The 42nd Annual AIFST Convention
held 13-16 July 2009 in Brisbane, attracted 450 plus delegates, the Presidents from IFT, NZIFST, SIFST, CIFST and SAAFoST, and also 18 overseas speakers, including Dr Prakash, President IAFoST, whose attendance was supported by IUFoST - a truly international gathering! Delegates had the opportunity to attend some 70 presentations, and hear from the speakers who covered an impressive range of “crunching” issues. Our thanks go to our many sponsors, especially the Queensland Government, and to the 40 exhibitors who put on such a great display.
Held during the Convention were the Annual General Meeting, and the announcement and presentation of the Institute’s Awards.
New Executive team announced
At the AGM breakfast, which was attended by 60 members, Dr Michael Eyles was inaugurated as the AIFST President 2009-2011. It was also announced that the President Elect is Jo Davey, and the Honorary General Treasurer is Alan Mortimer. The other Office Bearers are Immediate Past President Peter Lancaster, Public Officer Ken Buckle, Executive Councillor Brenda Mossel, and Mel Malloch Executive Manager. Outgoing members, Ken Grice and Richard Mason, were thanked for their invaluable input into the Institute.
Congratulations to the Award winners
• The 2009 AIFST Keith Farrer Award of Merit was awarded to Dr Ailsa Hocking,
• Jack Kefford Award 2009 - for the paper published in Food Australia November 2008, and titled “ Cereal food allergy issues, opportunities and the way forward for industry” DAI Suter and Fiona Fleming.
• Bruce Chandler Book Prize, for the publication “ Cook Chill for foodservice and Manufacturing: Guidelines for safe production, storage and distribution” Brigitte Cox and Marcel Bauler.
• President’s Award - Dr Megan Sheehy, SA Branch
• Malcolm Bird Award - Sara Cicerale, Deakin University, Victoria. The runner up was Shantel Sager, George Weston Technologies, NSW.
• Student Product Development Competition 2009 was won by David Chua, Sarah Crennan and Trevor Goltz, University of Queensland, for “Soyers”-gluten free biscuits. They won the main prize sponsored by Earlee Products, and also the SPC Ardmona prize for best fruit or vegetable innovation, and the Sensory Solutions prize for the best sensory application. The runners up were Tina Wong, Yuk Yue Yeung, and Ivy Loh, University of South Australia, for TAI-chi balls.
Web cast online
A new initiative that was on trial at the Convention was the live web cast on Monday 13th July, the first day of the Convention. These six plenary presentations are currently archived on the members secure section of the AIFST website.
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