Where did your Turku Food education
take you?
What impact did your time in Turku have on
your choices, career and personal life?
University of Turku Food Alumni afternoon at Publicum
on the 23rd of January, 2017
(Assistentinkatu 7, 20014 Turun yliopisto)
Lunch/Coffee at own cost at Macciavelli at 11 am (Assistentinkatu 5)
Turku Food Alumni: how did the time in Turku influence our careers?
(Pub 3)
12:00
Where do we come from? Where we have ended up
Introduction to the Alumni-day. Professor Seppo Salminen
12:15
Via Turku to start a company. Dr Jose Luis Vera, Genbiotec SRL, Buenos
Aires, Argentina
12:40
From lactic acid bacteria to water research. Dr Sampo Lahtinen, Kemira Research
Centre, Espoo, Finland
13:00
Turku FFF: the launchpad. Dr Himanshu Kumar, Functional Foods Forum, University of
Turku, Finland
13:20
From Turku to EFSA and beyond. Ilkka Ojansivu, Raisio Plc, Finland
13:50
From diagnostics to food development. Dr Mika Tuomola, HKScan Oyj, Turku, Finland
14:20
From food chemistry to funding research. Dr Heikki Aro, Tekes, Helsinki, Finland
14.40
Testing our senses – career at the University and beyond. Adjunct Professor Mari
Sandell, Functional Foods Forum, University of Turku
15:00
Future perspectives from Food Development; Professor Baoru Yang
Informal Discussion and tour of the Food Chemistry and Food Development facilities.
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Organised by Functional Foods Forum and Food Chemistry and Food Development,
Department of Biochemistry