The Second Aquaphotomics European Conference

is scheduled to take place on December 2-3, 2019 at the Lurdy International Conference Center in Budapest, Hungary.

About the Conference Welcome Program Registration & Abstracts Important Dates Accommodations Tour About the Conference

The Second Aquaphotomics European Conference 

Venue: Lurdy International Conference Center (Budapest, Könyves Kálmán krt. 12-14., 1097)

City: Budapest, Hungary 

Date: 2nd – 3rd December, 2019 (4th Biosystems Joint Conference)

Conference website: https://aquaphotomics.com/european-chapter/

Contact email: aquaphotomics.eu@gmail.com

 

Scientific Committee

Honorable Chair: Roumiana TSENKOVA (Kobe University, Japan) Albert KRASTANOV (University of Food Technologies, Bulgaria) Aleksandar SLAVCHEV (University of Food Technologies, Bulgaria) Christian HUCK (Leopold-Franzens University, Austria) Cristina MALEGORI (University of Genova) Dusan KOJIC (Keio University, Japan)  Everine Van DE KRAATS (Water Research Lab, Germany) Federico MARINI (University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy) George BÁZÁR (Kaposvár University, Hungary) Jelena MUNCAN (Belgrade University, Serbia) Tiziana CATTANEO (CRA-IT, Italy) Zoltan KOVACS (Szent István University, Hungary)   

Organizing Committee

Chair: Zoltan KOVACS (Szent István University, Hungary)  Bernhard POLNER (Innsbruck University, Austria)  Everine Van DE KRAATS (Water Research Lab, Germany)  Cristina MALEGORI (University of Genova)  George BÁZÁR (Kaposvár University, Hungary)   

Local Organizing Committee

Viktoria Zsom-Muha Laszló Baranyai  Zoltan Gillay  Zsanett Bodor  John-Lewis Zinia Zaukuu   Welcome

Dear colleagues, 

On behalf of the Organizers, we cordially invite you to the 2nd European Aquaphotomics Conference scheduled to take place on the 2nd – 3rd December, 2019 in Budapest, Hungary. 

The 2nd European Aquaphotomics Conference is organized in cooperation with the Faculty of Food Science, Szent Istvan University and the International Aquaphotomics Society.  

Aquaphotomics is an interdisciplinary scientific field that has increasingly become relevant in Europe, especially with the dynamic changing era of science and its value to life. The goal of this conference is to build upon evolving ideas from the First Aquaphotomics meeting in Lugano, Switzerland by bringing together scientists, scholars, students and industrial key players to brainstorm on challenges of mutual interest. This conference provides opportunities for delegates and participants from all over the World to exchange new ideas and experiences, to establish business or research relations and to find new partners for future collaboration.  

The program will cover major fields of science, particularly spectroscopy and water functionality. The official language will be English and will commence with a semi-irregular but exciting session of direct conversations and interactions among participants. This is to help familiarize with each other’s expertise and get amicable even before the workshop starts so that ideas can be freely shared with more confidence to make greater impacts. Presentations will include invited plenary and keynote lectures, scientific presentations, flash presentations and poster sessions. 

We are looking to forward to welcoming you to our amiable city for the 2nd European Aquaphotomics Conference, and we hope that you will find it a stimulating scientific event and an impactful personal experience. 

Chairperson 

Zoltan Kovacs

  Program

 

Program 2nd European Aquaphotomics Conference (Click here to download)

2-3 December 2019, Budapest, Hungary

Monday

08:30-09:30 Registration (and software installation support if required)

09:30-12:30 WORKSHOPS

09:30-10:00 George Bazar – Evaluating the spectral quality to improve the results of data analysis

10:00-10:30 Zoltan Kovacs – A short introduction to aquaphotomics

10:30-11:00 COFFEE BREAK

11:00-12:30 Bernhard Pollner – Problem-oriented introduction to aquap2, a free multivariate data analysis tool with aquaphotomics methods

12:30-22:00 CONFERENCE TOUR**

12:30-13:30 lunch

13:30-18:30 TOUR

18:30-20:30 dinner

21:30-22:00 drive to the hotels

**For those that signed up for the tour. Please be prepared with warm clothes!

Tuesday

08:30-08:55 Registration

08:55-09:00 Arrival yoga/meditation exercise*

09:00-09:10 Opening by Zoltan Kovacs

09:10-10:30 Scientific section 1

Section chair: Roumiana Tsenkova

09:10-09:30 Zoltan Kovacs – Aquaphotomics and its recent applications in the field of food science

09:30-09:45 Tiziana Cattaneo – Aquaphotomics holistic approach to identify differences in soil profiles

09:45-10:00 Stefka Atanassova – Near-infrared spectroscopy and aquaphotomics for early detection of fungal diseases on cucumber and durum wheat

10:00-10:15 John-Lewis Zinia Zaukuu – Authentication of tomato paste concentrate with near-infrared spectroscopy

10:15-10:30 Bodor Zsanett – Detection of adulteration of linden honey with beet and rice syrup using aquaphotomics

10:30-11:00 COFFEE BREAK (last 10 minutes yoga/meditation exercise*)

11:00-12:30 Scientific section 2

Section chair: Christian Huck

11:00-11:30 Antonella De Ninno (invited speaker) – On the quantum nature of the two fluids in liquid water

11:30-11:45 Paolo Renati – Temperature dependence analysis of the NIR spectra of liquid water confirms the existence of two phases, one of which is in a coherent state

11:45-12:00  Nikolaj Sorgenfrei Blom – DireWaves: Disarming resistant microbes with weak ELF magnetic fields

12:00-12:15  Everine van de Kraats – Water functionality and lessons learnt from NIR spectroscopy

12:15-12:30  Zoltan Gillay – Evaluation of modified handheld spectrometer to transmission mode using NaCl and saccharose

12:30-13:30 LUNCH BREAK (last 10 minutes yoga/meditation exercise*)

13:30-14:45 Scientific section 3

Section chair: Antonella De Ninno

13:30-14:00 Christian Huck (invited speaker) – Future directions of near-infrared spectroscopy in food, phyto and bioanalysis

14:00-14:15 Nirrin Technologies sponsor presentation with Bryan Hassel on Skype

14:15-14:45 Poster flash presentations (starting with 5 min yoga/meditation exercise*)

14:45-15:15 POSTER SESSION

15:15-15:30 COFFEE BREAK

15:30-17:30 Round table discussion

Moderator: Everine van de Kraats

17:30-18:10 Plenary & Closing

Section chair: Zoltan Kovacs

17:30-18:00 Roumiana Tsenkova (invited plenary presentation) – Aquaphotomics as emerging technology denominator

18:00-18:10 Closing remarks

18:30-22:00 DINNER

 

* All yoga/meditation exercises are led by Esther Sorgenfrei Blom.

Registration & Abstracts

Downloads

2nd Circular: Click to download

Registration Form: Click to download

Abstract Template: Click to download

Important Dates

Important dates and deadlines 

Abstract submission: 15th October, 2019 

Notification: 3rd November, 2019 

Payment: (early bird) 31st October, 2019 

Registration fees: 

• early bird (by 31st October)
  • Student: 100 Euro 
  • Regular: 120 Euro 
• normal and on-site payments
  • Student: 120 Euro
  • Regular: 150 Euro 

Includes: conference participation and conference materials food and drink during the conference (including dinner on 3rd November, 2019). 

  Accommodations

Accommodations 

We made pre-reservation for the participants of the conference with three hotels at various rates, please find our offers below.

The offers are valid for the days between 1^st and 4^th December, 2019.

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Hotel Leonardo ****

Offers of the hotel

The hotel is serving double rooms with two beds for one or two persons.

• For one person: 69 EUR/room/night including breakfast
• For two persons 79 EUR/room/night including breakfast

Rooms can be upgraded for extra cost:

• Superior room is for extra 10 EUR /room/night
• Suite room is for extra 30 EUR/room/night

The prices include taxes and access to the hotel’s Fitness Room and Wi-fi.

Reservation instructions

The reservations can be done by filling the form (Click to download: HotelLeonardoBookingForm) and sending it to reservations.budapest@leonardo-hotels.com, please refer to “Scientific Meeting Physics Department” in the e-mail.

Payment and cancellation policy

Payment can be done in the hotel directly, in cash or by card. Please state your preferred payment method (cash/credit card) in the booking form.

Cancellation of the reservation: free by 16^th November, 18:00 (local, Hungary time). After this 100% of the fee has to be paid.

Website: https://www.leonardo-hotels.com/leonardo-hotel-budapest

Location: The conference venue can be reached in about ten minutes with Tram 51.

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Hotel Actor ****

Offers of the hotel

• Standard category
  • Single room (one bed): 64 EUR/room/night including breakfast
  • Double room (two beds) 70 EUR/room/night including breakfast
• Superior Category
  • Single room (one bed): 75 EUR/room/night including breakfast
  • Double room (two beds) 80 EUR/room/night including breakfast

The prices include taxes and access to Wi-fi.

Reservation instructions

Reservation can be made until 31^st October at this price referring to the conference.

The reservations can be done by filling the form (Click to download: HotelActorBookingForm) and sending it to actorhotel@actorhotel.hu, please refer to “SZIECONF” in the e-mail.

Payment and cancellation policy

The payments can be done in cash/by card/ or transferring the money to the hotel account* and it has to be done by 15^th November, 16:00 (local, Hungary time).
Please do not proceed with the payment until your reservation is confirmed by the hotel!

Bank details

Name of the bank: Magnet Magyar Közösségi Bank Zrt.
Address of the bank: 1062, Budapest Andrássy út 98.
Firm code: 01-10-04611
Bank account for EUR payment: HU 12 1620 0106 11633271 00000000 IBAN
SWIFT: HBWE HUHB

Free cancellations can be done until 15^th November, 16:00 (local, Hungary time), after this the 100% of the price has to be paid.

Website: http://actorhotel.hu/en/

Location: The conference venue can be reached in about ten minutes with Tram 51.

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Hotel Rila ** – hostel style

Offers of the hotel

• Single room (one bed) – 9000 HUF (27 EUR)/room/ night including breakfast
• Double room – 12000 HUF (36 EUR)/room/night including breakfast

The prices include taxes and access to Wi-fi.

Reservation instructions

You can make your reservations via website of the hotel. If you choose this hotel, please in the notes write the SZIECONF code.
If you would like to stay with someone else, then when you apply please write also in the notes.

Payment and cancellation policy

Payment can be done at the hotel at arrival in cash/by card.

You can cancel and modify your booking by 23^rd November, 16:00 (local, Hungary time).

Website: (where you can make your reservation) http://www.hotelrila.com/

Location: The conference venue can be reached in about five minutes on foot.

Tour

Tour fee covers lunch and dinner and visits to some Budapest tourist sites.

From the 21^st to 23^rd of July, 2019, the “First Chinese Conference on Aquaphotomics” was held in Jinan, China. This event was organized by Professor Hengchang Zang (Shandong University) and Professor Xueguang Shao (Nankai University). The event was hosted by China Council of Near Infrared Spectroscopy (CCNIRS), jointly organized by School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, and sponsored by Bloomage Biotechnology Corporation Limited.

The Conference brought together water researchers, students and users of the technology from a wide variety of backgrounds, applications and industries to present, see and discuss current developments in aquaphotomics. There were more than 110 participants from a wide range of research fields, including pharmacy, food and chemical analysis, photobiology, petrochemistry, equipment and software suppliers.

The theme of this conference was “Application of Spectroscopy in Aquaphotomics”. During the conference, researchers communicated and discussed various topics, such as the origin of aquaphotomics, methods of aquaphotomics, various applications in medicine and different industrial branches, specifics of instruments and probes for water research and so on. Experts discussed in depth and called for more researchers to join the study of water which may seem to be a simple substance, but it is a huge world to explore.  

The conference invited Professor Dr Roumiana Tsenkova (Chairperson of the International Council for Aquaphotomics and a founder of aquaphotomics) and Hoeil Chung (Secretary-General of Asian NIR Consortium) to give cutting-edge research presentations. Prof. Hengchang Zang (Shandong University), Prof. Xueguang Shao (Naikai University), Prof. Jingyan Han (Peking University), Prof. Xinghua Xia (Nanjing University), Prof. Kexin Xu (Tianjin University), Dr. Xiu’e Jiang (Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences) and Dr. Xueping Guo (Bloomage Biotechnology Corporation Limited) shared the research results of their laboratories. Most of the reported achievements were focused on applications in basic research with a fresh approach to studying using water as a source of information, but many works in the areas of medicine, life sciences etc. were also presented.  

After the meeting, the experts called for the establishment of the “Chinese Council of Aquaphotomics” and regular discussions of the topics to promote the development of this scientific discipline. The hope of the organizers is that regular, successful conference meetings will attract more people to join this research field, establish wider network of scientists interested in the research of water molecular matrix and application of the research findings in industry and everyday-life applications, thus helping the progress of human society.

For more information, please contact aqua2019@163.com.

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The 3^rd Aquaphotomics International Symposium was held from 2 to 6 December at the Westin Awaji Island Resort situated at a beautiful location of Awaji Island in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. This year’s Symposium theme – “Water – Exploring Water Molecular Systems in Nature” gathered researchers from all around world to present their findings and learn more about water’s incredible properties, and functions in various aqueous and biological systems.

More than 140 delegates from 20 countries during the course of five days had an opportunity to attend the bilingual open lecture, pre-conference workshop, listen to 36 keynote and invited lectures and see 28 poster presentations.

The Symposium was opened by its chair-person and founder of aquaphotomics prof. Dr Roumiana Tsenkova, who during a lecture open to all the public presented the main concepts, principles and contributions of aquaphotomics in not only the field of water science, but life science and technological applications that can stem from the utilization of the acquired knowledge. The lecture was followed by an aquaphotomics workshop which intended to help attendants navigate the complex world of chemometrics and data analysis used in aquaphotomics. Dr Dusan Kojic from Keyo University in Tokyo shared his approach for enhancing subtle differences in complex spectra of aqueous systems by the application of spectral component analysis. Dr Ali Gahkani, from Aunir, United Kingdom, this year’s winner of the Aquaphotomics shootout session at the at the International Diffuse Reflectance Conference (IDRC), in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, through an interactive presentation showed the way to drastically improve effectiveness of quantification and classification of the NIR spectra by applying the covariance weighting approach aimed at elimination of interferent signal. Dr.Med.Uni. Bernhard Pollner from Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria and Dr. Zoltan Kovacs, Associate Professor from Szent Istvan University, Hungary introduced the “aquap2” software package for R-project programming environment which they themselves developed specifically to be suited for the aquaphotomics data analysis. Dr. Federiko Marini, Associate Professor at Sapienza University of Rome and an expert in chemometrics shared his advices on which chemometric tools he found to be most useful for the aquaphotomics data analysis. The workshops were really well received, attracted numerous questions from the audience and we could only hope that the shared experience of the workshop instructors would contribute to better data analysis in aquaphotomics community as well as result in new publications and perhaps novel applications.

Rich Symposium program included many keynote and invited lectures with topics spanning from fundamental water research up to the various points of practical applications of aquaphotomics. The fundamental research covered interaction of light of all frequencies with water and findings that resulted from it.  The program was divided into sessions: X-ray spectroscopy of water, UV spectroscopy of water, THz spectroscopy of water, Chemometrics, The role of water in health, Biomedical applications, Polymer-water interaction and biocompatibility, and many others. Several keynotes speakers – Dr. Craig Shwartz (X-ray spectroscopy of water), Prof. Dr. Koichiro Tanaka (THz spectroscopy of water), Prof. Dr. Hiro-o Hamaguchi (Formation of “nano-ice” in cold water), Prof. Dr. Gerald Pollack (Exclusion zone water and its role in health), Prof. Dr. Masaru Tanaka (Role of water in biocompatibility), Prof. Dr. Yasui Masato (Aquaporins) and Dr. Michal Cifra (Bioelectrodynamics), Prof. Dr Xueguang Shao (Chemometrics) delivered really novel and exciting findings and provoked many questions from the
audience. The full list of speakers, their biographies and presentations can be found at the official conference website (https://conference.aquaphotomics.com/ ).

This year’s Symposium also made a significant step towards the future development of aquaphotomics not only as a scientific field, but also as an international organization. The efforts of the past few years finally came to fruition with the establishment of Aquaphotomics International Society (IAQPS). The Society is established with the aim to promote and facilitate integration of aquaphotomics knowledge into all areas of life sciences, thereby contributing to better understanding of water-light interaction and structure and functionalities of water species in aqueous and biological systems. During the 1^st General Assembly officially, after the attendees were introduced to the organizational structure, vision and mission, by majority of the votes Prof. Dr. Roumiana Tsenkova was elected as its president, Univ.-Prof.Mag.Dr. Christian Huck and Prof. Dr. Masato Yasui were elected as vice-presidents and Prof. Dr. Shigeaki Morita as a treasurer, while Dr Everine van de Kraats will serve as a secretary of the Society. More than 15 officers in the Society Board will be in charge of European and Japanese liaison, as well as for development of various aspects of aquaphotomics research, technological development, promotion, education and others. Prof. Dr. Mutsuo Iwamoto, Prof. Dr. Yukihiro Ozaki, and Prof. Dr. Hiro-o Hamaguchi,  will serve as members of the The Advisory Board of the Society. Currently, the membership is free for all who are interested in aquaphotomics (http://qoy.vxf.mybluehost.me/). It is expected that Society will play pivotal role in the future development of aquaphotomics-based research and aquaphotomics-based technological application.

The best poster presenters were selected based on the largest number of votes from the delegates. The Poster Awarding Committee with three judges – Prof. Dr. Xuegang Shao from Nanking University, Univ.-Prof.Mag.Dr. Christian Huck from University of Innsbruck and Dr. Cristina Malegori from University of Genova had a difficult task of monitoring the voting. Among 28 posters displayed, three caught the most attention from the audience. The best posters from this year’s symposium were presented by Ms. Xiaoyu Cui from Nankai University in China (High dimensional chemometric algorithms for analyzing temperature dependent near infrared spectra), Prof. Dr. Angelina Kisselova, from Medical University in Sofia, Bulgaria (Pilot study of mouthwash Yume water) and Ms. Yuri Nakamura from Isol Technica, Japan (Use of the functional water for waterproofing on the highway concrete slab).

The Symposium also had a rich social program – the guests had an opportunity to visit the magnificent gardens of Westin Awaji Island Resort, during the Banquet they experienced the famous Tea ceremony and enjoyed marimba musical pieces and traditional Japanese music. During the final two days a tour of the Japanese sacred mountain Mt. Koya was organized, where guests visited several temple complexes and then afterwards, had a relaxing time at the Yunosato spa in Wakayama province. 

The Symposium was deemed a great success and a very inspirational time for all who attended.

第3回アクアフォトミクス国際シンポジウム

2018年12月2日から6日まで開催された第3回アクアフォトミクス国際シンポジウムには、19カ国から114人の参加者が集まりました。

今回のシンポジウムでは、「自然界における水分子システムの探求」（Exploring Water Molecular Systems in Nature）というテーマのもと、水の様々な特異性とその機能性の理解および生体・水溶液・食品など、水を有するものに対して水が持つ役割の理解をしようと努める世界中の研究者を集めることを目的としました。

その結果、10年前には小規模であったアクアフォトミクスに興味をもった研究者の会議が、大規模な国際的研究者グループへと発展し、アクアフォトミクス研究のアイデアも驚くほど進歩が見られました。

本シンポジウムは、5日間にわたる充実したプログラムとなりました。開催場所は、淡路島（兵庫県）にある淡路夢舞台国際会議場で、美しい自然に囲まれた素晴らしい環境でのシンポジウムとなりました。

シンポジウム初日は、アクアフォトミクスの創設者であるRoumiana Tsenkova教授（神戸大学農学研究科）による公開講座から始まりました。公開講義はアクアフォトミクスに興味のあるすべての人に対して、無料で行われました。参加者は、アクアフォトミクスという光のプリズムを通した最先端の水の研究について聴講し、大変満足した様子でした。

公開講演に続くワークショップは、最新のケモメトリックスツールの開発を紹介することを目的としたものでした。アクアフォトミクスのための独自の豊富な経験とデータ分析に関して、次の著名な5人の研究者によって行われたワークショップでは、活発な質疑応答も行われ、大変貴重なプログラムとなりました。

・ワークショップの講演

「A Poor Man’s Guide to AquaPhotomics: Analysis of Variance in Near-Infrared Spectra of Water」Dusan Kojic氏（慶応義塾大学）、「Removing interference signal from NIR spectra」Ali Gahkani氏（Aunir）、「Aquaphotomics multivariate analysis tools – aquap2」Zoltan Kovacs氏（Szent Istvan大学）とBernhard Pollner氏（インスブルック医科大学）、「Chemometric tools for aquaphotomics」Federico Marini氏（サピエンツァ大学）

12月3日～5日にかけては、36件の口頭発表と28件のポスター発表が行われました。

口頭発表では、アクアフォトミクスの基礎と応用に分けられ、基礎セッションでは、X線、UV、vis-NIR、IR、THz領域の電磁スペクトルの範囲についての発表がありました。特にXueguang Shao氏による「水のスペクトルから干渉を除去し、関連情報を抽出する方法の改善」は、大きな関心を集めました。

応用セッションは、水と光の相互作用に関する最新の進歩と刺激的な新しい発見についての発表となりました。その内容は、水と溶質の相互作用に関する最も基本的な研究から、食品や水質のモニタリングにおける課題、高分子化学、そして生体適合性における水の重要な役割まで、さまざまなトピックが取り上げられました。さらに生物医学科学の分野での応用と健康における水の役割について、新しい知見が紹介されました。

・基礎セッションの基調講演

「X-RAY AND UV-SPECTROSCOPY」Craig Schwartz氏（スタンフォード大学SLAC）、「CHEMOMETRICS」Xueguang Shao氏（南開大学）、「THZ SPECTROSCOPY」田中耕一郎氏（京都大学）

・応用セッションの基調講演

「Nano-ice” forms in cold water and causes the density maximum anomaly」浜口博雄氏（国立交通大学）「The fourth phase of water: a central role in health」Gerald Pollack氏（ワシントン大学）、「Design of soft-biomaterials based on the interfacial water structure for advanced medical devices」田中勝氏（九州大学）、「Water biology and medicine: roles of aquaporins (AQP)」安井正人氏（慶応義塾大学）、「Microwave and optical bioelectrodynamics at the nanoscale and molecular level」Michal Cifra氏（Institute of Photonics and Electronics）

本シンポジウムにおいては、2日目にアクアフォトミクス国際学会「Aquaphotomics International Society（IAQPS）」が設立されました。まず、Everine van de Kraats氏から国際アクアフォトミクス国際学会設立に関する提案がなされ、多数の参加者の賛同を得ました。その後、第一回国際アクアフォトミクス総会では、改めて以下の設立趣旨および目的が説明されました。

本学会の目的は、アクアフォトミクスの研究において、光と水の相互作用を理解し、生体や食品をはじめ、水を有する物質に対する多種多様な水の機能性の解明により、ライフサイエンスの幅広い分野にアクアフォトミクスを応用させ、学際的研究を発展させることです。さらに学会は、アクアフォトミクスの基礎研究および革新的技術の発展のための共通のプラットフォームの提供も目的としています。

その後、IAQPSの会長としてRoumiana Tsenkova氏、副会長に安井正人氏、Christian Huck氏、会計に森田成昭氏が選出され、その他の役員が紹介されました。

ポスター発表は、発表者による3分間のプレゼンテーションを行うとともに、シンポジウム開催の間、ホワイエに掲示されたポスター前において自身の研究の説明および質疑応答を行いました。最終日には、参加者の投票によるベストポスター賞が以下の3名に授与されました。

・Xiaoyu Cui氏（南開大学）「High dimensional chemometric algorithms for analyzing temperature dependent near infrared spectra」

・Angelina Kisselova氏（Medical University of Sofia）「Pilot study of mouthwash Yume water」

・中村ゆり氏（Isol Technica）「Use the functional water for waterproofing on the highway concrete slab」

その他、レセプションパーティー、バンケット、学習ツアーなど日本の伝統的な文化を楽しみながら、参加者たちが親睦を深めることができました。

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The “3rd Aquaphotomics International Symposium – Exploring Water Molecular Systems in Nature” was successfully held in Dec 2 – 6, 2018 in Awaji Yumebutai, Hyogo, Japan.

Date: December 2 – 6, 2018

Venue: Awaji Yumebutai International Conference Center, Awaji, Hyogo, Japan

Organizers:

• The 3rd Aquaphotomics International Symposium Organizing Committee
• Biomeasurement Technology Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, Kobe University

Partnership:

• The Spectroscopy Society of Japan
• The Japanese Society of Agriculture Machinery and Food Engineering
• The Society of Agriculture Structures, Japan

Core Members:

• Honorable Chair: Mutsuo IWAMOTO (Kagoshima-Osumi Food Technology Development Center)
• Chair: Roumiana TSENKOVA (Kobe University)
• Vice Chair: Yukihiro OZAKI (Kwansei Gakuin University)
• Vice Chair: Masato YASUI (Keio University)
• Vice Chair: Yuichi OGAWA (Kyoto University)
• Treasurer: Shigeaki MORITA (Osaka Electro-Communication University)

Please visit the symposium’s official website for more information.

http://conference.aquaphotomics.com/

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We exhibited the Aquaphotomics Sensor (APS) in “Innovation JAPAN 2018” on August 29-30.

     

The “33rd NIR Forum held under Japan Council for Near Infrared Spectroscopy (JCNIRS)” was held at University of Tsukuba on November 15 to 17, 2017.

 

 

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Recent Events

• 4th European Aquaphotomics Conference 20262026-07-28
• International Symposium “Aquaphotomics – Health and Beauty”2026-05-31
• “Aquaphotomics Day” at EXPO2025 Bulgaria Pavilion2025-10-17
• Aquaphotomics Day & Symposium at EXPO 20252025-09-25
• The 5th Aquaphotomics International Conference – Conference Report2025-09-18

第一回Aquaphotomics研究会 was held at Keio University.

 

 

 

 

The “33rd NIR Forum held under Japan Council for Near Infrared Spectroscopy (JCNIRS)” was held at University of Tsukuba on November 15 to 17, 2017.

 

 

The Second Aquaphotomics International Symposium took place at Kobe University in Japan, from 26 to 29 November 2016. The conference attracted more than 70 researchers from different disciplines and from more than 10 countries of all continents. The conference reflected the multiplicity of projects and publications that Aquaphotomics science is now inspiring.

Link to Symposium homepage