ASIFF news
December 2025
Great news—actually, two great news items!
1. Registration for the Insects to Feed the World conference (IFW 2026) in Turin, Italy is officially open!
Make sure to secure your spot early: https://www.ifw2026.org/registration
And remember: ASIFF members get a 10% discount! BUT, you have to register with the same email as your ASIFF membership email.
2. We also have an exciting opportunity for our working groups.
Alongside our in-person annual meeting, this conference provides the perfect opportunity to start building momentum within our working groups. We thus strongly encourage you to submit an abstract connected to our WG themes. If there’s enough participation, we may even organise a special WG session to showcase your work and spark deeper discussions. While we can’t promise this just yet, we’re ready to coordinate and make it happen if the interest is there.
November 2025
News from ASIFF members
Research is also about outreach and communication!
This week, 3rd edition of “Bugs in Mugs” event took place that continues to grow in popularity among students every year. The activity took place on the campus of Haute Ecole Provinciale de Hainaut (HEPH) – Condorcet (Belgium), with financial support from Académie de recherche et d’enseignement supérieur – ARES. It is an event by students and for students, carried out with the valuable support of the teaching staff.
Highlights included:
🔬 training workshops led by Walloon companies
🧩 a themed escape game
🍽️ food tests and tastings
🎥 a screening of the film Bugs
🗣️ a general presentation on insects
📸 content-creation workshops
🌍 exchanges with partners from Benin
It was a great moment of exchange and learning for students from years 1, 2, and 3 of the Bachelor in Dietetics, centered on an innovative topic: entomophagy. Congratulations to the organizing team: Matthias Gosselin, PhD, Catherine Hans, Sophie Soens, Stéphanie Crabeck PhD, Tancredi Severine!
November 2025
News from ASIFF working group
𝑨𝑺𝑰𝑭𝑭 𝑾𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑮𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒑: 𝑰𝒏𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝑻𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒏𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒚 𝑰𝒏𝒏𝒐𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑺𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝑭𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝑺𝒚𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒎𝒔 (𝑰𝒏𝑻𝒆𝒄𝒉𝑺𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏) recently held its meeting on November 13, 2025, under the leadership of Dr. 𝐊𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐟 𝐮𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐡𝐦𝐚𝐧 and co-leader Dr. 𝐆𝐢𝐚𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐨 𝐑𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢.
The meeting brought together a diverse group of experts, including: 𝐕𝐮𝐬𝐢 𝐌𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐬𝐚 , 𝐃𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐡 𝐀𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐝, 𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐣𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐨 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥, 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐰𝐚 𝐒𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐨, 𝐁𝐢𝐫𝐮𝐡 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐰, 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐕𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞, 𝐉𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐄𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞, 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐚 𝐑𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐝𝐚, 𝐍𝐚𝐝𝐚 𝐃𝐡𝐚𝐨𝐮𝐢, 𝐌𝐚𝐣𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐊𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐑𝐢𝐳𝐰𝐚𝐧, 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐀𝐢𝐭𝐨-𝐁𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐞, 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐀𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐚 𝐔𝐠𝐰𝐮, 𝐎𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐚 𝐊𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢, 𝐍𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐍𝐠𝐮𝐲𝐞𝐧, 𝐌𝐮𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐝 𝐑𝐚𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐓𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐪, 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧 𝐋𝐮𝐧𝐚, 𝐁𝐫𝐲𝐜𝐞 𝐎𝐰𝐞𝐧, 𝐉𝐞𝐟𝐟 𝐑𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐰, 𝐃𝐚𝐢𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐨 𝐆𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐳-𝐔𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞, 𝐀𝐡𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐇𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐰𝐲.
This working group exemplifies the power of 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 to drive innovation in insect-based sustainable food systems.
November 2025
5th International Symposium on Research and Application of Black Soldier Fly and Microbes (Zhengzhou, China)
The ASIFF roll-up banner and flyer showcased internationally for the very first time. ASIFF’s activities were highlighted by Longyu Zheng, Arnold van Huis, Kashif ur Rehman, and Maryia Mishyna during their presentations.
September 2025
Annual ASIFF meeting
On September 10, 2025, the first Annual Meeting of the ASIFF (Academic Society for Insects as Food and Feed) took place, a milestone event advancing research, collaboration, and innovation in the field of edible insects. 36 ASIFF members participated in shaping the society’s future.