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Thursday December 3^rd, 2009 

• General introduction: Oxidative stress and Antioxidants: What are the strategic roles for Tea and Tea Polyphenols ? 

Session 1: Tea and the Prevention of Chronic Diseases 

• Recent advances in Tea Polyphenols: Biological effects and potential molecular targets

Tea and Metabolic Syndrome

• Green Tea and Metabolic Syndrome: Recent advances and perspectives 

Tea and Cancers

• Inhibition of human prostate cancer progression by administration of Green Tea Catechins: From the bench to the clinical trial

Tea and Neurodegenerative Diseases

• Tea, brain and neurodegenerative diseases 

Tea and Angiogenesis effects: Endometriosis

• Anti-Angiogenic effects and indications of green tea therapy: Applications on endometriosis 

Session 2: Bioavailability of Tea and Tea Extracts 

• Bioavailability of Tea Polyphenols in humans: Problems and open question
• General discussion on latest controversies of tea effects on health 

Session 3: Nutraceutical Applications of Tea Polyphenols

• Call for short oral presentations from academics and industrials: 10 minutes to convince

Open Session for Industries: Business to Business meeting

New Sources, New Ingredients, Technological Innovations

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-   Applications in food supplements

-   Tea as a nutraceutical

-   Tea and functional drinks

-   Tea as a Maillard-Reaction Inhibitor (Acrylamid)

-   Tea and Tea extracts stability in drinks and food

-  Tea and Oral and Dental diseases

-  Anti-anxiolitic effects of tea

-  Tea as a food preservative

Friday December 4^th, 2009.

Session 4: Tea and Skin-Ageing

• Tea for anti skin-ageing: Recent advances and practical applications

§         Freeze-dried teas

§         Formulation of black tea gel

§         UV protection of black tea gel

§         In vivo examples of UV protection

§         Contribution of caffeine against UV radiation

• Tea polyphenols and Tea extracts stability and efficacy on cosmetic

Session 5: Slimming and Weight Management effects of

Tea Polyphenols and Tea Extracts 

• Effect of green tea on weight management after body-weight loss: effect on thermogenesis and fat oxidation 

Session 6: Anti-stress and well-being effects of Tea Polyphenols 

• L-theanine: its effect on mental state, psychological and physiological responses
• Short oral presentation selected upon abstract submission from scientific and cosmetic industry: 10 minutes to convince.

Open Session for Industries: Business to Business meeting

-                     Tea for Cosmetic Formulation

-                     Tea as a treatment for psoriasis and dandruff

-                     Stability of green tea in cosmetics

-              Methods to deliver tea into skin

Symposium: Tea extracts as a future drug?

• Tea Polyphenols as a potential anticancer agent
• Green Tea Polyphenols: a novel drug to treat prostate cancer?
• Green tea as an anti-angiogenic drug
• The potential use of tea as anti photo-ageing drug
• Targeting mitochondria with green tea: Strategy and challenge
• Green tea and tea extracts as drugs for metabolic syndrome
• Importance of synthesis and biological activity of a new molecule analogue of EGCG
• 10 minutes to convince: Companies who can present innovations on tea as drug

Open Session for Industries: Business to Business meeting

New Sources, New Ingredients, Technological Innovations

Netwoork platform: resolve today’s issues to reach future perspectives. Identify competitors in your field. Meet new customers. New applications in human health.

• Discussion and conclusion of the 3^rd World Congress on Tea and Health