Dear colleagues and friends,

The 12^th Mountain Cheese meeting will be organised by the University of Padova (Italy) in the Veneto region from the 20^th to the 22^nd of June 2017. Save the dates!

The general topic of the meeting will be “The terroir of mountain cheeses; a focus on microbes, animals and production systems”.  This meeting will give us the opportunity to foster research connections and create a new dynamic between scientists and members of the cheese production chains.

20^th of June: Three scientific sessions held in the University of Padova and social event:

1.       New insights on microbiota, from the environment of the farm to the cheese

2.       Phenotyping of milk properties interesting for cheese-making

3.       The farming system and cheese qualities

21^st of June: Visit in an alpine farm of the Dolomite Mountains, on-farm short communications

22^nd of June: Technical session and visit of Venice

-          Morning: an exchange meeting (topic to be defined) between researchers and members of the cheese production chains. 

-          A visit of the town of Venice.

If you would like to present oral presentation or poster during this meeting, we will greatly appreciate to receive your contributions (max 4 pages) before 31th of March 2017.

Full details of the program and directions to the venue are available on the website of the conference: http://www.dafnae.unipd.it/mountain-cheese

Looking forward to meet you in June

Best regards

Bruno Martin and Enrico Sturaro