The 67th Australasian Grain Science Conference, to be held in Christchurch in September, will be discussing all things grain with the theme announced as Grain Technology for Consumer Nutrition.

The scientific program will bring together scientific and technical experts from around the world to discuss grain technology breeding, processing, nutrition and consumer foods.

Hot topics include:
• Utilisation of transgenic methods for plant breeding reflecting on practice and regulations in Australasia and beyond
• A global understanding of cereal science
• Novel advancements of gluten free products
• Novel cereal functional food development
• Plant-protein biomaterial processing
• Diversity in quality traits in wheat and tailing flours with wider suitability
• Functional properties of arabinoxylans of human health
• Wheat and sorghum dough rheology in relation to protein composition
• Pulse Electric Field processing of cereal starches to improve functionality

For more information, abstract submission, and registration details visit www.ausgrainscience.org.au.