Coffee By-Products as Sustainable Novel Foods: Report of the 2nd International Electronic Conference on Foods—“Future Foods and Food Technologies for a Sustainable World”

The coffee plant Coffea spp. offers much more than the well-known drink made from the roasted coffee bean. During its cultivation and production, a wide variety of by-products are accrued, most of which are currently unused, thermally recycled, or used as fertilizer or animal feed. Modern, ecologically oriented society attaches great importance to sustainability and waste reduction, so it makes sense to not dispose of the by-products of coffee production but to bring them into the value chain, most prominently as foods for human nutrition. There is certainly huge potential for all of these products, especially on markets not currently accessible due to restrictions, such as the novel food regulation in the European Union. The by-products could help mitigate the socioeconomic burden of coffee farmers caused by globally low coffee prices and increasing challenges due to climate change. The purpose of the conference session summarized in this article was to bring together international experts on coffee by-products and share the current scientific knowledge on all plant parts, including leaf, cherry, parchment and silverskin, covering aspects from food chemistry and technology, nutrition, but also food safety and toxicology. The topic raised a huge interest from the audience and this article also contains a Q&A section with more than 20 answered questions.

Report of the 1st International Electronic Conference on Toxins (IECT2021), 16–31 January 2021

The 1st International Electronic Conference on Toxins (IECT2021) was successfullyheld online by https://sciforum.net/conference/IECT2021 from 16 to 31 January 2021. [...]

Preface: Proceedings of the 7th International Electronic Conference on Sensors and Applications

This issue of Engineering Proceedings gathers the papers presented at the 7th International Electronic Conference on Sensors and Applications (ECSA-7), held online on 15–30 November 2020 through the sciforum.net platform developed by MDPI.

Urban Water Management: A Pragmatic Approach

When the 4th edition of the International Electronic Conference on Water Sciences (ECWS-4), sponsored by Water and MDPI, was launched, the COVID-19 pandemic did not exist at all [...]

Preface: Proceedings of the 6th International Electronic Conference on Sensors and Applications

This issue of Proceedings gathers the papers presented at the 6th International Electronic [...]

USING SCIENTIFIC E-CONFERENCES FOR THE RESEARCH COMPETENCE DEVELOPMENT: STUDENTS’ POINT OF VIEW

The article discusses the methodology of using a scientific electronic conference for the development of research competence of university students. A model of the use of a scientific electronic conference for the development of students' research competence was developed. It includes the following components: purpose, procedural, content-technological, diagnostic. It is proposed to use a process approach for the development of research competence through electronic scientific conferences. The purpose, activities, means, forms, methods and research skills that will be formed as a result of each process were determined. The system of indicators was developed to determine the level of research competence for such constituents as: methodology, information search, problem solving, quantitative analysis and communication. The types of activities occurring at each stage of the process are determined, in particular, the means and electronic content used for their implementation, the forms and methods of efficient use of electronic means, competences that are formed during the implementation of the model. Stages of students’ preparation for and participation in an electronic conference in cooperation with lecturers and experts (reviewers) that will form not only the research competence of students, but also their digital competence (digital literacy) are presented. The efficiency of using scientific electronic conferences as an instrument for the development of students' research competence has been proved. In particular, the results of the student survey on the development of constituents of research competence are presented. The students of the National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine and Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University who have an intermediate and high level of research competence have noted the positive impact of lead-up and participation in scientific e-conferences on the development of students’ research competence.

Preface: Proceedings of the 5th International Electronic Conference on Sensors and Applications

This issue of Proceedings gathers the papers presented [...]