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Full Schedule

Full Schedule

  • Monday, April 28, 2025
  • 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM PST
    Computer Lab
  • 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM PST
    Corporate Member Lounge
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM PST
    Fats, Facts, and Fiction: The Seed Oil Controversy
    Chair: Rinat Rivka Ran-Ressler, PhD – Nestle Health Science
    Chair: Fabiola Dionisi, PhD – Nestle
    Featured Session
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM PST
    Featured Session: Harnessing Vegetable Oil Waste - Circular Economy in Action
    Chair: Ahmad Parveez Ghulam Kadir, PhD – Malaysian Palm Oil Board
    Featured Session
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM PST
    Featured Session: Student Lightning Talks
    Chair: Zainab Husain, MSc – University of Manitoba
    Chair: Harshani Vidana Hewage, MPhil (she/her/hers) – University of Manitoba
    Student Lightning Talk Competition
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM PST
    Featured Session: Trends in perceptions and product developments of nutritional and healthy fat, oil, and protein products in the Far East region
    Chair: Lingyun Chen, PhD – University of Alberta
    Chair: Yonghui Li, PhD – Kansas State University
    Chair: Xuebing Xu, PhD (he/him/his) – Wilmar (Shanghai) Biotechnology Research & Development Center Co. Ltd.
    Featured Session
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM PST
    Featured Session: Valorization of cereal milling byproducts for sustainable development - lipids and proteins
    Chair: Xuebing Xu, PhD (he/him/his) – Wilmar (Shanghai) Biotechnology Research & Development Center Co. Ltd.
    Chair: B. V. Mehta – International Association of Rice Bran Oil (IARBO)
    Featured Session
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM PST
    Hot Topic - Fats, Facts, and Fiction: The Seed Oil Controversy
  • 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM PST
    Fuel & Connect: Coffee Break with Exhibitors
  • 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM PST
    Expo & Poster Viewing
  • 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM PST
    Technical Products Desk
  • 10:15 AM – 10:25 AM PST
    JEOL: JEOL Mass Spectrometry Solutions
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM PST
    Cocoa Butter Processing: Shortage and Replacements for Food Applications
    Chair: Ana Paula Badan Ribeiro – UNICAMP
    Chair: Thomas Tiffany, MS – Archer Daniels Midland Co
    ProcessingEdible Applications Technology
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM PST
    General Analytical Methods I
    Chair: Lisa Clement, MA (she/her/hers) – Cargill Inc.
    Chair: Pierluigi Delmonte (.) – US Food and Drug Administration
    Chair: Jayashankar Jayaprakash, N/A – Hokkaido University
    Analytical
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM PST
    General Biotechnology
    Chair: Nadeem Akhtar, PhD – CBS Bio Platforms Inc.
    Chair: Ahmad Parveez Ghulam Kadir, PhD – Malaysian Palm Oil Board
    Biotechnology
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM PST
    General Health and Nutrition - Supelco AOCS Research Award
    Chair: Rinat Rivka Ran-Ressler, PhD – Nestle Health Science
    Chair: Ignacio Vieitez Osorio, pHD (he/him/his) – PEDECIBA Quimica-UdelaR
    Health and Nutrition
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM PST
    General Lipid Oxidation and Quality
    Chair: Drew Elder, PhD – Kalsec Inc.
    Chair: Purlen Sezer Okur, PhD Candidate (she/her/hers) – University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Lipid Oxidation and Quality
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM PST
    General Processing Session I
    Chair: Juliana de Moura Bell – University of California, Davis
    Chair: Gozde Gulseren – University of Florida
    Processing
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM PST
    General Protein and Co-Products
    Chair: Kaustav Majumder – University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Chair: Prabhashis Bose, MS (he/him/his) – University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Chair: Sumanjot Kaur, MS (she/her/hers) – University of Arkansas
    Protein and Co-Products
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM PST
    General Surfactants and Detergents Session I
    Chair: Brian Grady, PhD (he/him/his) – Institute for Applied Surfactant Research, University of Oklahoma
    Chair: Duy Nguyen, PhD – Championx LLC
    Surfactants and Detergents
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM PST
    Green Chemistry & Oleochemicals
    Chair: Dharma R. Kodali, University of Minnesota, USA – University of Minnesota
    Chair: Lucas J. Stolp – University of Minnesota
    Chair: Helen Ngo, PhD – USDA
    Industrial Oil Products
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM PST
    Plant Protein Digestibility and Bioavailability
    Chair: Hongbing Fan, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Kentucky
    Chair: Vermont Dia, PhD – University of Tennessee
    Chair: Ali Ubeyitogullari, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Arkansas
    Protein and Co-ProductsHealth and Nutrition
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM PST
    The Effect of Dietary Proteins and Fats on Gut Microbiome Composition and Host Health
    Chair: Elad Tako – Cornell University
    Chair: Omry Koren, PhD – Bar-Ilan University
    Chair: Emerson Nolasco, M.S. (he/him/his) – University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Health and Nutrition
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM PST
    Lipids Associate Editors
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM PST
    SFP Associate Editors
  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM PST
    Biotechnology 2026 Technical Session Development Roundtable
  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM PST
    Canadian Section Luncheon
  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM PST
    Edible Applications Technology 2026 Technical Session Development Roundtable
  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM PST
    Industrial Oil Products 2026 Technical Session Development Roundtable
  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM PST
    Lipid Oxidation and Quality 2026 Technical Session Development Roundtable
  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM PST
    Protein and Co-Products 2026 Technical Session Development Roundtable
  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM PST
    Surfactants and Detergents 2026 Technical Session Development Roundtable
  • 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM PST
    Lunch Break. Concessions available (card payments only).
  • 12:55 PM – 1:05 PM PST
    VELP: SER 158 - Automatic Solvent Extractor
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM PST
    Biocatalysis I
    Chair: Lu-Kwang Ju, PhD (he/him/his) – The University of Akron
    Chair: Shigenobu Kishino – Kyoto University
    Biotechnology
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM PST
    Biofuels I
    Chair: Baochen Fang, PhD (she/her/hers) – North Dakota State University
    Industrial Oil ProductsProcessing
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM PST
    Dutton Award Session
    Chair: Giorgia Purcaro, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Liege
    Chair: Lisa Clement, MA (she/her/hers) – Cargill Inc.
    Chair: Jan Kuhlmann, PhD (he/him/his) – SGS Germany GmbH
    Analytical
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM PST
    Extraction, Processing, and Valorization of Bioactive Compounds
    Chair: Jasmin S. Yang (she/her/hers) – University of California, Davis
    Chair: Arda Tuhanioglu, MS (he/him/his) – University of Arkansas
    Processing
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM PST
    Graduate Student Oral Competition
    Chair: Nandika Bandara, PhD, CFS (he/him/his) – University of Manitoba
    Chair: Kaustav Majumder – University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Protein and Co-Products
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM PST
    Home Care
    Chair: Rachel Barbieri – Evonik
    Surfactants and Detergents
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM PST
    Leveraging Artificial Intelligence in Lipid Oxidation Research
    Chair: Leqi Cui – Florida State University
    Chair: Uwe Nienaber, PhD – Kalsec Inc.
    Lipid Oxidation and Quality
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM PST
    Lipid Crystallization I
    Chair: Braulio Macias-Rodriguez – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    Edible Applications Technology
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM PST
    Plant-Based Proteins and Co-Products – Safety and Sustainability I
    Chair: Qinchun Rao – Florida State University
    Chair: Vermont Dia, PhD – University of Tennessee
    Protein and Co-ProductsHealth and Nutrition
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM PST
    Polar Lipids and Human Nutrition
    Chair: Gulustan Ozturk, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Wisconsin
    PhospholipidHealth and Nutrition
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM PST
    The Impact of Sustainability (LCA), Foods Systems, and the Environment on Composition of Oils and Fat
    Chair: Beate Pfeiffer – Nestle R&D
    Chair: Michael R. Bukowski, PhD – USDA-ARS
    Health and Nutrition
  • 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM PST
    Fuel & Connect: Coffee Break with Exhibitors
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM PST
    Application of Lipidomics in Lipid Oxidation and Quality
    Chair: Karen M. Schaich, ScD – Rutgers University
    Chair: Yao Lu – dsm-firmenich
    Lipid Oxidation and QualityHealth and NutritionAnalytical
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM PST
    Biocatalysis II
    Chair: Lu-Kwang Ju, PhD (he/him/his) – The University of Akron
    Chair: Shigenobu Kishino – Kyoto University
    Biotechnology
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM PST
    Enhancing Processing Feasibility: Processing from Oilseeds and Pulses By-Products I
    Chair: Lamia L'Hocine, PhD (she/her/hers) – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
    Chair: Bruno A.M Carciofi, PhD (he/him/his) – University of California Davis
    Chair: Brijesh K. Tiwari, PhD – Teagasc
    ProcessingProtein and Co-Products
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM PST
    Fabric Care I
    Chair: James Kim, PhD, MHS, DABT – American Cleaning Institute
    Chair: Patrick C. Stenger, PhD – Procter & Gamble
    Surfactants and Detergents
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM PST
    Frying Oil Stabilization: Mechanisms and Control Techniques
    Chair: Drew Elder, PhD – Kalsec Inc.
    Lipid Oxidation and Quality
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM PST
    Functional Ingredients for Surfactant & Detergent Applications
    Chair: Lucas Moore, PhD – Colonial Chemical Inc
    Chair: James Sawyer, PhD, MBA (he/him/his) – Stepan Company
    Surfactants and Detergents
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM PST
    Plant-Based Proteins and Co-Products – Safety and Sustainability II
    Chair: Qinchun Rao – Florida State University
    Chair: Vermont Dia, PhD – University of Tennessee
    Protein and Co-ProductsHealth and Nutrition
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM PST
    Precision Fermentation in Nutrition
    Chair: Rinat Rivka Ran-Ressler, PhD – Nestle Health Science
    Protein and Co-ProductsHealth and Nutrition
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM PST
    Protein Chemistry and Functionality: Bridging Novel Sources, Emerging Technologies, and Food Applications for a Sustainable Future
    Chair: Lingyun Chen, PhD – University of Alberta
    Chair: Kerry Campbell, PhD – Roquette Americas, Inc.
    Protein and Co-Products
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM PST
    Soft Matter and Complex Lipid Structures
    Chair: George John, PhD – City College of New York
    Chair: Maya Davidovich-Pinhas – Technion- Isarel Institute of Technology
    Edible Applications Technology
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM PST
    Trace Contaminants: MOSH/MOAH
    Chair: Jan Kuhlmann, PhD (he/him/his) – SGS Germany GmbH
    Chair: Sarah E. Prebihalo (she/her/hers) – US Food and Drug Administration
    Chair: Giorgia Purcaro, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Liege
    Analytical
  • 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM PST
    Asian Section Meeting
  • 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM PST
    Biotechnology Poster Session
    Biotechnology
  • 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM PST
    Edible Applications Technology Poster Session
    Edible Applications Technology
  • 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM PST
    Fuel & Connect: Reception with Exhibitors and Poster Presenters
  • 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM PST
    Industrial Oil Products Poster Session
    Industrial Oil Products
  • 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM PST
    Lipid Oxidation and Quality Poster Session
    Lipid Oxidation and Quality
  • 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM PST
    Protein and Co-Products Poster Session
    Protein and Co-Products
  • 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM PST
    Surfactants and Detergents Poster Session
    Surfactants and Detergents
  • 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM PST
    Processing Division Reception
  • 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM PST
    Analytical Division Dinner
  • 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM PST
    Health and Nutrition Division Dinner
  • 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM PST
    Phospholipid Division Dinner