Conference CYTED Forum – IBERO S3A Redeal

The CYTED 2026 Meeting (Forum for Dialogue on Sustainability, Food Safety and Food Health in IBERO-AMERICA), to be held in Lisbon from 29 March to 2 April, brings together researchers, public decision-makers, academic institutions and Ibero-American companies to discuss the challenges and opportunities of sustainable food systems, within the framework of public policies, the One Health approach, the Green Deal and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Over the course of five days, the meeting will promote high-level scientific sessions, a keynote session, round tables with companies, workshops focused on knowledge transfer and innovation, as well as an institutional session dedicated to the CYTED Networks, highlighting achieved goals, scientific results and collaborations with the business sector.

The programme also includes B2B and B2Academy networking moments, fostering new partnerships between science, industry and society, and concludes with a technical and cultural visit to Santarém, highlighting the territory, heritage and local agri-food value chains.

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Programme

Day 1 | Sunday, 29 March

Opening Session and Reception

5:00 pm - Reception of Participants

5:30 pm - Opening of the Meeting
IBERO S3A REDEAL
Contextualisation of the FORO CYTED, Ibero-American cooperation and current challenges and opportunities for a virtual network

6:30 pm - Porto de Honra

• Savoury snacks and regional products
• Informal networking moment

Day 2 | Monday, 30 March

9:15 am – Official Opening Session

• Representatives of CYTED / ONCYT / FCT
• Representatives of ECTS, FMV and IPLUSO
• Representatives of DGAV, ASAE/EFSA, DGS and INFARMED

10:00 am - Keynote Session
Moderator Maria do Céu Costa, Portugal
From Farm to Fork: Safe, Sustainable and Healthy Foods
José Costa, Paula Bico - DGAV

11:00 am - Coffee Break

11:30 am - Public Policies, One Health, Green Deal and SDGs
Moderator Paula Bico, Portugal

Scientific Session

• The science within traditional foods Sonia Sáyago Ayerdi - Mexico
• Promoting sustainable plant proteins: improving digestibility and reducing the gap between research and food systems Mauricio Opazo - Chile
• Technological implications of bioactive compounds in bakery products Victoria Salinas - Argentina
• Antimicrobial potential of Ibero-American food plants Valeria Sulsen - Argentina

1:00 pm - Lunch

2:30 pm - Scientific Session II

• Risk–benefit assessment in innovative foods.
  Paula Pereira, Marisa Nicolai - Portugal
• Valorisation of by-products and compounds with potential for health claims.
  Maria Lídia Palma and Rejane Tavares - Portugal/Brazil
• Innovation in natural antioxidants.
  Andrea Gomez-Zavaglia - Argentina

4:00 pm - Coffee Break

4:30 pm |5:45 pm – Round Table / Debate

• Innovative Foods and Sustainability
  Moderator Maria Lídia Palma, Portugal

Live Stream

Day 3 | Tuesday, 31 March

Valorisation, Circular Economy and Cooperation
Moderator Cecília Puppo, Argentina

9:00 am – Scientific Session III

• Food Safety and Health: the role of foods with functional ingredients from Guatemalan biodiversity.
  Sully Velásquez – Guatemala
• Strategic alliances to achieve the SDGs in Honduras and Central America
  Hector Gomez – Honduras
• Nutritional and functional value of Mayan superfoods
  José Alfredo López – Eutropic, Guatemala
• Valorisation of formerfoodstuffs as nutritional sources for animal feed
  José Costa – Portugal

11:00 am – Coffee Break

11:30 am – Thematic Session
EFSA and Food Safety

• Fernando Ramos – Portugal
• Maria do Céu Costa – Portugal
• Cristina Rodrigues – Portugal
• Ana Lima – Portugal

12:30 pm – CYTED Institutional Session
CYTED Networks: Goals, Results, Scientific Advances and Collaborations with Companies
Coordinators of the CYTED Networks

• Redalim-MIC – Valeria Patricia Sülsen
• IBERO-CIRCULAR - Maria Cecilia Puppo
• AlProSos - José Ángel

1:30 pm – Lunch

2:30 pm – Workshop
Innovation for the Sustainability of the Food Value Chain
Moderator Cecilia Puppo – Argentina

• Circular economy: nutritional revalorisation of Argentine plant species with potential antimicrobial activity
  Luis Dyner – Argentina
• From waste generation to revenue generation: circular management in the food industry
  Carolina Correa - Argentina
• Colab4Foods: from the laboratory to the Portuguese market
  André Mota – Portugal

Questions – 10 min

4:00 pm – Coffee Break

4:30 pm – Networking
B2B & B2Academy

4:30 pm – Networking Session
B2B & B2Academy

5:30 pm | 6:30 pm – Formal Creation Session of the Virtual Network for Dialogue on Food and Health (REDEAL) within CYTED

Live Stream

Day 4 | Wednesday, 01 April

Technical and Cultural Visit

• Historical and cultural heritage
• Experiences linked to food production and the territory

Day 5 | Thursday, 02 April

Founding Session of the REDEAL-CYTED Virtual Network:
Strategic Plan, Regulations and Cooperation Model

Live Stream