Sunday, 18 August:
14:00 - 17:00	Registration at Radisson SAS Lillehammer Hotel.
17:00 - 17:15	OPENING CEREMONY (Einar Risvik, Chairman, Food Micro 2002) Welcome addresses, by: Synnøve Brenden Klemetrud, Mayor, Municipality of Lillehammer Lars Axelsson, Scientific Chairman, Food Micro 2002 Wilhelm H. Holzapfel, Chairman of the ICFMH
17:15 - 18:45	Plenary session.	Chair: W.H. Holzapfel; co-chair: L. Axelsson Opening and Keynote lectures:
	17:15 - 19:00	Dr. Jørgen Schlundt, World Health Organization, Switzerland. "New directions in foodborne disease prevention" (Invited speaker)
	18:00 - 18:45	Professor Ian Booth, University of Aberdeen, Scotland. "Stress and the single cell: intra-population diversity is a mechanism to ensure survival upon exposure to stress" (Invited speaker)
19:15 -	"GET-TOGETHER" at "Banken" www.lillehammer.kommune.no/banken/
Monday, 19 August:
09:00 - 12:15	Plenary session 1	Chair: D.A.A. Mossel; co-chair: H. Kruse
	09:00 -09:45	Dr. Robert V. Tauxe, National Center for Infectious Diseases, USA. "Emerging foodborne pathogens" (Invited speaker)
	09:45 - 10:00	J.-C. Cavitte, Administrator DG Sanco, EU Commission. "Zoonotic foodborne diseases - current risk asessment and risk management activities at the EU level"
	10:00 - 10:30	J.-C. Labadie, INRA, France. ”Physiological and molecular study of mature biofilms of Listeria monocytogenes and Escherichia coli 0157:H7 using a new cultural method”
	10:30 - 11:00	Coffee break
	Plenary session 2	Chair: C.B. Struijk; co-chair: H. Kruse
	11:00 - 11:45	Dr. Henning Sørum, Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, Norway. "Antibiotic resistance in food related bacteria - a product of interfering with the global web of bacterial genetics" (Invited speaker)
	11:45 - 12:15	F Nattress, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. ”Genotypic Characterization of E. coli from Cattle and Meat”
	12:15 - 12:30	SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS
12:15 - 14:40	Lunch and poster session
14:40 - 16:05	Parallel session:	”Stress response”. Chair: F. Rombouts; co-chair: T. Nesbakken
	14:40-15:15	H. Wemekamp-Kamphuis, Wageningen University, The Netherlands. "Multiple deletion of the osmolyte transporters BetL, Gbu and OpuC of Listeria monocytogenes affects virulence and growth at high osmolarity"
	15:15 - 15:40	H.D. Kusumaningrum, Wageningen University, The Netherlands. ”Morphology changes and cell viability of Salmonella Enteritidis as response to environmental stress”
	15:40 - 16:05	T. Tsuchido, Kansai University, Japan. ”Properties of changes in the heat resistance of Escherichia coli cells during preincubation treatment at different temperatures”
14:40 - 16:05	Parallel session:	”Emerging pathogens”. Chair: J.-C. Cavitte; co-chair: V. Hasseltvedt
	14:40 - 15:15	S. Bidawid, Health Canada, Food Directorate, Canada. ”Challenges in the control of foodborne viral outbreaks: studies on cross-contamination of foods, surfaces and foodhandlers, using calicivirus as a model
	15:15 - 15:40	M. Uyttendaele, Ghent University, Belgium. ”Control of Aeromonas on minimal processed vegetables by decontamination with lactic acid, chlorinated water or essential oil solution”
	15:40 - 16:05	A. Heuvelink, Inspectorate for Health Protection and Veterinary Public Health, The Netherlands. ”Escherichia coli O157 infection – non-alimentary transmission underestimated?”
16:05 - 16:35	Break
16:35 - 18:00	Parallel session:	”Antibiotic resistance”. Chair: J. E. L. Corry; co-chair: Y. Wasteson
	16:35 - 17:05	A. Holck, MATFORSK, Norwegian Food Research Institute, Norway. ”Disinfectant- and antibiotic resistant bacteria from food and clinical environments”
	17:05 - 17:20	D. Gevers, Ghent University, Belgium. ”Tetracycline resistance in lactic acid bacteria isolated on fermented dry sausage”
	17:20 - 17:35	P. Luber, Federal Institute for Consumer Health Protection and Veterinary Medicine, Germany. ”Broth microdilution – a resonable and fast method for antibiotic resistance monitoring of Campylobacter (C.) jejuni and C. coli”
	17:35 - 18:00	A. Nødtvedt, The Norwegian Zoonosis Centre, Norway. ”The Norwegian monitoring program for antimicrobial resistance in feeds, food and animals – NORM-VET”
16:35 - 18:00	Parallel session:	”Spoilage”. Chair: E. Borch; co-chair: J. T. Rosnes
	16:35 - 17:10	H.-L. Alakomi, VTT Biotechnology, Finland ”Isolation of spoilage microorganisms from MA packed poultry meat and characterization of the volatile metabolites and biogenic amines produced by the isolates”
	17:10 - 17:35	D. Heperkan, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey. "The behavior of different mold species on the hydrolysis of hazelnut fat"
	17:35 - 18:00	L. Cocolin, Università degli studi di Udine, Italy. ”The late blowing in cheese: a new molecular approach to study the microbial ecology of the alteration process”
19:00 -	Outdoor dinner at The Open Air Museum, Maihaugen, included in registration fee. www.maihaugen.no
Tuesday, 20 August:
09:00 - 12:15	Plenary session	Chair: N. Skovgaard; co-chair: O.T. Skjerdal
	9:00 - 9:45	Dr. Jan Smelt, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands. "Preservation: physiological and mathematical aspects in setting criteria for decontamination of foods" (Invited speaker)
	9:45 - 10:15	F. Devlieghere, Ghent University, Belgium. ”Chitosan as a food preservative: possibilities and limitations”
	10:15 - 10:45	Coffee break
	10:45 - 11:30	Professor Lone Gram, Danish Institute for Fisheries Research, Denmark. "Food spoilage - interactions between spoilage bacteria" (Invited speaker)
	11:30 - 12:15	Professor Tiina Mattila-Sandholm, VTT Biotechnology, Finland. "Gut bacteria and health foods - the European perspective" (Invited speaker)
12:15 - 14:15	Lunch and poster session
14:15 - 16:30	WORKSHOPS
	Workshop 1.	"Indigenous fermented foods"
	Workshop 2.	"Antibiotic resistance in lactic acid bacteria: obstacle for culture development?"
	Workshop 3.	"Ecology of Human Pathogens on Raw Fruits and Vegetables" Partially sponsored by International Association for Food Protection.
	Workshop 4.	"Risk mitigation strategies to reduce transfer of pathogens along the food chain"
	Workshop 5.	"Rapid Methods and Automation in Food Microbiology: The Future Is Now" Sponsored by FOOD DIAGNOSTICS, Norway
16:30 - 17:00	Break
17:00 - 18:30	Parallel session:	”Preservation: new techniques”. Chair: M. Jakobsen; co-chair: H. Næs
	17:00 - 17:30	J. Yuste, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain. ”High pressure processing for inactivation of food pathogenic and spoilage microbiota”
	17:30 - 17:50	D. Marquenie, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. ”Inactivation of conidia of Botrytis cinerea and Monilinia fructigena by short pulses of intense white light”
	17:50 - 18:10	K. Aronsson, SIK, the Swedish Institute for Food and Biotechnology, Sweden. ”Membrane permeabilisation of Escherichia coli in relation to inactivation by pulsed electric field (PEF) processing”
	18:10 - 18:30	I.E. Pol, Agrotechnological Research Institute, The Netherlands. ”Application possibilities of combinations of nisin, PEF and carvacrol”
17:00 - 18:30	Parallel session:	”Risk analysis in the food production chain”. Chair: R. Lindqvist; co-chair: K. Fossum
	17:00 - 17:30	M. Hofshagen, The Norwegian Zoonosis Centre, Norway ”The Norwegian action plan for Campylobacter in broilers”
	17:30 - 17:50	Dr T. Alter, Universitaet Leipzig, Germany ”Distribution of Campylobacter jejuni-strains on different stages of the poultry slaughter line -do only the fittest survive?”
	17:50 - 18:10	T. Nesbakken, Norwegian Meat Research Centre, Norway ”Occurrence of Yersinia enterocolitica and Campylobacter spp. in slaughter pigs and consequences for meat inspection, slaughtering and dressing procedures”
	18:10 - 18:30	E. Hoornstra, TNO Nutrition and Food Research, The Netherlands. ”Assessment of product and process criteria”
19:30 -	BBQ, Garden of the Radisson SAS Lillehammer Hotel, included in registration fee.
Wednesday, 21 August:
EXCURSIONS! Day with no official programme.
Several trips will be arranged. Entries are to be made before the conference. For descriptions of the excursions, see here. Trips to be paid separately, see ”Registration”.
Thursday, 22 August:
09:00 - 12:15	Plenary session	Chair: L.R. Beuchat; co-chair: S. Brynestad
	9:00 - 9:45	Dr. Egon Bech Hansen, Danisco A/S, Denmark. "Starter cultures for the fermented foods of the future" (Invited speaker)
	9:45 - 10:30	Professor Tom A. McMeekin, University of Tasmania, Australia. "Predictive Microbiology: providing a knowledge based framework for change management" (Invited speaker)
	10:30 - 11:00	Coffee break
	11:00 - 11:45	Dr. Roland Lindqvist, National Food Administration, Sweden. "Quantitative microbial risk assessment exemplified by Staphylococcus aureus in unripened cheese made from raw milk" (Invited speaker)
	11:45 - 12:15	N.J.C. Strachan, University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom. "Application of a dose response model for Escherichia coli O157 to help explain foodborne outbreaks"
12:15 - 14:40	Lunch and poster session
14:40 - 16:05	Parallel session:	”Preservation: Biocontrol”. Chair: L. Kröckel; co-chair: S.-E. Birkeland
	14:40 - 15:15	L. Meile, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. ”Application of propionibacteria and lactobacilli as protective cultures to prevent outgrowth of yeast and bacterial pathogens in food”
	15:15 - 15:40	A.G.M. Scannel, University College Dublin, Ireland. "Potential of lacticin 3147- producing strain of Lactococcus lactis as a protective culture in cooked fermented ham"
	15:40 - 16:05	S. Knøchel, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Denmark. Biocontrol of class IIa bacteriocin sensitive and resistant Listeria monocytogenes in sliced meat products”
14:40 - 16:05	Parallel session:	”Predictive modelling”. Chair: T.A. McMeekin; co-chair: N. Aas
	14:40 - 15:15	A. Geeraerd, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. "Development of a novel modelling methodology by incorporating a priori microbiological knowledge in a black box modelling approach"
	15:15 - 15:40	T.F. Brocklehurst, Institute of Food Research, United Kingdom. ”Measurement and modelling of the rate and strength of attachment of Listeria monocytogenes Scott A, Pantoea agglomerans and Pseudomonas fluorescens to vegetable tissue ”
	15:40 - 16:05	B. Leporq, INRA, France. ”Experimental protocols and strain variability of cardinal values (pH and aw) of bacteria using Bioscreen C : microbial and statistical aspects”
16:05 - 16:35	Break
16:35 - 18:00	Parallel session:	”New PCR-based methods for detection and quantification”. Chair: T. Deak; co-chair: I.F. Nes
	16:35 - 17:10	H.J.M. Aarts, RIKILT, The Netherlands ”A novel method for the development of Yersinia enterocolitica and Salmonella specific PCR tests and application in micro-array analysis”
	17:10 - 17:35	C. Löfström & P. Wolffs (joint presentation), University of Lund, Sweden. ”Pre-PCR processing strategies for detection and quantification of food-borne pathogens”
	17:35 - 18:00	K.M.R. Walker, Fonterra Research Centre, New Zealand. ”Functional grouping of thermophilic Bacillus strains using amplification profiles of the 16S-23S internal spacer region"
16:35 - 18:00	Parallel session:	”Stress, biocontrol and fermentation: a modelling approach”. Chair: M. Hugas; co-chair: I. M. Aasen
	16:35 - 17:10	E.J. Greenacre, Institute of Food Research, United Kingdom. ”Optimisation and modelling of the acid tolerance response of Salmonella Typhimurium and Listeria monocytogenes at a food relevant temperature using organic acids”
	17:10 - 17:35	K.M. Vereecken, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. ”Biocontrol of microbial pathogens with lactic acid bacteria: evaluation through predictive modelling”
	17:35 - 18:00	J. Verluyten, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium. ”Modelling the behaviour of the potential meat starter culture Lactobacillus curvatus LTH 1174 as influenced by different environmental factors important for European sausage fermentations”
19:00 -	BANQUET Radisson SAS Lillehammer Hotel
Friday, 23 August:
09:00 - 11:45	Plenary session	Chair: P. Raspor; co-chair: L. Axelsson
	9:00 - 9:45	Dr. Knut Rudi, Norwegian Food Research Institute, Norway. "Development and application of nucleic acid-based technologies for microbial community analysis in foods" (Invited speaker)
	9:45 - 10:30	Dr. Philippe Glaser, Institute Pasteur, France. "Functional genomics in the study of Listeria monocytogenes" (Invited speaker)
	10:30 - 11:00	Coffee break
	11:00 - 11:45	SPECIAL CLOSING LECTURE: Dr. Dominique Dormont, CEA, France. "Prions, BSE and Food" (Invited speaker)
11:45 - 12:00	CLOSING Wilhelm H. Holzapfel, Chairman of the ICFMH Lars Axelsson, Chairman Scientific Committee Einar Risvik, Chairman Organising Committee