Please make sure to carefully read the abstract submission guidelines before submitting your abstract.

As the GHI Congress is aiming to move the conversation from challenges → solutions → implementation abstract submissions addressing regulatory compatibility, cross-border coherence, and global frameworks, i.e., thinking in terms of the global picture are strongly encouraged.

Abstracts are invited to be submitted to the online abstract submission system on the following topics closely related to:

  • Harmonized global food systems and regulatory alignment
    Harmonizing international food laws, standards, and regulatory frameworks
    Mutual recognition, equivalence, and cross‑border regulatory cooperation
    Science‑based global risk assessment and risk management approaches
    Regulatory capacity building and alignment in low‑ and middle‑income countries
    Governance models for coordinated global food policy
    Consistent consumer right-to-know information and truth in labeling across borders

  • Climate change, resilience, and emerging global risks
    Climate‑driven food safety and food security challenges
    Harmonized responses to emerging pathogens, mycotoxins, and other contaminants
    Environmental changes and their regulatory implications
    Resilient supply chains and crisis‑preparedness frameworks

  • Trade, geopolitics, and global supply chains
    Regulatory divergence and its impact on global trade
    Harmonizing import/export requirements and certification systems
    Food system vulnerabilities in a shifting geopolitical and environmental landscapes
    Ensuring equitable access to safe and sustainable food

  • Digitalization, AI, and data governance
    AI applications in food safety, inspection, and surveillance
    Data harmonization, interoperability, and global information‑sharing
    Ethical and regulatory frameworks for AI in food systems
    Digital traceability, blockchain, and transparency tools

  • Novel foods, biotechnology, and emerging production systems
    Harmonized safety assessment of novel foods (insects, cultured meat, algae, fermentation products)
    Regulatory pathways for nutraceuticals and functional foods
    Precision fermentation, synthetic biology, and future protein governance
    Consumer acceptance and communication strategies for emerging foods

  • Food processing, packaging, and technological innovation
    Harmonized standards for new processing technologies (HPP, PEF, cold plasma)
    Packaging innovations and global sustainability requirements
    Chemical safety, migration, and microplastics
    Global alignment of analytical and validation methods

  • Ethics, equity, and governance of global food systems
    Fair and inclusive global standard‑setting processes
    Ethical considerations in novel food adoption and technology deployment
    Equity in access to safe, nutritious, and sustainable food
    Strengthening global partnerships and multi‑stakeholder governance

  • Laboratory methods, validation, and harmonized monitoring
    Standardized analytical methods and proficiency testing
    Harmonized sampling, monitoring, and reporting protocols
    Mutual recognition of laboratory results
    Global data comparability and quality assurance

  • Future‑focused and cross‑cutting themes
    Scenarios for global food systems in 2050
    Integrating sustainability, nutrition, and safety into regulatory decision‑making
    Innovations for resilient, climate‑smart food systems
    AI Driven predictive food systems for global stability
    Pathways toward globally harmonized food system governance

Abstract Requirements:

  • Abstracts must be written in English
  • The abstract should have a brief descriptive title of maximum 20 words (no longer than two lines)
  • The abstract text should not exceed 300 words (approx. 2000 characters) and presented in one paragraph
  • No references to be included in the abstract. Must stand on its own – not referring to material to be presented
  • Include * for presenting/corresponding author identified after author name: e.g., John Smith*
  • One figure/table/photograph may be added to an abstract if needed

For more details go to abstract submission guidelines.

Awards

The Congress Scientific Committee will evaluate all oral and poster presentations. Subsequently, three young scientist awards and three poster awards will be granted.

Publication opportunities

Authors of approved abstracts will be invited to submit a full‑length paper, free of charge, to the congress‑hosted Selcuk Journal of Agriculture and Food Sciences​​​​

​​​ (https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/selcukjafsci). All manuscripts submitted within the deadline and successfully passing the peer‑review process will be published in a dedicated Special Congress Issue of the journal. The deadline for full chapter submissions is 31 December 2027. For more information contact Dr. Esra Celik.

Stay tuned for more publication opportunities to come.

Important Dates:

  • Abstract submission deadline: 31 December 2026
  • Notification on acceptance/rejection latest by 30 January 2027
  • The presenting authors must be registered and payment done by 30 April 2027 to be included in the BOOK of ABSTRACTS (ISBN)
  • Please book also your chosen hotel in time, discounted rooms will be sold out quickly as there is another big event at the same time going on
  • Posters will be displayed in the congress venue and information will be sent by 1st of June 2027
  • If you need further information, please contact us on 2027@ghiworldcongress.org