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CHAIRMANSHIP OF INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

1. Member of International Scientific Committee, 8th International Workshop Applications of Computer Image Analysis and Spectroscopy in Agriculture, 5-9 July 2020, Evora, Portugal.
2. Conference Chairman, 4th International Symposium on Contemporary Food Engineering, 9-10 November 2019, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou, China.
3. Member of International Scientific Committee, 13th International Congress on Engineering and Food – ICEF13, 23-26 September 2020, Melbourn, Australia.
4. Session Chair, Plenary Session (3 August 2019), 4th International Symposium of Food Science and Human Wellness, 3-4 August 2019, Hangzhou, China.
5. Chairman of Organising Committee, 4th International Symposium of Food Science and Human Wellness, 3-4 August 2019, Hangzhou, China.
6. Member of Scientific Committee, 3rd Conference on Food Science and Technology (FoodConf), 28 November - 1 December 2018, Szent István University, Budapest, Hungary.
7. Conference Chairman, 3rd International Symposium on Contemporary Food Engineering, 11-12 November 2018, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou, China.
8. Member of Advisory Committee, The II Food Factor Conference, 8-9 November 2018, Torremolinos, Málaga, Spain.
9. Member of Scientific Committee, 1st Workshop on Metrology for Agriculture and Forestry, 1-2 October 2018, Ancona, Italy.
10. Member of Scientific Committee, XVIII International Conference on Construction and Use of Equipment for Food Processing (BEMS), 4-7 September, 2018, Ustronie, Poland.
11. Session Chair, Plenary Session (2 August 2018), 10th Food Science International Symposium, 2-3 August 2018, Hefei, China.
12. Chairman of Organising Committee, 10th Food Science International Symposium, 2-3 August 2018, Hefei, China.
13. Member of Organizing Committee, the International Top-level Forum on Engineering Science and Technology Development Strategy — “Food Safety and Health”, 19-21 May 2018, Guangdong Hotel, Guangzhou, China.
14. Member of International Scientific Committee, 7th International Workshop Applications of Computer Image Analysis and Spectroscopy in Agriculture, 22-25 April 2018, Antalya, Turkey.
15. Member of Organizing Committee, International Biotechnology and Research Conference (Biotech-2018), 25-27 April 2018, Rome, Italy.
16. Member of Advisory Committee, 3rd International Conference on Food Properties (iCFP), 22-24 January 2018, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
17. Conference Chairman, 2nd International Symposium on Contemporary Food Engineering, 3-4 November 2017, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou, China
18. Member of International Scientific Committee, 3rd International Congress of Mechanical Engineering and Agricultural Science (CIIMCA 2017), 2-6 October 2017, Bucaramanga, Colombia.
19. Member of Advisory Committee, 3rd International Conference on Food Properties (iCFP), 22-24 January 2018, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
20. Member of International Scientific Committee, 3rd International Congress of Mechanical Engineering and Agricultural Science (CIIMCA 2017), 2-6 October 2017, Bucaramanga, Colombia.
21. Session Chair, Plenary Session (16 August 2017), 3rd International Symposium of Food Science and Human Wellness, 16-17 August 2017, Changchun, Jilin, China.
22. Chairman of Organising Committee, 3rd International Symposium of Food Science and Human Wellness, 16-17 August 2017, Changchun, Jilin, China.
23. Member of International Scientific Advisory Committee, The Food Factor|Barcelona Conference, 2-4 November 2016, Barcelona, Spain.
24. Member of Scientific Advisory Committee, 13th Conference of Food Engineering (CoFE) 2016, 12-14 September 2016, The Ohio State University, Ohio, USA.
25. Session Chair, Plenary Session (30 July 2016), 9th Food Science International Symposium, 30-31 July 2016, Shenyang, China.
26. Chairman of Organising Committee, 9th Food Science International Symposium, 30-31 July 2016, Shenyang, China.
27. Session Chair, Session 6.3: Food Processing II (29 June 2016), 4th CIGR International Conference of Agricultural Engineering (CIGR AgEng NJF 2016), 26-29 June 2016, Aarhus, Denmark.
28. Session Chair, Session 6.3: Food Processing I (28 June 2016), 4th CIGR International Conference of Agricultural Engineering (CIGR AgEng NJF 2016), 26-29 June 2016, Aarhus, Denmark.
29. Member of International Scientific Committee, VIII International Postharvest Symposium, 21-24 June 2016, Cartagena, Spain.
30. ·Member of Advisory Committee, 2nd International Conference on Food Properties (iCFP 2016), 31 May – 2 June 2016, Bank, Thailand.
31. Session Chair, Keynote Session (17 November 2015), 9th CIGR Section VI International Technical Symposium on Creating Value from Bioresources through Novel Technologies,  16-20 November 2015, Auckland, New Zealand.
32. International Conference Chair, 9th CIGR Section VI International Technical Symposium on Creating Value from Bioresources through Novel Technologies,  16-20 November 2015, Auckland, New Zealand.
33. Member of Scientific Committee, 29th EFFoST International Conference, 10-12 November 2015, Athens, Greece.
34. Session Chair, Plenary Session (25 July 2015), 2nd International Symposium of Food Science and Human Wellness, 25-26 July 2015, Zhuzhou, Hunan, China.
35. Chairman of Organising Committee, 2nd International Symposium of Food Science and Human Wellness, 25-26 July 2015, Zhuzhou, Hunan, China.
36. Session Chair, Session: Advances in Food Engineering 10:  Image Processing (17 June 2015), 12th International Congress on Engineering and Food (ICEF12), 14-18 June 2015, Québec, Canada.
37. Session Chair, Congress Plenary Session (16 September 2014), 18th World Congress of CIGR on Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering – Upgrading the Quality of Our Life, 16-19 September 2014, Beijing, China.
38. Chair of Organising Committee and Chair of Scientific Committee, 18th World Congress of CIGR on Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering – Upgrading the Quality of Our Life, 16-19 September 2014, Beijing, China.
39. Member of Scientific Committee, 12th International Congress on Mechanization and Energy in Agriculture, Cappadocia, Turkey, 3-6 September 2014.
40. Member of Scientific Committee, XII World Conference on Computers in Agriculture and Natural Resources - WCCA 2014, San José, Costa Rica, 27-30 July 2014.
41. Session Chair, Plenary Session (26 July 2014), 8th Food Science International Symposium, 26-27 July 2014, Chengdu, China.
42. Chairman of Organising Committee and Advisor of Scientific Advisory Committee, 8th Food Science International Symposium, 26-27 July 2014, Chengdu, China.
43. Member of Scientific Committee, 5th International Workshop: Applications of Computer Image Analysis and Spectroscopy in Agriculture, Montreal, Canada, 12-13 July 2014.
44. Member of Advisory Committee, 1st International Conference on Food Properties (ICFP2014), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 24-26 January 2014. 
45.  Chairman of the Symposium, 8th International CIGR Technical Symposium on Advanced Food Processing and Quality Management, Guangzhou, China, 3-7 November 2013.
46. Session Chair, Session of Basic Research of Food Science and Human Wellness (13 August 2013), International Symposium of Food Science and Human Wellness, Guangzhou and Hong Kong, China, 12-16 August 2013.
47. Chairman of Organising Committee and Advisor of Scientific Advisory Committee, International Symposium of Food Science and Human Wellness, Guangzhou and Hong Kong, China, 12-16 August 2013.
48. Member of International Scientific Committee, FaBE 2013 – International Conference on Food and Biosystems Engineering, Skiathos Island, Greece, 30 May - 2 June 2013.
49. Session Chair, Afternoon Session (25 June 2013), Food Structure and Functionality Conference– 15 Years Later, Stare Jablonki, Poland, 23 - 26 June 2013.
50. Member of Scientific Committee, Food Structure and Functionality Conference– 15 Years Later, Stare Jablonki, Poland, 23 - 26 June 2013.
51.  Chairman of the Symposium, 7th International CIGR Technical Symposium on Innovating the Food Value Chain, Stellenbosch, South Africa, 25-28 November 2012.
52. Member of Academic Committee, 2012 CSAM International Academic Annual Meeting on Innovation • Win-Win • Development, Hangzhou, China, 27-30 October 2012.
53. Member of International Advisory Board, 15th International Biotechnology Symposium and Exhibition (IBS 2012), Daegu, Korea, 16-21 September 2012.
54. Session Chair, Session: Keynote Speech (12 August 2012), 7th Food Science International Symposium, Urumqi, China, 12-16 August 2012.
55. Chairman of Organising Committee and Consultant of Scientific Committee, 7th Food Science International Symposium, Urumqi, China, 12-16 August 2012.
56. Session Chair, Session 123: Non-destructive techniques II (9 July 2012). 3rd CIGR International Conference of Agricultural Engineering, Valencia, Spain, 8-12 July 2012.
57. Member of Scientific Committee, 3rd CIGR International Conference of Agricultural Engineering, Valencia, Spain, 8-12 July 2012.
58. Member of International Scientific Committee, The International Congress on Food Engineering and Technology (IFET2012), Bangkok, Thailand, 28-30 March 2012.
59. Chairman of Organising Committee and Consultant of Scientific Committee, Functional Food and Health International Symposium, Nanjing, China, 18-22 August 2011.
60. Session Chair, Session: Keynote Speech (18 August 2011). Functional Food and Health International Symposium, Nanjing, China, 18-22 August 2011.
61. Member of Scientific Advisory Committee, 11th International Agricultural Mechanisation and Energy Congress, Istanbul, Turkey, 20-23 September 2011.
62. Member of Organising Committee, 9th International Conference of Food Science and Technology (ICFST), 27-29 May 2011, Hangzhou, China.
63. Member of Academic Committee, International Conference on Agricultural Engineering New Technology (ICAE2011), 27-29 May 2011, Zibo, China.
64. Member of Scientific Committee, 11th International Congress on Engineering and Food (ICEF 11), Athens, Greece, 22 - 26 May 2011.
65. Session Chair, Session 5: New technologies for the evaluation of quality and safety (23 May 2011). 11th International Congress on Engineering and Food (ICEF 11), Athens, Greece, 22 - 26 May 2011.
66.  Chairman of the Symposium, 6th International CIGR Technical Symposium on Toward a Sustainable Food Chain, Nantes, France, 18 - 20 April 2011.
67. Session Chair, Session: Keynote Speech (23 Oct 2010). 4th International Conference on Computer and Computing Technologies in Agriculture / 1st International Conference on Intelligent Nondestructive Detection and Information Processing Technology, 22-25 October 2010, Nanchang, China.
68. Member of Academic Committee, International Agricultural Engineering Conference 2010 (IAEC2010), Shanghai, China, 17 – 20 September 2010.
69. Session Chair, Section VI - Spectroscopy and image analysis (III) (16 June 2010). XVIIth World Congress of CIGR, Québec City, Canada, 13 - 17 June 2010.
70. Session Chair, Section VI - Spectroscopy and image analysis – POSTERS (14 June 2010). XVIIth World Congress of CIGR, Québec City, Canada, 13 - 17 June 2010.
71. Member of Scientific Committee, 19th International Congress of Chemical and Process Engineering CHISA 2010 and 7th European Congress of Chemical Engineering ECCE-7 - Symposium on Food Processing and Technology, Prague, Czech Republic, 28 August - 1 September 2010.
72. Chairman of Organising Committee, 6th Food Science International Symposium, Beijing, China, 5 – 11 August, 2010.
73.  Chairman of the Conference and Chairman of the Organising Committee, 5th International Symposium of CIGR Section VI on Food Processing, Monitoring Technology in Bioprocesses and Food Quality Management, Potsdam, Germany, 31 August - 2 September 2009.
74. Session Chair, Session 8: New Applications in Food Packaging and Refrigeration (23 April 2009). 3rd International Congress on Food and Nutrition, Antalya, Turkey, 22-25 April 2009.
75. Member of Scientific Committee, Frutic Chile 2009 – 8th International Symposium on Information and Technology for the Sustainable Production of Fruit and Vegetables, Nuts, Wines and Olives, Concepcion, Chile, 5 - 9 January 2009.
76. Session Chair, Session A-6 (17 October 2008). 10th International Congress on Mechanization and Energy in Agriculture, Antalya, Turkey, 14 - 17 October 2008.
77. Member of Scientific Committee, 10th International Congress on Mechanization and Energy in Agriculture, Antalya, Turkey, 14 - 17 October 2008.
78. Session Chair, Specific Lectures: Computer vision and quality of foods (1 September 2008). 2nd CIGR International Conference of Agricultural Engineering 2008, Iguassu Falls City, Brazil, 31 August - 4 September 2008.
79.  Chairman of the Conference and Chairman of the Organising Committee, 4th International Symposium of CIGR Section VI on Food and Bioprocess Technology, Iguassu Falls City, Brazil, 31 August - 4 September 2008.
80. Member of Scientific Committee, 18th International Congress of Chemical and Process Engineering - Symposium on Food Processing and Technology,Prague,Czech Republic, 24 - 28 August 2008.
81. Member of International Scientific Committee, Model-IT 2008 - IV International Symposium on Applications of Modelling as an Innovative Technology in the Agri-Food Chain, Madrid, Spain, 9 - 11 June 2008.
82. Session Chair, Symposium C: Computer vision and quality of foods, (22 April 2008). 10th International Congress on Engineering and Food (ICEF 10),Viña del Mar,Chile, 20-24 April 2008.
83. Member of Scientific Advisory Committee, International Conference on Traditional Dairy Foods (ICTDF 2007),Karnal,India, 14-17 November 2007.
84. Session Chair, Technical session – V: New concepts in dairy processing (16 November 2007). International Conference on Traditional Dairy Foods (ICTDF 2007),Karnal,India, 14-17 November 2007.
85. Member of Organising Committee, 7th International Conference of Food Science and Technology,Wuxi,China, 12-15 November 2007.
86.  Chairman of the Conference and Chairman of the Organising Committee, 3rd International Symposium of CIGR Section VI on Food and Agricultural Products: Processing and Innovations, Naples, Italy, 24-26 September 2007.
87. Head Coordinator, Congress Division: Processing & Post Harvest Technology and Logistics (12 Sessions), XVI CIGR World Congress,Bonn,Germany, 3-7 September 2006.
88. Session Chair, Mathematical modelling and simulation for food processing (5 September 2006), XVI CIGR World Congress,Bonn,Germany, 3-7 September 2006.
89. Session Chair, Image processing / analysis and computer vision technology (4 September 2006), XVI CIGR World Congress,Bonn,Germany, 3-7 September 2006.
90. Member of Scientific Committee, 7th International Congress of Chemical and Process Engineering - Symposium on Food Processing and Technology,Prague,Czech Republic, 27-31 August 2006.
91. Session Chair, Session K2 (28 August 2006), 7th International Congress of Chemical and Process Engineering - Symposium on Food Processing and Technology,Prague,Czech Republic, 27-31 August 2006.
92. Member of Scientific and Advisory Committee, 3rd Central European Congress on Food,Sofia,Bulgaria, 22-24 May 2006.
93.  Chairman of the Conference and Chairman of Scientific Committee, 2nd International Symposium of CIGR Section VI on Future of Food Engineering, Warsaw, Poland, 26 – 28 April 2006.
94. Session Chair, Keynote speeches (29 April 2006), 2nd International Symposium of CIGR Section VI on Future of Food Engineering, Warsaw, Poland, 26 – 28 April 2006.
95. Session Chair, Food chemistry and biotechnology (9 November 2005). 6th International Conference of Food Science and Technology,Guangzhou,China, 7-9 November 2005.
96. Member of Organising Committee, 6th International Conference of Food Science and Technology,Guangzhou,China, 7-9 November 2005.
97. Member of Scientific Committee, Eurotherm Seminar 77 - Heat and Mass Transfer in Food Processing,Parma,Italy, 20-22 June 2005.
98. Session Chair, Transport phenomena and numerical discretisation (I) (30 May 2005). 3rd International Symposium on Applications of Modelling as an Innovative Technology in the Agri-Food Chain,Leuven,Belgium, 29 May - 2 June 2005 .
99. Member of International Advisory Scientific Committee, International Conference on Postharvest Technology & Quality Management in Arid Climates, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman, 24-26 January 2005
100. Member of Scientific Committee, International Workshop EuroFreeze 2005: Individual Quick Freezing of Foods, Sofia, Bulgaria, 13-15 January 2005.
101.  Chairman of the Conference, 1st International Conference of CIGR Section VI on Bioproducts Processing and Food Safety – in Conjunction with 2004 CIGR International Conference, Beijing, China, 11 – 14 October 2004.(Chinese Version)
102. Session Chair, Session 15: Packaging, Waste Treatment and Management (14 October 2004), 2004 CIGR International Conference, Beijing, China, 11 – 14 October 2004.
103. Session Chair, Session 7: Preservation and Storage (13 October 2004), 2004 CIGR International Conference, Beijing, China, 11 – 14 October 2004.
104. Session Chair, Session 2: Thermal Processing, Chilling and Freezing (12 October 2004), 2004 CIGR International Conference, Beijing, China, 11 – 14 October 2004.
105. Session Chair, Session I2 (23 August 2004), the 16th International Congress of Chemical and Process Engineering, Prague, Czech Republic, 22 - 26 August 2004.
106. Member of Organising Committee, 5th International Conference of Food Science and Technology, Wuxi, China, 22-24 October 2003.
107. Session Chair, Session C2-1: Advances in Food Freezing and Refrigeration (21 August 2003). 21st International Congress of Refrigeration, Washington, USA, 17-22 August 2003.
108. Session Organiser and Chair, Session 105: Chilling, Freezing and Preservation in Food and Agricultural Applications – Part 1 (31 July 2002), Session 126: Chilling, Freezing and Preservation in Food and Agricultural Applications – Part 2 (31 July 2002), CIGR World Congress / ASAE Annual International Meeting, Chicago, USA, 28-31 July 2002.
109. Session Chair, Session L3 (27 August 2002), the 15th International Congress of Chemical and Process Engineering, Prague, Czech Republic, 25 - 29 August 2002.
110. Session Chair, Session 6: Technology Innovation and Sustainable Agriculture (13 October 2000). International Conference on Engineering and Technological Sciences, Beijing, China, 11-13 October 2000.
111. Session Chair, Concurrent Presentations (Group A) (19 October 2000). 4th International Conference of Food Science and Technology, Wuxi, China, 17-20 October 2000.
112. Member of Organising Committee, 4th International Conference of Food Science and Technology, Wuxi, China, 17-20 October 2000.
113. Session Chair, Session T4.05: Food Freezing & Chilling (23 September 1999). 20th International Congress of Refrigeration, Sydney, Australia, 19-24 September 1999.