Program

Program 

 
9:00     Registration opens and coffee/tea served
 
9:30     Opening – Overview of personalization in food and eating solutions
            prof. Nesli Sözer, VTT
9:45     Perspectives of personalized nutrition
            senior advisor Seppo Salminen, University of Turku (UTU)
10:05   Artificial intelligence (AI) for precision health, nutrition and behavior
            Dr. Guido Camps, Wageningen University & Research
10:45   Metabolic health and gut microbiota in personalized nutrition
            Kirsi Laitinen & Seppo Salminen, UTU
11:15   Personalized eating solutions from consumers’ perspective           
            Kyösti Pennanen, University of Vaasa
11:45   MeHeFo food recommendation platform enabling personalized eating solutions
            Adil Umer, VTT
 
12:10    Lunch and networking
             Food recommendation platform and snack machine available for testing
 
13:20    Snack machine development and usability for personalized food production
             Jenni Lappi & Alex Calton, VTT
13:50    Tailored food production – Case plant-based non-dairy yogurt
             Hieu Pham, VTT
14:20    Sensory profiling paving the way for personalized food design             
             Ella Koivuniemi, UTU
14:50    Examples of existing solutions
              - Optishake
              - Nordic Genex
              - Ravitsemusnavigaattori / Nutrition Navigator
15:15    Ecosystem work – Business Models & Roadmap to Export Markets
             Minna Storm & Peter Zettinig, UTU
15:40    Panel discussion, moderated by Minna Storm, UTU
16:15    Closing the seminar
 
16:15    Voluntary small group excursions to VTT’s new premises and laboratories on Tekniikantie 21
             Preregistration needed