Welcome to FOODOPS 2023!

Dear Sir/Madam,

innovations and improvements are required to react quickly to the new trends of the global economy. Over the years, Modeling & Simulation (M&S) has proved to be one of the most effective, beneficial and successful methodologies to investigate and study complex systems belonging to various sectors/areas. Nevertheless, to take full advantage of this technology there are relevant issues that keep challenging the researchers towards even more advanced solutions and approaches where emerging and cutting-edge technologies are absorbed into. M&S is widely and successfully applied in many application domains, ranging from industry to social sciences, from logistics to military, from energy to healthcare; in this sense M&S provides a multidisciplinary perspective where theory and data from different fields can be used to build models and simulations that provide insights in to the system considered.

The 2023 International Food Operations and Processing Simulation Workshop (FOODOPS) will be a platform for knowledge exchange, the review and discussion of theoretical advances, research results, and industrial experiences, among scientists, researchers, decision makers, practitioners and students dealing with the topics under the umbrella of multidisciplinary modeling & simulation.

Therefore, we would like to kindly invite you to take an active part in this conference and in the co-located events that will be held at Athens, Greece on September 18-20, 2023 and explore with us the latest news, views and developments in the exciting world of multidisciplinary modeling & simulation.

Sincerely,

I3M 2023 Organization Committee

Topics & Tracks

Authors are kindly invited to include in their papers and presentations all the research works, case studies and application both theoretical and applied. Topics of interests include the following topics, however different ones concerning Modeling & Simulation in Industry are welcome.

  • Topics
  • Food processes modeling and simulation
  • Advanced models and applications for food production, distribution and traceability
  • Food Supply Chain and cold supply chain management
  • Economic, social, business and environmental challenges in food supply chains
  • Inventory management for food, beverage and perishable products
  • Decision support systems applications in food production and distribution
  • Greening the supply chain and environmental sustainability
  • Simulation optimization approaches in food processing and distribution
  • Production systems design in food industry
  • Design and production of novel foods
  • Design and operation of food processes, plant and equipment
  • Economics of food engineering
  • Shelf-life

Tracks

An Open Track addresses specific, well-defined subjects and has no upper limit on the number of papers that can be submitted to it. Contributions to open tracks can be either regular papers or short papers (min 3 pages length) and they will appear in the conference proceedings. The organizer(s) of an Open Track will be inviting contributions but the tracks are open to everyone is willing to contribute. If at least 4 papers are submitted to the track, one (or more) Invited Sessions, including those papers, will be part of the conference program.

Chair: Marco Better

Affiliation: OptTek Systems (US)

Track Description: The track focuses on methodologies and technologies Liquid Food Processing including Modeling & Simulation based approaches. Researcher are invited to submit original articles on the following topics (additional topics related to liquid food processing are also welcome):

  • Liquid food processing
  • Heat transfer
  • Mathematical modelling
  • Physical modelling
  • Dynamic modelling and simulation
  • Process dynamics
  • Liquid food transition
  • Modelling in Modelica
  • Liquid food plant production scheduling
Please be sure to select “Liquid Food Processing” as main topic during the submission.

Chair: Michel Havet

Affiliation: GEPEA (France)

Track Description: The track focuses on methodologies and technologies Liquid Food Processing including Modeling & Simulation based approaches.

Researcher are invited to submit original articles on the following topics (additional topics related to liquid food processing are also welcome):
  • Modelling of thermal unit operations in food (Heating, Drying, Cooking, Refrigeration, Chilling, Freezing, etc.)
  • Modelling of mechanical unit operations in food (Mixing, Separation, Emulsification, etc.)
  • Specific emphasize on Multiphysics (Microwave thawing, pasteurization, Radiofrequency heating, etc.)
  • CFD analysis.
  • Kinetics modelling.
  • Automation and process control.
Please be sure to select “Modelling & Simulation of Food Processing” as main topic during the submission.

Chair: Mustafa Tahsin Yilmaz

Affiliation: Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi (Turkey)

Track Description: The track focuses on methodologies and technologies on Liquid, Semi-solid and Solid Food Processing including Modeling & Simulation based approaches.Researcher are invited to submit original articles on the following topics (additional topics related to liquid food processing are also welcome):

  • Creep and recovery properties of visco-elastic foods.
  • Time-dependent fluids.
  • Non-linear (Fourier Transform) rheology.
  • Development of fitting simulation models describing the fluid behavior of fluid and semi-solid and foods.
  • Use of non-linear simulation models describing textural properties of solid foods.
  • Inference from big data (Mathematical modeling and analysis of big size of data from multiple factorial experimental design).
Please be sure to select “Modelling and Simulation of Physical Properties of Foods” as main topic during the submission.

Chair: Giuseppe Vignali

Affiliation: Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Parma (Italy)

Track Description: The track focuses on methodologies and technologies Liquid Food Processing including Modeling & Simulation based approaches. Researcher are invited to submit original articles on the following topics (additional topics related to liquid food processing are also welcome):

  1. Environmental assessment of Food processes
    • Life Cycle Assessment of agriculture production, food processing and packaging
    • Evaluation of sustainability in food transport
    • Environment impact of food waste and novel methodologies to reduce its impact
  2. Economical evaluation of food processes
    • Modelling of economic saving associated to new food processing and packaging
    • Economical assessment of new food formulation
    • Economical evaluation of active and intelligent packaging applied in the food sector
  3. Social aspect of food processes and nutrition
    • Modelling of food demand and distribution around the world
    • Simulation of nutrition models able to satisfy the population request
    • Reduction of food waste along the whole food supply chain
Please be sure to select “Sustainability of Food Processes” as main topic during the submission.

Chair: Ruben Mercade Prieto

Affiliation: College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science of Soochow University (China)

Track Description: The track focuses on Modelling and simulation of food fouling and cleaning techniques. Researcher are invited to submit original articles on this topic but also similar topics are welcome.

Please be sure to select “Modelling and simulation of food fouling and cleaning techniques” as main topic during the submission.

Co-chairs: (a)Emilio Jimenez, (b)Giovanni Mirabelli , (b)Vittorio Solina

Affiliation: (a)Universidad de La Rioja (Spain), (b)University of Calabria (Italy)

Track Description: The recent Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the fragility of global and local agri-food supply chains. Innovative approaches are needed to improve the sustainability and resilience of food systems. This track aims to collect scientific contributions regarding the use of the Modeling & Simulation (M&S) paradigm to support the management of agri-food supply chains.
Researchers are invited to submit original articles on the following topics:
– M&S for supply chain network design
– Novel approaches for agri-food logistics
– Methodologies for inventory optimization
– M&S for food waste minimization
– Sustainability and resilience of agri-food systems
– Simulation-based strategies for facing COVID-like crises  

Please be sure to select “Modeling & Simulation for agri-food supply chain management” as the main topic during the submission.

Submit an Open Track Proposal

Are you willing to propose an open track and collect papers focusing on a specific subject? Fill the form and send it to f.longo@unical.it and massei@itim.unige.it.

Key Dates

Paper Submission Deadlines

  • Special Session/Open Track Proposal Closure: April 15th, 2023
  • Draft Paper Submission Deadline: April 15th, 2023 May 31st, 2023
  • Notification of Acceptance & Review Reports: June 15th, 2023 June 15th, 2023
  • Camera-ready Paper Submission Deadline: Jualy 15th, 2023 July 15th, 2023

Registration Deadlines

  • Early Bird Registration Closure: July 1st, 2023
  • Late Registration Closure: September 10th, 2023

Committees

FOODOPS 2023 Organization Board

Giuseppe Vignali

FOODOPS General Co-Chair
University of Parma, Italy

Francesco Longo

FOODOPS General Co-Chair
University of Calabria, Italy

Vittorio Solina

FOODOPS Program Chair
University of Calabria, Italy

FOODOPS 2023 Co-organzing Scientific Partner








SMALLDERS project

FOODOPS 2023 is co-organized by the consortium of the SMALLDERS Project (Smart Models for Agrifood Local vaLue chain based on Digital technologies for Enabling COVID-19 Resilience and Sustainability), co-funded by the PRIMA Program–Section 2 Call multi-topics 2021.
The project is carried out by a consortium of 5 partners including University of Calabria (Italy), University of Parma (Italy), IMT Mines Ales (France), Extremadura University (Spain) and University of Tunis (Tunisia).
The overall objective of the SMALLDERS project is to carry out basic research as well as industrial research and development activities with the aim of identifying a framework that involves innovative strategies, methodologies, technologies and business models to increase the resilience of small-scale farms in the Mediterranean area, to effectively and efficiently face unexpected and disruptive events such as the COVID-19 pandemic.

FOODOPS 2023 Organization Staff

Agostino G. Bruzzone – University of Genoa, Italy

Alessandro Chiurco – DIMEG, University of Calabria, Italy

Virginia D’Augusta – DIMEG, University of Calabria, Italy

Jessica Frangella – DIMEG, University of Calabria, Italy

Caterina Fusto – DIMEG, University of Calabria, Italy

Lucia Gazzaneo – DIMEG, University of Calabria, Italy

Luca Giansiracusa – CAL-TEK S.r.l., Italy

Francesco Longo – University of Calabria, Italy
Antonio Cimino, University of Salento, Italy

Marina Massei – Liophant Simulation, Italy

Letizia Nicoletti – CAL-TEK S.r.l., Italy

Mohaiad Osman Elbasheer – MSC-LES, University of Calabria, Italy

Vittorio Solina – University of Calabria, Italy

Antonio Padovano – University of Calabria, Italy

Cataldo Russo – CAL-TEK S.r.l., Italy

Simone Talarico – DIMEG, University of Calabria, Italy

Marco Vetrano – CAL-TEK S.r.l., Italy

Kirill Sinelshchikov – Simulation Team, Italy

FOODOPS 2023 International Program Committee

Marco Better – Opttek Systems, USA

Eleonora Bottani – University of Parma, Italy

Agostino G. Bruzzone – University of Genoa, Italy

Michel Havet – Gepea Research Unit, France

Francesco Longo – University of Calabria, Italy

Marina Massei – Liophant Simulation, Italy

Ruben Mercade Prieto – Soochow University, China

Yuri Merkuryev – Riga Technical University, Latvia

Roberto Montanari – University of Parma, Italy

Letizia Nicoletti – Cal-Tek Srl, Italy

Vittorio Solina – University of Calabria, Italy

Antonio Padovano – University of Calabria, Italy

Mohaiad Osman Elbasheer – MSC-LES, University of Calabria, Italy

Miquel Angel Piera – Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain

Stefano Saetta – University of Perugia, Italy

Giuseppe Vignali – University of Parma, Italy

Mustafa Tahsin Yilmaz – Yildiz Teknik Üniversitesi, Turkey
Antonio Cimino, University of Salento, Italy

Get on board the team now!

Are you willing to join the Organization Committee or the International Program Committee? Discover the benefits and opportunities now and submit your proposal. Please feel free to contact f.longo@unical.it; massei@itim.unige.it

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