{"id":382,"date":"2020-01-09T16:58:28","date_gmt":"2020-01-09T15:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.msc-les.org\/foodops2026\/?page_id=382"},"modified":"2026-05-15T17:09:56","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T15:09:56","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.msc-les.org\/foodops2026\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"382\" class=\"elementor elementor-382\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a210f2e elementor-section-content-top elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a210f2e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7d85dc2\" data-id=\"7d85dc2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1362df9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"1362df9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"welcome\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-81ad75d elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"81ad75d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a31121 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9a31121\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Welcome to FOODOPS 2026!<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d55db19 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"d55db19\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9c15b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e9c15b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\">Dear Sir\/Madam,<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\">innovations and improvements are required to react quickly to the new trends of the global economy. Over the years, Modeling &amp; Simulation (M&amp;S) has proved to be one of the most effective, beneficial and successful methodologies to investigate and study complex systems belonging to various sectors\/areas. Nevertheless, to take full advantage of this technology there are relevant issues that keep challenging the researchers towards even more advanced solutions and approaches where emerging and cutting-edge technologies are absorbed into. M&amp;S is widely and successfully applied in many application domains, ranging from industry to social sciences, from logistics to military, from energy to healthcare; in this sense M&amp;S provides a multidisciplinary perspective where theory and data from different fields can be used to build models and simulations that provide insights in to the system considered.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\">The&nbsp;<b>2026 International Food Operations and Processing Simulation Workshop (FOODOPS) <\/b>will be a platform for knowledge exchange, the review and discussion of theoretical advances, research results, and industrial experiences, among scientists, researchers, decision makers, practitioners and students dealing with the topics under the umbrella of multidisciplinary modeling &amp; simulation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\">Therefore, we would like to kindly invite you to take an active part in this conference and in the co-located events that will be held at Genova, Italy, on September 21-23, 2026 and explore with us the latest news, views and developments in the exciting world of multidisciplinary modeling &amp; simulation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px;\">Sincerely,<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\">I3M 2026 Organization Committee<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c50720 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3c50720\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.msc-les.org\/i3m2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/12\/organizers-logo.png\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad63f6f elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"ad63f6f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1436fba elementor-section-content-top elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1436fba\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9932a5c\" data-id=\"9932a5c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec5cb0c elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"ec5cb0c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"topics\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e94ac13 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"e94ac13\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-988ebf3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"988ebf3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Topics &amp; Tracks<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6804423 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"6804423\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c423906 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c423906\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Authors are kindly invited to include in their papers and presentations all the research works, case studies and application both theoretical and applied. Topics of interests include the following topics, however different ones concerning Modeling &amp; Simulation in Industry are welcome.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92329e3 elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"92329e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-check\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Topics<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-708df9b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"708df9b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-fadf029\" data-id=\"fadf029\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b92395a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b92395a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Food processes modeling and simulation<\/li><li>Advanced models and applications for food production, distribution and traceability<\/li><li>Food Supply Chain and cold supply chain management<\/li><li>Economic, social, business and environmental challenges in food supply chains<\/li><li>Inventory management for food, beverage and perishable products<\/li><li>Decision support systems applications in food production and distribution<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-488854b\" data-id=\"488854b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a6f08ae elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a6f08ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Greening the supply chain and environmental sustainability<\/li><li>Simulation optimization approaches in food processing and distribution<\/li><li>Production systems design in food industry<\/li><li>Design and production of novel foods<\/li><li>Design and operation of food processes, plant and equipment<\/li><li>Economics of food engineering<\/li><li>Shelf-life<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a59f64 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"1a59f64\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b448b41 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b448b41\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Tracks<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14dfd97 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"14dfd97\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAn <b>Open Track<\/b> addresses specific, well-defined subjects and has no upper limit on the number of papers that can be submitted to it. Contributions to open tracks can be either regular papers or short papers (min 3 pages length) and they will appear in the conference proceedings. The organizer(s) of an Open Track will be inviting contributions but the tracks are open to everyone is willing to contribute. If at least 4 papers are submitted to the track, one (or more) <b>Invited Sessions<\/b>, including those papers, will be part of the conference program.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b6f165 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"8b6f165\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32e8b35 elementor-widget elementor-widget-accordion\" data-id=\"32e8b35\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-5331\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-5331\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Liquid Food Processing<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-5331\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-5331\"><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px;\"><b>Chair:<\/b> Marco Better<\/p><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px;\"><b>Affiliation: <\/b><em>OptTek Systems (US)<\/em><\/p><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px;\"><b>Track Description: <\/b>The track focuses on methodologies and technologies Liquid Food Processing including Modeling &amp; Simulation based approaches. Researcher are invited to submit original articles on the following topics (additional topics related to liquid food processing are also welcome):<\/p><ul><li class=\"text-justify\">Liquid food processing<\/li><li class=\"text-justify\">Heat transfer<\/li><li class=\"text-justify\">Mathematical modelling<\/li><li class=\"text-justify\">Physical modelling<\/li><li class=\"text-justify\">Dynamic modelling and simulation<\/li><li class=\"text-justify\">Process dynamics<\/li><li class=\"text-justify\">Liquid food transition<\/li><li class=\"text-justify\">Modelling in Modelica<\/li><li class=\"text-justify\">Liquid food plant production scheduling<\/li><\/ul><p><b>Please be sure to select &#8220;Liquid Food Processing&#8221; as main topic during the submission.<\/b><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-5332\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-5332\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Modelling &amp; Simulation of Food Processing<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-5332\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-5332\"><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px;\"><b>Chair:<\/b> Michel Havet<\/p><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px;\"><b>Affiliation: <\/b><em>GEPEA (France)<\/em><\/p><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px;\"><b>Track Description: <\/b>The track focuses on methodologies and technologies Liquid Food Processing including Modeling &amp; Simulation based approaches.<\/p><p>Researcher are invited to submit original articles on the following topics (additional topics related to liquid food processing are also welcome):<\/p><ul><li class=\"text-justify\">Modelling of thermal unit operations in food (Heating, Drying, Cooking, Refrigeration, Chilling, Freezing, etc.)<\/li><li class=\"text-justify\">Modelling of mechanical unit operations in food (Mixing, Separation, Emulsification, etc.)<\/li><li class=\"text-justify\">Specific emphasize on Multiphysics (Microwave thawing, pasteurization, Radiofrequency heating, etc.)<\/li><li class=\"text-justify\">CFD analysis.<\/li><li class=\"text-justify\">Kinetics modelling.<\/li><li class=\"text-justify\">Automation and process control.<\/li><\/ul><p><b>Please be sure to select &#8220;Modelling &amp; Simulation of Food Processing&#8221; as main topic during the submission.<\/b><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-5333\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-5333\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Modelling and Simulation of Physical Properties of Foods<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-5333\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-5333\"><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px;\"><b>Chair:<\/b> Mustafa Tahsin Yilmaz<\/p><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px;\"><b>Affiliation: <\/b><em>Y\u0131ld\u0131z Teknik \u00dcniversitesi (Turkey)<\/em><\/p><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px;\"><b>Track Description: <\/b>The track focuses on methodologies and technologies on Liquid, Semi-solid and Solid Food Processing including Modeling &amp; Simulation based approaches.Researcher are invited to submit original articles on the following topics (additional topics related to liquid food processing are also welcome):<\/p><ul><li class=\"text-justify\">Creep and recovery properties of visco-elastic foods.<\/li><li class=\"text-justify\">Time-dependent fluids.<\/li><li class=\"text-justify\">Non-linear (Fourier Transform) rheology.<\/li><li class=\"text-justify\">Development of fitting simulation models describing the fluid behavior of fluid and semi-solid and foods.<\/li><li class=\"text-justify\">Use of non-linear simulation models describing textural properties of solid foods.<\/li><li class=\"text-justify\">Inference from big data (Mathematical modeling and analysis of big size of data from multiple factorial experimental design).<\/li><\/ul><p><b>Please be sure to select &#8220;Modelling and Simulation of Physical Properties of Foods&#8221; as main topic during the submission.<\/b><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-5334\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-5334\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Sustainability of Food Processes<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-5334\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-5334\"><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px;\"><b>Chair:<\/b> Giuseppe Vignali<\/p><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px;\"><b>Affiliation: <\/b><em>Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Parma (Italy)<\/em><\/p><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px;\"><b>Track Description: <\/b>The track focuses on methodologies and technologies Liquid Food Processing including Modeling &amp; Simulation based approaches. Researcher are invited to submit original articles on the following topics (additional topics related to liquid food processing are also welcome):<\/p><ol><li class=\"text-justify\">Environmental assessment of Food processes<ul><li>Life Cycle Assessment of agriculture production, food processing and packaging<\/li><li>Evaluation of sustainability in food transport<\/li><li>Environment impact of food waste and novel methodologies to reduce its impact<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class=\"text-justify\">Economical evaluation of food processes<ul><li>Modelling of economic saving associated to new food processing and packaging<\/li><li>Economical assessment of new food formulation<\/li><li>Economical evaluation of active and intelligent packaging applied in the food sector<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class=\"text-justify\">Social aspect of food processes and nutrition<ul><li>Modelling of food demand and distribution around the world<\/li><li>Simulation of nutrition models able to satisfy the population request<\/li><li>Reduction of food waste along the whole food supply chain<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ol><p><b>Please be sure to select &#8220;Sustainability of Food Processes&#8221; as main topic during the submission.<\/b><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-5335\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-5335\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Modelling and simulation of food fouling and cleaning techniques<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-5335\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-5335\"><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px;\"><b>Chair:<\/b> Ruben Mercade Prieto<\/p><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px;\"><b>Affiliation: <\/b><em>College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science of Soochow University (China)<\/em><\/p><p style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\"><b>Track Description: <\/b>The track focuses on Modelling and simulation of food fouling and cleaning techniques. Researcher are invited to submit original articles on this topic but also similar topics are welcome.<\/p><p><b>Please be sure to select &#8220;Modelling and simulation of food fouling and cleaning techniques&#8221; as main topic during the submission.<\/b><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-5336\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"6\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-5336\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Modeling &amp; Simulation for agri-food supply chain management<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-5336\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"6\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-5336\"><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px;\"><b>Co-chairs:<\/b>\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 10.5px; vertical-align: super; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat;\">(a)<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat;\">Emilio Jimenez,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10.5px; vertical-align: super; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat;\">(b)<\/span><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat; font-size: 14px;\">Giovanni Mirabelli ,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10.5px; vertical-align: super; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat;\">(b)<\/span><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat; font-size: 14px;\">Vittorio Solina<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px;\"><b>Affiliation:\u00a0<\/b><sup>(a)<\/sup>Universidad de La Rioja (Spain),\u00a0<sup>(b)<\/sup>University of Calabria (Italy)<\/p><p style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\"><b>Track Description: <\/b>The recent Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the fragility of global and local agri-food supply chains. Innovative approaches are needed to improve the sustainability and resilience of food systems. This track aims to collect scientific contributions regarding the use of the Modeling &amp; Simulation (M&amp;S) paradigm to support the management of agri-food supply chains.<br \/><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat;\">Researchers are invited to submit original articles on the following topics:<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat; font-size: 14px;\">&#8211; M&amp;S for supply chain network design<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat; font-size: 14px;\">&#8211; Novel approaches for agri-food logistics<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat; font-size: 14px;\">&#8211; Methodologies for inventory optimization<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat; font-size: 14px;\">&#8211; M&amp;S for food waste minimization<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat; font-size: 14px;\">&#8211; Sustainability and resilience of agri-food systems<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat; font-size: 14px;\">&#8211; Simulation-based strategies for facing COVID-like crises\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><b>Please be sure to select &#8220;Modeling &amp; Simulation for agri-food supply chain management&#8221; as the main topic during the submission.<\/b><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-5337\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"7\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-5337\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Sustainability in the agri-food sector: challenges, solutions, and assessment<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-5337\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"7\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-5337\"><p><b>Co-chairs:<\/b>\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 10.5px; vertical-align: super; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat;\">(a)<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat;\">Lilia Sidhom, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10.5px; vertical-align: super; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat;\">(b)<\/span><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat; font-size: 14px;\">Sondes Hammami<br \/><\/span><b style=\"font-style: inherit; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat;\">Affiliation:\u00a0<\/b><sup style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat;\">(a)<\/sup><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat;\"> Physics Department, Faculty of Sciences of Tunis, University Tunis El Manar (Tunisia), <\/span><sup style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat;\">(b) <\/sup><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat;\">Industrial Management Department, National Engineering\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat;\">School of Carthage, Carthage University (Tunisia)<br \/><\/span><b style=\"font-style: inherit; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat;\">Track Description: <\/b><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat;\">The track focuses on studies and context-analysis of sustainability in the agri-food sector and the agri-food supply chain highlighting the current challenges of such sector as well as the solutions and practices proposed to face them and focusing on the sustainability assessment\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat;\">approaches.\u00a0<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat; font-size: 14px;\">Researchers are invited to submit original articles on the following topics (additional topics related to agri-food supply chains are also welcome):<\/span><\/p><ul><li><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat; font-size: 14px;\">Sustainability studies based on context-analysis of the agri-food\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat;\">sector.<\/span><\/li><li>\u00a0Sustainability studies based on laws and legislation of the agri-food sector.<\/li><li>\u00a0Sustainability scenario conceptualization in the agri-food sector.<\/li><li>\u00a0Sustainability assessment approaches:<br \/>&#8211; Assessment-based sustainable indicators\/index<br \/>&#8211;\u00a0 Innovative sustainable indicators\/index<br \/>&#8211;\u00a0 Sustainability index design based on mathematical models (e.g., multi-criteria decision-making approach, etc.).<\/li><\/ul><p><b style=\"font-style: inherit; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat;\">Please be sure to select &#8220;Sustainability in the agri-food sector: challenges, solutions, and assessment&#8221; as the main topic during the submission.<\/b><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-5338\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"8\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-5338\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Technologies in Agriculture<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-5338\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"8\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-5338\"><p><b>Co-chairs:<\/b>\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 10.5px; vertical-align: super; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat;\">(a)<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat;\">Roberta Stefanini, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10.5px; vertical-align: super; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat;\">(b)<\/span><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat; font-size: 14px;\">Luca Preite<\/span><\/p><p><b style=\"font-style: inherit; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat;\">Affiliation:\u00a0<\/b><sup style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat;\">(a)(b)<\/sup><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat;\"> Department of Engineering for Industrial Systems and Technologies, University of Parma (Italy)<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat;\"><br \/><\/span><b style=\"font-style: inherit; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat;\">Track Description: <\/b><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat;\">he track focuses on innovative technologies applied in agriculture, investigating their applications, benefits and limitations, practical cases, and future developments. <br \/>Researchers are invited to submit original articles on the following suggested topics:<\/span><\/p><ul><li>Digital transformation of agricultural fields.<\/li><li>IoT technology, 4.0 sensors and cloud-based systems in agriculture.\u00a0<\/li><li>Water management technologies in agriculture.\u00a0<\/li><li>Indoor farming (hydroponics, aeroponics, vertical farming)<\/li><li>\u00a0Precision agriculture technologies.<\/li><li>Robots, aerial images, and GPS technology.\u00a0<\/li><\/ul><p>Other similar and relevant topics are welcome.<\/p><p><b>Please be sure to select &#8220;Technologies in Agriculture&#8221; as the main topic during the submission.<\/b><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-5339\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"9\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-5339\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Modelling and Simulation for Digitally-Enabled Food Safety and Quality Control in Agri-Food Supply Chains<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-5339\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"9\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-5339\"><p><b>Co-chairs:<\/b>&nbsp;<span style=\"font-size: 10.5px; vertical-align: super; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat;\">(a)<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat;\">Hana Trollman, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10.5px; vertical-align: super; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat;\">(b)<\/span><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat; font-size: 14px;\">Sandeep Jagtap<br><\/span><b style=\"font-style: inherit; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat;\">Affiliation:&nbsp;<\/b><sup style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat;\">(a)<\/sup><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat;\">University of Leicester (UK),<sup style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat;\">(b)<\/sup>Lund University (Sweden)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-style: inherit; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat;\">Track Description: <\/b>The track focuses on the integration of digital technologies such as artificial intelligence, blockchain, Internet of Things, automation and robotics, and digital twins to support food safety and quality control in agri-food supply chains. Original research submissions are invited on topics including<span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat;\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Agri-food supply chain and logistics simulation (food handling, cold-chain transport, storage,<br>etc.)<\/li>\n<li>Simulation of disruptions affecting food safety and quality (food recall strategies, contamination<br>containment, etc.)<\/li>\n<li>Modelling and simulation of sustainability\/circular economy including trade-offs between food<br>safety and quality and waste reduction, energy efficiency, sustainable packaging \/ preservation<\/li>\n<li>Human and organizational factors in food safety and quality<\/li>\n<li>Decision support for food safety and quality<\/li>\n<li>&nbsp;Food quality management models<\/li>\n<li>Food safety management systems<\/li>\n<li>Environment scanning and monitoring systems (consumer demand, policy changes, etc.)<\/li>\n<li>&nbsp;Alternative food supply chains (designation of origin, fair trade \/ fair price, etc.)<\/li>\n<li>Certifications (halal, gluten free, etc.)<\/li>\n<li>Cybersecurity<\/li>\n<li>Perishability and shelf-life<\/li>\n<li>Traceability, visibility, transparency<\/li>\n<li>Microbiological, chemical and\/or physical hazards<\/li>\n<li>Adulteration and contaminants<\/li>\n<li>Supplier compliance<\/li>\n<li>Continuous improvement<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Other similar and relevant topics are welcome.<\/p>\n<p><b>Please be sure to select &#8220;Modelling and Simulation for Digitally-Enabled Food Safety and Quality Control in Agri-Food Supply Chains&#8221; as the main topic during the submission.<\/b><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-53310\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"10\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-53310\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Artificial Intelligence and Data-driven Approaches for Food Techno-functionality and Sustainable Food Production<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-53310\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"10\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-53310\"><p><b>Co-chairs:<\/b>&nbsp;<span style=\"font-size: 10.5px; vertical-align: super; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat;\">(a)<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat;\">Christian Krupitzer, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10.5px; vertical-align: super; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat;\">(a)<\/span><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat; font-size: 14px;\">Dana Jox, <span style=\"font-size: 10.5px; vertical-align: super; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat;\">(b)<\/span>Nicholas Watson, <span style=\"font-size: 10.5px; vertical-align: super; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat;\">(c)<\/span>Yizhou Ma<br><\/span><b style=\"font-style: inherit; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat;\">Affiliation:&nbsp;<\/b><sup style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat;\">(a)<\/sup><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat;\">University of Hohenheim (Germany),<sup style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat;\">(b)<\/sup>University of Leeds (UK), <sup style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat;\">(c)<\/sup>Wageningen University (Netherlands)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-style: inherit; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat;\">Track Description: <\/b>Advances in artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and data science are transforming the food industry toward more efficient, sustainable, and predictive systems. This track focuses on data-driven and intelligent approaches for modeling, simulation, and optimization of the techno-functional behavior of food ingredients, food production, and sustainability aspects. It aims to bring together experts from food technology, data analytics, and systems engineering to explore how AI, ML, data science, and digital twins can support the design of novel foods, improve process control, and enhance sustainability across the food value chain.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Topics of interest include, but are not limited to<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">AI and ML for food process optimization and techno-functionality prediction<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Data-driven modeling and simulation of food production<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Digital twins for food processes and products<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Physics-informed and hybrid AI models in food science<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Decision support systems integrating AI for food formulation<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Intelligent process control and automation in Food Industry 4.0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Standardization and interoperability of food data<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Open data architectures and FAIR data management<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Data-driven innovation for sustainable and circular food systems<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Please be sure to select &#8220;Artificial Intelligence and Data-driven Approaches for Food Techno-functionality and Sustainable Food<br>Production&#8221; as the main topic during the submission.<\/b><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-53311\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"11\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-53311\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Resilient, Sustainable and Equitable Agri-Food Production Systems<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-53311\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"11\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-53311\"><p><b>Co-chairs:<\/b>&nbsp;<span style=\"font-size: 10.5px; vertical-align: super; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat;\">(a)<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat;\">Guoqing Zhao, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10.5px; vertical-align: super; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat;\">(b)<\/span><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat; font-size: 14px;\">Shaofeng Liu<br><\/span><b style=\"font-style: inherit; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat;\">Affiliation:&nbsp;<\/b><sup style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat;\">(a)<\/sup><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat;\">Swansea University (UK),<sup style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat;\">(b)<\/sup>University of Plymouth (UK)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-style: inherit; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat;\">Track Description: <\/b>This track explores innovative approaches, technologies, and practices that enhance resilience, sustainability, and equity of agri-food production systems in an era of climate uncertainty and global disruption. Researchers are invited to submit original articles on the following topics (additional topics related to this track are also welcome):<\/p>\n<p><strong>Topics of interest include, but are not limited to<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Identification and assessment of risks of agri-food production systems;<\/li>\n<li>New frameworks and models to advance understanding of agri-food production system resilience;<\/li>\n<li>Disruptive technologies for building a resilient, sustainable and equitable agri-food production<br>systems;<\/li>\n<li>Food sharing practices to create equitable agri-food production systems;<\/li>\n<li>Developing circular agri-food production systems for waste reduction and enhancement of resource efficiency;<\/li>\n<li>Sustainable and regenerative farming practices that are relevant to soil health, biodiversity conservation, and low-input systems;<\/li>\n<li>Governance and policy frameworks that support sustainable transitions;<\/li>\n<li>Collaborative innovation and knowledge co-creation through multi-stakeholder partnerships;<\/li>\n<li>Modern slavery in agri-food production systems;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Please be sure to select &#8220;Resilient, Sustainable and Equitable Agri-Food Production Systems&#8221; as the main topic during the submission.<\/b><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-53312\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"12\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-53312\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Approaches in Food Operations and Processing Systems for Industry 5.0<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-53312\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"12\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-53312\"><p><b>Co-chairs:<\/b>\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 10.5px; vertical-align: super; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat;\">(a)<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat;\">Maria Valero, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10.5px; vertical-align: super; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat;\">(b)<\/span><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat; font-size: 14px;\">Luis Pinto Ferreira, <span style=\"font-size: 10.5px; vertical-align: super; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat;\">(b)<\/span>Paulo \u00c1vila<\/span><\/p><p><b style=\"font-style: inherit; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat;\">Affiliation:\u00a0<\/b><sup style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat;\">(a)<\/sup><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat;\">University of Bristol (UK),<sup style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat;\">(b)<\/sup>Polytechnic of Porto (Portugal)<\/span><\/p><p><b style=\"font-style: inherit; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat;\">Track Description: <\/b>The transition to Industry 5.0 demands a rethinking of food systems and operations that balances technological innovation, resilience, and sustainability while keeping humans at the centre (human-centricity). This track focuses on methodolgies and technologies for Industry 5.0 food systems and operations, capturing the interplay between human factors and dynamics (e.g., ergonomics, human\u2013machine and human\u2013robot interaction, decision-making, team dynamics and collaboration, etc.) and digital transformation through Industry 4.0 and digital technologies (e.g., AI, IoT, robots &amp;amp; cobots, etc.). Researcher are invited to submit original articles on the following topics (additional topics related to Industry 5.0 are also welcome):<\/p><p><strong>Topics of interest include, but are not limited to<\/strong>:<\/p><ul><li>Modelling, simulation, and optimisation of Industry 5.0 food operations, supply, or value chains<\/li><li>Agent-based, discrete-event, or system-dynamics modelling of socio-technical interactions and dynamics<\/li><li>Data-driven and AI-enabled decision-support systems for resilient and sustainable food operations<\/li><li>Automation and digital transformation of food operations and processes\u00a0<\/li><li>Systems thinking and transdisciplinary approaches to food system resilience<\/li><li>Digital transformation and workforce upskilling in Industry 5.0 environments<\/li><li>Stakeholder-driven and\/or participatory food system design<\/li><li>Collaborative and participatory decision-making in food operations<\/li><li>Multi-stakeholder engagement in digital transformation processes<\/li><li>Ethical AI and human-in-the-loop decision-support frameworks<\/li><\/ul><p><b>Please be sure to select &#8220;Approaches in Food Operations and Processing Systems for Industry 5.0&#8221; as the main topic during the submission.<\/b><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-53313\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"13\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-53313\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Resilient, Smart and Transparent Food Supply Networks: Modelling, Simulation and Disruptive Technologies<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-53313\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"13\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-53313\"><p><b>Co-chairs:<\/b>&nbsp;<span style=\"font-size: 10.5px; vertical-align: super; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat;\">(a)(b)<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat;\">Yasanur Kayikci, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10.5px; vertical-align: super; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat;\">(b)<\/span><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat; font-size: 14px;\">Hongwei Zhang, <span style=\"font-size: 10.5px; vertical-align: super; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat;\">(b)<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10.5px; vertical-align: super; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat;\">(c)<\/span>Alex Shenfield,<\/span><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5px; vertical-align: super; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat;\">(d)(e)<\/span>Jims Marchang<br><\/span><b style=\"font-style: inherit; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat;\">Affiliation:&nbsp;<\/b><sup style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat;\">(a)<\/sup><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat;\">University Sheffield Business School, Sheffield Hallam University (UK),<sup style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat;\">(c)<\/sup>School of Engineering and Built Environment, Sheffield Hallam University (UK), <sup style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat;\">(d)<\/sup>Computing and Digital Technologies, Sheffield Hallam University (UK), <sup style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat;\">(e)<\/sup>Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre, Sheffield Hallam University (UK)&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-style: inherit; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat;\">Track Description: <\/b>Food supply networks face growing challenges from climate variability, geopolitical disruptions, urbanisation, and evolving consumer expectations. Addressing these challenges requires \u201csystem-level innovation\u201d that integrates advanced modelling, simulation, and disruptive digital technologies to design and build resilient, adaptive, transparent, and secure supply networks. This track explores how blockchain, IoT, AI, cyber-physical systems, and zero trust architectures can enhance trust, transparency, cybersecurity, and operational efficiency across the food value chain. It aims to bring together researchers, industry practitioners, and policymakers to explore cross-disciplinary solutions spanning production, processing, logistics, and last-mile distribution. Special emphasis is placed on Food Logistics 5.0, highlighting human\u2013cyber\u2013physical collaboration, smart automation, sustainable operations, and secure, reliable data exchange.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Topics of interest include, but are not limited to<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Modelling and simulation for resilient, adaptive, transparent, and secure food supply networks<\/li>\n<li>Food Logistics 5.0: human\u2013cyber\u2013physical collaboration and smart logistics operations<\/li>\n<li>Blockchain-enabled traceability, transparency, and trust in food supply chains<\/li>\n<li>IoT-based monitoring and real-time analytics for logistics visibility<\/li>\n<li>Zero trust architectures for cybersecurity, data integrity, and secure supply chains<\/li>\n<li>Optimisation of last-mile and urban food distribution for perishable products<\/li>\n<li>Hybrid simulation approaches: agent-based, system dynamics, discrete-event<\/li>\n<li>AI-driven decision support for network planning and disruption management<\/li>\n<li>Circular economy and sustainable design in food supply systems<\/li>\n<li>Modelling and mitigation of food loss and food waste across the supply network<\/li>\n<li>Data interoperability, governance, and standards for connected food ecosystems<\/li>\n<li>Scenario analysis and risk-informed planning for climate and geopolitical shocks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Please be sure to select &#8220;Resilient, Smart and Transparent Food Supply Networks: Modelling, Simulation and Disruptive<br>Technologies&#8221; as the main topic during the submission.<\/b><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-53314\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"14\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-53314\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Simulation for the Agricultural Environment<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-53314\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"14\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-53314\"><p><b>Co-chairs:<\/b>&nbsp;<span style=\"font-size: 10.5px; vertical-align: super; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat;\">(a)<\/span>Christopher John Topping<br><b style=\"font-style: inherit; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat;\">Affiliation:&nbsp;<\/b><sup style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat;\">(a)<\/sup>Aarhus University&nbsp;<font face=\"var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat\">(<\/font>Denmark<font face=\"var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat\">)<\/font><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat;\"><b>Track Description:&nbsp;<br><\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400;\">Agricultural production systems are embedded within complex social-ecological landscapes where management decisions reverberate through food chains, ecosystem services, and environmental quality. This track invites contributions that employ simulation approaches to understand, predict, and manage agriculture-environment interactions. Topics include, but are not limited to: environmental risk assessment for agrochemicals and emerging technologies; biodiversity dynamics in agricultural landscapes; design and evaluation of regenerative farming systems; simulation of pollutant fate and transport in agroecosystems; and decision-support tools for evidence-based agricultural policy. We particularly welcome systems-oriented contributions that capture feedback between agricultural practices and environmental outcomes, moving beyond single-stressor or single-endpoint assessments. Methodological approaches may include agent-based models, landscape simulation, population dynamics, ecosystem network models, and data-driven methods, such as machine learning, particularly when integrated with mechanistic process understanding. As agriculture faces pressure to ensure food security while meeting environmental, economic, and social objectives, and to respond to changing market dynamics, simulation offers essential capabilities for exploring management scenarios and their trade-offs before implementation. This track aims to bring together researchers advancing simulation science to support sustainable agricultural systems.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;Suggested sessions:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beyond Single Stressors: Simulation for Environmental Risk Assessment<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Biodiversity Dynamics in Agricultural Landscapes<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Regenerative Agriculture: Simulation and Evaluation<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Modelling Pollutant Fate and Transport in Agroecosystems<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From Components to Systems: Integrative Modelling for Sustainable Agriculture<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Socio-Economic and Behavioural Dimensions of Agricultural Decision-Making<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Decision Support Tools for Agricultural Policy<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Please be sure to select &#8220;Simulation for the Agricultural Environment&#8221; as the main topic during the submission.<\/b><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-5250c7d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5250c7d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-01e8e0c\" data-id=\"01e8e0c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c36fa9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"1c36fa9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7129b6d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7129b6d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Submit an Open Track Proposal<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d7abef7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d7abef7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\">Are you willing to propose an open track and collect papers focusing on a specific subject? <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\">Fill the form and send it to <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a href=\"mailto:f.longo@unical.it\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\">f.longo@unical.it<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"> and <a href=\"mailto:massei@itim.unige.it\">massei@itim.unige.it.<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-afda535 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"afda535\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8823f6d elementor-section-content-bottom elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8823f6d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-585998e\" data-id=\"585998e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a9c697 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"6a9c697\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"key-dates\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8187b76 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"8187b76\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef40820 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ef40820\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Key Dates<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-848a29d elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"848a29d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d8ca5f6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d8ca5f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Paper Submission Deadlines<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d95b0bb elementor-align-left elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"d95b0bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-bookmark\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\"><b>Special Session\/Open Track Proposal Closure<\/b>: March 15<sup>th<\/sup>, 2026<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-file\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\"><b>Draft Paper Submission Deadline<\/b>: <del><span style=\"font-size: 16px;font-style: normal\">May 15<span style=\"font-size: 12px;line-height: 0\">th<\/span><\/span><\/del> <strong style=\"color: red\"> June 15<sup>th<\/sup>, 2026<\/strong><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-chart-bar\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\"><b>Notification of Acceptance &amp; Review Reports<\/b>: <del><span style=\"font-size: 16px;font-style: normal\">June 15<span style=\"font-size: 12px;line-height: 0\">th<\/span><\/span><\/del> <strong style=\"color: red\"> June 30<sup>th<\/sup>, 2026<\/strong><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-check-circle\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\"><b>Camera-ready Paper Submission Deadline<\/b>:  <del><span style=\"font-size: 16px;font-style: normal\">July 15<span style=\"font-size: 12px;line-height: 0\">th<\/span><\/span><\/del> <strong style=\"color: red\"> July 31<sup>st<\/sup>, 2026<\/strong><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ef997c elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"1ef997c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-668f46b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"668f46b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Registration Deadlines<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-117968d elementor-align-left elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"117968d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-tags\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\"><b>Early Bird Registration Closure<\/b>:  July 1<sup>st<\/sup>, 2026<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-tags\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\"><b>Late Registration Closure<\/b>: September 10 <sup>th<\/sup>, 2026<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-395c049 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"395c049\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1cf4d0a elementor-section-content-bottom elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1cf4d0a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7aa5e60\" data-id=\"7aa5e60\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb5c093 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"fb5c093\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"committees\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b6be686 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"b6be686\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9453a3b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9453a3b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Committees<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4aaa2ed elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"4aaa2ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b12f74d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b12f74d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">FOODOPS 2026 Organization Board<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-3f9fd38 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3f9fd38\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-201ad79\" data-id=\"201ad79\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-efb8116 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"efb8116\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.msc-les.org\/foodops2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2020\/12\/Giuseppe_Vignali-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-1408\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.msc-les.org\/foodops2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2020\/12\/Giuseppe_Vignali-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.msc-les.org\/foodops2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2020\/12\/Giuseppe_Vignali-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.msc-les.org\/foodops2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2020\/12\/Giuseppe_Vignali.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd12a50 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dd12a50\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Giuseppe Vignali<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52b3c15 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"52b3c15\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">FOODOPS General Co-Chair<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70b4d5f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"70b4d5f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">University of Parma, Italy<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-99d1f23\" data-id=\"99d1f23\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9064eba elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9064eba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.msc-les.org\/foodops2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2020\/12\/francesco_longo_png-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-1449\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.msc-les.org\/foodops2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2020\/12\/francesco_longo_png-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.msc-les.org\/foodops2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2020\/12\/francesco_longo_png.png 213w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a9a2e5f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a9a2e5f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Francesco Longo<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f854d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0f854d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">FOODOPS General Co-Chair<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-754375a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"754375a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">University of Calabria, Italy<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-e42d4b6\" data-id=\"e42d4b6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63fdab2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"63fdab2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.msc-les.org\/foodops2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2023\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-05-10-at-18.21.53-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-1834\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.msc-les.org\/foodops2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2023\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-05-10-at-18.21.53-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.msc-les.org\/foodops2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2023\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-05-10-at-18.21.53-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.msc-les.org\/foodops2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2023\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-05-10-at-18.21.53-768x765.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.msc-les.org\/foodops2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2023\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-05-10-at-18.21.53.jpeg 808w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b73b9c6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b73b9c6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Vittorio Solina<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-09272bb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"09272bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">FOODOPS Program Chair<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d51714 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1d51714\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">University of Calabria, Italy<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-36c5211\" data-id=\"36c5211\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23e9dd6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"23e9dd6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-ff046b3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ff046b3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-c40da1e\" data-id=\"c40da1e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d6e5f3b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d6e5f3b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"741\" src=\"https:\/\/www.msc-les.org\/foodops2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2024\/07\/logo-transparent-1024x741.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1944\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.msc-les.org\/foodops2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2024\/07\/logo-transparent-1024x741.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.msc-les.org\/foodops2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2024\/07\/logo-transparent-300x217.png 300w, https:\/\/www.msc-les.org\/foodops2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2024\/07\/logo-transparent-768x556.png 768w, https:\/\/www.msc-les.org\/foodops2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2024\/07\/logo-transparent-1536x1112.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.msc-les.org\/foodops2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2024\/07\/logo-transparent-2048x1482.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-0e2ed3d\" data-id=\"0e2ed3d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8baba2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e8baba2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">FOODOPS 2026 is co-organized by the consortium of the SMALLDERS Project (Smart Models for Agrifood Local vaLue chain based on Digital technologies for Enabling COVID-19 Resilience and Sustainability), co-funded by the PRIMA Program\u2013Section 2 Call multi-topics 2021.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">The project is carried out by a consortium of 5 partners including University of Calabria (Italy), University of Parma (Italy), IMT Mines Ales (France), Extremadura University (Spain) and University of Tunis (Tunisia).<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">The overall objective of the SMALLDERS project is to carry out basic research as well as industrial research and development activities with the aim of identifying a framework that involves innovative strategies, methodologies, technologies and business models to increase the resilience of small-scale farms in the Mediterranean area, to effectively and efficiently face unexpected and disruptive events such as the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33386f6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"33386f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e86fbf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0e86fbf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">FOODOPS 2026 Organization Staff<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-0c99c64 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0c99c64\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-ebdf2dd\" data-id=\"ebdf2dd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-856998c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"856998c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-size: 13px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 500;margin-bottom: 0px\"><span style=\"font-size: 13px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 500\">Vittorio Solina &#8211; DIMEG, University of Calabria, Italy<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 13px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 500;margin-bottom: 0px\"><span style=\"font-size: 13px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 500;font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat\">Antonio Padovano &#8211; University of Calabria, Italy<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 13px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 500;margin-bottom: 0px\"><span style=\"font-size: 13px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 500\">Letizia Nicoletti &#8211; CAL-TEK S.r.l., Italy<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 13px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 500;margin-bottom: 0px\">Mohaiad Osman Elbasheer &#8211; MSC-LES, University of Calabria, Italy<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 13px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 500;margin-bottom: 0px\">Cataldo Russo &#8211; CAL-TEK S.r.l., Italy<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 13px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 500;margin-bottom: 0px\">Caterina Fusto &#8211;\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 13px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 500;font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat\">MSC-LES, University of Calabria, Italy<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px\"><span style=\"font-size: 13px;font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat\">Alessandro Chiurco &#8211; DIMEG, University of Calabria, Italy<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px\">Virginia D&#8217;Augusta &#8211; DIMEG, University of Calabria, Italy<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px\"><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-be213ba\" data-id=\"be213ba\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2711b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a2711b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px\"><span style=\"font-size: 13px;font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat\">Simone Talarico &#8211; DIMEG, University of Calabria, Italy<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px\">Marco Vetrano &#8211; CAL-TEK S.r.l., Italy<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px\">Kirill Sinelshchikov &#8211; Simulation Team, Italy<br>\nAntonio Cimino, University of Salento, Italy<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px\">Alessio Baratta &#8211;&nbsp;<span style=\"font-size: 13px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 500;font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat\">MSC-LES, University of Calabria, Italy<\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 13px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 500;font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat\">Pierpaolo Veltri &#8211;&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 13px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 500;font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat\">MSC-LES, University of Calabria, Italy<\/span><br>\n<span style=\"font-size: 13px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 500;font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat\">Karen Althea Manfredi &#8211;&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 13px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 500;font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat\">MSC-LES, University of Calabria, Italy<\/span><br>\n<span style=\"font-size: 13px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 500;font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat\">Antonio Nervoso &#8211;&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 13px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 500;font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Montserrat\">MSC-LES, University of Calabria, Italy<\/span><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-9465f51 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9465f51\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-617bf6a\" data-id=\"617bf6a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21ef95a elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"21ef95a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85820f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"85820f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">FOODOPS 2026 International Program Committee<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-e82e649 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e82e649\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-3b744ea\" data-id=\"3b744ea\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d469500 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d469500\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: left;\">Marco Better \u2013 Opttek Systems, USA<br \/>Terry Bossomaier, CSU, Australia<br \/>Eleonora Bottani \u2013 University of Parma, Italy<br \/>Agostino G. Bruzzone \u2013 University of Genoa, Italy<br \/>Luca Bucchianica &#8211; Bukkia Cons.Pte ltd, SIngapore<br \/>Giovanni Maria Ferraris \u2013 SIM4Future, Italy<br \/>Jean-Guy Fontaine \u2013 JG Lab, China<br \/>Fancesco Longo \u2013 University of Calabria, Italy<br \/>Marina Massei \u2013 Liophant Simulation, Italy<br \/>Ruben Mercade Prieto \u2013 Soochow University, China<br \/>Yuri Merkuryev \u2013 Riga Technical University, Latvia<br \/>Roberto Montanari \u2013 University of Parma, Italy<br \/>Eduardo Manuel Segredo Gonz\u00e1lez \u2013 Universidad de La Laguna, Spain <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-0915c5c\" data-id=\"0915c5c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-510e231 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"510e231\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px;\">Letizia Nicoletti \u2013 Cal-Tek Srl, Italy<br \/>Vittorio Solina \u2013 University of Calabria, Italy<br \/>Antonio Padovano \u2013 University of Calabria, Italy<br \/>Mohaiad Osman Elbasheer \u2013 MSC-LES, University of Calabria, Italy<br \/>Miquel Angel Piera \u2013 Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain<br \/>Farshad Shamlu \u2013 STRATEGOS<br \/>Stefano Saetta \u2013 University of Perugia, Italy<br \/>Giuseppe Vignali \u2013 University of Parma, Italy<br \/>Mustafa Tahsin Yilmaz \u2013 Yildiz Teknik \u00dcniversitesi, Turkey<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc1d894 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"fc1d894\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7965afa elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"7965afa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-6a0f51d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6a0f51d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-b46b0d4\" data-id=\"b46b0d4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b56e3ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b56e3ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Get on board the team now!<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a300ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6a300ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left\">Are you willing to join the Organization Committee or the International Program Committee? Discover the benefits and opportunities now and submit your proposal. Please feel free to contact <a href=\"mailto:f.longo@unical.it\">f.longo@unical.it<\/a>; <a href=\"mailto:massei@itim.unige.it\">massei@itim.unige.it<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-0f4383a\" data-id=\"0f4383a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0a031a1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0a031a1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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