The 1st Edition of the international conference on FNSSA is organized by the Agro-Food Industries Alliance (funded by Academy of Scientific Research and Technology in Egypt), World Food Program, the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport (AASTMT, Alexandria), Alexandria University, Egypt, and IEREK – International Experts for Research Enrichment and Knowledge Exchange in collaboration with Springer as a publishing partner.

To take place in Cairo from 1 to 3 December of 2019, the conference will be an opportunity to present and discuss the newest researches related to food, nutrition and sustainable agriculture as well as to shed light on their relationships with the industry. The scientific committee welcomes contributions from academics, researchers and interested participants. 

Aim and Scope of FNSSA 2019

The conference will focus on the recent trends and discoveries in the area of functional foods, nutraceuticals, food safety, food security, sustainable agriculture, and agro-food engineering and technology.

It will offer a unique opportunity for researchers in academia and private sector, youthful scientists across the globe, experts, founders, CEOs’, SMEs, industrials, and business delegates to meet, network and publish the latest results and advances in the field. This exchange of knowledge will provide researchers, practitioners, educators, and investors with the most recent innovations, trends, and challenges in the field while presenting solutions to achieving food security and a sustainable agricultural development.

The selected contributions from this conference will be published in Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation (ASTI), a book series by Springer. Moreover, authors of the best papers will be invited after the conference to submit an extended version of their papers for publication in special issues of a number of indexed journals by Springer.

• 1. Food and Nutrition

  1.1 Role of Functional Foods in Disease Prevention

  1.2 Nutraceuticals

  1.3 Functional Foods & Dietary Supplement

  1.4 Medical and Aromatic Plant

• 2. Food Safety and Control

  2.1 Food Preservation

  2.2 Bio-Preservation

  2.3 Quality Control & Sanitation

• 3. Industry 4.0 for Agro-Food Industry development

  3.1 Automation and data exchange

  3.2 Smart Packaging

  3.3 Robotics in Food Science and Agriculture

  3.4 Agricultural machinery

  3.5 Food and Bioprocess Technology

  3.6 Dairy Technology

  3.7 Food Additives

• 4. Agro-Food Business and Food security

  4.1 Job creation / start-up

  4.2 SMEs role in Agro-Food Industries Sector

  4.3 Agro-Food Economics

  4.4 Food Industry Management

  4.5 Food Security and poverty fighting

  4.6 Agro-Food / Nutrition Alliance/Cluster

  4.7 Agro-Food Global Investment

• 5. Water, Food & Energy

  5.1 Water & Energy management

  5.2 Agro-Food waste management

  5.3 Energy and Agro-Food Industries Sector

• 6. Sustainable Agriculture

  6.1 Farming and Innovative Technologies

  6.2 Postharvest Physiology & Technology

  6.3 Organic Farming and Biological Control

  6.4 Efficient crop production

  6.5 Greenhouse & Horticulture

  6.6 Application of fertilizers & pesticides

  6.7 Animal and plant nutrition

  6.8 Horticultural produce marketing and value chains

More keynote speakers covering each track will be announced soon. If you are interested to present your newest research, please click on “Become a speaker”.

Track 1. Food and Nutrition

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Track 2. Food Safety and Control

Track 3. Industry 4.0 for Agro-Food Industry development

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Track 4. Agro-Food Business and Food security

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Track 5. Water, Food & Energy

Track 6. Sustainable Agriculture

Track 1. Food & Nutrition

Track 2. Food Safety and Control

Track 3. Industry 4.0 for Agro-Food Industry Development

Track 4. Agro-Food Business and Food Security

Track 5. Water, Food & Energy

Track 6. Sustainable Agriculture

Steering Committee

Local Organizing Team

Edited Volume in Springer/IEREK ASTI Book Series:

The conference proceedings will be published after the conference through the book series "Advances in Science, Technology and Innovation" (ASTI) by Springer.

All authors will be invited on 10 January 2020 to start submitting an extended version of their accepted and presented abstracts before 10 February 2020. Papers will go through a peer review process of two/three rounds. The proceedings will appear online before 30 June 2020. ASTI book series has been submitted for evaluating its indexation by Scopus. If accepted, all the FNSSA proceedings will be indexed in Scopus.    

Special Issues or Topical Collections:

Authors of the best abstracts presented at the conference will be invited on 10 January 2020 to start submitting an extended version of their accepted and presented abstracts before 10 February 2020. Selected papers will have the chance to be published in a special issue/topical collection of one of the following journals.

• 3Biotech (Springer)

Impact Factor : 1.8

Indexed in : Web of Science SCIE, PubMed and Scopus

• Euro-Mediterranean Journal for Environmental Integration (Springer)

Indexed in : Web of Science ESCI

• Earth Systems and Environment (Springer)

Indexed in : Web of Science ESCI and Scopus

• Arabian Journal of Geosciences (Springer)

Impact Factor : 1.15

Indexed in : Web of Science ESCI and Scopus

• SN Applied Sciences (Springer)

Indexed in : Google Scholar, EBSCO Discovery Service, OCLC WorldCat Discovery Service, ProQuest-ExLibris Primo, ProQuest-ExLibris Summon

• Applied Water Science (Springer)

Indexed in : Web of Science ESCI and Scopus

• International Journal of Sustainable Agricultural Management and Informatics (Inderscience Publishers)

Indexed in : AGRICOLA and Scopus

More partnered journals will be announced soon. 

To be annonced soon...

Advances in Science, Technology and Innovation (ASTI) Book Series
IEREK Series for Interdisciplinary Studies

Springer:

- On 10 May 1842 (his 25th birthday), Julius Springer founded his bookstore and publishing house in Berlin, laying the foundation for today’s company.

- After 175 dynamic years, the name Springer stands for a globally active publisher dedicated to the advancement of science, putting its authors and editors at the heart of the company’s publishing activities.

- Springer is a leading global scientific, technical and medical portfolio, providing researchers in academia, scientific institutions and corporate R&D departments with quality content through innovative information, products and services.

- Springer has one of the strongest STM and HSS eBook collections and archives, as well as a comprehensive range of hybrid and open access journals.

- Springer is part of Springer Nature, a global publisher that serves and supports the research community. Springer Nature aims to advance discovery by publishing robust and insightful science, supporting the development of new areas of research and making ideas and knowledge accessible around the world.

- As part of Springer Nature, Springer sits alongside other trusted brands like Nature Research, BioMed Central, and Palgrave Macmillan.

About the ASTI Series:

Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation (ASTI) is a series of peer-reviewed books based on the best studies on emerging research that redefines existing disciplinary boundaries in science, technology, and innovation (STI) in order to develop integrated concepts for sustainable development. The series is mainly based on the best research papers from various IEREK and other international conferences or direct submissions and is intended to promote the creation and development of viable solutions for a sustainable future and a positive societal transformation with the help of integrated and innovative science-based approaches. Offering interdisciplinary coverage, the series presents innovative approaches and highlights how they can best support both the economic and sustainable development for the welfare of all societies. In particular, the series includes conceptual and empirical contributions from different interrelated fields of science, technology, and innovation that focus on providing practical solutions to ensure food, water, and energy security. It also presents new case studies offering concrete examples of how to resolve sustainable urbanization and environmental issues. The series is addressed to professionals in research and teaching, consultancies and industry, and government and international organizations. Published in collaboration with Springer, the IEREK Interdisciplinary Series for Sustainable Development will acquaint readers with essential new studies in STI for sustainable development.

Publication in ASTI:

Publishing your paper with a reputable and renowned publisher is necessary to maintain the high quality standards of the scientific publication process. It is even more advantageous to increase the exposure of your paper to the rest of the scientific community worldwide either online, offline, or in both versions.

All papers presented in the 1st FNSSA are to be published in the proceedings book should obey to these rules:

- Fee for handling the paper (from submission to final decision) during the revision process: 200$ (nonrefundable)

- Fees for publishing once the paper is accepted and approved for publication in ASTI: 200$

Note: The same fees (handling + publising) apply for publishing papers in the special issues of the conference.

Click on the below image to learn more about the editors os the ASTI series

• IFNET: "Innovation for Food NETwork" (IFNET) will act as an innovation support service to enhance dialogue among research institutions, industry, society representatives (NGOs), venture capital organizations and investors’ groups. This network will help different actors “to get together” in order to keep dialogue, exchange and share knowledge and initiatives.

To get the IFNET membership, you can send a request to fill an application form of IFNET to the following email:  elsaadany@food-conference.org

Grand Nile Tower (Grand Hayat), Cairo

Address: Corniche El Nil, Garden City, Cairo, Egypt.

Please note that the conference fees does not include accomodation.

More on accommodation will be annonced soon...

Egypt is a spectacularly beautiful country filled with cultural gems.  A country will be lucky enough to experience and check off your bucket list. Cairo is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in Africa, with a name that means "the victorious city." It is located on both banks of the River Nile near the head of the river's delta in northern Egypt and has been settled for more than 6,000 years, serving as the capital of numerous Egyptian kingdoms. Cairo is known locally as "Misr," which is the Arabic name for Egypt, because of its centrality to Egyptian life.

The following are some suggestions of places to visit while you are in Cairo, Egypt.

1. Pyramids of Giza & Sphinx

Visiting the most ancient of the Seven Wonders of the World (and the only wonder that survived the ages) should be on every bucket list. For me, it certainly was a dream come true.

you really have to visit the Sphinx as well. It marks the entrance to an ancient mortuary temple and many myths are told about its construction. Some claim it’s over 10,000 years old, while others believe it was built by the Pharao of the second pyramid, Khafra, around 2,500 BC. As I am no Egyptologist, I stuck to admiring the ancient landmark.

2. Egyptian Museum

There is no place in the world where you will find more artifacts from ancient Egypt than in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. Located right on the famous Tahrir Square the colonial building houses the golden hoard from the tomb of Tutankhamun and so many other old Egyptian artifacts.

3. Khan el-Khalili (shopping quarter)

There is no finer place to go shopping than the Khan el-Kahlili district in the historic center of Islamic Cairo. It is not only incredibly pretty with all its mosques and ancient arches, it’s also a buzzing area with souvenir shops, restaurants, street cafes and quite a history. For me, it’s one of the most fun things to do in Cairo at night.

4. Cairo Citadel

Considerably younger, but still a must-see in Cairo is the Cairo Citadel sitting on the hills on the east side of the Nile. It once served as a fortress and now houses a couple of beautiful mosques and the National Military Museum of Egypt.

our first and foremost reason to go there should be visiting the Mosque of Muhammad Ali (not the boxer!) or Alabaster Mosque how it is often called. It’s the grandest sacred building in the city and quite the iconic sight.

Conference Audience

The Conference brings together public sector, policy makers, local authorities, SMEs, companies, NGOs and entrepreneurs, academic institutions, including universities, research centers, and publishers.

On other hand, representatives of regional and international universities, companies and associations will attend the conference.

SPONSORSHIP

Key components of the sponsorship packages available at FNSSA 2019 are the active marketing and branding opportunities for both your company and the products you promote - these are detailed in the accompanying Sponsorship Benefits Grid.

SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AND BENEFITS

* All prices are in USD or the equivalent in any currency.

To apply for sponsorship please email the completed form with your company's artwork to: info.agfa@alexu.edu.eg or elsaadany12@yahoo.com 

EXHIBITION STANDS

We invite you to be part of this event and hereby offer you the opportunity to become an exhibitor at FNSSA 2019. Exhibitions are more about relationship-building than selling a product; they are the most explicit form of direct marketing.

Exhibitions have a number of advantages over other media. They are powerful tools for:

- Bringing your customers and most active prospects to you

- Allowing you to meet your market face-to-face

- Allowing you to demonstrate products, answer questions and overcome objections

- Using all five senses to communicate a message

- Representing the marketplace in one place and time, bringing together suppliers, buyers, purchase influencers, consultants and media

Exhibition Opportunities:

SCHEME 2M X 3M STAND

• Your company name with Logo
• 1 x plug point
• 2 x spotlights
• 2 x chairs
• 1 x table
• 2 x exhibitor passes

* All prices are in USD or the equivalent in any currency.

Payment information:

You will receive an invoice by Arab Academy for science, Technology and Maritime Transport.

To book your sponsorship to our event conference, please send the sponsorship form to: info.agfa@alexu.edu.eg or elsaadany12@yahoo.com 

You will then receive an e-mail confirming your reservation, the related invoice, and all information needed to proceed with payment. Your booking will be final only upon receipt of payment of the invoice.

This alliance is funded by the Academy of Scientific Research and Technology under the “Egypt Research and Technology Alliances (EG-KTA) Program”