching, and Deodorization 
Abstracts on oil refining operations, contaminant removal, bleaching, neutralization, deodorization, and related quality or yield improvements. 

Enzyme-Enabled and Reaction-Based Processing 
Abstracts on enzymatic interesterification, esterification, hydrolysis, pressure/thermal pretreatments, and other reaction-based process innovations. 

Extraction, Biorefining, and Byproduct Valorization
Abstracts on mechanical, solvent, or aqueous extraction, pressing, oil bodies, biorefining, byproduct recovery, sustainable valorization pathways, economics, LCA, and impact of processing on nutrition functionality.

Plant Operations, Equipment, and Process Optimization 
Abstracts on process control, vacuum systems, screw pressing, equipment performance, energy efficiency, scalability, and plant-level optimization. 

Program Organizer: Nandika Bandara, University of Manitoba, USA 

Protein Extraction, Fractionation, and Ingredient Manufacturing 
Abstracts on protein isolation/concentrates, extraction technologies, fractionation strategies, ingredient processing, and manufacturing approaches. 

Protein Structure, Functionality, and Food Applications 
Abstracts on gelation, foaming, emulsification, texture, structure formation, and food product performance. 

Digestibility, Bioactivity, and Allergenicity 
Abstracts on protein quality, digestibility, peptides, bioavailability, bioactivity, allergenicity, and nutritional safety of protein ingredients. 

Co-Products, Materials, and Sustainable Valorization 
Abstracts on upcycled side streams, fermentation of residues, packaging/films/adhesives, materials applications, and circular use of protein-rich byproducts. 

Program Organizer: Lucas Moore, Colonial Chemical, USA

Home, Fabric, Dish, and Personal Care Formulations 
Abstracts on laundry, dishwashing, hard-surface, fabric, skin, and personal care formulations focused on consumer product performance. 

Industrial, Institutional, and Specialty Applications 
Abstracts on HI&I, oilfield, agricultural sprays, medical device cleaning, microbial hard-surface cleaning, fire suppression, and other specialty-use systems. 

Sustainability, Circular Feedstocks, and Safer Design 
Abstracts on bio-based or circular feedstocks, carbon intensity, mass balance, safer-by-design strategies, and sustainability-driven surfactant development. 

Interfaces, Foam, Colloids, and Predictive Tools 
Abstracts on interfacial behavior, foam, rheology, HLD/phase behavior, imaging, simulations, AI/ML, and predictive formulation tools.