Continuing Education
Please note that The Society of Sensory Professionals provides information on upcoming conferences, symposia, and commericial courses for member
information purposes only, with no intention of recommending or endorsing anything listed.
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Conferences and Seminars,
Courses and Workshops
March 2010
Sensory Product and Concept Testing: Analyses, Applications and Computer Workshop
This course is taught in the dynamic context of a consumer products company. The story engages participants as critical management decisions are made concerning product development and product quality issues. Participants will develop an understanding of commonly used discrimination and rating methods within this practical industrial framework. Through case studies, participants will learn how to: Relate difference testing results to each other to determine relative power; Select a suitable discrimination method based on the objectives of your project; Set up a sensory evaluation program based on risk management principles; Establish action standards for product quality and improvement; Better understand the effects of adaptation, sequence, memory and
retasting on discrimination test results; Learn how to set up product tests to support advertising claims
Location: The Williamsburg Lodge, Williamsburg, Virginia, United States
From: March 15, 2010
to March 19, 2010
Offered by: The Institute for Perception
Target audience: Intermediate
Cost: Please follow link below for more information
Further information: http://www.ifpress.com/shortcourses/index.shtml
Hands on Sensory and Consumer Shelf-life Measurement Course
This 3 day course is designed to give participants the necessary tools to estimate sensory shelf life of foods, focusing on the consumer’s decision to accept or reject a stored product. The course will cover experimental design, the work of trained and consumer panels, and on how to perform statistical calculations. Shelf-life estimations based on survival analysis statistics and the cut-off point method will be performed hands-on with the freely distributed R Statistical Package in combination with Excel. Throughout the course real case studies will be seen of shelf lives of yogurt, UHT milk, lettuce, sunflower oil, mayonnaise, French-type bread and minced meat.
Location: MicroTek Computer Training Facility 90 Broad Streed 11th floor, Manhattan, New York, United States
From: March 16, 2010
to March 18, 2010
Offered by: Dr. Hal MacFie Consulting
Target audience: Beginner
Cost: $2000; 25% discount for members of academia
Further information: http://www.halmacfie.com/pages/houghnewyork16march2010.html
Hands on Preference Mapping and Consumer/Sensory Statistics Course
This course forms a hands-on introduction to those statistical methods needed by a sensory and consumer scientist. Mainly based around the use of XLSTAT, attendees will gain practical experience using real-life examples and will be able to save their work to take away with a free copy of XLSTAT and XLSTAT-MX so they will be competent to start using their expertise from day 1 after the course. Attendees will also receive a 6 month license for Design Express - the powerful QI Statistics consumer trial design software and a TURF program together with a number of specialised Excel spreadsheets. NEW! We are also preparing a new ideal point preference mapping module for attendees with new software to take them to the next level.
Location: MicroTek Computer Training Facility, 90 Broad Street 11th Floor, Manhattan, New York, NY 10004 , United States
From: March 16, 2010
to March 18, 2010
Offered by: Dr. Hal MacFie Consulting
Target audience: Beginner
Cost: $2665 ; 25% discount for members of academia
Further information: http://www.halmacfie.com/pages/newyork16march2010.html
Targeting the Consumer: Emerging Issues and Methods in Sensory and Consumer Science
This is a three-day intensive course designed to update you on practical advances in Consumer Science, Psychology of Food Choice and Market Research and New Product Development Techniques to help you conduct, analyse and use consumer research more effectively.
Location: Microtek Labs, 5th Floor, 230 W. Monroe, Suite 550, Chicago, Illinois, United States
From: March 23, 2010
to March 25, 2010
Offered by: Dr. Hal MacFie Consulting
Target audience: Advanced
Cost: $2400; 25% discount for members of academia
Further information: http://www.halmacfie.com/pages/chicagomar2010.html
April 2010
Understanding Qualitative Research
This three day course is designed to give the consumer research professional hands on experience in conducting qualitative research, commonly referred to as focus groups with a spotlight on designing, executing and interpreting findings. The uses and misuses of qualitative research will be reviewed as well as different techniques for interviewing consumers in one-on-one interviews and in group interviews. Through live workshops, the participants will develop a moderator’s guide and conduct interviews with consumers in a focus group setting. Hands on experience interviewing consumers will give the researcher the experience to go back and begin to design and execute qualitative research.
Location: Spectrum Discovery Center, 222 Oak Avenue, Kannapolis, NC, United States
From: April 12, 2010
to April 14, 2010
Offered by: Sensory Spectrum
Target audience: Beginner
Cost: $1,800
Further information: See page 9
Spectrum 2010 Course Book
