Campden BRI Day highlights

With over 450 members and guests registered, Campden BRI Day 2012 was a tremendous success. The Annual Campden Lecture was a highlight, given this year by Fiona Dawson, President of Mars Chocolate UK.Taking 'A sustainable future?' as her theme, Ms Dawson emphasised the need to work in partnership to move towards 'one planet living' and away from living beyond our planet´s capacity. The lecture is available as a podcast on our podcast page. For a transcript, send an email to auto@campdenbri.co.uk with the subject line: send Lecture2012

Prizes

The Heinz Award for Excellence is awarded to an employee of Campden BRI who has demonstrated extraordinary scientific contributions to the food processing industry in recent years.This year it was presented by Dr. Chris Lowe, Global Quality Strategy Manager at H.J. Heinz, to Dr. Craig Leadley for his work on innovative process technologies. David Leeks was awarded runner-up prize for his work on food labelling.

The Marks and Spencer Millennium Prize is to recognise an early career scientist, technologist or engineer employed at Campden BRI who has the potential to positively impact on the food, drink and allied industries. The winner was Danielle Sweeney for her work on chemical migration in packaging materials, and she received her award from Yvette Sowerby,Technical Manager - Meals, Desserts and Frozen at Marks and Spencer. A runner-up prize was awarded to Farinaz Monadjemi for her work on application of statistics in the business.

Exhibits

The exhibits and displays this year were based around 4 themes: research and innovation; analysis and testing, knowledge management, and operational support. Visitors also took the opportunity to tour our processing, product development and sensory science facilities. Visit our Campden BRI page for a chance to view exhibit posters.