Organizing Committee

Core Members

  • Honorary Chairperson
    • Mutsuo IWAMOTO (Kagoshima-Osumi Food Technology Development Center)
  • Chairperson
    • Roumiana TSENKOVA (Kobe University, Faculty of Agriculture)
  • Vice Chairpersons
    • Yukihiro OZAKI (Kwansei Gakuin University, Faculty of Science and Engineering)
    • Masato YASUI (Keio University, Medical Faculty)
    • Yuichi OGAWA (Kyoto University, Faculty of Agriculture)
  • Treasurer
    • Shigeaki MORITA  (Osaka Electro-Communication University, Department of Engineering Science)

Scientific Committee

  • Stefka ATANASSOVA (Tracia University, Bulgaria)
  • George BÁZÁR (Kaposhvar University, Hungary)
  • Tiziana CATTANEO (CRA-IAA, Italy)
  • Eri CHATANI (Kobe University, Faculty of Science)
  • Roberto GERMANO (Prometeus, Napoli, Italy)
  • Aoife GOWEN (UCD School of Biosystems Engineering, Ireland)
  • Guseppe GREPPI (University of Sassari, Italy)
  • Christian HUCK (Leopold-Franzens University, Austria)
  • Ikko IHARA (Kobe University, Faculty of Agriculture)
  • Kozue KINOSHITA (Kyoto University, Faculty of Science)
  • Dusan KOJIC (Keio University, Medical Faculty)
  • Neli KOSEVA (Institute of Polymers, BAS, Bulgaria)
  • Zoltan KOVÁCZ (Corvinus University, Hungary)
  • Everine Van DE KRAATS (The Netherlands)
  • Albert KRASTANOV (University of Food Technologies, Bulgaria)
  • Shigeaki MORITA (Osaka Electro-Communication University)
  • Jelena MUNCAN (Belgrade University, Serbia)
  • Chikako NISHIGORI (Kobe University, Medical Faculty)
  • Atsushi NUMATA (SUNTORY)
  • Yoshihito OSADA (RIKEN)
  • Akikazu SAKUDOU (University of the Ryukyus, Faculty of Science)
  • Aleksandar SLAVCHEV (University of Food Technologies, Bulgaria)
  • Masao TAKAYANAGI (Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology)
  • Haruya TANAKAMARU (Kobe University, Faculty of Agriculture)
  • Satoru TSUCHIKAWA (Nagoya University, Faculty of Agriculture)
  • Tsutomu UCHIDA (Hokkaido University, Faculty of Engineering)
  • Giuseppe VITIELLO (University of Salerno, Italy)
  • Reiji WATANABE (SUNTORY)

Local Committee

  • Roumiana TSENKOVA (Kobe University)
  • Junko MARUYAMA (Kobe University)
  • Ayako SEKO (Kobe University)
  • Lawrence WONG (Kobe University)
  • France GUICHARD (Kobe University)
  • Takeyoshi GOTO (Kwansei Gakuin University)
  • Takeki HAMASAKI (Kyushu University)
  • Mika ISHIGAKI (Kwansei Gakuin University)
  • Daitaro ISHIKAWA (Tohoku University)
  • Sae TANAKA (Keio University)