International Rendezvous on
Health Food and Ingredients
November 2025, 5-6
REGISTRATION NOW OPEN!
You can now register for the 7th edition of BÉNÉFIQ, the international Rendezvous for health food and ingredients, to be held on November 5 and 6, 2025 at the Port of Québec Cruise Terminal, Canada. Take advantage of early bird rates by registering before August 20, 2025!
Students, registration will open in a few weeks.
Call for START-UP applications!
As part of the 7th edition, thanks to our financial partners, we are offering start-ups the opportunity to take part in conferences free of charge on November 5 and 6, including exhibitor space in the Innovation Lounge.
The deadline for applications is September 5.
➡️ Find out more here: BENEFIQ – Appel candidature Startup.pdf
✅ Start-up! This is the time to forge new collaborations, fine-tune your innovation strategies and showcase your products. Sales and tastings are permitted.
Call for abstracts: July 15 is the deadline!
Students, students! 3 opportunities are open to you in this 7th edition: you can submit the abstract of a scientific poster or a popularized infographic presenting your research results, but also present orally during the “minutes de la relève” in connection with one of the three themes of the congress!
PPRs and stakeholders are also invited to present, but your abstract is not eligible for prizes.
What’s more, all students who apply will receive their BÉNÉFIQ registration free of charge.
Déposez maintenant !A word from the co-presidents
As part of INAF’s 25th anniversary, the 7th edition of BÉNÉFIQ will highlight success stories illustrating the power of partnerships between academia and the users of research results. These collaborations bear witness to the concrete spin-offs of research and its impact in the field.
Sustainable food issues require a cross-sectoral approach. Participants will be invited to explore the scope of intersectorality in order to identify possible solutions. Whether it’s the quality of the food supply, the personalization of nutrition or even consumer behavior, it’s essential to look at all angles to meet the challenges posed by climate change, unstable markets and fragile supply chains.
BÉNÉFIQ aims to provide a forum for learning, networking and dialogue on a wide range of topics. It will bring together leading-edge scientists, a dynamic up-and-coming generation, innovative industrial partners and all players in the biofood and nutrition ecosystem. A unique opportunity for inspiration, exchange and innovation.
BÉNÉFIQ: the same mission, the same friendly atmosphere, but with a new venue, a renewed image and a broader scope. Don’t miss this major international event!
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A festive edition
This festive edition, which simultaneously marks the 15th anniversary of BÉNÉFIQ and the 25th anniversary of INAF, will highlight the strength of partnerships and future prospects at the opening and closing panels. Parallel sessions will be organized around three main themes, divided into three complementary sessions:
- Food quality
– Contaminants in food: challenges and strategies to guarantee their safety
– Nutritional quality of foods
– Complementarity and diversification of protein sources - Personalizing nutrition
– Aging well and maintaining health at all ages: perspectives and innovative approaches
– Harnessing the intestinal microbiota to design health-promoting foods and ingredients
– Brain, satiety and obesity drugs: a new era of weight management, threat or opportunity?? - Consumer trends and behavior
– Food purchasing behaviors: tensions, values and strategies
– Food communication: what solutions to misinformation?
– Food affordability: how to reduce economic inequalities?
The Innovation Show will be back this year, with several new features. There will also be a Next Generation Show, featuring a number of activities throughout the program.
Call for abstracts: April 2025
For this 7th edition of BÉNÉFIQ, the poster session will take on a whole new look. Stay tuned for the abstract submission date!
Become a partner of this edition
The scope of our International Rendezvous on Health Food and Ingredients is far-reaching. It attracts nearly 600 people from around the world, from both the research and food sectors.
We invite you to take a look at the attached document, and to write to us at direction@inaf.ulaval.ca so that we can discuss it together.
Become an exhibitor
This year’s edition will give you greater visibility with a dynamic and lively Innovation Show. Time will be devoted exclusively to our exhibitors in the program, and tasting and sales will be permitted.
To reserve your space, you must register for the Rendez-vous. We invite you to write to us for more information or to be put on our reservation list at: communications@inaf.ulaval.ca.