Vienna Polyphenols International Conference 2017 was a huge success and gather more than 300 attendees
The 11th International Conference on Polyphenols Applications took place in Vienna, Austria, from June 20 to June 21, 2017 under the auspices of the International Society for Antioxidants in Nutrition and Health (ISANH).
Prof. Andreas Schieber, President of Vienna Polyphenols 2017, Prof. Marvin Edeas, President of ISANH, and Prof. Doris Marko the local organizer from the University of Vienna welcomed more than 300 academics and industry representatives from 29 countries at University of Vienna.
Vienna Polyphenols 2017 covered as oral and poster presentations topics of interest. You can find here the concluding remarks from the chairpersons of each session.
Session 1 "Polyphenols & Gut Microbiota"
Session 2 "Polyphenols analysis, mecanistics and clinical aspects"
Session 3 "Extraction, valorization and analysis of polyphenols from foods and by-products"
Session 4 "Polyphenols Applications in Food & Beverages: Recent Technologies & Innovations"
Session 5 "Polyphenols Innovations in 2017"
At the end of the congress, several awards were discerned:
Scientific Contribution Award:
The scientific committee discerned the Scientific Contribution Award to Dr Maike Passon from the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University Bonn, in Germany for her studies about the recent advances on the analysis of polyphenols in physiological samples.
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Poster Presentation Award:
Dr Iveta Najmanova from the Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové, Charles University, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic gave a poster presentation about the Antihypertensive Effects of quercetin metabolites. For this excellent presentation, she received the poster presentation award.
Innovation Award:
An expert panel carried out a technical assessment in order to select the best innovations related to polyphenols application fields and few companies were nominated:
- Silvateam
- The Juice+ Company
- Indena
- Evolva
- Cambridge Chocolate Technology
The first prize was awarded to Silvateam. For more information, please click here.
The scientific committee and the local organizers expressed their appreciation to all participants for their excellent contributions, which made also the 2017 edition of the International Conference on Polyphenols Application a success.
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Please click here to access to the final program of Vienna Polyphenols Congress.
We look forward welcoming for the 2018 world congress which will be held at the University of Bonn, Germany. The exact dates will be announced soon.
Vienna Polyphenols Committee
