1st announcement

Executive Secretariat

13-14 April 2015

Lisbon, Portugal

PACIFIC WORLD

Av. Infante Santo 66F, 1350-186 LisboaPortugalT. 213 920 371 - icfc@paci!cworld.comwww.icfc2015.com

On behalf of the Organizing Committee we are

glad to invite you to take part in the International

Conference on Food Contaminants: challenges in

chemical mixtures - ICFC 2015 - that will be held

in Lisbon, Portugal on the 13th and 14th April,

2015.

This multidisciplinary congress provides a forum

for both internationally established and young

researchers to exchange advanced knowledge

on Food Contaminants and Human Health. The

congress will be comprised of keynote lectures

given by world-renowned scholars, in addition to

oral and poster sessions. State of the Art

developments in di#erent !elds of chemical

mixtures: analytical chemistry, risk/exposure

assesment, bioavailability and toxicity of food

contaminants will be covered during

presentations.

The Scienti!c and Organizing Committees are

looking forward to meeting you in Lisbon! Institutional Sponsors

Barbara Koroušić Seljak (SL) Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Carlos Oliveira (BR) Universidade de S. Paulo, Brazil

Didier Dupont (FR) Institut National de la Research Agronomique (INRA), France

Doris Marko (AT) Department of Food Chemistry and Toxicology, University of Vienna (UNIVIE), Vienna, Austrich

Elsa Reis Vasco (PT) National Institute of Health Doutor Ricardo Jorge I.P., Lisbon, Portugal

Jacob van Klaveren (NL) National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands

Joerg Stroka (BE) EC-JRC-IRMM, European Reference Laboratory for Mycotoxins, Geel, Belgium

José Maria Albuquerque (PT) National Institute of Health Doutor Ricardo Jorge I.P., Lisbon, Portugal

Maria Antónia Calhau (PT) National Institute of Health Doutor Ricardo Jorge I.P., Lisbon, Portugal

Maria João Silva (PT) National Institute of Health Doutor Ricardo Jorge I.P., Lisbon, Portugal

Paula Alvito (PT) National Institute of Health Doutor Ricardo Jorge I.P., Lisbon, Portugal

Scienti"c Committee

Organizer

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Congress Website: www.icfc2015.com

International Conference on Food Contaminants: challenges in chemical mixtures (ICFC2015)

Programme Overview

Day 1

09h00 - 09h30 REGISTRATION

09h30 - 09h45 OPENING SESSION

Welcome by National Health Institute (INSA I.P.) President and

Representative of the Portuguese Ministry of Health

Paula Alvito, INSA I.P., PT - Introduction to The MycoMix

Project - Exploring the toxic e#ects of mixtures of mycotox-

ins in infant food and potential health impact - a case study

SESSION I - ANALYSIS AND EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT OF

CHEMICAL MIXTURES

Plenary lecture, Oral communications, Poster session, Discussion

13h00 - 14h00 LUNCH

SESSION II - RISK ASSESSMENT OF CHEMICAL MIXTURES

Plenary lecture, Oral communications, Poster session, Discussion

18h00 Welcome reception

18h30 - 19h30 The MycoMix Project: follow-up of main

activities

20h00 Conference Dinner (to be announced)

Day 2

09h00 SESSION III – BIOAVAILABILITY OF FOOD

COMPONENTS AND CONTAMINANTS MIXTURES

Plenary lecture, Oral communications, Poster session, Discussion

12h30 - 13h30 LUNCH

SESSION IV - TOXICITY OF CHEMICAL MIXTURES

Plenary lecture, Oral communications, Discussion

17h15 - 17h30 Concluding remarks

17h30 - 18h00 Best poster award and closing session

Day 3

10h00 - 13h00 Post-Meeting workshop – Mycomix Project

Assembly.

Conference Speakers

Ana Gago Martinez (SP) Vigo University & European

Reference Laboratory for Marine

Toxins, Spain

Barbara Koroušić Seljak (SL) Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana,

Slovenia

Didier Dupont (FR) National Institute for Agricultural

Research, France

Doris Marko (AT) University of Vienna, Áustria

Francesco Cubadda (I) National Health Institute, Italy

Isabelle Oswald (FR) National Institute for Agricultural

Research, France

Jacob van Klaveren (NL) National Institute for Public

Health and the Environment

(RIVM), The Netherlands

Joerg Stroka (BE) EC-JRC-IRMM, European

Reference Laboratory for

Mycotoxins, Belgium

Paula Alvito (PT) National Institute of Health

Doutor Ricardo Jorge I.P.,

Portugal

Susana Loureiro (PT) University of Aveiro, Portugal

Carlos Oliveira (BR) University of S. Paulo, Brazil