The 1st International Online Conference on Fermentation
The 1st International Online Conference on Fermentation
Part of the International Online Conference on Fermentation series
Event's Timezone: Central European Time
11 July 2025
8 September 2025
7 November 2025
Non-saccharomyces Yeast, Saccharomyces Cerevisiae, Lactic Acid Bacteria, Probiotics, Gut Health, Health Benefits, Fermented Drinks, Yoghurt
The IOCFE2025 is now OPEN for Abstract Submission and Registration.
Instruction for authors are available online.
Submit your abstracts HERE.
For any inquiries, please contact us at: iocfe2025@mdpi.com
Welcome from the Chair
It will focus on interesting topics in the following four tracks:
- Fermentation and Micro-Organism/Biotechnology
- Fermentation and Sensory Profiles/Impact
- Fermentation Foods, Drinks, and Food Safety
- Fermentation and Health (Nutraceutical Impact)
The conference will feature keynote speakers in these topics. It will also be possible to participate through flash talks, e-posters, and oral presentations. All submissions will be evaluated by an expert scientific committee.
Feel free to submit your abstract and participate in this amazing event. All accepted abstracts will be available online in open access form on Sciforum.net during and after the conference.
All accepted abstracts will be available online in open access form on Sciforum.net during and after the conference.
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), Madrid, Spain
Chairman of IOCFE2025
Event Chair
Department of Food Science and Technology, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid – UPM, Madrid, Spain
Antonio Morata is a Professor of Food Science and Technology at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), Spain, specialized in wine technology. He is Director of the master’s program in viticulture and enology and a Coordinator of the master’s program in food engineering at UPM. Dr. Morata is also a Professor of Enology and Wine Technology at the European Master of Viticulture and Enology, Euromaster Vinifera. He is a Spanish Delegate to the group of experts in wine technology and the President of wine microbiology for the International Organizations of Vine and Wine (OIV). He has authored more than one hundred research articles, seven books, six journal special issues, and twenty-three book chapters. Dr. Morata was listed among the top 2% of scientists worldwide by Stanford University, USA, in 2021–2022-2023-2024. Recently an article of Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research has icluded to Professor Morata among the tenth more productive researchers in wine science at world level in the period 2016- 2021.
Session Chairs
Prof. Dr. Manuel Malfeito-Ferreira
LEAF, Linking Landscape, Environment, Agriculture and Food Research Center, School of Agriculture, University of Lisbon, Tapada da Ajuda, Lisboa, Portugal
Event Committee
Department of Chemistry and Food Technology and, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid – UPM, Madrid, Spain
Carmen is an Associate Professor of Food Science and Technology at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), Spain, since 1993. From 2004 to 2016, she held management positions at the university, including University Ombudsman and Deputy Director of University Extension and International Relations. Her research activity has focused on oenological biotechnology and the selection of microorganisms (yeasts and LAB) of special interest in winemaking processes. She has extensive experience in the use of instrumental and sensory tests to evaluate the quality of alcoholic beverages (wine and beer) and meat products. She has participated in various teaching innovation projects and coordinated three of them. His total scientific output consists of 43 international articles and book chapters, of which 25 are Q1 (14 are Q1D1) and 16 are Q2. As of 25/02/2024, JCR shows 1,666 citations and an h-index of 25. 23.7% of the documents are co-authored with researchers from other countries, with 81.6% of the articles among the 25% most cited in the world and, according to CiteScore, 79.4% among the 25% best journals (27 documents). She has attended more than 40 national and international conferences, in some cases with posters and in others with oral presentations. Since 2022, she has been a Spanish Delegateto the group of experts in wine microbiology for the International Organizations of Vine and Wine (OIV).
wine; winemaking; enology; wine chemistry; yeasts; saccharomyces cerevisiae; fermentation
Registration
The registration for IOCFE 2025 will be free of charge! The registration includes attendance to all conference sessions.
If you are registering several people under the same registration, please do not use the same email address for each person, but their individual university email addresses. Thank you for your understanding.
Please note that the submission and registration are two separate parts. Only scholars who registered can receive a link to access the conference live streaming. The deadline for registration is 7 November 2025.
Instructions for Authors
The 1st International Online Conference on Fermentation will accept abstracts only.
The accepted abstracts will be available online on Sciforum.net during and after the conference.
1. Deadline for abstract submission: 11 July 2025.
2. Abstract acceptance notification: 8 September 2025.
You will be notified of the acceptance of an oral/flash poster presentation in a separate email.
Certificates of Participation will only be available in your logged-in area of Sciforum.net, under “My certificates” after the conference.
1. The abstract structure should include the introduction, methods, results, and conclusions sections of about 200 words in length.
2. All abstracts should be submitted and presented in clear, publication-ready English with accurate grammar and spelling.
3. You may submit multiple abstracts. However, only one abstract will be selected for oral presentation.
4. The abstracts submitted to this conference must be original and novel, without prior publication in any journals or it will not be accepted to this conference.
1. The submitting author must ensure that all co-authors are aware of the contents of the abstract.
2. Please select only one presenter for each submission. If you would like to change the presenter after submission, please email us accordingly.
c. Size in cm: 38,1 width x 54,2 height–portrait orientation.
d. Font size: ≥16.
e. Examples of successful submissions can be viewed here at the following links: (1), (2), (3)
It is the authors' responsibility to identify and declare any personal circumstances or interests that may be perceived as inappropriately influencing the representation or interpretation of clinical research. If there is no conflict, please state "The authors declare no conflicts of interest." This should be conveyed in a separate "Conflict of Interest" statement preceding the "Acknowledgments" and "References" sections at the end of the manuscript. Any financial support for the study must be fully disclosed in the "Acknowledgments" section.
MDPI, the publisher of the Sciforum.net platform, is an open access publisher. We believe authors should retain the copyright to their scholarly works. Hence, by submitting an abstract to this conference, you retain the copyright to the work, but you grant MDPI the non-exclusive right to publish this abstract online on the Sciforum.net platform. This means you can easily submit your full paper (with the abstract) to any scientific journal at a later stage and transfer the copyright to its publisher if required.
Publication Opportunity
1. Fermentation Journal Publication
Participants in this conference are cordially invited to contribute a full manuscript to the conference's Special Issue (to be updated), published in Fermentation (ISSN: 2311-5637, Impact Factor 3.3), with a 20% discount on the publication fee. Please note, if you have IOAP/association discounts, conference discounts will be combined with IOAP/association discounts. Conference discounts cannot be combined with reviewer vouchers. All submitted papers will undergo MDPI’s standard peer-review procedure. The abstracts should be cited and noted on the first page of the paper.
2. Proceeding Paper Publication
All accepted abstracts will be published in the conference report of the 1st International Online Conference on Fermentation in Biology and Life Sciences Forum Proceedings (ISSN: 2673-9976); if you wish to publish an extended proceeding paper (3-6 pages), please submit it to the same journal after the conference.
Authors are asked to disclose that it is a proceeding paper of the IOCFE 2025 conference paper in their cover letter. Carefully read the rules outlined in the 'Instructions for Authors' on the journal’s website and ensure that your submission adheres to these guidelines.
Proceedings submission deadline: 2 January 2026
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Event Awards
To acknowledge the support of the conference's esteemed authors and recognize their outstanding scientific accomplishments, we are pleased to announce that the conference will provide eight awards including Best Oral Presentation Awards and Best Poster Awards.
The Awards
Number of Awards Available: 8
The Best Oral Presentation Awards are given to the submission judged to make the most significant oral contribution to the conference.
The Best Poster Awards are given to the submission judged to make the most significant and interesting poster for the conference.
There will be eight winners selected for these awards. The winner will receive a certificate and 200 CHF each.
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