NUTRIMENTHE at the EuroScience Open Forum, Turin, July 2010

NUTRIMENTHE was represented at the EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF) conference that took place in a very warm Turin at the FIAT factory between 2nd and 7th July. Ten projects from the CommNet consortium, including Nutrimenthe, were represented at the conference.

ESOF is Europe’s largest meeting place for researchers, stakeholders, students and science journalists, the theme for which is “Passion for Science.” This year’s event had more than 4000 participants. CommNet hired a booth in the exhibition hall where ESOF delegates could talk to representatives from the projects. The theme chosen by CommNet was “Passion for Food Science”. Information about NUTRIMENTHE was disseminated via a poster and a recipe card for pasta with salmon and broccoli. The card highlighted the benefits of eating oily fish and the function of other nutrients contained in the ingredients, plus the work of NUTRIMENTHE.

To attract visitors to the booth, CommNet hired a badge making machine, a tactic which proved to be a huge success as in excess of 200 badges were ade during the conference. Delegates could have photographs taken of themselves, or a slogan they had written, made into a badge and were also invited to answer a questionnaire on their views about pasta – is it a quality, safe and healthy food?
CommNet also organised a session How Food Affects Your Life – latest news in food science and communications. The theme was “What is in our food and how does it affect our health and life? Is what we are eating safe? Is it of good quality?” The speakers were Professor Adriana Maggi, Professor Irene Cetin from the University of Milan and Gabriella Morini from the University of Gastronomic Science.

Visit the CommNet website to read more and view the presentations.

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