The comittee would be made up of all operators in the sector who wish to participate and bring value to the Congress. The Scientific Committee is responsible for the technical programme of the congress, and its functions include deciding on the most interesting topics and speakers for the event.
It will be made up of academics, researchers and specialists, both national and international, from the world of olive oil.
It also participates in the evaluation of the poster contest.
President: Ramzi Belkhodja - Coordinator of Plant Production, Health and Improvement at CIHEAM Zaragoza
Mercedes Fernández - Head of the Standardisation and Research Unit of the IOC
Juan Antonio Polo - Head of Olive Oil Technology and Environment at the IOC
Yousra Antit - JHead of the Olive Chemistry Department of the IOC
Ayça Akça Uçkun - Olive Research Institute of Turkey
Ali Ben Dhiab - Researcher at the Olive Institute of Tunisia
Mehdi Ben Mimoun - Professor at the National Agronomic Institute of Tunisia (INAT)
Kostas Chartzoulakis - Senior Researcher at the Institute of Olive and Subtropical Plants (NAGREF) of Greece
Rosa Gallardo - Director of the School of Agricultural and Forestry Engineering at the University of Cordoba
María Juárez - Head of the Economics and Promotion Unit of the IOC
Georgios Koubouris - Researcher and Head of the Olive Growing Laboratory at the Institute of Olive, Subtropical Crops and Viticulture of Greece
Lorenzo León - Senior Researcher at IFAPA
Miguel Ángel Martínez - Profesor at the University of Navarra
Andrea Romanos-Nanclares - Researcher at the Department of Medicine of Brigham and Women's Hospital
Pedro Lopes - President of the Olivum association
Enrique Martínez - Director of Instituto de la Grasa
Sara Oulbi - Researcher at the National Institute of Agricultural Research of Morocco
Enzo Perri - Director of CREA Olive, Fruit and Olive groves
Lhassane Sikaoui - Head of the Olive Growing, Olive Oil Technology and Environment Unit, IOC
Mladen Todorovic - Senior Official Scientist and coordinator of the Climate Change knowledge unit at the University of Bari
Figen Tokatli - PhD at the Department of Food Engineering, Izmir Institute of Technology in Turkey
Imene Trabelsi - Head of the Promotion Department of the IOC
Manuel Parras - University of Jaen
Milad Riachy - Researcher at the Lebanese Institute for Agricultural Research
María Teresa Sánchez Pineda - University of Cordoba
Kamel Gargouri - Director of the Institut de l'Olivier de Tunis and researcher at the Institution for Research in Agriculture and Higher Education
Enrique Martínez Force - Director of Instituto de la Grasa
María José Carmona - Coordinator of the General Directorate of Food of the Regional Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Rural Development
Joan Godia - General Director of Agri-Food Business, Quality and Gastronomy of the Department of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food of the Government of Catalonia
Carmen Cristina de Toro Navero - General Director of Industries, Innovation and Agri-Food Chain of the Junta de Andalucía (Andalusian Regional Government)
Elena Escobar - General Director of Agri-food Production and Cooperatives at the Regional Ministry of Agriculture of Castilla-La Mancha
María Naranjo - Director of Food, Wine and Gastronomy at ICEX Spain
Primitivo Fernández - Director of Anierac
Rafael Picó - Director of Asoliva
Andrea Carrassi - Director of Assitol
Mariana Matos - Secretary General of Casa do Azeite
Gennaro Sicolo - President of Confederazione Italiana Agricoltori (CIA)
Gonzalo Moreira - Sustainability Olivum
Gabriel Trenzado - General Director of Cooperativas Agro-alimentarias de España
Juan Manuel Hidalgo - Cooperativas Agroalimentarias de España
Giuliano Martino - Director of Filiera Olivicola Olearia Italiana
Javier Olmedo - Managing Director of Fundación del Olivar
Iñaki Benito Otazu - Managing Director of Fundación Patrimonio Comunal Olivarero
Teresa Pérez - Managing Director of Interprofesional del Aceite de Oliva de España (Spanish Olive Oil Interprofessional)
Carlos Seara Diéguez - Director of Red AgroBank
Mariela Valdivia - Head of Partner Advisory Services at InterÓleo
Mariola Gómez Chica - Director of Unaproliva and responsible for the olive oil area of AGQ Labs
Karolina Brkić Bubola - Research Scientist at Institute of Agriculture and Tourism of Croacia
Igor Calderari - Scientific Officer of ASSITOL
Hermenegildo Cobo Martínez - Territorial Directorate of Commerce in Andalucía
Francisco de Paula Rodríguez - Researcher of the Junta de Andalucía
Antonio Escribano - Doctor specializing in endocrinology and nutrition and physical education and sports medicine
Ramon Estruch - Researcher and Professor at Universidad de Barcelona
Tullia Gallina Toschi - Full Professor and Researcher at University of Bologna
Roberto García - Researcher and Professor at Universidad de Jaén
Steffen Hruschka - Engineer from in GEA Group
Rosa María Lamuela - Professor Nutrition & Food Science, Universidad de Barcelona
Blanca Landa del Castillo - Scientific Researcher at CSIC
Fernando López Segura - Doctor at the Reina Sofía University Hospital, Córdoba
Antonio José Manzaneda - Professor at Universidad de Jaén
Fernando Martínez - Doctor in Biological Sciences, R+D+I Specialist at the Instituto de la Grasa
Hristofor Miho - Researcher & Project Manager at Universidad de Córdoba
Wenceslao Moreda - Scientific Researcher at CSIC
Pablo Morello - Responsible of the Olive Varieties Examination Centre University of Córdoba
Monji Msallem - International Consultant Researcher Olive Development, Olive Institute Tunisia
Sara Oulbi - Ing. Phd, Researcher at INRA Morocco
Plácido Pascual Morales - Head of the Tasting Panel of the Agri-Food Laboratory of Córdoba
Stefan Pecorini - Head of Sustainabilty, Process technology & Innovation of GEA Group
Lola Pérez Martín - Professor in Universidad de Córdoba
Joseph Profaci - Executive Director at North American Olive Oil Association (NAOOA)
David Valmorbida - Executive at AOOA - Australian Olive Oil Association
Pedro Valverde - Investigador de la Universidad de Córdoba
Francesco Visioli - Professor of Human Nutrition. Università degli Studi di Padova
José Luis Molina - President of Hispatec
Esteban Momblán - Interoleum Manager
Patricia González - Sales and Marketing Director at KUBOTA ESPAÑA, S.A.
Inés Nogales - SGS Marketing Director
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