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Mead Johnson Symposium Topic: Protective Nutrients in Breast milk
Speaker: Dr. Allan Walker MD, Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard School of Medicine Date: October 5th, 2009
Time: 12.30-14.00
Location: Grand Hall 201, BITEC Session Description
Clinicians have long remarked that there are essentially two differences between infants fed breast-milk and their formula-fed counterparts - generally speaking, the former are slightly more intelligent and also have an edge in resistance to illness. For many decades pediatricians had attributed the latter benefit to maternal antibodies secreted into the breast-milk. In recent years, researchers are realizing that there are many substances within breast-milk that provide more than just nutrition - they act directly to support the development and function of the infant's immune system. One example of these factors is proteins with specific cytokine functions. Hopefully, research in the function of these protective nutrients may offer the possibility of better formulas in the future, so that infants who cannot be breast-fed will have some of the protective benefits naturally found in breast-milk. Purpose
To provide an up-to-date on the nutritional aspect of human breast milk as well as role of specific nutrients towards health of infant which are beyond providing nutrition to the infants. Session chairs/moderators:
TBD
Submitter Contact Details:
Dr. Vongsvat Kosulwat, Director-Nutrition Science, Asia Pacific R&D, Mead Johnson Nutrition, Bangkok, THAILAND
Tel +66 2 7251119, +66 8 47514834
Fax +66 2 7251169
E-mail Address Vongsvat.kosulwat@mjn.com
Unilever Symposium
Topic: The Sodium Reduction Journey
Date: October 5, 2009
Time: 12.30-14.00
Place: Event Hall 101, Ground Level, BITEC
Location: Event Hall 101, Ground Level, BITEC
Come and join us on our Sodium Reduction Journey and work with us to step up efforts to promote sodium reduction. What we can offer is our commitment, capabilities, achievements and consumer insights.
We will open with a short Unilever introduction and presentation on the global health perspective on sodium. A brief overview of the world of sodium reduction will be followed by an exciting ‘Sodium Reduction Journey’ with a quiz along the way. Programme:
Chairman’s welcome: Gert Meijer, PhD, Vice-President Nutrition, Unilever R&D
Global health perspective on sodium - a non industrial point of view – Speaker to be confirmed
Outlining the Sodium Reduction Journey – Gerda Feunekes, PhD, Unilever R&D
Visiting the five stations on the Sodium Reduction Journey:
• Tasting session: impact of existing technology and chefmanship – see whether you can spot the difference between 3 different soups. Which one has the lowest sodium level?
• New directions in sodium-reduction technology – how to compensate for the flavour-enhancing, processing and preservation role of salt/sodium?
• Consumer barriers, regulatory and other challenges – how to accelerate progress?
• Benchmarks and modelling – what are realistic benchmarks and how can these effectively impact diet and health?
• Need for global, regional and local co-operation – what next steps can we take together on the sodium reduction journey?
Q&A session and closure by Gert Meijer
Please register at http://www.urdv.nl/icn/registration
Nestle Symposium
Topic: The Emerging Food and Nutrition Insecurity Crisis: Creating the Bases for a Successful, Multi-sector Response
Date: October 5, 2009
Time: 12.30-14.00
Location: MR 211-213, BITEC Session Topics and Speakers:
Perspective from the Academic Perspective
Professor Patrick Webb, Associate Dean, Friedman School of Nutrition: Science and Policy, Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA. Perspectives from Agricultural Policy
Dr Prabhu Pingali, Head of Agricultural Policy and Statistics, Agriculture Development Division, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, WA, USA.
Perspectives form the Food Industry
Dr Niels Christiansen, Vice President, Nestlé S.A., Vevey, Switzerland. Discussion Town Hall Forum
An opportunity for summarizing the perspectives with an interactive questions/comments and answers/responses dialogue with the speakers.
Background:
WHO estimates that earlier rises in the cost of food and fuel have increased the numbers of the poor by more than 100 million. The present financial crisis in OECD countries has resulted in lost income and/or housing for many and the numbers of people in both high and low income countries who have been tipped into poverty have swelled.
Such economic conditions can be expected to exacerbate the double burden of malnutrition both – under- and over-nutrition. The gravest danger is that of under-nutrition and its sequelae in the most vulnerable sectors of underprivileged societies. These requires both time-honored and newly innovative solutions, However, the primary response to tough economic times, leads some to move to less expensive sources of calories, potentially fuelling the obesity epidemic without providing sufficient micro-nutrition.
On the other hand, those with a previous history of relative affluence may improve the quality of their diet with a less expensive plant based diets. How best to mitigate and manage these diverse consequences require creative and multifaceted solutions for convergent institutions in a global society.
Access to, and use of, nutritious appropriate foods is crucial to nutritional health. Thus food production, processing, delivery systems, food control systems, public programs and education are all part of meeting the challenges of nutritional wellbeing.
The response to the crisis must come from various key sectors.
Session chairs/moderators:
Dr Noel Solomons, Center for Studies of Sensory Impairment, Aging and Metabolism, Guatemala
Dr Niels Christiansen Vice President, Nestlé SA
DSM Symposium
Date: October 6, 2009
Time: 12.30-14.00
Place: Room GH 203, BITEC, Bangkok, Thailand Session Topic: Presentation of DSM Nutrition Award 2009 followed by award lectures by the awardees.
Speaker: Prof. Michael Holick (Boston University School of Medicine, USA) and Prof. Heike Bischoff-Ferrari (University of Zurich, Switzerland) Program | 12:30 – 13:00 | Award presentation ceremony | | | 1. | Introduction to the Award by Mr Mauricio Adade, President Human Nutrition & Health, DSM Nutritional Products
| | | 2. | Laudatory address by Dr Manfred Eggersdorfer, Senior Vice President Research & Development, DSM Nutritional Products | | | 3. | Presentation of award | | 13:00 – 13:30 | Award lecture by Professor Michael F. Holick | | 13:30 – 14:00 | Award lecture by Professor Heike A. Bischoff-Ferrari |
Session Description:
The DSM Nutrition Award 2009 will be presented to the two joint winners, Prof. Michael Holick (Boston University School of Medicine, USA) and Prof. Heike Bischoff-Ferrari (University of Zurich, Switzerland). After the presentation ceremony, the two awardees will give their award lectures. The DSM Nutrition Award is granted by Royal DSM N.V., the global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company headquartered in The Netherlands. The award, which carries a cash prize of EUR 50,000 (to be shared by the joint winners), recognizes excellence in innovative fundamental and applied research on human nutrition that has significantly contributed to the world’s understanding and knowledge of the role of nutrition in human health.
Ajinomoto Symposium
Date: October 6, 2009
Time: 12.30-14.00
Location: Grand Hall 202, BITEC Session Topic: Usefulness of High-Intensity Sweeteners in Nutritional Management for Obesity and Diabetes
Session Description:
Obesity and diabetes are global health problems and it is estimated that about 400 million people will be diabetics by 2025 and more than 700 million will be obese by 2015. Both these conditions are known as risk factors for Cardiovascular disease and their spiralling increase is considered to present challenges for medical care in the future. So how can these conditions be prevented by nutritional management? Limiting sugar intake is one part of nutritional management at individual level and it is essential for diet therapy for diabetic patient. There are several high-intensity sweeteners (HIS) available throughout the world and these can limit sugar intake without compromising the taste enjoyed in a variety of diet. Aspartame is one of several HIS and used in more than 100 countries around the world. Although aspartame is useful for nutritional management for obesity and diabetes, the evidence based science supporting this advice needs to be broadcast more widely. In the symposium the effectiveness of aspartame (or its retail product) in weight control and diet therapy for diabetes will be outlined Purpose:
Enhance understanding of usefulness of high-intensity sweeteners in nutritional management for obesity and diabetes Session chairs/moderators:
For Topic 1:
Name: Dr. Shuji Inoue, Affiliation: Faculty of Health Care, Kiryu University, Japan
For Topic 2:
Name: Dr. Margaret Ashwell OBE, Affiliation: Ashwell Associates (Europe) Ltd, UK Session Topics and Speakers:
Topic 1: The effectiveness of aspartame in helping with weight control – a systematic review of the evidence.
Speaker name: Dr. Margaret Ashwell OBE, Affiliation: Ashwell Associates (Europe) Ltd , Country: UK
Topic 2: Dietary treatment of diabetes mellitus – Sweetness and postprandial hyperglycemia
Speaker name: Dr. Shuji Inoue, Affiliation: Faculty of Health Care, Kiryu University , Country: Japan
Amway SymposiumSession Topic: Development and Application of the Codex Guidelines on Nutritional Risk Analysis
Speaker: Janine Lewis, Principal Nutritionist at Food Standards Australia New Zealand, Australia Date: October 6, 2009
Time: 12.30-14.00
Location: Grand Hall 201, BITEC Session Description:
Provide the step progression on Codex Guidelines on Nutritional Risk Analysis. Educate the audiences the existing and new development model of nutrients risk assessment which will be implemented for global regulation. Purpose:
Share helpful information and provide the academic knowledge to the officials, physicians, Academics and Nutritionists. Outcomes:
Have knowledge and action points (if relevant) Audiences will be able to utilize the NRVs and new model of nutrients risk assessment. Session chairs/moderators:
TBD
Coca-cola Lunch Symposium
Date: October 6, 2009
Time: 12.30-14.00 hrs.
Location: EH 101, Level 1
Luncheon Symposium sponsored by The Coca Cola Company
Exercise is Medicine? (EIM)-A Global Initiative to Improve Public Health
Physical inactivity is a serious and growing public health problem globally and contributes to a variety of chronic diseases and health complications, including obesity, heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, cancer, depression and anxiety, arthritis, and osteoporosis. In addition to improving overall health and wellbeing, increasing physical activity has proven effective in the treatment and prevention of chronic diseases.
Anyone, no matter what age, gender, shape or size, can gain the health and mental benefits from physical activity. Only a few lifestyle choices have as large an impact on health as physical activity. When combined with a healthy, balanced, sensible diet, exercise is a critical component toward improving the world’s public health.
This symposium will talk about the relative importance of physical activity and nutrition in the prevention and treatment of chronic disease. It will also introduce an initiative; Exercise is Medicine?, that has been launched to provide a significant, sustainable solution to significantly improve public health around the globe.
Purpose:
Held in conjunction with the 19th International Congress of Nutrition, this Symposium will:
• Review the science of exercise, energy balance, and the importance of physical activity in achieving a healthy weight
• Discuss the role regular physical activity can play in weight management, improved mental and physical health, fitness indicators, strengthening muscles, bones and joints, reducing the risk of certain diseases, and overall quality of life.
• Address the need to create a global exercise-focused movement
Outcomes – knowledge and action points
By the end of this symposium, you will be able to:
• Cite the relative importance and rationale for physical activity and nutrition’s impact on public health and on those chronic diseases that diet has a significant role in.
• Understand the primary goals, strategies, and resources provided by the Exercise is Medicine? global initiative.
• Have a better idea of how we can all work together to advance the cause of improving public health through practical interventions that impact both sides of the energy balance equation.
Session Chair:
Rhona S. Applebaum, Ph.D., Vice President, Chief Scientific & Regulatory Officer,The Coca-Cola Company
Session Topics and Speakers: | 12:30 | Welcome and Introduction
Rhona S. Applebaum, Ph.D. Vice President, Chief Scientific & Regulatory Officer, The Coca-Cola Company |
12:40 |
Exercise is Medicine?:
**Presentation on The Role of Exercise in the Energy Balance Equation
James Hill, PhD, Director, Center for Human Nutrition, Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, Colorado
**Presentation on Why Exercise and Why the Focus Now?
Prof. Angel Gil, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology, Centre of Biomedical Research, University of Granada
**Working Together to Advance the Cause--Taking EIM Global TBD ACSM speaker |
13:45 |
Question & Answer Session |
13:55 |
Closing Remarks
Rhona Applebaum, Ph.D |
Kraft Foods Topic 1: Potential bioactive components of coffee
Speaker 1: Dr. Joe Vinson, The University of Scranton, USA
Topic 2: Coffee, glucose tolerance, and type 2 diabetes
Speaker 2: Dr. Suminori Kono, Kyushu University, Japan
Topic 3: Coffee, cognition, and Parkinson’s disease
Speaker 3: Dr. Astrig Nehlig, French Medical Research Institute (INSERM), France Date: October 7, 2009
Time: 12.30-14.00
Location: Grand Hall 202, BITEC Session Description:
This symposium has been designed to inform international nutrition experts about emerging scientific evidence linking coffee consumption with selected high-impact health endpoints, namely age-related cognitive decline, diabetes, and related metabolism. Attention will be given to a balanced state of the emerging science, physiologic mechanisms of action, and bioactive components. Purpose:
The main objective of this symposium is to stimulate research interest and discussion about emerging health benefits of coffee in an international cohort of health professionals and scientists. Professional outreach of this type will improve the knowledge of these potential benefits among health professionals and stimulate interest in research within the research community. Session chairs/moderators:
Moderator: Dr. Astrid Nehlig, French Medical Research Institute (INSERM)
Nestle Nutrition Institute Symposium
Topic: Nutrient rich foods in improving public health
Date: October 7, 2009
Time: 12.30-14.00 BITEC Meeting room 214-217
Session Topics and Speakers:
1. Nutrient rich foods in improving public health
Dr. Lindsay Allen, Director of USDA ARS Western Human Nutrition Research Centre, University of California, Davis
2. Cereal fortification programmes in developing countries – challenges and opportunities
Dr. Annie S. Wesley, The Micronutrient Initiative, Canada
3. The health economic impact of fortified foods
Prof. Sue Horton, Associate Provost, Graduate Studies, and CIGI Chair in Global Health Economics University of Waterloo, Canada
Objectives of the symposium
Poor diet quality, rather than lack of food, is one of todays global problems. The Copenhagen Consensus ranked micronutrient fortification of foods as the third highest development priority out of more than 30 considered. In this symposium the current knowledge about the public health effects of fortified and nutrient-rich foods, food constituents and dietary patterns will be reviewed along with the need to develop effective public health interventions and policies. The objective is to also open the debate on the role of an integrated approach, involving public, private and civil sectors in the alleviation of micronutrient deficiencies and improvement of diet quality.
It is well established that widespread micronutrient deficiencies in a population can be prevented and even eliminated if these essential nutrients are consumed on a continuous and ongoing basis. Fortification of commonly eaten staple foods with essential micronutrients (in conjunction with other approaches) is an important strategy to ensure this. The global move towards urbanisation means that increasing proportions of the world’s population, including in developing countries, potentially consume industrially processed foods. Fortification of industrially milled cereals, in particular, with essential micronutrients is still a major opportunity to benefit millions of people in the developing world.
The health economic impact of food-staples fortification (wheat and maize flour, salt and sugar) home fortification and the fortification of complimentary foods will also be discussed. The benefit:cost ratio associated with 4 different micronutrients (iron, iodine, vitamin A and folate), all of which are very favourable will also be addressed.
Session chair
Prof. Ferdinand Haschke, MD, PhD, Chairman Nestlé Nutrition Institute
Solae Lunch Symposium
Session Topics and Speakers: Topic 1: Introduction - Soy Protein: Ancient Food with Modern Benefits.
Speaker: Dr. Mark Messina, Adjunct Associate Professor, Loma Linda University, USA Topic 2: Implications of the WHO/FAO/UNU’s 2007 Protein & Amino Acid Requirements.
Speaker: Dr. Anura Kurpad, Dean, St. Johns Research Institute, & Professor of Physiology, St. John's Medical College, Bangalore, India. Topic 3: Emerging Research on the Role of Omega-3 Stearidonic Acid on the Omega-3 Index, a Biomarker of Heart Health.
Speaker: Dr. Michael James, Chief Medical Scientist, Rheumatology Unit, Royal Adelaide Hospital & Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Australia Topic 4: Summary & Conclusion – Nutrition Policy & Sustainability Implications of these Soy-related Scientific and Technological Advances.
Speaker: Dr. Priscilla Samuel, Director, Nutrition Sciences, Scientific & Regulatory Affairs, Solae LLC, USA Date: October 7, 2009
Time: 12.30-14.00
Location: Event Hall 101, BITEC Session Description:
Soy has been consumed for the last 5000 years however, for the last few decades it is the low incidence of cancer and heart disease in certain parts of Asia that has fueled scientific interest in the humble soybean. Research advances on soy protein and plant-based omega-3 stearidonic acid will be included as part of this symposium.
New research on both the cardiovascular benefits as well as the hormonal effects of soy will help educate the audience on the latest science. Additionally, protein and amino acid have received renewed interest in the last decade, ranging from their role in malnutrition to potential benefits in weight management. Of all legumes/beans, the soybean is the only legume that contains an excellent source of high quality protein that can help adequately meet human requirements of protein and amino acids. The implications of the recent WHO/FAO/UNU’s changes to protein and amino acid requirements will be discussed. The audience will also learn of new research that points to potentially different protein and amino acid requirements for special populations and in certain health situations. Furthermore, the health-promoting effects of omega-3 long-chain PUFA (LCPUFA) from fish are well known and several world-wide agencies and scientific organizations have made dietary recommendations for omega-3 fatty acids. However, due to the safety and sustainability of consuming fish, as well as the poor conversion of alpha-linolenic acid (ALA) to eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) or docosahexanoic acid (DHA), alternative novel sources of omega-3 are being explored. One such alternative is stearidonic acid (SDA). Emerging evidence suggests that SDA is more efficiently converted to EPA than ALA.
Additionally, recent data on an emerging new biomarker of heart health – the omega-3 index and the heart health benefits of SDA from technologically modified soybean oil and other sources will be presented. Lastly, the application, nutrition policy and sustainability implications of these new scientific advances will help conclude this scientific session. Session chairs/moderators:
Dr. Priscilla Samuel – Director, Nutrition Sciences, Scientific & Regulatory Affairs, Solae LLC, USA Dr. Mark Messina – Adjunct Associate Professor, Loma Linda University, USA
Mars Lunch Symposium
Session Topic: Cocoa Science - Flavanols and Sustainability
Chair/co-chair: Dr John Erdman, USA and Dr Anna Lartey, Ghana Date: Thursday October 8, 2009
Time: 12.30-14.00
Location: Grand Hall 201, BITEC Session Description:
Topic 1: Dietary Flavonoids and Health
Speaker: Dr Carl Keen, University of California Davis Topic 2: Cocoa Sustainability - social and economic benefits
Speaker: Peter van Grinsven, Mars, Europe
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