4th International Beverages Quality Conference 2026
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Information
IBQC will take place in LYON, France at Sofitel Lyon Bellecour, the 03rd March 2026
20 Quai du Dr Gailleton, 69002 Lyon
from 1:30 PM to 6:15 PM
in connection with IFU workshop
Agenda
Theme of this year - Spoiler investigation: Transforming Challenges into Insights - From hidden risks to cost-effective actionable solutions.
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Description of the session: Trends in the beverages industry. What can we expect for 2026?
Description of the session: Updates on IFU Methods
Description of the session:
- Exploring how invisible spoilage organisms, operational pressures, and environmental change silently undermine product quality and shelflife.
- Uncovering the true business impact of spoilage - from scrap anddowntime to brand erosion and consumer trust loss.
- Framing the shift from reactive troubleshooting to proactive, prevention-based quality strategies across the food supply chain
Description of the session: Understanding spoilage microorganisms and their role in product instability.
- Exploring key spoilage organisms, their mechanisms, and real-life casesacross food and beverage categories
- Explaining how microbial ecosystems, biofilms, and metabolites drivespoilage beyond what routine testing reveals
- Introducing microbiome analysis to better understand contamination sources,dynamics, and prevention opportunities
Time for coffee and tea!!
Panel Discussion Objectives:
- Understand how different roles perceive and manage spoilage risks today
- Learn where misalignment creates blind spots and operationalinefficiencies
- Explore how collaboration and shared data can strengthen preventionand trust
Description of the session:
- Exploring how genomics and microbiome analysis reveal hiddencontamination sources and transmission pathways
- Demonstrating how the SPOT- ACT - PREVENT approach supports faster investigations and targeted corrective actions
- Showing how proactive monitoring enables sustainable reduction ofspoilage risk, complaints, and operational losses
Description of the session:
- Controlling biofilms to reduce spoilage risk and strengthen hygieneperformance
- Exploring how biofilms form, persist, and act as hidden reservoirs forspoilage organisms in food production environments
- Showing how proactive biofilm management supports preventivespoilage risk management and sustainable production performance
Description of the workshop:
Deep dive in a real case navigating through SMARTBIOME™
- SPOT – What is the contaminant / microbiota of my finished product?
- ACT – Where does the contaminant or spoiler come from, and how can it best be controlled?
- PREVENT – What is the microbiota of my production environment, and how do I prevent future contaminations while keeping it under control?
Description of the session:
- Looking ahead: building the future of preventive quality together
- Reviewing industry aspirations versus current reality using live surveyinsights and spoiler risk management profiles
- Exploring what is needed to accelerate progress, includingautomation, smart monitoring, and advanced data analytics
And as bonus !
IBQC is organised in connection with the IFU Technical Workshop.
IFU workshop is the main hub for experts in the global fruit and vegetable juice industry, covering research, quality, labs, suppliers, and universities. The workshop will explore themes such as analytical perspectives on citrus juice quality, sustainability, circular packing or AI-related discussions.
Don't miss this opportunity to combine IBQC and IFU workshop at the same time and in the same place!
What is IBQC?
This live conference will take place in Lyon on March 3rd, 2026 from 1pm to 06pm.
It is the chance to share knowledge and network with thought leaders, experts and professionals from across Europe and beyond.
Revisit our 2024 edition:
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