INSECTA 2016
On 12th of September 2016, the Pilot Pflanzenöltechnologie Magdeburg e.V. (PPM) and the Leibniz-Institut für Agrartechnik und Bioökonomie e.V. (ATB) invited scientists, researchers, entrepreneurs and politicians to the Natural History Museum in Magdeburg for the INSECTA. Last year, PPM had established the first national conference on the use of insects as food and feed very successfully. The Congress received great public interest, so that PPM developed it in 2016 further into an international conference together with the new cooperation partner ATB.
A total of 135 participants from 24 countries, including Canada, Israel, China, Russia and South Africa had come to Magdeburg to discuss the latest status of research, resources and constraints of the insects use. The participants were especially excited about the presentations of the two keynote speakers Professor Arnold van Huis of the FAO and Prof. Andreas Vilcinskas from LOEWE center. Apart from these two internationally renowned researchers in the field of insect utilization and biotechnology, also Dr. Tilemachos Goumperis of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and Mr. Heinrich Katz, representative of European insects network „IPIFF“, could be won. With a total of 16 presentations and 32 poster presentations the INSECTA 2016 offered a highly sophisticated and wide-ranging program.
Topics
Technical, commercial, ecological, political and ethical issues of insect utilization were discussed, in particular:
Insects production systems
- Rearing substrate optimisation
- Established production systems
- Mass rearing systems, industrialization
- Automation
Application of insects as feed
- Nutrient composition
- Use for pets, in aquaculture and for farm animals
- Feed safety
Utilization of insects as food
- Processing and fractionation
- Use in gastronomy and food retailing
- Food safety
Evaluation of the use of insects
- Consumer acceptance
- Ecologic and economic assessment
- Status of legislation
- Ethical issues
Non-food applications of insects
- Insect biotechnology
- Biopolymers
- Waste management systems
List of participants- INSECTA 2016
Picture gallery
Organizers
Pilot Pflanzenöltechnologie Magdeburg e.V. (PPM)
Berliner Chaussee 66, 39114 Magdeburg, Germany
Dr. Thomas Piofczyk, Franziska Ulrich
Phone: +49-391-8189-131/180
Leibniz-Institut für Agrartechnik Potsdam-Bornim e.V. (ATB)
Max-Eyth-Allee 100, 14469 Potsdam, Germany
Dr. Birgit Rumpold
Phone: +49-331-5699-627
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us:
info@insecta-conference.com
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