University of California

Program Agenda

Program current as of 09/08/2015

Keynote Sessions

Cutting-edge Oral Presentations

Short Orals and e-Poster

Sunday, September 13, 2015

4:00 PM - 7:00 PM Registration Open
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Welcome Reception

Monday, September 14, 2015

7:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Registration Open

8:00 AM - 8:30 AM

Welcome by Marita Cantwell, Beth Mitcham and Dean Helene Dillard

8:30 AM - 9:15 AM

 

Fresh-cut Product Quality and Temperature Management

Jeffrey Brecht, University of Florida (USA)

9:15 AM - 10:00 AM

 

A Quafety Approach to Quality Monitoring and Prediction for Fresh-cut Produce

Giancarlo Colelli, University of Foggia (Italy)

10:00 AM - 10:15 AM Break

10:15 AM - 11:15 AM

 

Fresh-cut Produce Marketing Trends: Focus on the Expanding USA Market

Roberta Cook, University of California Davis (USA)

11:15 AM - 11:40 AM

 

Response of Plant Tissue to Wounding

Mikal Saltveit, University of California Davis (USA)

11:40 AM - 12:10 PM

 

 

Elucidating the Wound Signal Mechanism in Fresh-cut Produce: Scientific Implications and Opportunities for Practical Applications and Novel Technologies

Luis Cisneros-Zevallos, Texas A&M University (USA)

12:10 PM - 1:00 PM  Lunch

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

 

Fresh Cut Process and Facility Design

Rudi Groppe, Heinzen Manufacturing International (USA)

2:00 PM - 2:30 PM

 

Breeding Lettuce for Fresh-cut Processing

Ryan Hayes, USDA ARS (USA)

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM

 

Innovations in Fresh-cut fruit Process Lines

Alessandro Turatti, Turatti Srl/ Turatti North America (Italy)

3:30 PM - 4:00 PM  Break

4:00 PM - 4:30 PM

 

Short Orals and e-Posters: Session 1

Concurrent Sessions

4:30 PM - 5:00 PM

 

Short Orals and e-Posters: Session 2

Concurrent Sessions

Tuesday, September 15, 2015

7:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Registration Open

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

 

Preventive Controls and Microbial Safety

Trevor Suslow, University of California Davis (USA)

9:00 AM - 9:45 AM

 

Pathogen Transfer in Fresh-cut Operations

Elliott Ryser, Michigan State University (USA) 

9:45 AM - 10:30 AM 

Break (Group Photo)

10:30 AM - 10:55 AM

 

 

Industry Innovation in Fresh-cut Processing:  The Fresh Appeal System

 Deirdre Holcroft, Holcroft Postharvest Consulting (USA)

 Stephen Lacasse, Fresh Appeal (USA)

10:55 AM - 11:20 AM

 

 

Exposure of Fresh-cut Leafy Greens to Abusive Temperatures During Transit and Retail Storage and Display

Wyatt Brown, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo (USA)

11:20 AM - 11:45 AM

 

Microbial Risk Assessment Models

Anne Charles, Rutgers University (USA)

11:45 AM - 12:30 PM

 

Pathogen Testing for Fresh-cut Products

Brooke Schwartz, Brooke Schwartz Consulting (USA)

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch

1:30 PM - 2:15 PM

 

Packaging Fresh-cut Products

Jeff Brandenburg, JSB Group LLC (USA)

2:15 PM - 3:00 PM

 

Nutritional Quality of Fresh-cut Products

Gustavo Gonzalez-Aguilar, CIAD (Mexico)

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM  Break

3:30 PM - 4:00 PM

 

Short Orals and e-Posters: Session 3

Concurrent Sessions

4:00 PM - 4:30 PM

 

Short Orals and e-Posters: Session 4

Concurrent Sessions

4:30 PM - 5:00 PM  ISHS Business Meeting
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM  Load buses to Gala Dinner
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM  Gala Dinner at the Sacramento Railroad Museum with period entertainment 
8:00 PM - 8:30 PM   Buses return to Davis

  Wednesday, September 16, 2015

7:30 AM - 12:00 PM Registration Opens

8:00 AM - 8:45 AM

 

Sensory Quality of Fresh-cut Products

Anne Plotto, USDA ARS (USA)

8:45 AM - 9:30 AM

 

Physiology and Biochemistry of Aroma and Off-odors in Fresh-cut Products

Charles Forney, Agri-Food Canada (Canada)

9:30 AM - 10:15 AM

 

Processing and Handling of Fresh-cut Tropical Fruits

Latifah Mohd Nor, MARDI (Malaysia)

10:15 AM - 10:30 AM Break

10:30 AM - 11:15 AM

 

Preparation and Handling Fresh-cut Root Vegetables

Merete Edelenbos, Aarhus University (Denmark)

11:15 AM - 12:00 PM

 

Preharvest Factors and Fresh-cut Quality of Leafy Vegetables

Maria Isabel Gil, CEBAS-CSIC (Spain)

12:00 PM - 12:50 PM  Lunch

12:50 PM - 1:10 PM

 

Creating a Safe Produce Food Supply: Traceability

Todd Baggett, RedLine Solutions (USA)

1:10 PM - 3:10 PM

 

Industry - Academia Research Panel

Moderated by Susanne Klose, Chiquita/ Fresh Express (USA)

3:10 PM - 3:30 PM  Break

3:30 PM - 4:00 PM

 

Short Orals and e-Posters: Session 5

Concurrent Sessions

4:00 PM - 4:30 PM

 

e-Posters: Session 6

Concurrent Sessions

4:30 PM - 5:00 PM  Closing Ceremonies (PDF of presentation)

Thursday, September 17, 2015

Optional Technical Tour - Day 1

Friday, September 18, 2015  

Optional Technical Tour - Day 2

 

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