Austrian Food Chemistry Days 2026

The program is now available for download [click!]. 

Austrian Food Chemistry Days 2026

Dear colleagues, we are pleased to announce the Austrian Food Chemistry Days 2026! The Austrian Food Chemistry Days provide a platform for food chemists, food analysts, food toxicologists, food technologists, and nutrition scientists from academia, control authorities, and industry to present and discuss cutting-edge research in the field of food chemistry.

The conference will cover all aspects of food chemistry, offering insights into current research activities in the area of food quality, food safety, food authenticity, food toxicology; food ingredients, food additives and food contaminants. Topics will also include biomonitoring and exposure assessment, food allergens, food processing; food contact materials, food flavour and sensory properties; food microbiology and food analysis.

The official language of the meeting will be English in order to encourage the participation of non-German-speaking colleagues, especially PhD students and postdoctoral researchers.

The P.B. Czedik-Eysenberg Award 2026 will be presented during the conference. The awardee will be invited to present their work on this occasion. The call for the P.B. Czedik-Eysenberg Award 2026 is now open:
https://www.goech.at/foerderungen-preise/p.b.-czedik-eysenberg-preis

We cordially invite you to join us – please save the date! Wednesday, April 8 – Friday, April 10, 2026

Barbara Siegmund
Symposium Chairs

Contact:
Barbara Siegmund, TU Graz
barbara.siegmund@tugraz.at

Venue:

Graz University of Technology, New Campus
Hörsaal Santner (HS H)
Kopernikusgasse 24, Erdgeschoss, 8010 Graz

The lecture hall „Hörsaal Santner (HS H) is located in the inner court of this part of the New Campus of TU Graz. The address is Kopernikusgasse 24; however, the inner court can be accessed via Brockmanngasse, Stremayrgasse and also from the small plaza in front of the Chemistry building (please see the blue arrows on the map). Signs will be placed close to each entrance to guide you to the conference location.  

If you use public transportation, take tram line 6 to the stop “Neue Technik”, which is only a few meters from the conference venue.

Abstract Submission:

The deadlines for the submission of contributions has ended.

Preliminary Schedule:

The conference will begin on Wednesday early afternoon and conclude on Friday before lunch.

Wednesday, April 8, 2026

12:00 Registration

13:00 Start of the conference

18:00 Get-Together @ TU Graz

Thursday, April 9, 2026:

9:00 Start of Scientific Program

19:00 Conference Dinner, venue TBA

Friday, April 10, 2026

9:00 Start of Scientific Program

13:00 Conference Closure

After the conference, there will be an opportunity to take part in a free guided tour of Graz city centre (UNESCO World Heritage Site). The tour will start at 2 p.m. at Graz University of Technology and last approximately 1.5 hours. It will end in Graz city centre.

Participation is free of charge. However, advance registration is required (manuela.eberl@tugraz.at).

Keynote Speaker/Lectures:

• Margit Cichna-Markl, Univ. Vienna & Stefanie Dobrovolny, AGES: Authenticity of Honey
• Karin Gromann, Federal Ministry - Labour, Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection: Microplastics in the Food Chain: More Than Just a Physical Contaminant
• Thomas Henle, TU Dresden: More than one century of Maillard Reaction – is there anything left to explore?
• Andrea Hochegger, TU Graz: Food Packaging material – Risk Assessment of Recycled Polyolefins
• Doris Marko, Univ. Vienna: Emerging Mycotoxins in Food
• Marc Pignitter: Next-Generation Frying Oils: From Optimized Plant Oils to Novel Insect Lipids
• Michael Sulyok, BOKU Vienna, Mycotoxins in vegan meat substitutes
• Wisnu Adi Wixaksono, TU Graz, The microbiome of vegetables and fruits and its potential health implications

Conference Chair:

Barbara SIEGMUND (Graz University of Technology)

Local Organizing Committee:

Barbara Siegmund, Andrea Hochegger, Erich Leitner (Graz University of Technology)

Scientific Committee:

Margit CICHNA-MARKL (UNIVIE)

Karin GROMANN (AGES)

Doris MARKO (UNIVIE)

Stefan PAIREDER (Federal Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection)

Marc PIGNITTER (UNIVIE)

Ebrahim RAZZAZI-FAZELI (VetMed University)

Matthias SCHREINER (BOKU)

Klaus RIEDIGER (AGES)

Barbara SIEGMUND (Graz University of Technology)

Veronika SOMOZA (UNIVIE)

Fritz SÖVEGJARTO (AGES)

Elisabeth VARGA (VetMed University)

Benedikt WARTH (UNIVIE)

Sponsoring:

All information regarding sponsoring opportunities can be found here [click].
We are looking forward to welcome you at our event!