2019 SAAFoST Congress – Save the date!
1 – 4 September 2019
Birchwood Hotel and Conference Centre, Johannesburg
SAAFoST will be holding its 23rd biennial international congress and exhibition, themed: Food Science and Technology for the 21st Century.
This will be jam-packed with presentations covering Food Safety & Defense; Food Health & Nutrition; Product Development & Marketing Challenges; Public Policy & Regulations; Education & Careers; Food Processing & Engineering; Food Security, Sustainability & Waste and many more related and relevant topics.
We are pleased to announce that SAAFoST’s new President is James McLean.
James served as the KZN Branch Chair from 2013 – 2015 and was Chair of the 2015 Congress Local Organising Committee. He continued to dedicate his time to SAAFoST as a representative of the KZN Branch on SAAFoST Council from 2016 – 2017 and contributed to SAAFoST’s Executive Committee as Treasurer and President-Elect from 2017 – 2019.
He has shown great commitment to SAAFoST, to advancing food science and technology and to developing the food industry.
Thank you, James for pledging yourself to industry and to serving SAAFoST’s members. We welcome you and share your vision for the Association.
16-20 August, 2020
Auckland, New Zealand
Established in 1965, The New Zealand Institute of Food Science and Technology Inc. (NZIFST) is New Zealand’s leading professional association representing people working in the food industry, or in related research and teaching, who apply science and technology to the processing, manufacture and distribution of foods.
NZIFST has been an IUFoST adhering body since 1966.
