The First International Conference on Food Properties (iCFP1) was held on January 24–26, 2014 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This conference was initiated by the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Food Properties. The theme was “Superior Foods through Smarter use of Food Properties”. It was a great success with participants representing from 40 countries. Four keynote lectures and a total of 174 papers were presented in oral and poster sessions. The main aim of this conference was to provide a platform for professionals in the field of food properties for sharing knowledge, innovative ideas, and research achievements. The focus of the conference was on the four areas: physical and physico-chemical, kinetic, sensory, and health properties. These areas covered process-structure-properties-performance interrelationships in food systems. The conference had three key objectives:
To advance in producing superior foods through smarter use of food properties;
To transfer novel and innovative concepts, such as nanotechnology, soft matter, biotechnology, and artificial sense organs to the food industry; and
To foster networking, collaboration, and joint effort among the conference participants to advance the knowledge and practice by identifying major trends in the food properties.
In addition, a workshop called “Challenges in Multi-Hurdle Food Preservation and its Stability” was organized by Prof. M. Shafiur Rahman. Dr. Ashok R. Patel received a young scientist award for his paper “Functional colloids from food-grade material-Shellac” and another 23 authors received recognition for their commendable papers in various categories. The certificates were delivered by Prof. Rahman during the Conference Dinner on January 25, 2014. There was an interest in developing analytical standards on the food properties. The scope and structure will be outlined by Prof. Rahman after discussing with the key professionals in the area of food properties. In the first attempt only physical properties will be considered. The developed standard documents will be compiled into a book and it will be supported and published by the iCFP professional development program. The iCFP will be held biannually and the second International Conference on Food Properties (iCFP2) will be held in January 2016. The date and venue will be announced soon.
Professor Mohammad Shafiur Rahman
Founding Conference Chair, iCFP2014
E-mail: [email protected]