Data: 21-23 April 2008.
Conference format
In this third international conference, there will be six sessions with invited speakers. Oral presentations will also be given by participants. The Organizing Committee will select oral presentations based on submitted abstracts.
Posters will be presented at poster sessions. All posters will be displayed from Monday morning through Wednesday afternoon.
Programme topics
* Structure, physical and chemical properties of pectin
* Pectinases: regulation, mode of action and application
* Pectin in plant cell walls: pectin biosynthesis and developmental biology
* Pectin functionality and application
* Pectin in biomass and/or as agricultural byproduct
* Nutrition, health aspects and other biological effects of pectin