Since its inception in 2013, the scientific orientations of the IMPROVE platform are discussed during a Scientific Comity organized every quarter. On this occasion, IMPROVE organizes thematic conferences relating to the different facets / aspects of plant proteins valorization. These conferences are open to employees of companies and research institutes that are shareholders or associate members of IMPROVE SAS as Tereos, Avril, Vivescia, InVivo, INRA, University of Picardie, Extractis, UniLaSalle, Technological University of Compiègne- ESCOM, IAR Cluster and IMPROVE.
These conferences give the opportunity to major industrial and academic actors, beyond the perimeter of IMPROVE’s shareholders or associate members, to present their commercial offer and expertise. It also a unique chance to create contacts and imagine further R&D projects.
Some past topics addressed:
- Improved organoleptic qualities of vegetable protein concentrates / isolates (2017/11/16)
- Membrane fractionation of proteins and particularly vegetable proteins (2017/09/14)
- Pulses pea and fava beans – genetic improvement, agronomic potential, nutritional value and functional values of their protein fraction (2017/06/07)
- Collection and treatment of big data to improve the production of vegetable proteins or their valorization in food, feed… (2017/03/09)
- Behavior of plant proteins in solid food matrices (2016/11/26)
- Leaf proteins valorization (2016/09/01)
- Taste and new sources of plant proteins (2016/05/25)
- Texturing vegetable proteins by twin-screw extrusion (2016/02/16)
- Functionalities of vegetable, dairy and plant-dairy combination proteins (2015/11/26)
- Protein / Polysaccharide interactions and crosslinking (2015/09/03)
- Plant proteins digestibility (2015/05/21)
- Technologies for protein analysis (2015/02/26)
- Developing an attitudes model for the plant protein consumers (2014/12/03)