Workshop Topics

The scopes of the Workshop will be reflected in Plenary and Technical sessions and Poster  presentations covering the main and evolving topics in the field in US, Europe and the world:

• Status and state of the art research of nonthermal technologies:
  
  
  
  
  • High pressure
  • Pulsed Electric Fields
  • UV, IR and Pulsed light
  • Ultrasound
  • Cold plasma
  • Ozonation
  • Dense Phase Carbon Dioxide
  • Other Emerging
• Current knowledge on the phenomena and mechanisms of the effect of  non thermal processes on biological, chemical and structural components of food
• Converting of research results into practical solutions- emerging applications and commercial development
• Paradigms of non thermal technologies applications in markets: successes and drawbacks
• Food safety and sustainability by application of non thermal technologies
• Use of non thermal technologies for superior quality or novel  food products of extended shelf-life
• Impact of non thermal technologies on energy, water and waste reduction
• Non thermally treated food products for health and well-being