Event description

Connect with other passionate professionals to ignite new ideas and reinvigorate your work. The 2023 annual meeting technical program will feature 80+ sessions across 10 interest areas for specialists in fats, oils, proteins, surfactants, and related materials – with additional opportunities to learn about hot industry topics and meet with colleagues and leaders in the space. Over this two and a half day program you will have easy access to hundreds of presentations and posters from chemists, engineers, technologists, nutritionists, and researchers like you from around the world — including unique multidisciplinary sessions that bring together multiple interest areas to find solutions to shared problems.

With exclusive opportunities to network with science-minded academic and industry professionals, you will leave refreshed and ready to take on new challenges in your work.

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700 14th St
Denver, California 80202 United States
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