Keynote Speakers
Dr. Ana Sofia Fonseca Ramos
Health Sciences and Technology School
Portugal
Dr. Ana Sofia Fonseca Ramos
Health Sciences and Technology SchoolPortugal
Biography
Ana Sofia Fonseca Ramos is an Assistant Professor at Universidade Lusófona with a PhD in Health Sciences and a background in Biotechnology Engineering. Her research integrates bioinformatics, computational biology, and cancer research, with a focus on identifying diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers, elucidating tumor microenvironment progression-related mechanisms, and discovering novel therapeutic inhibitors. She has extensive hands-on experience in next-generation sequencing (NGS) data analysis, including bulk RNA-seq, network and pathway analysis, metagenomics, and artificial intelligence approaches applied to drug discovery. More recently, her research interests have expanded to nutrigenomics and inflammation-related mechanisms, particularly in the context of ageing.
Speech Title
Nutrigenomics in Practice: From Food Bioactives to Human Protein Targets
Dr. Sandra Sofia Quinteiro Rodrigues
Polytechnic Institute of Braganca
Portugal
Dr. Sandra Sofia Quinteiro Rodrigues
Polytechnic Institute of BragancaPortugal
Biography
Sandra Sofia do Quinteiro Rodrigues is an Adjunct Professor at the Escola Superior Agraria do Instituto Politecnico de Bragança (ESA-IPB). She holds a PhD in Animal Science and conducts research within the Mountain Research Centre (CIMO) focused on meat quality, sensory analysis, and the innovative processing of meat from traditional small ruminant and pig breeds.
Currently, she heads the Laboratory of Technology and Quality of the Carcass and Meat. She also serves as the Course Director and Chair of the Scientific Commission for the Master’s in Animal Science Technologies, and supervises three PhD and five Master’s students.
Her scientific output includes over 50 indexed journal articles, 11 book chapters, and more than 100 conference papers. She has contributed to 16 research projects, including the recent BISOLIVE project, which explored olive pomace as a dietary strategy to improve meat quality. From 2022 to 2025, she co-led the IPB team for the Erasmus+ project InnoMeatEdu, which developed digital tools for sustainable meat science education. She is also a member of the Ibero-American network CYTED – SISPEC (Smart and Sustainable Livestock Systems) and leads the InovC4Sa project, researching healthier meat products through salt and animal fat alternatives.
Speech Title
Investigating Alternatives to Salt and Animal Fat in Meat Products.
Dr. Pritee Chaudhary
Regional Director at FSSAI - Western Region
India
Dr. Pritee Chaudhary
Regional Director at FSSAI - Western RegionIndia
Biography
Ms. Pritee Chaudhary, IRS, is the Regional Director, FSSAI (Western Region). She began her career with Mumbai Customs and has extensive experience overseeing the import and export of food articles, including key assignments at Nhava Sheva Port. She holds a B.Sc. from Indore University and an MBA in International Business from IMT Ghaziabad. Ms. Chaudhary has received multiple recognitions, including appreciation from CBIC for her work on Direct Port Delivery and time release studies, and the CASCADE Award from FICCI for contributions to Intellectual Property Rights. She is a WCO-nominated Fellow with the University of Victoria, Canada, and a TEDx speaker on food sustainability, notably on mitigating global hunger and reducing food waste.
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