General Information

Registration for ISM symposiums on Microbiota & Food - June 14

Payment of registration fees can be done through the website via credit card. 

Special Discount for ISM Members 

If you are already member of ISM, or if you join ISM members in the same time than your registration, you can have a discount of 250€ on your registration fees.

The promotional code is sent with the membership confirmation. If you didn't receive this code, please contact us.

Discount codes are not cumulative. If you are member of ISM and you would like to register both symposium, please contact us.

All registered attendees are entitled to:

• Attend all scientific presentations
• Present their work during the conference after abstract submission
• Participate to the coffee breaks and buffet lunches
• Receive the paper version of the book of abstracts
• Receive a certificate of attendance 

Cancellation Policy

All cancellations must be faxed, electronically mailed or postmarked. Refund of registration fees will be as follows:

• If you cancel before May 14 at midnight, 50% of registration fees will be refund minus 70€ for administrative fees.
• No refund on cancellations sent from May 15, 2018.
• No refund on cancellations of dinner

Substitutions are free of charge, but you must submit a letter authorizing the transfer signed by the registered delegate two days before the event starting days.

For any assistance, please contact us: microbiota(at)microbiota-site.com

Microbiota & Food 2018: Towards a New Era in Agro-Food Industry

The International Society of Microbiota (ISM) organizes three meetings in 2018:

• 6th ISM World Congress on Targeting Microbiota (October 2018)
• 1st ISM Symposium on Microbiota & Food
• 3rd ISM Symposium on Aqua Microbiota

The two symposiums will be organized in Paris, France, respectively in June 14 and June 15, 2018.

Nowadays, the studies about microbiota are revolutionizing the clinical and health research. To fit with this extraordinary revolution, the agro-food industries have to prepare and initiate new ideas and new products for which the formulation will have a positive impact on human gut microbiota and by consequence on human health. The aim of Microbiota & Food 2018 is to provide some ideas and strategies to help integrate an understanding of the industry perspective with the clinical and scientific perspectives to initiate these projects.

Microbiota & Food 2018 will be divided in different strategic parts:

• Presentation of the recent scientific advances and perspectives
• Microbiota, food industry and regulatory aspects
• Microbiota, food industry and formulation: presentation of the innovations

In the first part of the Microbiota & Food 2018, we will discuss the recent advances in microbiota and food utilization, its characterization, its role and its clinical impact on health. The committee will also highlight the toxicity aspects of food processing and exposure to various external component or unidentified contaminants and the impact on the microbiota after ingestion and exposure.

In the second part, the committee will highlight the strategic topic of the regulatory aspects in the industry and how these regulatory guidelines have impact on academic and clinical science. We will present the different regulatory categories of products (food for special medical purpose, food supplements, infant formula…) and the following strategic questions will be discussed:

• How can industry, academic and clinical scientists work together to address regulatory challenges?
• Why is it important for scientists and clinicians to care about it?

In the last part, we will highlight the practical aspects and potential applications in agro-food industry, infant formula, dairy products and all food formulations aimed to prevent and treat diseases. We will present the innovations related to microbiota applications in the different agro-food industries (probiotics, prebiotics, fermented food, functional ingredients…)

Among Microbiota & Food 2018 hot topics:

• Microbiota & food: recent advances & perspectives / Modifying the microbiota through food
• Microbiota & food industry: recent advances, regulation and perspectives
• Food and food supplements effects on microbiota in various diseases
• Microbiota, food & toxicity
• Microbiota & food innovations

To access the preliminary agenda, please follow this link.

Call for abstracts and innovations – 10 minutes to convince

The Scientific Committee invites all scientists, academics and industrials to present their latest advances on scientific research, formulation, functional ingredients, dietary supplements and clinical studies.
More time will be allocated to present the ingredients with probiotics and probiotics, and all finish products. If you have a specific strain, you can present your clinical data.

We hope that you will join us for this dynamic and strategic program and look forward to welcoming you in Paris.

On behalf of the Scientific Committee

Microbiota Conferences & Meetings 2018

9th World Congress on  Targeting Mitochondria
October 24-25, 2018 – Berlin, Germany
www.targeting-mitochondria.com

10th International Conference on Skin Challenges
February 2019 - Porto, Portugal
www.skin-challenges.com

Targeting Phospholipids
October 5th, 2018 - Heidelberg, Germany
www.mito-medizin.com

Previous events:

Targeting Phage & Antibiotic Resistance Congress
May 17-18, 2018 - Florence, Italy
www.tid-site.com

1st Symposium on Food Microbiota
June 14, 2018 - Paris, France

If you would like to add your event in this list, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

How to submit your abstract?

Deadline for abstract submission: May 18, 2018 (ended)

All abstracts have to be sent by email to microbiota(at)microbiota-site.com in a word and PDF files according the template available here.

A maximum of one A5 page (including figures, tables and references) and a maximum of 200 words for the abstract (not including the title and references) will be accepted.

In your email, please indicate which track you selected for your submission.

Abstracts received without the formal modalities will not be studied.

Only one abstract will be accepted by one registered author.

If you have any question or technical matter, please contact microbiota(at)microbiota-site.com

Aqua & Microbiota 2018

AQUA & MICROBIOTA
June 15, 2018 - Paris, France

Coming soon...

First Symposium on Food & Microbiota - June 14, Paris

The International Society of Microbiota (ISM) organizes the first ISM Symposium on Microbiota & Food, which will be held in Paris in June 14, 2018.  

Introduction remarks by Pr Peter C. Konturek, new President of ISM

Dear Colleagues,

The 5th World Congress of Targeting Microbiota in Berlin was very successful and I am happy to announce the next conference in Porto/Portugal. The last meeting attended more than 350 participants and the scientific level of the conference was very high. Thanks to the tireless support of Prof. Marvin Edeas, from Institute Cochin, we were able to invite leading microbiota scientists from all over the world. The venue has created occasions and basis for further scientific networks and collaborations between the attenders as well as a stronger relationship between basic research and clinical aspects.

Microbiota is one of the most important topics of medicine in this decade. Due to huge advancements in microbiota technology, the enormous progress in understanding of the function of microorganisms in different ecological niches such as gut, skin, lung, oral cavity and etc. has been achieved. The greatest progress has been made in the area of gut microbiota. A number of important axes between gut microbiota and extra-intestinal organs such as liver, skin, brain, lungs or kidney have been described. While most advances have been made in the area related to bacterial communities, further research need to be extended to other classes of microbes such as fungi, viruses and bacteriophages. Furthermore, to achieve precise microbiome-based medicine in the future, it is necessary to understand which microorganisms mediate important microbiome-host interactions under health and disease conditions. The recent studies have revealed that Feacalibacterium prausnitzi could be beneficial in the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease, and Akkermansia muciniphila for improving metabolic health.

The concept that the gut microbiota plays a central role in health and disease is now well established. The next goal is to therapeutically manipulate microbiota to promote health and prevent chronic diseases.

For me as a clinician and gastroenterologist, the most important is the translation of basic science into clinical practice.

The future interventional trails using different modulators of microbiota will be ultimately needed to determine the impact of microbiota in human health. The first clinical studies using fecal microbiota transfer showed that this method may be very effective in the treatment of infectious and inflammatory diseases of the gut.

For this reason, the main strategy for the 6th World Congress of Targeting Microbiota in 2018 in Porto will be a strong communication between basic, pre-clinical scientists and clinicians.

Let’s see again for creating the big family of Microbiota! This is my real wish as ISM President.

Looking forward to seeing you soon, my warmest regards.

Prof. Peter C. Konturek
President of the International Society of Microbiota

Among the Targeting Microbiota 2018 speakers