Montse Núnez,
conference chair, IRTA
Researcher at IRTA's Sustainability in Biosystems Research Program and Ramon y Cajal fellow. Montse's research focuses on furthering quantitative environmental footprint methods and on applying life cycle-based approaches to evaluate and improve the sustainability of agri-food systems along their value chains
Marta Ruiz-Colmenero,
IRTA
Researcher at IRTA's Sustainability in Biosystems Research Program since 2020. Marta is an expert in the application of LCA to food products and agrosystems.
She is interested in quantifying and improving the environmental impact of agricultural management practices.
Ralph K. Rosenbaum,
IRTA
Head of IRTA’s Sustainability in Biosystems Research Program and researcher focusing on practical decision support via LCA and methodological improvement of quantitative methods for environmental sustainability assessment
Alba Bala,
UNESCO Chair in Life Cycle and Climate Change ESCI-UPF.
Executive Director of the UNESCO Chair in Life Cycle and Climate Change at ESCI-UPF and Academic Director and lecturer for the Master's Degree in Sustainability Management, a collaborative program between ESCI-UPF and BSM-UPF. Her expertise lies in Life Cycle Assessment, Eco-design, and Circular Economy. Alba is currently focusing on integrating various life cycle approach methodologies to conduct comprehensive Sustainability Assessments.
Almudena Hospido,
Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
Professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering of the Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Member of the Environmental Biotechnology Group and the Centre for cross-Research in Environmental Technologies - CRETUS. More than 20 years of experience in the development and application of life cycle based tools for decision-making support in several productive sectors
Neus Sanjuan,
Institute of Food Engineering – FoodUPV. Universitat Politècnica de València
Professor of Food Technology. Neus is responsible for the research line "Assessment of environmental footprint and Sustainability of agri-food systems”, where they delve into methodological aspects derived from the application of LCA to those systems, as well as multicriteria methodologies for sustainability assessment.
Saioa Ramos,
AZTI, Food Research, Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA)
Saioa has experience in the application of the Environmental Footprint in the food sector to identify potential improvement stretagies and reduce environmental impacts. Her work is also focused on the development of ad-hoc multicriteria tools for the implementation, calculation, verification and effective communication of the environmental footprint of food products
Mariluz Latorre,
University of Barcelona
Associate professor in the Department of Nutrition, Food Science and Gastronomy. Food and Nutrition Torribera Campus. University of Barcelona.
She belongs to the consolidated research group “Food Bioactive Compounds”. Her research mainly focuses on the study of bioactive amines in food. In recent years, she has also been dedicated to study new strategies to improve the safety and quality of fermented products through the revalorization of vegetable by-products of the food industry
Carmen Vidal-Carou,
University of Barcelona
Prof. Dr. M. Carmen Vidal Carou leads the consolidated research group "Food Bioactive Compounds". She has an extensive experience in the study of bioactive compounds in food and its effects on health, food quality and food safety. Her current focus is the reuse of plant by-products from the agri-food industry for safer and more environmentally friendly foods. She develops methodologies to integrate nutritional parameters into the assessment of environmental impacts along food value chains and is actively engaged in social studies on food knowledge and perceptions.