Conference
Past conferences
2025 · Leuven, Belgium
3rd Food Oats Conference
Hosted by the Laboratory of Food Chemistry and Biochemistry at KU Leuven on 12–14 October 2025, under the theme "Oats for a Diverse, Innovative, and Healthy Global Food System". Eight sessions covered the whole oat value chain, from breeding, cultivation and processing to protein structure and function, nutrition and the sensory quality of oat-based foods. Keynote speakers came from KU Leuven, Lund University, the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, VTT, Fazer and Alpro/Danone.
2023 · Lund, Sweden
2nd Food Oats Conference
Hosted by ScanOats at Lund University on 19–21 June 2023, with the theme "Oats for Future – dietary fibers and other bioactive compounds". About 110 participants from academia and industry, mainly from the Nordic countries but also from across Europe and the US, discussed oat genetic resources, breeding, processing, health, and innovation and consumer trends. The programme opened with a tour of the ScanOats pilot plant.
2021 · Virtual
1st Food Oats Conference
Organised by the Finnish Oat Association and VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland on 8–9 June 2021 as a live-streamed, interactive event. Four sessions covered oat raw materials and ingredients, processing for food design, oats and health, and consumer trends and innovations, with keynote speakers from Canada, Finland and Sweden.