ICFSSAT 2025, Closing ceremony & Awards (best poster/oral presentation)
Debate, First International Conference on Food Security and Sustainable Agri-Food Technologies (ICFSSAT 2025), hosted by the Research Center for Agri-Food Technologies (CRTAA), Bejaïa, Algeria, from October 14 to 16, 2025.
Context: As global populations surge and environmental pressures intensify, resilient agri-food systems are critical to ensuring equitable access to safe, nutritious food. ICFSSAT 2025 brings together leading scientists, entrepreneurs, regulators, and community stakeholders to foster interdisciplinary collaboration. Through keynote speakers, policy dialogues, and industry exhibitions, participants will explore cutting-edge agri-food innovations and co-create actionable frameworks that enhance food security, public health, and sustainable livelihoods across diverse global contexts.
Conférences objectives:
Examine innovative technologies and economic models that promote the Valorization of agri-food by-products within an international circular economy framework.
Facilitate entrepreneurship opportunities and commercial development across the sustainable agri-food value chain, with particular emphasis on innovative startups.
Analyse the evolution of the global agri-food industry in the context of digitalization, food Industry 4.0, and advanced packaging and processing technologies.
Establish an international collaborative platform for accelerating technology transfer and developing standardized protocols in the sustainable agri-food sector.
Formulate concrete recommendations aligned with national strategic directives.
Conference Tracks
I. Food Security and Public Health
Regulatory monitoring and control systems for food safety: from pathogen detection to chemical contaminants
Food Authenticity and traceability
Nutritional composition of foods and health outcomes
II. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems
Seed sovereignty and nutritional autonomy
Valorization of region-specific agricultural products (terroir)
Harnessing Agroecology to Drive Climate-Resilient Agricultural Transformation
III. Valorization of By-products for a Circular Economy
Technological adaptations for processing agri-food byproducts: Entrepreneurial opportunities
Innovative applications of agricultural by-products
Enabling environments for circular agri-food systems
IV. Trends and Challenges in the Agri-Food Industry
Emerging technologies in food packaging
Advanced technologies in agri-food processing: Transition toward Food Industry 4.0
Food security engine