A lively EuroFed Lipid meeting in Seville, Spain

Janet Brown, Director, Membership, attended the 17th EuroFed Lipid Congress & Expo in Seville, Spain, last week. Here's her recap of the meeting!

The 17th EuroFed Lipid Congress & Expo recently concluded in Seville, Spain, and included many wonderful and enlightening conversations with AOCS members and other lipid-loving scientists. It was almost like a family reunion for me and other AOCS members in attendance.

AOCS Fellow Alejandro Marangoni received the Euro Fed Lipid Technology Award; he is only the second non-European to win this award. Notably, the first person to win this award was Eric Decker, current AOCS President. Eric won this award in 2018. Alejandro presented the award lecture, "The Nanoscale Structure of Fats and its Relationship to Functionality."



Larodan, an AOCS Corporate Member, sponsored their 3rd Annual Fun Run. Even though we ran in the dark (the sun in Seville does not rise until 8:30 a.m. local time), Carl and Emma led our group down well-lit streets along the river, over the bridge, through a park, and back to the hotel. It was a perfect start to the morning.

 

The exhibit hall included nearly 30 companies, many of whom also exhibit at the AOCS Annual Meeting, so it was great to meet exhibit personal from Europe. Pictured below are Bruce Patsey, Oil-Dri Corp, and Kaustuv Bhattacharya, Dupont Nutrition Biosciences APS.



There were many conversations and connections made between AOCS journal editorial board members. Representatives from the JAOCS editorial board included Yomi Watanabe, and Suzana Ferreira-Dias and Uwe Bornscheuer (pictured).



I also enjoyed meeting our two winners of the AOCS Euro Section Travel Grant, Sandra Beyer Gregersen (pictured with Eckhard Floter) and Beatriz Quintanila Casas.



I also spent time talking with members of the AOCS China Section. Many of these researchers will also be attending and presenting at the upcoming AOCS China Section Meeting in Guangzhou, China.



The new General Director of the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB), Ahmad Parveez Ghulam Kadir, happens to also be the new Chair of the AOCS Asian Section. I sat down and chatted with him about Section activities and the 2020 AOCS Annual Meeting. What a wonderful resource to have as the chair of this Section.


 
The next meeting of the EuroFed Lipid is planned for 2021 in Leipzig, Germany. Thank you to the organizing committee for your wonderful job of hosting this meeting.