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Events & Visitors: 2008
| Illinois Soybean Association Summer Tour at the UI |
| July 10 , 2008 Urbana, IL |
| Sponsoring Organization |
ISA and NSRL |
| Participants |
Illinois soybean producers and ISA associates, faculty and staff of major Illinois universities, soybean industry representatives. |
| Purpose |
This meeting serves as a platform to share the latest ISA-funded soybean research conducted at University of Illinois research farms with many soybean industry stakeholders. |
| International Grain Quality and Technology Conference |
| July 15-18, 2008 Chicago, IL |
| Sponsoring Organization |
University of Illinois, Pudue University, and NC-213, and NSRL |
| Participants |
Scientists, engineers, economists, and professionals from academia, government and the agricultural and food/feed/fiber/fuel industry. |
| Purpose |
A global symposium on the technical, scientific and economic opportunities and challenges involved in creating and capturing value in the grain-based food, feed, fiber and fuel supply chains.
For more information and registration go to:
www.grainqualitytechnology.org/chicago08/ |
| Illinois State Fair |
| August 8-17, 2008 Springfield, IL |
| Sponsoring Organization |
Illinois Soybean Association and ICSF |
| Participants |
ICSF staff, and general state-fair-going public |
| Purpose |
Presentation of how to use soy foods in a few tasty, quick-to-fix dishes as part of the ISA sponsored Soy Foods Competition. For State Fair information, visit their website at www.agr.state.il.us/isf/ |
Processing and Marketing Soybean for Meat, Dairy, and Baking Applications |
| April 21-28, 2008 Urbana, IL |
| Sponsoring Organization |
NSRL and INTSOY |
| Participants |
Technical, plant management, marketing, quality control, and research personnel interested in promoting private sector expansion of soybean foods in the international market. |
| Purpose |
This f ive day course provided training in soybean processing and utilization at the INTSOY facilities to over 50 participants from the U.S. and around the world. Information about Intsoy and the courses offered is at http://intsoy.nsrl.uiuc.edu/ |
ExploreACES |
| March 9-10, 2008 Urbana, IL |
| Sponsoring Organization |
University of IL, College of ACES |
| Participants |
Prospsective UIUC students interested in the College of ACES and its various programs and opportunites |
| Purpose |
To present information about NSRL and ICSF, and soy foods in general, to those interested in the College of ACES and its various programs and opportunites. |
| Kankakee Heart Fest |
| February 23, 2008 Kankakee, IL |
| Sponsoring Organization |
Rush Riverside Memorial Hospital |
| Participants |
Marilyn Nash
Cheryl Sullivan
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| Purpose |
To distribute information about the enjoyment of soy foods in a heart healthy diet to over 200 attendees at this annual health fair. |
| Illinois Soybean Association Research Forum |
| February 13, 2008 Urbana, IL |
| Sponsoring Organization |
Illinois Soybean Association |
| Participants |
Illinois soybean producers, ISA directors and staff, and university soybean researchers |
| Purpose |
The venue for ISA funded researchers to present results from the past year to ISA members and board members. The place to be to learn about the latest soy research, from genetics to production to product uses. Contact ISA at www.ilsoy.org for registration (to be posted) and more information |
| Soy Foods Demonstration |
| February 2 , 2008 Urbana, IL |
| Sponsoring Organization |
Illinois Center for Soy Foods |
| Participants |
The general public |
| Purpose |
To demonstrate just how easy it is to incorporate soy ingredients into tasty home prepared meals. This was a morning of food preparation and cooking demonstration, capped off by sampling assorted soy enhanced foods. |
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