RAFA 2021
RECENT ADVANCES IN FOOD ANALYSIS - RAFA 2021
Invitation to the RAFA
On behalf of the University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague (UCT Prague, Czech Republic) and Wageningen Food Safety Research (WFSR), part of Wageningen University & Research (The Netherlands), we are delighted to invite all food scientists from academia and industry and representatives of national and international agencies, control authorities, governmental and commercial laboratories to attend the Virtual event highlighting current Trends & Views on RECENT ADVANCES IN FOOD (RAFA 2021).
Considering the ongoing uncertainty with the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been decided not to hold a live RAFA symposium with personal participation this year. To keep RAFA community together and invite newcomers to join us, we plan to organize an online special event "RAFA Trends & Views". This event will be free of charge for all registered participants.
We hope you will enjoy this reduced RAFA event, objective of which is not only to share with you current state of the art in food analysis but also to identify burning topics for upcoming the 10th anniversary RAFA that will be organised traditionally on-site, in November 2022, in Prague.
We are looking forward to meeting you again in November 2021 - virtually!
As long as, you are willing to join us, please mark RAFA 2021 in your calendar.
Prof. Jana Hajslova & Prof. Michel Nielen, conference chairs
FREE REGISTRATION at RAFA 2021 is OPEN!
RAFA 2021 PROGRAM
Wednesday - November 3, 2021
(Chairs: Jana Hajslova (UCT Prague) & Michel Nielen (WFSR))
9:00-13:00 Series of vendor webinars I LCMS Webinars & GCMS Webinars
- Agilent Technologies
- Axel Semrau GmbH & Co. KG
- LECO
- PerkinElmer
- Phenomenex, Inc. - Torrance, CA
- Restek
- SCIEX
- SepSolve Analytical Ltd
- Shimadzu Europa GmbH
- Thermo Fisher Scientific
13:45-14:00 Welcome at RAFA 2021
- Jana Hajslova & Michel Nielen, RAFA chairs
Session 1 Analytical challenges I
14:00-14:20 L1 Fighting food frauds exploiting chromatography-mass spectrometry & infrared technologies: scientific literature vs real industrial approaches
- Michele Suman (Barilla G. R. F.lli SpA, Advanced Laboratory Research, Parma, Italy)
14:20-14:40 L2 How can we measure and tackle the world wide occurrence of mycotoxins in view of climate change?
- Rudolf Krska (University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, IFA-Tulln, Austria)
14:40-15:00 L3 Potential of imaging mass spectrometry in characterisation of food crops
- Chiara Dall ́Asta (University of Parma, Parma, Italy
15:00-15:20 L4 Dimensional Chromatography with Quadruple Parallel Mass Spectrometry, LC3MS4, for Infant/Adult Formula Analysis
- Craig Byrdwell (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Agricultural Research, Service, Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center, USA)
15:20-15:30 L5 Towards decentralized food safety: a FoodSmartphone perspective
- Georgina Ross (Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands)
15:30-15:40 Chat discussion with speakers L1-L5
- Led by Jana Hajslova & Michel Nielen
15:40-16:00 Refreshment break
Session 2 Metabolomics
16:00-16:20 L6 Metabolomics and lipidomics approaches to advance food Science and nutrition research
- Alejandro Cifuentes (National Research Council of Spain, Madrid, Spain)
16:20-16:40 L7 Confidence in metabolite annotations from high-resolution MS/MS in food digestion along the human GI tract
- Olivier Fiehn (UC Davis West Coast Metabolomics Center, Davis, USA)
16:40-17:00 L8 Deciphering the gut microbiota function by LC/GC-MS metabolomics approaches
- Josep Rubert (Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands)
17:00-17:20 L9 One class modelling, a simple approach to botanical authentication
- James Harnly (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center, USA)
17:20-17:40 Chat discussion with speakers L6-L9
- Led by Jana Hajslova & Michel Nielen
17:40-18:30 Opportunities for networking (tbc)
Thursday - November 4, 2021
(Chairs: Jana Pulkrabova (UCT Prague) & Stefan van Leeuwen (WFSR))
Session 3 Food fraud & authentication
09:00-09:20 L10 From targeted to non-targeted analysis for food authentication: challenges of change
- Carsten Fauhl-Hassek (Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Berlin, Germany)
09:20-9:40 L11 Diving into the beer metabolome and discover signatures of materials, technologies and reactions
- Michael Rychlik (Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany)
09:40-10:00 L12 Alternative proteins for conventional animal products in China: regulatory process
- Yongning Wu (China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment, Beijing, China)
10:00-10:10 L13 Wine varietal identification: solution of an uneasy task
- Leos Uttl (University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Prague, Czech Republic)
10:10-10:20 L14 The story of a leaf: a 2-tiered system for tea authenticity
- Di Wu (Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom)
10:20-10:40 L15 Food authenticity from a regulatory science perspective
- Franz Ulberth (European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Geel, Belgium)
10:40-11:00 Chat discussion with speakers L10-L15
- Led by Jana Pulkrabova & Stefan van Leeuwen
11:00-11:20 Refreshment break
Session 4 Analytical challenges II
11:20-11:40 L16 Comparison of analytical methods and results: “Devil is in the details”
- Katerina Mastovska (Eurofins Scientific, USA)
11:40-12:00 L17 Scientific and regulatory challenges and developments for EU Reference Laboratories in food safety areas
- Piotr Robouch (European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Geel, Belgium)
12:00-12:20 L18 Transition to a circular economy: analytical challenges for contaminants in the food chain
- Stefan van Leeuwen (Wageningen Food Safety Research (WFSR), part of Wageningen University & Research, The Netherlands)
12:20-12:30 L19 Smartphone-based pesticide residue screening: goals achieved & challenges to be faced
- Aristeidis Tsagkaris (University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Prague, Czech Republic)
12:30-12:50 L20 Determining the source of our soya using an analytical toolbox
- Christopher Elliott (Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom)
12:50-13:10 Chat discussion with speakers L16-L20
- Led by Jana Pulkrabova & Stefan van Leeuwen
13:10-13:20 Summary of RAFA 2021, Trends & Views
- Michele Suman (Barilla Food Research Labs, Parma, Italy)
13:20-13:30 Announcement of RAFA 2022
- Jana Hajslova & Michel Nielen, RAFA chairs
13:30-18:30 Series of vendor webinars II LCMS Webinars & GCMS Webinars
- Agilent Technologies
- Bruker Daltonics
- Büchi Labortechnik AG
- Milestone Helping Chemists
- Phenomenex, Inc. - Torrance, CA
- R-Biopharm AG
- Restek
- Syft Technologies GmbH
- Thermo Fisher Scientific
- Waters Corporation