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Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Dates : Sensory Forum Meetings 2009


We will be meeting again!
The confirmed dates for our 2009 Sensory Forum events are:

Thursday 2nd July 2009
and
Thursday 1st Oct 2009

Time slots will be decided upon once the organising teams have had their planned meetings


2nd July 2009:
Linking with people through their senses

Organising committee:

Nerushka Sing (Team coordinator)
Bidfoods
0112019154

Marlies Grindlay
IFF/Consultant
0829048081

James Lehmann
Lehmann Cosmetics
0123325028

Christine Leighton
Consultant
0824539017

Thuli Tshabalala
Symrise
0119215694



1st October 2009:
Making Sensory science practical

Organising committee:

Michael Gristwood (Team coordinator)
Bizsolutions
0114472757

Natasha Ramnarayan
Famous Brands
0118476991

Annelize de Wet
Cadbury
0112534022/0827892395

Werner von Fintel
Vintlo Consultant
0729424806

Riette de Kock
UP
0839620448


Posted on behalf of:

Lorraine Geel
Consumers In Focus
Tel: +27(0)11 917 0121
Fax: +27(0)88 011 917 0121
Mobile: +27(0)82 570 7258

New International M.Sc in Sensory Science -- deadline 1 July 2009

Dear Colleagues

A new MSc Programme within Sensory Science is to be offered jointly by University of Copenhagen and Wageningen University, Netherlands.

A fact sheet is included [not included], which will give interested students the needed information.

Furthermore, the fact sheet carries a reference to the Sensory Science sites on:
http://www.life.ku.dk/sensoryscience
http://www.sensory.wur.nl/UK/
as well as the e-mail addresses of the contact persons.

Contact person:
Claus Dam · E-mail: cd@life.ku.dk
Wageningen University: www.sensory.wur.nl ·


Contact person:
Rolf Marteijn · E-mail: sensory@wur.nl

The deadline for application is 1 July 2009.
We would be very grateful if you make this information available to students whom you believe may be interested in participation in the Masters programme.
Potentially you could make the fact sheet visible at central information spots at your university and/or place a notice at the student pages on your homepage.

We thank you for this opportunity to promote the International MSc in Sensory Science at your University and send you our best wishes.

On behalf of the MSc Sensory Science Team
Derek Victor Byrne, Wender Bredie & Claus Dam

For more information
LIFE: www.life.ku.dk/sensoryscience ·

Contact person: Claus Dam · E-mail: cd@life.ku.dk
Wageningen University: www.sensory.wur.nl ·

Contact person: Rolf Marteijn · E-mail: sensory@wur.nl



Posted on behalf of :

Lorraine Geel
Consumers In Focus
Tel: +27(0)11 917 0121
Fax: +27(0)88 011 917 0121
e-mail: lorraine@consumersinfocus.co.za

IUFoST 2010 -- Opportunities in Cape Town

This was taken from the SAAFoST website -- just to keep everyone up to date:

"The South African Association for Food Science and Technology (SAAFoST) is pleased and proud to have been awarded the opportunity to host the 15th World Congress of Food Science and Technology under the auspices of the International Union of Food Science and Technology (IUFoST). The Congress will be held from 22nd - 26th August 2010 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. Although 2010 is still a long time away, we invite all members of the global food science and technology community to diarise these dates and make every effort to join us in Cape Town

Any enquiries regarding the 2010 Congress should be addressed to info@iufost2010.org.za"

Remember --
There are great sponsorship opportunities for companies at this international event -- read more about it at http://www.iufost2010.org.za/Sponsorship/SponsorshipOpportunities.asp

Exhibition space?
Definitely -- read about it at http://www.iufost2010.org.za/exhibition.asp

What about Sensory Science?
Take a look at the program --
http://www.iufost2010.org.za/ScientificProgramme.asp
There are sessions for Sensory Science and NPD.

Why not take a look and take part?
The call for abstracts will be published on the 30th June 2009 on the site (http://www.iufost2010.org.za/)




CMB Consultants for Innovation Management @ e-Wise Knowledge Library
cmblignaut@ewklibrary.com

Short courses at UP

Dear Sensory Friend,

The Department of Food Science, University of Pretoria is pleased to offer once again three popular Sensory Evaluation Short Courses during 2009.

23 - 24 June 2009 Six Steps to Sensory Evaluation

18-19 August 2009 Six Steps to Training a Descriptive Sensory Panel

2-3 November 2009 Consumer Sensory Evaluation: Step by Step

Please contact Dr Riette de Kock (012) 420 3238 (riette.dekock@up.ac.za) for more information

For registration please contact Maryke Steenkamp (012) 420 5413 (maryke.ce@up.ac.za)

Kindest regards
Marise


Marise Kinnear
Sensory Research Division
Department of Food Science
University of Pretoria
Tel: (012) 420 3238
Fax: (012) 420 2839
E-mail: marise.kinnear@up.ac.za