Next Conference
Will be held in 2014, location TBD

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About

The Society of Sensory Professionals is a 501(c) non-profit organization devoted to developing and promoting the field of sensory science.


Mission

To advance the field of sensory evaluation, including consumer research, and the role/work of sensory professionals, for the purpose of sharing knowledge, exchanging ideas, mentoring and educating its members.


Openness

The society is an open organization and welcomes members in all parts of the globe. The organizing committee feels strongly that this society is largely a “virtual” (i.e., web based) entity and intends to provide a professional organization that can help link members and foster collaboration, education, scientific inquiry, and mentoring in the field.

Although the society does plan to hold bi-annual conferences in years other than Pangborn years, it is expected that these conferences may be more regional in focus, should not supersede the efforts of other regional conference organizers, and that collaboration with regional or national groups would be required to further develop this regional conference system. We welcome inquiries and we are happy to share our bylaws with other groups.


Student awards from the 2010 conference

The Conference Scientific Committee is proud to announce the following award recipients from the 2010 Conference:
Alisa Doan

Winner of the Joel L. Sidel Award for Outstanding Presentation of Innovation was Alisa Doan of The Sensory Analysis Center, Kansas State University for her poster, “Predicting Success for New Flavors with Information that is Already Known.”

Thierry Worch

Winner of the Herbert Stone Award for Outstanding Presentation of Leadership was Ellen D. Mahan of Sensory Evaluation Center, Pennsylvania State University for her poster, “People Like Potato Juice and Chocolate Applesauce? The Importance of Using Nonsense Products in Online Panelist Screening Forms.”

Winner of the Elaine Skinner Award for Outstanding Presentation on an Applied Topic was Lydia Rice of the Sensory Evaluation Service Center, University of Arkansas for her talk, “Consumer-based Optimization of Juice Blends using the ABCD Mixture Design Model.”

Dominique Sinopoli
Winner of the Jean Caul Award for Outstanding Use of Scientific Principles in Research Design, Execution, and Interpretation was Dominique Sinopoli of Cornell University for her poster, “Does Loyalty Dictate Blind Preference?”

Winner of the Beverley Kroll Award for Outstanding Presentation that Develops or Expands a Method was Thierry Worch of OP&P Product Research for his talk, “Can the consumers express their needs? Use of Ideal Profiles to understand and validate what is in the consumers’ mind.”

Monday, November 1, 2010