Symposium
Safe Insects Symposium
Can we safely breed insects on organic residual streams? That is the question during the 'Safe Insects Symposium'.
Note: a maximum of 200 people can participate in the symposium. After that you will be put on a waiting list. So register as soon as possible.
Valuable nutrients
Organic residual flows, such as supermarket mix, poultry manure, slaughter by-products or vegetables, fruit and food scraps from households, are a source of valuable nutrients but are still underutilised. The safe use of these - currently legally prohibited - residual flows for the cultivation of insects can contribute to the ambition of the Netherlands, namely circular agriculture in 2030!
Highlights Safe Insects
The 'Safe Insects' project investigates feed and food safety for humans and animals and the technical feasibility of growing insects on organic residual flows. During the 'Safe Insects Symposium', we will present the highlights together with our partners.
Programme
| 09:30 | Walk-in & registration | |
| 10:00 | Welcome | Dr. Elise Hoek & Rob Bakker |
| 10:05 | Opportunities and challenges in the insect sector | Prof. dr. Marcel Dicke (WUR) |
| 10:30 | Challenges and successes in rearing insects on several residual streams | Dr.ir. Teun Veldkamp (WLR) & dr.ir. Johan van Groenestijn (WFBR) |
| 11:00 | Break | |
| 11:30 | Animal and public health risks of insects as feed and possible adjustment of legislation within safety boundaries | Dr. Linda Kox (NVWA-BuRO) |
| 12:00 | Can insects be safely reared on residual streams? | Dr. Nathan Meijer (WFSR), dr. Adriaan Antonis (WBVR), dr.ir. Clazien de Vos (WBVR), dr. Hasmik Hayrapetyan (WFBR) |
| 12:50 | Wrap-up & announcements | Rob Bakker |
| 13:00 | Lunch (+ walk-in Insectlab + poster session) | |
| 14:00 | Insect Field experiments: YMW and BSF reared on residual streams in the Netherlands and Portugal | Entogreen & Wadudu |
| 14:30 | Parallel session 1 | Sign up for two sessions (see details below) |
| 15:30 | Parallel session 2 | |
| 16:30 | Drinks (+ poster session) |
Keynote speakers
| Marcel Dicke (WUR) | Dutch Professor of Entomology affiliated with Wageningen University, The Netherlands |
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| Linda Kox (NVWA-BuRO) | Assessor of microbiological risks in food and feed |
Parallel sessions
- Policy in practice
- Ethics, Welfare & Insect
- Consumer acceptance
- SAFE INSECTS in the chain
- Microbiome connections in the insect chain
- Health: insect, human and environment (in Dutch)
- Growth of the sector: Ready for 2030! (in Dutch)
- Tour around the HAS green academy
- Policy stakeholder session on insect feed (invitation only)
Project presentations
- Growth and survival of insects on residual flows
- Chemical and microbiological food and feed safety & post-processing