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...
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Vijay Pravin Maharajan - A Tradable Future
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Vijay Pravin is the Founder & CEO of , a Blockchain Analytics and Forensics company focusing on securing the NFT ecosystem. Living in Munich, Germany for the last 10 years, and originally from India. To date, Vijay has helped raise 6.5M USD from prominent Web3 VCs like Coinbase Ventures, Animoca Brands, Chainlink, Polygon, Crypto.com Capital, Gate.io labs, Hashkey Capital, Borderless Capital, and a few others. bitsCrunch tackles wash trades in the NFT space, provides price estimation of NFTs via oracle, and helps brands protect their IP. They work with , & a...
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Lennox Matsinde - Don’t Miss Out Loyalty in Web3
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Lennox is the CEO & Co-Founder of Satoshi’s Index, a token-gated SaaS platform that automates portfolio management for crypto investors. In addition to this, he leads product initiatives at Starbucks Corp, and is the co-founder of NFT Seattle, the region's first large scale Web3 conference. Lennox on LinkedIn: Lennox on Twitter: Lennox on Instagram: Newsletter: To learn more about Aigora, please visit
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Luiza Carvalho - The Future is Digital
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Luiza is the International Sensory Science Manager at L’Oréal France. She is a Food Engineer with more than 10 years of experience in Sensory and Consumer Science applied mainly in cosmetics, food, and household product categories. She has recently been assigned the Data Steward role, being responsible for Sensory Data Acquisition, Management, and Application To learn more about Aigora, please visit www.aigora.com
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Dr. Garmt Dijksterhuis - The Science of Validity
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Dr. G.B. (Garmt) Dijksterhuis studied experimental psychology and methodology at the University of Utrecht and wrote his Ph.D. dissertation at the department of Data Theory at the University of Leiden, in the Netherlands. He has written or co-authored some 150 publications in sensory and consumer science, statistics and psychology. He is one of the founders of the Sensometric society and was its first president, and is a member of the editorial board of the journals Food Quality and Preference, the Journal of Future Foods, and Frontiers in Psychology/Eating Behavior. He has some 30...
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Carlos Velasco - Looking at the Big Picture
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Carlos Velasco is an associate professor at the Department of Marketing, BI Norwegian Business School (Norway), where he co-founded the Centre for Multisensory Marketing. Carlos received his Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology from Oxford University, after which he worked on a number of postdoctoral and consulting projects in Europe, Asia, and North and South America. His work is situated at the intersection between Psychology, Marketing, and Human-Computer Interaction, and focuses on understanding, and capitalizing on, our multisensory experiences and their guiding principles. He wrote the book...
info_outlineCarlos Velasco is an associate professor at the Department of Marketing, BI Norwegian Business School (Norway), where he co-founded the Centre for Multisensory Marketing. Carlos received his Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology from Oxford University, after which he worked on a number of postdoctoral and consulting projects in Europe, Asia, and North and South America. His work is situated at the intersection between Psychology, Marketing, and Human-Computer Interaction, and focuses on understanding, and capitalizing on, our multisensory experiences and their guiding principles. He wrote the book "Multisensory experiences: Where the senses meet technology" and edited the collection "Multisensory packaging: Designing new product experiences". Carlos has worked with a number of companies from around the world on topics such as multisensory experiences, food and drink, branding, and consumer research.
For more information, visit https://carlosvelasco.info/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/velascop/
Twitter: Carlos Velasco (@velascop) / Twitter
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