Stockholm Gastronomy Conference

23– 26 November, 2023 Stockholm University (deadline for abstract submission: August 17th)

This 3rd European conference on Gastronomy will cover social, economic, psychological, medical, cultural and political dimension of food, meals and eating, as well as aspects of art and design linked to culinary experiences. The ambition is to lay a solid foundation for collaboration in gastronomy areas of strategic importance, to be discussed in future conferences within the framework of European Capitals of Gastronomy. More ...

SenseAsia 2023

3 - 5 December, Cairns, Australia

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Sensory evaluation – an introduction (IFST accredited – foundation level)

5 December 2023, Campden BRI, Chipping Campden

This course provides information on principles of sensory science, the human senses and how they are used in sensory evaluation practices, sensory methodology and best practice when conducting these methods.  more ...

Sensory evaluation – an introduction, live online tutor-led training course

6 February 2023, Campden BRI, Chipping Campden

This live, interactive online course provides information on principles of sensory science, the human senses and how they are used in sensory evaluation practices, sensory methodology and best practice when conducting these methods. more...

AChemS 2023

19 - 22 April 2023, Bonita Springs, Florida

AChemS, the Association for Chemoreception Sciences, is a scientific research organization dedicated to understanding the "chemical senses" of smell, taste, trigeminal irritation and internal chemoreception from the fundamentals of neurobiology to complex behavior. THE ACHEMS ANNUAL MEETING is the preeminent international gathering of chemoreception scientists. More ...

From sensation and perception to awareness: the interplay between genes, environments, and individual experiences

April 20-21, 2023 University of Sussex (UK) in person and online (hybrid)

We invite you to an interdisciplinary hybrid symposium on human experience that brings together speakers with expertise in different sensory modalities. What is the future of sensory science? To what extent are all our sensory experiences multisensory? How does my sensory world differ from yours? What are the genetic determinants of sensory experiences? more

Sensory evaluation workshop (IFST accredited – intermediate level)

24-27 April 2023, Campden BRI, Chipping Campden

This course provides information on principles of sensory science, the human senses and how they are used in sensory evaluation practices, sensory methodology and best practice when conducting these methods. More ...

The 19th. Nordic Sensory Workshop

25 - 26 April 2023, Taastrup, Denmark

Come and join us, get inspired and participate in the discussion on how to go from idea to consumption of new products while including sensory and consumer science in the process. Inspiring talks on the involvement of sensory and consumer science in the innovation process will be given by Novozymes, Danish Crown Foods, Aker Biomarine og Elopak to get the discussion started. More ...

ESN spring meeting 2023

11 - 12 May 2023, ESN spring meeting 2022 in Cluj-Napoca, Romania

All members and partners of the European Sensory Network are invited to meet in Cluj, Romania.

Sensory evaluation – an introduction (IFST accredited – foundation level)

15 May 2023, Campden BRI, Chipping Campden

This course provides information on principles of sensory science, the human senses and how they are used in sensory evaluation practices, sensory methodology and best practice when conducting these methods. (More dates: 5 December 2023) more ...

Pangborn 2023

20 - 24 August 2023, Nantes, France

The theme for the 15th Symposium ‘Meeting New Challenges in a Changing World’ will acknowledge the impact of today’s fast-moving technology on current and future sensory science research. More ...

Sensory evaluation workshop (IFST accredited – intermediate level)

11-14 September 2023, Campden BRI, Chipping Campden

This course provides information on principles of sensory science, the human senses and how they are used in sensory evaluation practices, sensory methodology and best practice when conducting these methods. More ...

Altered Taste Symposium

14 - 15 September, Lyon, France

Gastronomic solutions for sensory loss & alteration

In our 3rd International Symposium, we invite papers that consider these wider psychosocial and cultural dimensions of altered taste and eating. We will also address solutions to these problems, from the gastronomic to the social, to see how people cope with and compensate for altered taste. How does altered eating affect social relationships? What kinds of culinary solutions, strategies or interventions can address these issues above? How can we address the environmental dimensions of altered eating? More ...

ECRO 2023

18-21 Sept 2023; Nijmegen, The Netherlands

The theme for ECRO 2023 is ‘Diverse flavors’.

After more than 30 years it is with great pleasure that we welcome ECRO back in the Netherlands. The Netherlands was in fact the ‘founding country’ for ECRO back in 1970, when it held the first ever ECRO constitutive assembly in Woudschoten, Zeist. This first meeting was partly hosted by eminent researcher Professor E.P. Köster. Ep, who passed away in August 2022, was a significant and inspirational member of our community. More ...