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Overview

This conference will explore how novel research in industry and academia is advancing our understanding of human nutrition.

Nutrition plays a profoundly important role in health and wellbeing. Poor nutrition is a leading cause of chronic disease, including type 2 diabetes, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, cardiovascular disease, and various forms of cancer. With an increasingly overweight and ageing UK population, the incidence of such diseases and the associated healthcare costs continue to rise.

This conference will examine advances being made in the science of human nutrition by bringing together speakers from both industry and academia. The conference will discuss how scientific breakthroughs can be translated into effective strategies for improved health, including the prevention and management of chronic disease.

A cross-sector panel discussion will seek to identify the barriers to translation and the important knowledge gaps in the field. It will also discuss how these can be addressed through further research and innovation in both the commercial sector and academia.

The conference will conclude with a keynote from Henry Dimbleby MBE, co-founder of the Sustainable Restaurant Association, who will consider emerging themes from the conference and the future of human nutrition.

About the conference series

This scientific meeting is part of the Royal Society's Transforming our Future conference series. These meetings are unique, high-level events that address the scientific and technical challenges of the next decade. Each conference features cutting edge science from industry and academia and brings together leading experts from the scientific community, including regulatory, charity and funding bodies.

Attending this event

  • This will be a hybrid event, with online attendance open to all
  • In-person attendance is by invitation only, and is free
  • There are 15 in-person tickets reserved for early career researchers who are members of the Nutrition Society - please email the Nutrition Society membership team if you would like to take one of these places
  • Please register to attend online
  • For the programme, scroll down and click on the arrows to see the speakers and abstracts for their talks
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  • For any queries or accessibility requirements, please email the Industry Team

Nutrition Society winter conference

The Nutrition Society's winter conference - on diet and lifestyle strategies for prevention and management of multimorbidity - is taking place on 5 and 6 December, also held at the Royal Society. These two events are separate but we encourage anyone attending the Nutrition Society conference to get in touch with the Royal Society Industry team with any enquiries. Online attendance to the Nutrition Society conference is also available via the Nutrition Society website.

Organisers

Schedule

09:10-09:15
Opening remarks

Speakers

Professor Cathie Martin MBE FRS

John Innes Centre and University of East Anglia, UK

09:15-09:35
Opening keynote

Speakers

Professor Julie Lovegrove

University of Reading, UK


Chair

Professor Susan Lanham-New

University of Surrey

09:40-10:00
Multiple determinants in research: new technology and data science

Speakers

Dr Sarah Berry

King's College London, UK

10:00-10:20
Genetics and human appetite

Speakers

Professor Giles Yeo MBE

University of Cambridge

10:20-10:40
Microbiome science and human nutrition

Speakers

Professor Lindsay Hall

Quadram Institute, UK and Technical University of Munich, Germany

10:40-10:55
Q&A and discussion

Speakers

Dr Sarah Berry

King's College London, UK

Professor Giles Yeo MBE

University of Cambridge

Professor Lindsay Hall

Quadram Institute, UK and Technical University of Munich, Germany


Chair

Professor Cathie Martin MBE FRS

John Innes Centre and University of East Anglia, UK

11:30-11:50
Bioactives produced through microbial transformation in the gut

Speakers

Professor Marc-Emmanuel Dumas FRSC

Imperial College London

11:50-12:10
Plant bioactives and disease prevention

Speakers

Dr Maria Traka

Quadram Institute, UK

12:10-12:30
Advances in biofortification

Speakers

Dr Jenny Walton

HarvestPlus

12:30-12:45
Q&A and discussion

Speakers

Dr Jenny Walton

HarvestPlus

Professor Marc-Emmanuel Dumas FRSC

Imperial College London

Dr Maria Traka

Quadram Institute, UK


Chair

Dr Andrew Morgan

Royal Society Entrepreneur in Residence, University of Exeter

13:50-14:05
The psychology of food

Speakers

Professor Louise Dye

University of Leeds

14:05-14:25
Diet for disease prevention and remission

Speakers

Professor John C Mathers

Newcastle University

14:25-14:40
Gut hormones as therapeutic targets for appetite suppression

Speakers

Dr Tony Goldstone

Imperial College London

14:40-15:00
Managing health through better nutrition
15:00-15:15
Q&A and discussion

Speakers

Professor Louise Dye

University of Leeds

Professor John C Mathers

Newcastle University

Dr Tony Goldstone

Imperial College London


Chair

Dr Sarah Berry

King's College London, UK

16:00-16:45
Where next for the science?

Speakers

Dr John O'Brien

The Food Observatory

Professor Tim Spector FMedSci

King's College London and Zoe Health

Dr Emma Williams

Nutritionists in Industry

16:45-17:25
Closing keynote

Speakers

Henry Dimbleby MBE

LEON and the Sustainable Restaurant Association


Chair

Professor Cathie Martin MBE FRS

John Innes Centre and University of East Anglia, UK

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