The 15th conference of The World Mycotoxin Forum® – WMFmeetsSalzburg – took place in the beautiful Austrian city of Salzburg, bringing together global experts to address one of the food and feed industry’s most pressing challenges: mycotoxins. With the theme ‘building a resilient food system in the digital decade’, the conference explored cutting-edge research, innovative management strategies, and fostered international collaboration to drive sustainable solutions forward.
We would like to say a big thank you to all participants, sponsors, exhibitors, and media partners for taking part in this event and making it the huge success that it was. It was the best attended event until now, with 430 participants from 49 countries, 118 posters, and 26 sponsors/exhibitors.
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The World Mycotoxin Forum® rocks! The 15th conference was opened with two songs sang by Prof. Rudolf Krska and PhD Research Associate Lidija Kenjeric. Watch the video, created in co-operation with All About Feed/Dairy Global, to get an impression of the event and hear the thoughts of experts attending the conference.
Best Poster Award – Our congratulations go to the winner Sheila M.P. Andrade (Department of Plant Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Canada) for her poster “Linking Fusarium damaged kernels and deoxynivalenol contamination in wheat: A synchrotron-based X-ray imaging approach”.
Societal Impact Reward – Dr Carla Cervini (Magan Centre of Applied Mycology, Cranfield University, UK) was rewarded for her outstanding presentation “Mycotoxins in Africa: A research journey towards achieving food safety and nutrition security” considering the societal relevance and impact of the research.
Naresh Magan Lecture Award – This year’s award, established by the British Mycological Society and the International Society for Mycotoxicology, was given to Dr María Micaela Álvarez Rubio (Department of Nutrition and Food Science, Universidad Complutense Madrid, Spain) for her presentation on “Proteomic analysis as a tool to unveil effects of control agents on toxigenic Gnomoniopsis smithogilvyi, the major chestnut pathogen”.
Top 5 Lessons Learned – Click on the images below to view the Top 5 Lessons Learned presented by the general conference chairs Prof. Rudolf Krska and Prof. Chris Elliott, with AI support by Prof. Michele Suman.
