Dear colleagues,

we are pleased to announce the Austrian Food Chemistry Days 2026!

The Austrian Food Chemistry Days provide a platform for food chemists, food analysts, food toxicologists, food technologists, and nutrition scientists from academia, control authorities, and industry to present and discuss cutting-edge research in the field of food chemistry.

The conference will cover all aspects of food chemistry, offering insights into current research activities in the area of food quality, food safety, food authenticity, food toxicology; food ingredients, food additives and food contaminants. Topics will also include biomonitoring and exposure assessment, food allergens, food processing; food contact materials, food flavour and sensory properties; food microbiology and food analysis.

The official language of the meeting will be English in order to encourage the participation of non-German-speaking colleagues, especially PhD students and postdoctoral researchers.

The P.B. Czedik-Eysenberg Award 2026 will be presented during the conference. The awardee will be invited to present their work on this occasion.

The call for the P.B. Czedik-Eysenberg Award 2026 is now open:

https://www.goech.at/foerderungen-preise/p.b.-czedik-eysenberg-preis

The conference will be organised by the GÖCh Arbeitsgruppe Lebensmittel, Kosmetik & Bedarfsgegenstände. The local organisation will be managed by colleagues from the Institute of Analytical Chemistry and Food Chemistry, Graz University of Technology.

We cordially invite you to join us – please save the date!

Wednesday, April 8 – Friday, April 10, 2026

Graz University of Technology

New Campus, Stremayrgasse 9

Contact: Barbara Siegmund, TU Graz

barbara.siegmund@tugraz.at

Venue:

Graz University of Technology

New CampusHörsaal Santner (HS H)

Kopernikusgasse 24, Erdgeschoss, 8010 Graz

The venue is easily accessible by public transportation.

Preliminary Schedule:

Wednesday, April 8, 2026

13:00 Start of the conference

18:00 Get-Together @ TU Graz

Thursday, April 9, 2026

9:00 Start of Scientific Program

19:00 Conference Dinner, venue tba

Friday, April 10, 2026

9:00 Start of the Scientific Program

13:00 Conference Closure

Registration fees:

Get your tickets here

Abstract Submission:

Abstracts must be submitted via the conference homepage. Deadline for abstract submission (oral and poster contributions): January 11, 2026

Submit here

Keynote Speaker/Lectures:

• Margit Cichna-Markl, Univ. Vienna & Stefanie Dobrovolny, AGES: Authenticity of Honey

• Thomas Henle, TU Dresden: More than one century of Maillard Reaction – is there anything left to explore?

• Andrea Hochegger, TU Graz: Food Packaging material – Risk Assessment of Recycled Polyolefins

• Doris Marko, Univ. Vienna: Emerging Mycotoxins in Food

• Andrea Hochegger, TU Graz: Food Packaging material – Risk Assessment of Recycled Polyolefins

• Marc Pignitter: Next-Generation Frying Oils: From Optimized Plant Oils to Novel Insect Lipids

Sponsoring:

All information regarding sponsoring opportunities can be found here .

We are looking forward to welcome you at our event!

Committees:

Conference Chair:                           

• Barbara Siegmund (Graz University of Technology)

Local organising Committees:    

• Barbara Siegmund,

• Andrea Hochegger,

• Erich Leitner (Graz University of Technology)

  
  

Scientific Committee:                    

• Margit Cichna-Markl, University of Vienna

• Karin Gromann, AGES

• Doris Marko, University of Vienna

• Stefan Paireder, Federal Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs, health, Care and Consumer Protection

• Marc Pignitter, University of Vienna

• Ebrahim Razzazi-Fazeli, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna

• Klaus Riediger, AGES

• Matthias Schreiner, BOKU University, Vienna

• Barbara Siegmund, Graz University of Technology

• Veronika Somoza, University of Vienna

• Fritz Sövegjarto, AGES

• Elisabeth Varga, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna

• Benedikt Warth, University of Vienna

https://goech-events.at/event/lebensmittelchemie-tage-2026/