19-21 November 2008, Prague, Czech Republic

On-line registration will be open until 30 September 2008.

The ILSI Europe International Symposia on Food Packaging are held every four years and are internationally recognised as a scientific forum to discuss the science that ensures the safety and quality of food packaging. The symposium aims at reviewing and debating the recent advances in science and at supporting the demonstration of safety and quality of food packaging. It will also provide a platform to disseminate results of on-going research and to discuss their implications for the future.  

Sessions

v   Risk assessment – Exposure and Toxicological Developments

v   Sustainability and Novel Packaging

v   Analytical Challenges

v   Emerging Issues and their Impact on Risk Assessment

v   Packaging quality assurance

Registration and Final Announcement

To download the final announcement, click here.

To register, click here. You will need to first subscribe to the system to get a login and a password before you can register.

Hotel rates
(Breakfast and VAT included)

Hilton Prague Hotel*****
152.60 Eur for a Guest Room with single occupancy
239.80 Eur for an Executive Room with single occupancy
Supplement for double occupancy: 16.35 Eur

Mercure Prague Old Town****
119 Eur for a single or double occupancy

IBIS Prague Old Town***
90 Eur for a single or double occupancy

Travel grants for researchers from CEE, SEE and Baltic countries*

ILSI Europe has the pleasure to announce that 12 travel grants have been offered for researchers from CEE, SEE and Baltic countries to attend the symposium. The registration fee will be waived and travel and accommodation costs will be reimbursed up to the amount of 650 EUR upon submission of a travel expense claim.

The grants have been offered to the following scientists:

Ayşe Handan BAYSAL, Izmir Institute of Technology (Turkey)
Agnieszka BORUSIEWICZ, Cracow University of Economics (Poland)
Milena DJURIŠIĆ, Centre for Ecotoxicological Researches (Montenegro)
Viviana GOLJA, Institute of Public Health (Slovenia)
Jasna GVOZDENOVIĆ, University of Novi Sad (Serbia)
Özlem KIZILIRMAK ESMER, Ege University (Turkey)
Damir KLEPAC, University of Rijeka (Croatia)
Mia KUREK, University of Zagreb (Croatia)
Vera LAZIĆ, University of Novi Sad (Serbia)
Öznur ÖZDEN, Istanbul University (Turkey)
Mira TURTOI, University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine (Romania)
Andreja ZORIČ, Institute of Public Health (Slovenia)

* Applicants needed to be resident of one of the following countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey.

For more information on the symposium, please contact Ms. Tanja Wildemann: packaging.sympo@ilsieurope.be