The 11th Beneficial Microbes Conference will provide an overview of the latest scientific results and future developments related to prebiotics, probiotics, and postbiotics and their importance to human and animal health across the lifespan.

Conference topics will include but are not limited to:

• AI, big data, tailored/personalized probiotics
• Next generation beneficial microbes: research trends
• Beneficial microbes: modulating brain development and function
• Beneficial microbes: potential impact on drug metabolism and efficacy
• Beneficial microbes and medical/clinical nutrition
• Beneficial effects of faecal microbiota transplantation
• Beneficial microbes: a gender perspective
• Fermented foods and health
• Renewable-based, food-applicable prebiotics
• Beneficial microbes for animal health

And, in the good tradition of the Beneficial Microbes Conference series, a debate will be organised; preliminary topic “Genetically modified probiotics – to ban or not to ban?”

The conference promotes the creation of new initiatives for the customised application of prebiotics, probiotics, and postbiotics in food, feed, and healthcare in a networking environment. The conference topics are intended to meet the needs of researchers, food, feed, and healthcare professionals who want to be updated on the advances in prebiotic, probiotic and postbiotic research. Interested attendees include basic and translational research scientists, nutritionists, dietitians, physicians, students, policy makers, and key opinion leaders with an interest in prebiotics, probiotics, and postbiotics.

The 11th Beneficial Microbes Conference features:

• Plenary lectures & parallel sessions
• Poster sessions
• A commercial exhibition, presenting products and services related to prebiotics, probiotics, and postbiotics

Looking forward to meeting you again in Amsterdam!

Dr Koen Venema
Conference chair