5th Internatiuonal Olive Congress - Zurich 2006

The „5th International Olive Congress – Zurich 2006“ took place, Thursday, March 30, 2006 at the University of Applied Sceiences Waedenswil. Under the Slogan: "The Consumer is the Focus" intersting presentations and contributions were shown. And in addition - the first publication as well as the honouring of the winners of the „5th International Olive Oil Award – Zurich 2006“ were a main topic.

• Opening & Greetings (Michael Kleinert, University of Applied Sciences Waedenswil)
• Review of the 4th International Olive Oil Award – Zurich 2005 & OLIO 2005 / Objective Evaluation vs. Consumer Trends (Annette Bongartz, University of Applied Sciences Waedenswil)
• Olive Oil - Quality expectations for the Asian, American and European consumer (Dr. Michele Bomio, CEO Innocat AG)
• Analytical Methods in order to detect Olive Oil falsifications (Dr. Christian Gertz, Chem. Untersuchungsamt Hagen)
• Olive Oil - seen as medicine / seen as thickener (Dr. Leoluca Criscione, MangiaSano Consulting)
• „Everything Olive“ - The world of olives in literature and art (Werner Cüppers und Bernd Kirstein, 2MalerZweiMöglichkeiten)
• 5th International Olive Oil Award – Zurich 2006 / Assignment of the winners (Annette Bongartz, University of Applied Sciences Waedenswil)

More information concerning the "5th International Olive Congress - Zurich 2006" - the detailled congress program, abstracts and presentations are available for download as pdf-files (on the right hand side).

Some visual impressions of the Congress are shown in our Foto Gallery.

More informations concerning the Participants and Winners of the "5th International Olive Oil Award - Zurich 2006" are available under the menu: "International Olive Oil Award - Zurich (IOOA)".