Higher Valued Foods – FIESTA 2010

5th Innovative Foods Conference

Food innovation: Emerging Science, Technologies and Applications

Bayview Eden Hotel, Melbourne, Australia
18-19 August 2010

The 5th biennial Innovative Foods Conference addressed and discussed the opportunities for ‘higher valued’ food products across the supply chain for a competitive future.

CSIRO presented the Innovative Foods Conference in partnership with the Victorian Government with support from The University of Melbourne. A specialised program explored the emerging science and technologies underpinning the creation of innovative higher valued agriculture products across the food supply chain. Health and nutrition, safety, quality and functionality were featured as well as aspects of equipment, global market opportunities and associated commercialisation case studies.

Opportunities for convenient or novel products and advances from the farm to the market place utilising novel produce and technologies were presented through sessions and overarching themes based within food categories including:

• Horticulture
• Dairy
• Muscle foods
• Grains
• Grapes and wine

Agrifood industry business and marketing leaders, researchers, policy makers, equipment manufacturers, suppliers and allied industries experienced a dynamic information exchange and the latest research, technologies, produce and market development delivered by world leading experts.

Higher valued opportunities for the supply chain through Novel Produce and Technologies!

The 2010 Innovative Foods Conference featured the latest international developments and applications in high value adding of products across the supply chain in the following areas:

• novel on-farm practises and produce
• novel and advanced processing technologies to provide convenience and new products
• impacts on nutrition, health and well being
• sustainable food processing

The conference and venue offered an excellent opportunity for suppliers to participate as a sponsor and /or a trade exhibitor.

The conference's two pre-conference workshops are supported by Enterprise Connect, an Australian Government initiative backed by industry that offers comprehensive advice and support to eligible small and medium sized businesses to help them transform and reach their full potential.

To learn more about this initiative, come along to the pre-conference workshops, call the Enterprise Connect hotline on 13 17 91 or visit Enterprise Connect [external link].