11th International Olive Congress - Zurich 2012

The 11^th International Olive Congress - Zurich 2012 will take place on Thursday, April 19, 2012. Please save the date and come back to see further and detailed information at the beginning of 2012.

Last years 10^th International Olive Congress - Zurich 2011 took place on April 14, 2011 in Wädenswil, Switzerland. On the occasion of the 10th jubilee of the Olive Oil Award (IOOA) an interesting congress agenda was organised. Besides this the winners of the IOOA 2011 will be honoured.

Congress Program Download.

Congress documentation (abstracts, presentations) as well as further information concerning speakers (CV's) are available here:

• Corinne Gantenbein - Greetings
• Dieter Oberg - The Influence of "Harmony" Evaluation on the Quality Developement of Extra Virgin Olive Oil  > abstract
• Annette Bongartz - Overview: Sensory Quality of Premium Olive Oils from the Swiss Market - Experiences and Results from the last 10 Years of International Olive Oil Award – Zurich > abstract
• Georg Dierkes - Analytic Quality Assessment of Aromatic Olive Oil Compunds - How can Quality be measured ? > abstract
• Christine Brombach - Health Aspects of Olive Oil - New and Old Findings > abstract
• Evelyn Kirchsteiger-Meier - Legal Framwork for Labelling and Declaration of Olive Oil  - Options and Constraints > abstract
• Selcuk Yildirim - Does the ideal Packaging for Olive Oil Exist ? Checking out Packaging Materials > abstract
• Annette Bongartz / Martin Popp - Assignment of Winners - Golden Olive - Silver Olive - Award - "Best of ..." and Spezial Prizes 2011

Impressions from the Conference ...

... and the Award Ceremony and the Winners 2011 !