Sixth European Conference on Sensory and Consumer Research

Bella Center, Copenhagen, Denmark

Bi Skaarup (9 September 1952 Copenhagen - March 15, 2014) was a Danish archaeologist, author and well known researcher of medieval food history. She worked as a curator at the Museum of Copenhagen from 1985 to 2006. She has written several books on historical food, and in 2012 she was appointed as president of the Danish Gastronomic Academy. Bi Skaarup has appeared in numerous radio and TV programs about cooking and food culture, written several articles, lectured and taught at universities and colleges. She was a pioneer in her work, excellent as a provider of her research and will be deeply missed.

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On behalf of the organizing and scientific committees, we would like to invite you to join us at the 6th European Conference on Sensory and Consumer Research 'A Sense of Life'.

The 2014 meeting addresses the wide-ranging theme of ‘A Sense of Life’. Sensory and consumer science is an evolving discipline moving from a few well-established research organisations to many players in all corners of our planet. The field has strong ties to industry but at the same time affects our cultures and increases awareness about ourselves and the choices we make as human beings. Some of the invited speakers will offer a Scandinavian perspective on these themes at Eurosense 2014. Traditionally the Nordic culture has focus on the welfare and well-being of individuals through simple design, functionality and focus on sustainability goods, living conditions and services. This is ingrained in the citizens of the Nordic countries from childhood to the elderly. The Eurosense organisers take the opportunity to elaborate on the quality of life across the life span as a as a focal point of the conference programme.

Inspiring ideas, thoughts, words, discussions; inspiring people: new ways of thinking, creativity and curiosity - these are important drivers in all research fields, as well as in the development of new products, methods, processes or technologies. All will be present in Copenhagen.

Topics covered include

The conference programme will be organized around the following major topics:

Sensory science across the lifespan
Sensory in the different phases of life
Wellness, health and satisfaction
Quality of life and food
Design and pleasure
New and old methods in sensory and consumer science
Big data/data mining/internet data
Mechanisms of food intake, neuroscience
Sensory and the consumer

The programme will be organised as oral and poster sessions and it will be possible to suggest workshops.

What the delegates of the 2012 meeting had to say...
“Excellent update on research performed in consumer and sensory fields.”
“The most complete conference on sensory science after the Pangborn...”
“...great networking event for sensory professionals.”
“Extremely well-planned...”
“High quality technical program, with a lot of innovation.”
“The most important congress in this field.”

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The abstract submission system has now closed. Any late abstracts should be emailed to content-eurosense2014@elsevier.com