* All times are based on Canada/Eastern EST.

    • Thursday

    Sept. 19

    Friday

    Sept. 20

    07:30

    Canada/Eastern
    07:30 - 08:30 EDT

    Arrival of participants

    Coffee and light breakfast. A reception table will be at the entrance with the conference badges. (Booths installation starts from 7:00 a.m.)

    08:30

    Canada/Eastern
    08:30 - 08:45 EDT

      Welcome address

      Anne-Marie Masella, AQIA director, Olymel Jean Baptiste Sarr, Saint-Hyacinthe RDC director

      08:45

      Canada/Eastern
      08:45 - 09:30 EDT
        Conférencier d'honneur/Keynote

      From Bugs to Breakthroughs: The Evolving Science of Pathogen and Indicator Testing

      Mark Carter, IAFP (International Association for Food Protection) representative, senior software product manager at Hygiena

      09:30

      Canada/Eastern
      09:30 - 10:00 EDT
        Conférencier d'honneur/Keynote

      Digital transformation in food safety implemented at the Federal Government (in French)

      Sébastien Villeneuve, Ph. D., government researcher at Saint-Hyacinthe RDC. Research member of INAF.

      10:00

      Canada/Eastern
      10:00 - 10:15 EDT

      Student presentation session

      180-second Flash presentations. 1) Rosie Beaulieu - La persistance des norovirus liés à différentes matrices alimentaires lors d’une digestion gastro-intestinale humaine, 2) Jean-Philippe Langlois - Portraits de biofilms dans l’industrie alimentaire au Québec et approches combinées de contrôle, 3) Vahideh Vahdatmanesh - Bacteriocins as Bio Safety Agents: Mitigating Clostridium Spoilage in Silage and Cheese, 4) Linda Amayele Sanka - Dépôt des virus sur les surfaces et les aliments après aérosolisation

      10:15

      Canada/Eastern
      10:15 - 10:45 EDT
      Main hall

      Networking, booth visits and scientific posters

      10:45

      Canada/Eastern
      10:45 - 11:15 EDT
        Conférence d'industriels/Industry conference (technologies)
        À distance/Remote

      Mariem Ellouze - Microbiological food safety and the digital transition: challenges and opportunities (in French)

      Group Food Safety Microbiology Senior Manager, Research Center Pietro Ferrero, Ferrero Group, Italy

      11:15

      Canada/Eastern
      11:15 - 11:45 EDT
        Conférence d'industriels/Industry conference (technologies)

      Julien Defferrard, M. Sc. - Predictive data models applied to microbiological monitoring of industry environments (in French)

      Associate Director, Augmented Diagnostics - Americas, BioMérieux, United States

      11:45

      Canada/Eastern
      11:45 - 12:15 EDT

      Tools to assess the immunotoxicity of chemical contaminants in food: From in vivo to in silico

      David Prescott, Ph. D., research scientist, Regulatory Toxicology Research Division, Bureau of Chemical Safety, Food Directorate, Health Canada

      12:15

      Canada/Eastern
      12:15 - 13:45 EDT
      Cafeteria

      Lunch

      13:15

      Canada/Eastern
      13:15 - 13:45 EDT
      Main hall

      Networking, booth visits and scientific posters

      13:45

      Canada/Eastern
      13:45 - 14:15 EDT
        Conférence d'industriels/Industry conference (technologies)

      Nancy Ing - The Food Industry Revolution with Artificial Intelligence and Business Intelligence (in French)

      Digital transition specialist, Datahex

      14:15

      Canada/Eastern
      14:15 - 14:45 EDT

        Development of a digital tool to support risk categorization of food establishments in low- and medium-income countries (in French)

        Nassima Rabhi, M. Sc., research professional, Research Chair in Meat Safety, Faculté de médecine vétérinaire, Université de Montréal

        14:45

        Canada/Eastern
        14:45 - 15:30 EDT
          Table ronde/Discussion panel

        Round table on safety and digital transformation (in French)

        Moderated by Anne-Marie Masella, President of AQIA. Panellists : Tanguy Etoga (Normex), Vanessa Lessard (Les Petits Chefs), Marc-Antoine Larente (Agropol), Julie Jean (INAF, Université Laval) and Julien Defferrard (bioMérieux, off-line).

        15:30

        Canada/Eastern
        15:30 - 15:50 EDT
        Main hall

        Networking, booth visits and scientific posters

        15:50

        Canada/Eastern
        15:50 - 16:15 EDT

        Subject: INAF Platforms - Food safety and AI (in French)

        Pier-Luc Plante, PhD, INAF Platform Manager

        16:15

        Canada/Eastern
        16:15 - 16:25 EDT

        Student competition awards

        Moderated by Julie Jean, PhD, AQIA Past President and Professor, Faculté des sciences de l'agriculture et de l'alimentation, Université Laval

        16:25

        Canada/Eastern
        16:25 - 16:30 EDT

        Closing remarks

        Anne-Marie Masella, President of AQIA

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