14.00 Opening remarks

Introduced and chaired by Lisa Solieri, PhD University of Modena and Reggio Emilia

14.10 The Parmigiano Reggiano Cheese Consortium

Valentina Pizzamiglio, PhD Parmigiano Reggiano Cheese Consortium

14.25 Integrated Functional and Metagenomic Analysis of Natural Whey Starter Culture Microbiomes of Parmigiano-Reggiano Cheese

German Bonilla Rosso, PhD Molecular Agroecology and Plant Ecology, Agroscope, Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research EAER, Switzerland

Marianna Cristofolini · University of Modena and Reggio Emilia

15.10 Unravelling geographical, seasonal and technological variability in the untargeted metabolomic profile of Parmigiano Reggiano PDO whey starter through advanced statistical approaches

Pier Paolo Becchi, PhD Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Piacenza

Prof. Luigi Lucini, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Piacenza

15.35 Dairy process prototyping: a bridge between research and production

Elena Bortolazzo, Centro Ricerche Produzioni Animali (CRPA), Reggio Emilia

16.00 Closing remarks and round-table discussion