Meetings & Symposia
May 21, 2013 "Memorial Tribute to Edwin Michael 'Mike' Foster"
- Description: Memorial Tribute to Edwin Michael 'Mike' Foster
May 21, 2013, 1:30 - 4:00 pm
We invite you to join us on Tuesday, May 21, 2013 as we celebrate Mike Foster's life and legacy. The event will be held in the Community Room, Attic Angel Place, 8301 Old Sauk Road (on the west side of Madison), where Mike happily spent the final years of his life.
We welcome your remembrances, stories, thoughts, photographs, or other items to share with the group. We can read or post statements from those unable to attend.
- Program
May 22, 2013 "FRI 2013 Annual Spring Meeting: E. M. Foster Food Safety Symposium"
- Description: May 22-23, 2013.
The program will include presentations on foodborne pathogen virulence, detection, and intervention strategies; applied food safety and quality; and epidemiology. Jenny Scott, FDA, will present the William C. Frazier Memorial Award lecture and will be recognized for her contributions to food microbiology.
Special dedication: This conference will be dedicated to Dr. E. Michael Foster, who passed away at the age of 96 on February 11, 2013. It was through his efforts that the Food Research Institute moved to the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1966. We were privileged to have worked under Professor Foster's guidance as Director (1966-1986) and are indebted to his service to our Institute, the UW-Madison, and the food industry.
- Location: Microbial Sciences building, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1550 Linden Dr., Madison, WI 53706
map - Registration link
- Hotel Information
- Brochure
- Program
- Contact name: Kathy Glass, FRI Associate Director
- Contact e-mail: kglass@wisc.edu
- Contact phone: 608-263-6935
May 23, 2013 "FRI 2013 Annual Spring Meeting: E. M. Foster Food Safety Symposium, day 2"