Workshop theme and objectives (a few sentences);

This is an intensive one-day workshop to provide participants with an excellent opportunity to update their knowledge on the computational tools and trends for ensuring the microbiological safety of food products. The workshop contains a moderate component of predictive modelling using the R software so that participants are given the necessary tools to address their particular research problems.

Overall, the workshop is intended to allow participants to apply modern microbial modelling techniques for:

• the characterisation of microbial kinetics in foods, – the efficient design of predictive microbiology experiments,
• the formulation of foods with intrinsic barriers, and
• the design/assessment of intervention processes that ensure safety of foods.