At this years INSECTA the following topics will be discussed.

Topics around technical, commercial, ecological, political and ethical issues of insect utilisation are in focus.

Food Safety for Using Inescts

• Production Systems
• Processing

Insects production systems

• Rearing substrate optimization
• Established production systems
• Mass rearing systems, industrialization
• Automation

Application of insects as feed and food

• Nutrient composition
• Use for pets, in aquaculture and for farm animals

• Processing and fractionation
• Use in gastronomy and food retailing

Non-food applications of insects

• Insect biotechnology
• Biopolymers
• Waste management systems