The papers for the various Forums of the Scientific-Technical Symposium: EXPOLIVA 2013 may refer to any of the following areas of knowledge, which, generically, are related to Olive Groves and Oil.

FORUM ON OLIVE GROVES AND THE ENVIRONMENT

§       Production factors: climate, soil and tree

§       Plantation planning and design

§       Advances in growing techniques: irrigation, fertilisation, pruning, soil management, etc.

§       Sustainable development in Olive Groves

§       Integrated production

§       Ecological cultivation

§       Plant improvement and crop protection

§       Olive grove mechanisation

§       Harvesting techniques

§       Use of olive biomass

§       Use of olive oil industry by-products

§       Traditional, intensive and super-intensive production systems

§       Conditionality

§       Traceability

§       Olive groves and climate change

§       Advances in pest and disease control

§       Productivity and water use efficiency

FORUM ON THE OLIVE OIL INDUSTRY, TECHNOLOGY AND QUALITY

§       New methods of describing virgin olive oils

§       Production factors that determine oil yield and quality

§       Process automation and optimisation

§       Comprehensive use of the by-products of two-phase centrifugation

§       Development of new technologies for processing olives, obtaining oil and preserving quality

§       Quality assessment and standardisation

§       Traceability

§       Advances in the design of olive oil industries

§       Production and quality control systems

§       Biomass, biofuels and bioplastics

§       Refining systems

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL FORUM

§       Economy of olive farms and their future development

§       The promotion of quality virgin olive oils and information systems

§       Supply and demand

§       Structure of the olive oil industry and related companies

§       Product marketing strategies

§       Product differentiation

§       Brand policies, design and intangible management

§       Producer and distributor brands

§       Logistics and commercial distribution

§       Olive oil company management: economy of knowledge

§       International olive oil trade. Factors for its development

§       Origin and destination markets

§       Spot, futures and options markets

§       Concentration of supply

§       Description of demand

§       Electronic commerce systems

§       Economy of olive by-products

§       Olive groves and rural development

§       The labour market in the olive sector

FORUM ON NUTRITION, HEALTH AND OLIVE OIL

§       Disease prevention and consumption of olive oil

§       Health effects of Mediterranean diet

§       Nutritional and therapeutic value of olive oil over other oils

§       Beneficial aspects of olive oil consumption to health

§       Oxidative stress and aging

§       Antioxidant compounds of olive oil and cholesterol

§       Antitumor defense mechanisms

§       Nutritional factors and modulation of metabolism

§       Olive oil effect on defense mechanisms

§       Mediterranean diet and sport

§       Lifestyles and diet

FORUM ON OLIVE OIL CULTURE  

§       Historical aspect of olive growing and of the olive oil industry: art, sociology,
  science and economy

§       Anthropological factors of olive cultivation

§       Communication and dissemination of olive oil culture

§       Interpretation and museum discourse in the olive sector

§       Olive landscapes

§       The Mediterranean cuisine, the culture of olive oil

§       Olive oil and catering

§       New uses of olive oil

§       Lifestyles and promotion of olive oil culture