BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ISOCS - ECPv6.15.17.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.olfactionsociety.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for ISOCS REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Paris BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20240331T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20241027T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20250330T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20251026T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20260329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20261025T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20270328T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20271031T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20250202T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20250207T130000 DTSTAMP:20260430T194026 CREATED:20241008T135116Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250925T143532Z UID:9790-1738519200-1738933200@www.olfactionsociety.org SUMMARY:ISOCS Short Course Winter 2025 DESCRIPTION:CHEMICAL SENSING AND FOOD SCIENCE: FROM A PROOF OF CONCEPT TO INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS \n\n\n\nGain knowledge and develop your skills on Chemical Sensing applied to food science at the ISOCS Short Course in Bormio\, Italy \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis Short Course will cover topics including:\n\n\n\n\nNeeds and challenges of food science\n\n\n\nAnalytical methods and chemical sensing\n\n\n\nSampling\, storage and analysis of chemical samples\n\n\n\nSensory analysis\n\n\n\nTechnological challenges and data processing related to multivariate chemical sensing\n\n\n\nElectronic tongues: applications and data analysis\n\n\n\nCalibration strategies and data processing\n\n\n\nCross-modality sensing\n\n\n\nResearch presentations from participants\n\n\n\nParticipation of industrial partners: Examples of technologies based on chemical sensing that are in the market\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers include:\n\n\n\n\nPatrick Mielle\, International Society for Olfaction and Chemical Sensing\n\n\n\nManel del Valle\, U. Autonoma de Barcelona\n\n\n\nAndreas Güntner\, ETH Zurich\n\n\n\nXavier Ceto\, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona\n\n\n\nSylvie Issanchou\, French National Institute for Agriculture\, Food\, and Environment\n\n\n\nMaria Luisa Braunger\, Brazilian Nanotechnology National Laboratory\n\n\n\nTilman Sauerwald\, Fraunhofer Institute IVV\n\n\n\nThierry Thomas-Danguin\, Research Centre for Taste\, Smell\, and Feeding behavior\n\n\n\nGina Zeh\, Fraunhofer Institute IVV\n\n\n\nChristian Bur\, Saarland University\n\n\n\nAntonio Pardo\, IBEC Barcelona\n\n\n\nJesús Lozano\, Universidad de Extremadura\n\n\n\nAsia Kalinichenko\, Eberhard Karls University of Tuebingen\n\n\n\nAndrea Büttner\, Fraunhofer Institute IVV\n\n\n\nAyed Charfedinne\, Nestlé\n\n\n\nRichard Fix\, Bosch Sensortec\n\n\n\n\nThe Short Course will cover theoretical and practical aspects of chemical sensing applied to food science and the development of sensing technologies\, data analysis\, sample handling and calibration strategies. The school will bring industrial partners to present current developments in the market. The course will include lectures from renowned speakers and hands-on exercises in practical sessions. Participants are invited to present their own research and discuss with experts in the field. \n\n\n\nWho should attend?\n\n\n\nThe Short Course will fit anyone interested in the use of chemical sensors or chemical analysis\, In particular for food applications. The target audience will be PhD students\, researchers\, technology developers and industrial partners. This course will focus specifically on used technology\, data processing\, sample acquisition and storage and calibration methods. \n\n\n\nDescription\n\n\n\nThe Short Course will cover theoretical and practical aspects of chemical sensing applied to food science and the development of sensing technologies\, data analysis\, sample handling and calibration strategies. The school will bring industrial partners to present current developments in the market. The course will include lectures from renowned speakers and hands-on exercises in practical sessions. Participants are invited to present their own research and discuss with experts in the field.Targeted participantsThe Short Course will fit anyone interested in the use of chemical sensors or chemical analysis\, In particular for food applications. The target audience will be PhD students\, researchers\, technology developers and industrial partners. This course will focus specifically on used technology\, data processing\, sample acquisition and storage and calibration methods. \n\n\n\nThe Short Course is delivered by researchers and people from the industry with international reputation.The Short Course will review the relevant areas of chemical sensing (including chemical analysis and e-nose and e-tongue approaches) and data processing strategies applied to the development of technologies and applications. The school will put together a unique and exciting program that will provide attendees with both theoretical background and practical/lab exercises. Topics will be delivered by lectures\, discussion\, practical demonstration sessions and hands-on activities. Participants will need to bring their own laptops to work on the proposed exercises. Sample data and evaluation software will be shared with the attendees.PhD students and other interested attendees will be offered to present their current research in a poster session on Friday.The Short Course includes accommodation and the programme allows plenty of opportunities for interaction with lecturers and attendees. Theoretical lectures will take place in the morning\, with the afternoon free for participants to network\, consolidate their knowledge while enjoying the outdoors and the skiing. Practical sessions\, exercises\, hands-on demonstrations will be in the early evening\, before dinner. The venue is the superb Hotel Vallechiara\, located directly at the ski slopes\, and the participation fees (to be communicated soon) include accommodation and meals. Participants will receive free ISOCS membership for 2025. Accompanying persons are also welcome.The hotel has also a ski school (Anzi Ski School) and a ski rental\, and they will organize ski courses at different levels (from beginners to experts) for the Short Course attendees. \n\n\n\n\nRegistration is open and tickets for the event covering access and accommodation with 3 meals per day from Sunday 2nd to Friday 7th (5 nights) can directly be purchased below. Please fill in the questionaire that helps us with the organization of the event. \n\n\n\nWe will organize shuttle busses from and to Milano Malpensa airport. Cost and schedule of busses will be confirmed later. \n\n\n\nTypical accomodation for the school is in shared double (950 €) or shared multiple (850 €) rooms.There is a limited number of availability of single roooms\, because they are double rooms for single use. Upon verification of availability\, single rooms can be requested by sending us an email (jordi.fonollosa.m@upc.edu) at a price of 1250 €. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nProgram of the Winter Course 2025: \n\n\n\nAgendaDownload URL:https://www.olfactionsociety.org/event/isocs-short-course-winter-2025/ CATEGORIES:Schools,Short Courses ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.olfactionsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IMG_4619.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20250901T000000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20250904T235959 DTSTAMP:20260430T194026 CREATED:20250416T144458Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250925T143612Z UID:10199-1756684800-1757030399@www.olfactionsociety.org SUMMARY:Chemical Sensing: From the Lab to the Field DESCRIPTION:Gain basic knowledge and learn cutting-edge technologies for real-world applications in Chemical Sensing at ISOCS Workshop in Hakodate\, Japan. \n\n\n\n📅 Register by July 20 (Hawaii Standard Time\, UTC-10) to guarantee your room for the event.⚠️ Registrations submitted after this date may still be accepted; however\, room availability cannot be guaranteed. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nThis workshop will cover topics including:\n\n\n\n\nBasics on chemical sensors\n\n\n\nNeeds and challenges on chemical sensing\n\n\n\nSampling\, storage and analysis of chemical samples\n\n\n\nTechnological challenges and data processing related to multivariate chemical sensing\n\n\n\nCalibration strategies and data processing\n\n\n\nApplications of chemical sensing in industrial and medical fields\n\n\n\nEmerging chemical sensor technologies and applications from around the world\n\n\n\nRobotic applications on chemical sensors\n\n\n\nBasics and latest trends on olfactory displays\n\n\n\nOlfactory displays in the market\n\n\n\nResearch presentations from participants\n\n\n\n\nConfirmed speakers:\n\n\n\n\nGenki Yoshikawa\, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)\, Japan\n\n\n\nYanxia Hou-Broutin\, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)\, France\n\n\n\nAnne-Claude Romain\, Université de Liège\, Belgium\n\n\n\nAntonio Pardo\, Universitat de Barcelona\, Spain\n\n\n\nLaura Capelli\, Politecnico di Milano\, Italy\n\n\n\nHyung-Gi Byun\, Kangwon National University\, South Korea\n\n\n\nKea-Tiong Tang\, National Tsing Hua University\, Taiwan\n\n\n\nHaruka Matsukura\, The University of Electro-Communications\, Japan\n\n\n\nHiroshi Ishida\, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology\, Japan\n\n\n\nTakamichi Nakamoto\, Institute of Science Tokyo\, Japan\n\n\n\nKeisuke Kimura\, Sony Corporation\, Japan\n\n\n\nRaffaele Dellaca\, Politecnico di Milano\, Italy\n\n\n\nRadislav A. Potyrailo\, GE Vernova Advanced Research Center\, USA\n\n\n\n\nThe Workshop will cover theoretical and practical aspects of chemical sensing with an emphasis on e-nose approaches\, including the development of sensing technologies\, data analysis\, sample handling\, calibration strategies\, as well as current developments in the market and related olfactory-display technologies. The lectures will be given by renowned speakers in the field. Participants are invited to present their own research and discuss with experts in the field. \n\n\n\nTentative agenda:\n\n\n\nAgenda ISOCS workshop in Hakodate_Aug31Download\n\n\n\nTargeted participants:\n\n\n\nThe Workshop will fit anyone interested in chemical sensors\, chemical analysis\, and odor presentation. The target audience will be students\, researchers\, technology developers and industrial partners. \n\n\n\nDescription:\n\n\n\nThe Workshop will take place at Hakodate Arena\, conveniently located just 10 minutes by bus from Hakodate Airport and close to the Yunokawa Onsen area. Participants will stay at the nearby Hanabishi Hotel\, a modern ryokan-style accommodation just a 10-minute walk from the venue. The hotel offers traditional hot spring facilities\, including scenic garden open-air baths\, and serves Japanese cuisine featuring local seafood specialties. \n\n\n\nRegistration fees cover accommodation\, meals\, and a social event\, which includes a special dinner and a night view tour of Mt. Hakodate. Both lecturers and participants will stay at the same hotel\, encouraging interaction and networking throughout the event. \n\n\n\n\nThe venue of the Workshop is Hakodate Areana\, conveniently located 10 min by bus from Hakodate Airport and close to Yunokawa Onsen area. \n\n\n\nThe accommodation will be at Hanabishi Hotel\, a 10-min walk from the Workshop venue. \n\n\n\nThe registration fees include accommodation (from Sept 1 to Sept 4\, 3 nights)\, meals\, and a social event (special dinner and night view tour to Mt. Hakodate) \n\n\n\n\nThe Workshop will focus on key topics in chemical sensing—such as chemical analysis\, electronic noses\, and olfactory displays—as well as data processing strategies for developing new technologies and applications. A poster session will be organized for students and other attendees to showcase their current research. \n\n\n\nSESSION TOPICS\n\n\n\nISOCS_Workshop_Hakodate_2025Download\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nVenue:\n\n\n\nHakodate Arena (1-32-2 Yunokawacho\, Hakodate City\, Hokkaido 042-0932\, Japan) \n\n\n\nWeb page translated by Google Translate: www-zaidan–hakodate-com \n\n\n\nGoogle Maps: link \n\n\n\nAccess to the Venue from Hakodate Airport:\n\n\n\n\nBy tax: Approximately 10 min. \n\n\n\n\nBy bus: Take Route 7A or & 7B from “Bus Stop 1” at Hakodate Airport\, and get off at “Hakodate-arena-mae (Shimin-kaikan-mae).” \n\n\n\nBus Schedule: \n\n\n\nHakodate Airport → Hakodate-arena-mae (Shimin-kaikan-mae) \n\n\n\n\n07:17 → 07:37 \n\n\n\n08:20 → 08:40 \n\n\n\n09:20 → 09:40 \n\n\n\n10:20 → 10:40 \n\n\n\n12:33 → 12:49 \n\n\n\n13:39 → 13:59 \n\n\n\n14:45 → 15:05 \n\n\n\n15:24 → 15:44 \n\n\n\n16:48 → 17:04 \n\n\n\n18:16 → 18:32 \n\n\n\n\n*There are several bus stops between Hakodate Airport and Hakodate Arena. \n\n\n\n\n\nAccommodation:\n\n\n\nHanabishi Hotel (1-16-18 Yunokawacho\, Hakodate City\, Hokkaido 042-0932\, Japan) \n\n\n\nhttps://www.hanabishihotel.com/en \n\n\n\n\nThe hotel is just under a 10-minute walk from the venue. link here\n\n\n\nThe registration fee covers the accommodation for 3 nights (Check-in: Sep. 1\, Check-out: Sep. 4)\n\n\n\nMeals (three per day) will be provided from lunch on Sep. 1 to lunch on Sep. 4\n\nBreakfast (at the Hotel): Buffet style\n\n\n\nLunch (at the Venue): Boxed meal *Vegan meals and other special dietary requests might be available.\n\n\n\nDinner (at the Hotel): Set menu featuring seafood *Special requests other than allergies cannot be accepted.\n\n\n\n\n\nRooms will be shared by 3 to 4 people. Room assignments will be decided by the organizer based on the participants’ preferences.\n\n\n\nIf you wish to upgrade to a single or double occupancy\, it is available for an additional fee below.\n\nTwin room for single use (for 3 nights): €340\n\n\n\nShared twin room (for 3 nights): €120\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease book your own hotel if you plan to stay extra nights before or after the event\n\n\n\n\nSocial Event:\n\n\n\nSpecial dinner & night view tour to Mt. Hakodate \n\n\n\n\nWe will take a charter bus throughout the event.\n\n\n\nDinner at Hakodate Beerhall\n\nhkumaiyo.com\n\n\n\nBuffet Style *They can also serve vegetarian foods.\n\n\n\n\n\nAfter dinner\, we will enjoy the night view from Mt. Hakodate for about 30 minutes.\n\nwww.hakodate.travel/en/more-about-hakodate/nightview\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAdditional Information:\n\n\n\n\n\nThe following website provides information about Hakodate in English.  \n\n\n\nwww.hakodate.travel/en \n\n\n\nHakodate is a city filled with many attractions. We of course hope you enjoy the workshop\, but also hope you have a wonderful stay in Hakodate. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nPoster Session\n\n\n\nWe are planning a poster session on the afternoon of the second day (Sep. 2). Each presenter will give a short flash presentation (a few minutes)\, followed by approximately one hour of poster viewing and discussion. \n\n\n\nEach presenter will be allocated space to display one A0-size poster. Please print and bring your poster printed materials with you\, as printing facilities will not be available at the venue. \n\n\n\nWe encourage participants to present their own research or related work. \n\n\n\nWe will contact participants later based on the registration information by email to ask whether they would like to present. \n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nREGISTRATION\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHave any questions about the event?\n\n\n\nIf you have any doubts or need more information about the event\, please don’t hesitate to reach out.You can contact us directly at jordi.fonollosa.m at upc.edu and we’ll get back to you as soon as possible. URL:https://www.olfactionsociety.org/event/chemical-sensing-from-the-lab-to-the-field/ CATEGORIES:Schools,Short Courses,Workshops ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.olfactionsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/IMG_0739.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260516T080000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260520T170000 DTSTAMP:20260430T194026 CREATED:20260414T124238Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260414T124459Z UID:10638-1778918400-1779296400@www.olfactionsociety.org SUMMARY:ISOEN 2026 Conference in Chongqing\, China DESCRIPTION:The International Society on Olfaction and Chemical Sensing (ISOCS) is pleased to announce that the International Symposium on Olfaction and Electronic Nose (ISOEN 2026) will be held in Chongqing\, China\, from May 17–20\, 2026. \n\n\n\nISOEN is the leading scientific conference dedicated to advances in artificial olfaction\, chemical sensing\, and related technologies. It provides a global platform for researchers\, practitioners\, and industry partners to exchange innovative ideas\, present cutting-edge research\, and discuss future directions in electronic noses\, biosensors\, and machine olfaction. \n\n\n\nFor more information\, please visit the official conference website: https://www.isoen2026.org \n\n\n\nWe warmly invite all members of the ISOCS community to contribute and participate in ISOEN 2026. URL:https://www.olfactionsociety.org/event/isoen-2026-conference-in-chongqing-china/ CATEGORIES:Conference ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.olfactionsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/banner_ISOEN2026-2048x882-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260518T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260518T200000 DTSTAMP:20260430T194026 CREATED:20260414T123517Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260414T124805Z UID:10634-1779127200-1779134400@www.olfactionsociety.org SUMMARY:ISOCS General Assembly DESCRIPTION:Dear ISOCS member\,  \n\n\n\nThe ISOCS General Assembly will take place on Monday 18 May 2026\, at 6 PM at Steigenberger Chongqing\, Chongqing\, China\, as part of the ISOEN 2026 Conference. \n\n\n\nFind the agenda and additional relevant information in the attached document. \n\n\n\nISOCS-GA-2026-ConvocationDownload URL:https://www.olfactionsociety.org/event/isocs-general-assembly/ CATEGORIES:General Assembly END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR