| Circular economy in human food and animal feed production (use of by-products for the formulation of food products, strategies to optimize the use of resources in food production, etc.) | CIE |
| Food safety (food microbiology, food safety, packaging and transportation, conservation, shelf life, etc.) | FSA |
| New alternatives in food production and processing (new agricultural and animal husbandry practices, innovations in food formulation and processing, sensory evaluation of new food products, etc.) | FPP |
| New challenges in nutrition and health (intestinal microbiome, nutrigenomics, health impact of ultra-processed foods, nutrition in vulnerable populations, malnutrition, obesity, diabetes, etc.) | NUH |
| Functional foods and nutraceuticals (formulation and characterization of functional foods, biological effects of bioactive compounds and foods, etc.) | FFN |
| Non-conventional and ethnic foods for human and animal consumption (edible natural resources, use of new food ingredients, etc.) | NCF |
| Academy-industry interphase (main challenges facing the food industry in the region and its links with academia). | IN |