2nd Int'l Symposium on the Human Health Effects of Fruits and Vegetables
June 01, 2007.
Second Announcement
We would like for you to consider participating in the 2nd International Symposium on Human Health Effects of Fruits and Vegetables. For more detailed information, please visit the web site favhealth2007.tamu.edu.
Program/Sessions:
The proposed program include sessions focused on certain diseases such as 1) Obesity, 2) Cancer, 3)Cardiovascular Diseases, 4) Brain Health, 5) Eye Health, 6) Bioavailability, 7) Osteoporosis, 8) Skin Health, 9) Antioxidants and Health. The symposium will be unique because we plan to cover different fruits, vegetables and nuts and how pre- & post harvest factors, organic cultivation, and isolation & characterization of bioactive compounds can provide protective effects on the diseases mentioned above. We will also have session on food and drug interaction and how fruits and vegetables play role in the drug interaction. In order to provide an opportunity for all interested participants to demonstrate their research to about 40 country scientists, students and industry. The symposium will include poster sessions and poster competitions for students. Key note speaker plenary speakers for each session and invited speakers will be updated to the web site soon.
Round table discussion: To discuss about the funding opportunities through NIH and USDA on health aspects of fruits and vegetables. We are expecting to have key officials from WHO, FAO, NIH and CDC, USDA to participate in the discussion. We are expecting several key industry representatives from different commodity groups and processing industry to attend the conference. The United States Produce Marketing Association annual conference will be coinciding with our banquet so several industry can attend round table discussion and you can meet with industry representatives.
Abstracts:
The abstract must be submitted via the FAV Health 2007 website (http://favhealth2007.tamu.edu/abstractsubmission.htm). Deadline is extended until June 8, 2007. Please subscribe your name in the list serve for further information about the symposium.
Venue:
The meeting venue is the Omni Hotel in Houston, Texas. The symposium will begin on the evening of October 9 and end on October 13, 2007. The contracted rate for the hotel is $169 per night from now through September 16. The contracted rate does allow additional guests (2, 3 or 4, depending on room) at no extra charge. Please make reservations soon, after September 16 the room rate increases tremendously. All participants are requested to stay at the conference hotel, Omni Houston. The hotel has given excellent rates per room. If you would like to share a room, a forum page (http://favhealth2007.informe.com/viewtopic.php?t=/a>)has been set up to assist in finding a room mate.
Registration:
We have tried to keep the registration fees cost effective. Your registration includes:
--Printed, bound copy of the proceedings, published in Acta Horticulturae
--Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Breaks (Oct 10-13) in the Omni Hotel restaurants.
[Dinner is on your own Oct 10 and 12].
--Banquet (Oct 11)
--Receptions: Welcome (Oct 9) and Poster Session (Oct 10)
--One year membership to ISHS for non-ISHS members (Visit the ISHS website (http://www.ishs.org/ )for more information)
Registration Rates (US$):
Before August 16, 2007
Registration regular "Early" ISHS members $595
Registration regular "Early" ISHS non members $695
Registration students "Early" $350
After August 16, 2007
Registration regular "Late" ISHS members $750
Registration regular "Late" ISHS non members $850
Registration students "Late" $450
Day Registration Oct 10 $295
Day Registration Oct 11 $295
Day Registrations Oct 12 $295
Day Registrations Oct 13 $195
We hope you plan to attend this symposium. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to send an email. Please contact the VFIC (mailto:FAV2007@ag.tamu.edu)if you need more information.
Yours truly,
Bhimu Patil, Chair b-patil@tamu.edu
Director, Vegetable and Fruit Improvement Center
Department of Horticultural Sciences
Texas A&M University System
Peter Murano
Co-chair
Director, Center for Obesity Research and Program Evaluation
Department of Nutrition and Food Science
Texas A&M University System
Marie Josèphe Amiot-Carlin
Co-chair
Vice Director, Human Nutrition Unit, INRA (National Institute for Agronomic Research)
INSERM (National Institute of Health and Medical Research)/Faculty of Medicine,
Marseilles, France
