VI International Conference Postharvest Unlimited

摘要

The VI International Conference Postharvest Unlimited was held in Madrid (Spain) from 17-20 October 2017 during Fruit Attraction, one of the most prestigious fresh produce exhibitions in Europe. The conference organization was a joint initiative of the Departments of Food Science of University Miguel Hernandez (Alicante, Spain) and CEBAS-CSIC (Murcia, Spain) under the auspices of the International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS). Previous conferences took place in Leuven (2001), Sydney (2004), Berlin (2008), Seattle (2011) and Cyprus (2014). The conference was attended by about 250 delegates and accompanying persons from 45 countries, making the meeting a truly international initiative. Delegates came from Spain(78), United Kingdom (14), Italy (12), USA (11), The Netherlands (10), South Korea (10), Belgium (9), Brazil (8), Australia (8), Israel (6), Germany (5), Japan (5) and New Zealand (5). The conference website (http://www.post-harvest-unlimited2017.org) received approx. 10,000 visits from over 32 countries.