Keynote Speakers
Opening Lecturer
Olivier Dangles
Research Unit SQPOV Avignon University – INRAE, Avignon, France
Title: The multifaceted chemistry of anthocyanins illustrated by a journey from plant to food, and finally to human
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Massimo Iorizzo
NC State University, USA
Title: Toward a Genetic Framework to Optimize Anthocyanin Properties as Bioactive and Natural Colorant
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Heidi Halbwirth
Technische Universität Wien, Austria
Title: Exploring the Anthocyanin Colour Palette: A Guided Biochemical Journey
Health and Nutrition
Fernando Gandía-Herrero
University of Murcia, Spain
Title: Redesigning natural pigments: betalains as molecular tools for health-promoting foods
Tuba Esatbeyoglu
Leibniz University Hannover, Germany
Title: From pigmented plants to bioactivity: Impact of targeted fractionation on functional bioactivities
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Slawomir Wybraniec
Cracow University of Technology, Poland
Title: Analytical passage through betacyanin diversity
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Cristina Alcalde-Eon
Grupo de Investigación Polifenoles (GIP-USAL), Universidad de Salamanca, Spain
Title: To be confirmed
Applications in Food and Industry
Joana Oliveira
Faculty of Science, University of Porto, Portugal
Title: Stabilizing Blue Anthocyanin Colors: From Molecular Mechanisms to Industrial Applications
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Richard S. Blackburn
University of Leeds, UK
Title: Extraction of anthocyanins from food industry waste and their application as dyes