Resourceful evenings: conversations on food waste

Sofie Lodens will give a talk entitled Waste2func – From food waste to biosurfactants and lactic acid at this “Resourceful Evenings” event, organised by the RE-Source.bio community.

The event will be held at Ghent University, Campus Coupure. The programme will be:

17h00-17h15 – Arrival of participants

17h15-17h20 – Welcome and introduction to the RE-Source.bio community (Marcella Souza)

17h20-17h35 – From behind the scenes to the main stage: how I became an Ambassador against food waste (Nancy Verres)

17h35-17h50 – Beyond food waste: assessing food losses in the primary production chain (Wouter Maes)

17h50-18h05 – Waste2func – From food waste to biosurfactants and lactic acid (Sofie Lodens)

18h05-18h20 –  Recovery of high-value molecuels from food waste (Ioanna Stamogiannou)

18h20-18h40 – Round table discussion and Q&A

18h40 – Reception