Food, Nutrition and Agriculture Genomics Congress 2014(Apr 7-8, London UK)

Food, Nutrition and Agriculture Genomics Congress 2014

7th & 8th April 2014, London, UK

 

http://www.foodgenomics-congress.com/

 

► Over 175 delegates working in Food, Nutrition and Agriculture Genomics

► Over 40 presentations and case studies from practitioners and researchers in food and nutrition companies, food testing and plant and agriculture research institutes

► Including 5 interactive streams:

▪ NGS Applications in Agriculture

▪ NGS & Metagenomics in Nutrition and Health

▪ Plant Genomics and Crop Science

▪ Nutrition: Personalised Nutrition and Microbial Genomics

▪ Animal Genomics and Application of NGS in Agriculture

► 14 pre-scheduled one to one meetings, exhibition and informal networking opportunities

 

Oxford Global Conferences are proud to present the latest event in our Next Generation Sequencing series – the Food, Nutrition and Agriculture Genomics Congress, to be held on the 7^th & 8^th April 2014 in London, UK.

 

Recent advances in genomic technologies have given researchers the opportunity of implementing genome sequencing to benefit the food, nutrition and agriculture industry. Our unique conference will bring together renowned researchers to explore the application of NGS in areas such as: personalising nutrition and health, increasing crop quality, improving livestock breeding programs and identifying genetic and epigenetic interactions.

 

On day one, discussions will focus on the use of Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) technologies in DNA and RNA sequencing. NGS technologies are indispensable tools in nutrigenomics and agrigenomics research. Our experts will compare different NGS data analysis methods and discuss different metagenomic and epigenetic analysis approaches. Hear latest case studies from our NGS experts outlining the recent advances in the use of NGS to improve crop quality, produce nutrient-rich meat and investigate the human gut microbiota.

 

Day two will feature case studies from our genomics experts outlining the recent advances in plant genome sequencing to improve crop quality and production of nutrient-rich food. Areas of discussion will include nutrigenomics and nutritional epigenomics, microbial genomics, diet-genome interactions and microbiota gut research. Our experts will explore the possibility of personalised nutrition. Presentations on day two will also focus on the latest advances in animal genomics. Our renowned researchers will discuss the importance of immune gene sequencing, agrigenomics in Europe and sequencing in the animal farming industry.

 

This prestigious event will attract over 175 experts wanting to learn more about key solutions being provided to their industry, to analyse current technologies and to network with their peers.

 

The Food, Nutrition and Agriculture Genomics Congress is part of the highly successful Oxford Global NGS Series.

 

For more information on other events in the series please see the details below:

• 5th Annual Next Generation Sequencing Congress and co-located Single Cell NGS Congress, 18-19 November 2013, Central London, UK
  www.nextgenerationsequencing-congress.com

• 2nd Annual Single Cell Genomics & Transcriptomics Asia Congress, 7 – 8 October 2014, Singapore
  www.singlecellasia-congress.com

• 4th Annual NGS Asia Congress, 7 – 8 October 2014, Singapore
  

 

Who will attend

 

The Food, Nutrition and Agriculture Genomics Congress is an exclusive event consisting of world-class keynote addresses, presentations and panel discussions designed specifically for senior level attendees from food & nutrition companies, research & academic institutions, clinical research institutions, food testing laboratories and agriculture institutions as well as major pharmaceutical and biotech companies based mainly in Europe but also worldwide. Delegates typically include Professors, Directors, Managers and Heads of:

• Next Generation Sequencing
• Genetics
• Genomics
• Microbiology
• Microbial
• Prebiotial
• Diagnostics
• RNA Analysis
• Bioinformatics
• Health Sciences
• Data Management
• Data Analysis
• Plant Genomics
• Animal Genomics
• Metagenomics
• Nutrigenomics
• Food Testing
• Epigenomics & Epigenetics

 

Delegates will benefit from

• An executive format providing intimate interaction with industry peers’ ideas and experiences through case study presentations and panel discussions
• Networking opportunities and sharing ideas with other senior peers
• Pre-scheduled one-to-one meetings between you and solution providers will provide you with an opportunity to forge partnerships and discover solutions
• Post event follow up offering all documentation from the meeting and re-booking discounts
• Tailor-made agenda – hand pick any conference and panel sessions you wish to attend

 

Who is speaking

 

Our speaker programmes are carefully researched each year to ensure that delegates are exposed to the highest level of expertise. However, delegates not only benefit from the experience of our speakers, but also gain an insight into the experiences of other attendees – Q&A sessions and panel discussions are utilised to enable sharing of knowledge and facilitate idea exchange.

 

If you have a cutting edge case study or relevant presentation and would like to join the speaker panel at one of our events, please contact Arti Pau ata.pau@oxfordglobal.co.uk

 

Confirmed 2014 Speakers

• Paolo Ajmone Marsan
  Institute Director, Professor, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
• Manimozhiyan Arumugam
  Associate Professor and Group Leader, Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, University of Copenhagen
• Adam Baker
  Head of HND Discovery, Health and Nutrition, Chr. Hansen A/S
• Guy Barker
  Director of the Genomics Resource Centre, University of Warwick
• Henrik Bjørn Nielsen
  Associate Professor, Denmark Technical University
• Mark Borodovsky
  Director, Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Genomics, Regents' Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Computational Science at Georgia Institute of Technology; Chair, Bioinformatics Department at Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
• Patrizia Brigidi
  Professor, University of Bologna
• David Burt
  Professor, The Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh
• Donald Carey Walker
  Director Global Microbiology Operations, Abbott Nutrition
• Paul Cotter
  Principal Research Officer, Teagasc Food Research Centre
• Geert De Meyer
  Head of Biometrics, Bayer Crop Science
• Massimo Delledonne
  Professor of Biotechnology, University of Verona
• Patrick Descombes
  Head of Functional Genomics Core, Nestlé Institute of Health Sciences SA
• Jim Dunwell
  Professor, University of Reading
• Lynnette Ferguson
  Professor, University of Auckland
• Sofia Forssten
  Senior Scientist, DuPont Nutrition and Health
• Stephen Forsythe
  Professor, Nottingham Trent University
• Robin G Allaby
  Associate Professor, University of Warwick
• Martien Groenen
  Professor, Animal Breeding and Genomics Centre, Wageningen University
• Wim H.M. Saris
  Corporate Scientist Human Nutrition, DSM Inc., Professor Human Nutrition, Maastricht University
• Jörg Hager
  Head of Genetics Core, Nestlé Institute of Health Sciences SA
• Nigel Halford
  Principle Investigator, Rothamsted Research
• Dirk Haller
  Professor, Technische Universität München
• Nicholas Harberd
  Professor of Plant Science, University of Oxford
• Dirk Jan de Koning
  Professor in Animal Breeding, Swedish University of Agricultural Science
• Mike Jones
  Professor of Agricultural Biotechnology, Director, WA State Agricultural Biotechnology Centre, Murdoch University
• Haja Kadarmideen
  Professor & Group Leader, University of Copenhagen
• Juha Kantanen
  Professor , MTT Agrifood Research Finland and University of Eastern Finland
• Beat Keller
  Professor, University of Zurich
• Dan Knights
  Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota
• Alan L. Archibald
  Professor, Head of Genetics and Genomics and Deputy Director, The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh
• Michael Muller
  Professor, Wageningen University
• Heiner Niemann
  Professor, Head of Institute of Farm Animal Genetics, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut
• Odd-Arne Olsen
  Odd-Arne Olsen, Professor, Norwegian University for Life Sciences
• Mark Pallen
  Professor of Microbial Genomics and Head of the Division of Microbiology and Infection, University of Warwick
• Roberto Papa
  Director of the Cereal Research Centre, Agricultural Research Council
• Chris Rawlings
  Professor, Head of Computational and Systems Biology, Rothamsted Research
• James Reecy
  Professor of Animal Science, Iowa State University
• Matthew Roth
  Assistant Professor and Co-Director, Bioinformatics Research Laboratory, Department of Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine
• Sascha Sauer
  Independent Research Group Leader at the Max-Planck-Institute for Molecular Genetics, Coordinator of the European Sequencing and Genotyping Infrastructure
• Heiko Schoof
  Professor, University of Bonn
• Derek Stewart
  Professor, Leader of Enhancing Crop Productivity and Utilization Theme, The James Hutton Institute
• Bjorn Usadel
  Professor, RWTH Aachen University
• Klaus Wimmers
  Professor, Leibniz-Institute for Farm Animal Biology
• Hongbin Zhang
  Professor of Plant Genomics and Systems Biology, Texas A&M University

 

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