Main Topics/ Keynote Lectures:

• Lipids in Animal Science:
  Rui J.B. Bessa, University of Lisbon, Portugal
• Biotechnology and Enzyme Technology:
  Quinn Zhu, DuPont Company, Wilmington, DE/USA: "Production of Omega-3 Eicosapentaenoic Acid by Metabolic Engineering of Yarrowia lipolytica
• Molecular and Cellular Biology of Lipids in Health and Disease:
  David Moore, Houston, TX/USA
• Lipids in Nutrition:
  Philippe Legrand, INRA, Rennes: "Saturated Fatty Acids: Friends or Foes"
• Lipidomics, Analytics, Authenticity, Imaging:
  Markus R. Wenk, National University of Singapore
• Marine Lipids:
  Philip C. Calder, University of Southampton, UK
  "Health Beneficial Effects of Marine Lipids"
• Microbial Lipids:
  Jie-Oh Lee, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejon, Korea
• Lipid Chemistry and Oleochemistry:
  Nicos A. Petasis, University of Southern California, Los Angeles: "Chemistry of Anti-inflammatory and Pro-resolving Lipid Mediators derived from EPA and DHA"
• Mediterranean Oils and Fats:
  to be announced
• Palm Oil:
  Datuk Dr Choo Yuen May, MPOB, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• Physical Chemistry, Lipid Biophysics and Formulations:
  Bernard Cabane, CNRS, Paris, France
• Plant Lipids, Oil Seeds, Plant Breeding:
  Sébastien Baud, Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, Versailles, France:"Elucidating the Regulation of Oil Accumulation in Seeds of the Model Species Arabidopsis thaliana, a Key for the Design of Molecular Tools of Biotechnological Interest"
• Processing:
  Wim De Greyt, DeSmet Ballestra Group, Zaventem, Belgium: "Energy and Utilities Consumption during Oil and Oilseed Processing"
• Lipid Oxidation and Antioxidants:
  Kazuo Miyashita, Hokkaido University, Japan
• Milk and Dairy Products in Human Nutrition:
  Arne Astrup, University of Copenhagen, Denmark: "The Effect of Dairy Calcium on Lipid Metabolism and Body Weight Regulation"
• Innovation in Industry:
  to be announced
• Young Scientists Session