Maame Yaakwaah Blay Adjei - From Wine to Wisdom: a Flavourful Career in Food Science
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Dr. Maame Yaakwah Blay Adjei, a leader in food science and sensory evaluation. She is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Ghana, and lead consultant at Sentinel Foods, PAMP Ghana Ltd, Ghana - contributing significantly to food science research and education in Africa. With over 20 years of experience across both academic and industry sectors, Dr. Maame Yaakwah Blay Adjei has worked in various organizations, including Charles Sturt University in Australia, GlaxoSmithKline, and Leatherhead Food Research, both in the UK. She believes that...
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Beatrice Blay - From Sensory Insights to AI: A Ghanaian Food Scientist’s Journey
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Beatrice Boakyewaa Blay is a Ghanaian-based Food Technologist with a Bachelor's degree in Biochemistry and a Master's degree in Food Science currently working as a Research & Development Technologist with a focus in New Product Development, Recipe Renovation, and Packaging Development. She's passionate about all things food and is interested in expanding her scope in the areas of Flavour Science, Sensory Science, and Artificial Intelligence in the Food and Beverage Manufacturing Space. Beatrice Blay on LinkedIn: To learn more about Aigora, please visit...
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Cristhiam Gurdian Curran - Insects, Insights, and Innovation
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Cristhiam joined Procter & Gamble Beauty Consumer Measurement Sciences group about 1 year ago as a Sensory Scientist for the Skin Care Category. Before joining P&G Cristhiam worked in product research, sensory science, and quality control within the U.S. and Nicaraguan food industries in addition to post-graduate internships in food engineering and packaging, human nutrition, and research and development at Louisiana State University, Texas A&M, and Ventura Foods. Cristhiam obtained her MS & PhD degrees in Nutrition and Food Sciences with a Minor in...
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Gie Liem - Sensory Stories from Down Under: Innovation Realities & Cultivated Meat Mysteries
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Gie Liem is an associate professor in sensory and consumer science at Deakin University, CASS Food Research Centre in Melbourne Australia. He previously worked at the Monell Chemical Center in Philadelphia (USA) and Wageningen University and Unilever R&D (the Netherlands). His research is focused on sensory marketing and drivers of consumer food choice. He is part of the editorial board of Food Quality and Preference and an executive editor of the journal Appetite. Gie Liem's email: Gie Liem's Podcast: To learn more about Aigora, please visit www.aigora.com
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Liesbeth Zandstra - Making Healthy Habits Irresistible
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Liesbeth Zandstra is Science Leader Consumer Science at Unilever Foods Innovation Centre Wageningen and professor of Food Reward and Behaviour at Wageningen University and Research (The Netherlands). Her main research focuses on scientific challenges to find new ways to make the healthy and sustainable choice the easy and preferred choice. She is particularly interested in psychophysiological and behavioral effects of foods as well as new methodologies for better understanding sensory perception and consumer behaviour. The consumer voice is at the heart of all the work she...
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Michael Hautus - The Symphony of Sensory Psychophysics
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Michael Hautus is an internationally recognized expert in quantitative and experimental psychology. As a professor at the University of Auckland School of Psychology, he specializes in sensory and perceptual systems research, cognitive modelling, and analyzing detection and discrimination judgments. With over 100 publications, Professor Hautus has also contributed to research in sensory evaluation, auditory neuroscience, pain research, human memory, and decision science. His highly-cited works include the 3rd edition of Detection Theory: A User's Guide and the specialized software SDT...
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Tzvi Wiesel - Blockchain Barrels: How I “Tokenize” Whiskies
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Tzvi Wiesel is an experienced whisky investor and trader, focused on fine and rare bottles and casks. He is the Founder and CEO of BAXUS, a marketplace for trading high-end wine and spirits, powered by blockchain technology. Tzvi got his start in the spirits industry initially by accident, when he was staffed as a production assistant. He quickly became fascinated by the expansive whiskey collections. He launched his own whiskey fund on his own while at school at Columbia University where he met Carrie, his current business partner. Tzvi is currently Head of Fine & Rare bottles for...
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Dr. Parvaneh Parvin - Spice it up with Tech
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Parvaneh Parvin is a tech-savvy problem solver with a flair for all things culinary. She studied Digital Humanities and Computer Science at the University of Pisa in Italy, where she also earned her PhD in her research into Just-in-time health feedback systems for older adults with mild cognitive impairments. But she didn't stop at algorithms and data; her deep passion for food steered her on a different path. Pari’s journey into the world of food technology began when she joined Wageningen University & Research. Today, as a postdoc researcher within the Health and...
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Julia Christiane Sick - Emotions, Traits, and Tiny Taste Testers
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Julia has recently joined SAM Sensory and Consumer Research as Research Manager, Germany. Before joining SAM, Julia graduated with a doctoral degree in Food Science & Technology from the University of Florence. Her research focused on the role of emotions, personality traits, and sensory sensitivity in children’s food preferences as part of the EU-funded project “Edulia - Bringing down barriers to children’s healthy eating”. Julia holds a master’s degree in Human Nutrition and worked as a research assistant at the Department of Design & Consumer Behavior...
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Gern Huijberts - Stay Curious and Be Brave
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Gern Huijberts is the global innovation portfolio manager at Cargill, with responsibility for businesses in Europe, the US, Brazil, West-Africa, and Asia-Pacific. In this position, he manages the global quality organization for food safety, quality assurance and quality control as well as regulatory affairs. In previous roles, he has worked at international food companies like Heineken, H.J. Heinz, and FrieslandCampina, in the fields of Research & Development and Quality Assurance. Throughout his career, he has always had a keen interest in sensory analyses, both as an active...
info_outlineAs President/Owner of Storlietelling Jean uses story-based techniques to design and facilitate highly engaging strategic planning, innovation, and team-building sessions. She also runs training programs in business storytelling skills for clients that span boutique consulting firms to Fortune 500 companies across a range of industries. Jean has facilitated innovation in consumer packaged goods, supplier, and direct marketing companies, focusing on building their innovation pipelines. She worked at General Mills for over a decade, where her knack for distilling complex content into compelling communications helped business teams drive business growth for consumer brands like Cheerios and Yoplait. As a child, she loved reading books, playing dress-up, and solving puzzles, foreshadowing the work she does now-solving problems with stories.
Mimi is the leader of Global Strategic Insights for IFF Nourish. She is responsible for inspiring and motivating creative teams by bringing actionable insights to life and facilitating end-to-end innovation. Prior to this, Mimi was the Principal and Owner of Sherlock Creative Thinking, a creativity and innovation consultancy that served a variety of clients and industries across the globe. Through her highly engaging and experiential approach, Mimi helped business teams in companies like Visa, L'Oreal, and Nestle crack the code on gnarly problems . . . and enjoy the process. She has been a leader and facilitation trainer for the Creative Problem Solving Institute for close to thirty years. As a natural ideator, if you give Mimi a challenge she's likely to spew out twenty-five ideas in under five minutes.
Jean Storlie on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeanstorlie/
Mimi Sherlock on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mimisherlock
Storlietelling.com: https://storlietelling.com/
Book website: https://onceuponinnovation.com/
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