H2020 COMFOCUS roundtable during ISD 2024: New Approach to Food Consumer Science in Europe

The second COMFOCUS roundtable with food consumer science experts on how to overcome the challenges in harmonising approaches took place in Tatras, Slovakia on May 16th, 2024.

The second COMFOCUS roundtable with food consumer science experts on how to overcome the challenges in harmonising approaches took place in Tatras, Slovakia on May 16th, 2024.

It was organized as the paralel event of the International Scientific Days 2024 - traditional scientific conference of the Faculty of Economics and Management, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra. Discussion was coordinated by prof. Liisa Lähteenmäki from the Aarhus University. As the expert, we invited Dr. Lada Timotijevic from the University of Surrey. Both are our colleagues from the H2020 COMFOCUS project (Nr. 101005259).

Discussion started with considering what is a science community and whether one belongs to one, and should there be a community to food consumer science. There was a note that in order to be a community, there needs to be trust among members and a clear idea of why it is beneficial to belong to a community.

COMFOCUS approach is complex, but it needs to be communicated simply. There are also several legal issues related to data sharing and data ownership that need attention. In the COMFOCUS project there will be a database with 60+ data sets in the platform. How the Comfocus fellows want to use the data is an open question. Report from the workshop you can find here.

Workshop was beneficial for colleagues and experts from the field of food consumer science, marketing and innovative research solutions.

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