Mark your calendars: the next TITAN Symposium is taking place on Tuesday 23rd September 2025 at the University of Helsinki. This year’s symposium will focus on improving food choices.
The event will offer different insightful and interesting presentations from industry experts, and will be divided in two sessions focusing on crucial topics that contribute to the improvement of consumers’ food choices and change towards a more healthy and sustainable diets.
What to expect
Session 1 “Building Sustainable and Healthy Food Environments”
- The Connection between Parental and Child Food Neophobia – Cross Cultural study among European Families Kamila Bargiel-Matusiewicz, University of Warsaw
- The impact of a healthy and climate-friendly dietary intervention in early education and care on children’s food acceptance and consumption Henna Vepsäläinen, University of Helsinki
- Use of tools to improve understanding of healthy sustainable diets Elena Santa Cruz, AZTI
- Impact of digitally provided science-based nutritional information on food purchases Elviira Lehto, University of Helsinki
- Consumer preferences for combined health and sustainability labelling of foods Lynn Frewer, Newcastle University
Session 2 “The impact of the Sus-health Index on improving food choices: a “living lab” experiment in Finland”
- Online experiment Charles Gillan, Queen’s University Belfast
- Short introduction to the Sus-Health concept Paul Brereton, Queen’s University Belfast
- Sus-Health Index Joe Livingstone, Queen’s University Belfast
- Living Lab design and results Joe Livingstone, Queen’s University Belfast, George Hutchinson, Queen’s University Belfast, Satu Kinnunen, University of Helsinki
- Living Lab experiences Ruslan Kuskov, Emilia Mastokangas, Pekko Nordström, Suvi Huttunen, Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences
- Food based Indices for nutrition and the environment Eva Leanne Thomas, Queen’s University Belfast
For more information, please visit the events page here.
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