This conference is endorsed by the Association for Nutrition EN438
Join us as we kick off the Society’s inaugural Congress!
Unique to the new Congress (previously the Summer Conference) is that you will have greater opportunity to engage with more nutrition science than ever before. In 2024 the core programme will be delivered by the Irish Section of The Nutrition Society, supported by the Science Committee. The theme of these symposia will be ‘new data – focused approaches and challenges’. Outside of the core programme you will have the chance to hear the latest research from the Society’s partner organisations, universities, the private sector and more, on a diverse range of research.
Wonder if the congress is for you? The Society’s conferences bring together a global audience from a diverse range of disciplines within the field, including academics, students, HCPs, industry, freelancers, and policy leaders.
Topic of the congress:
The discipline of nutrition science is diverse in nature – encompassing the study of human health from a molecular to a public health level, and from an ingredient or nutrient level to positioning as part of a (sustainable) global food system. Recognising this diversity, the data used to underpin and inform nutrition science are complex, stemming from a variety of sources. The aim of this congress is to provide an overview of the diversity of the data collected and used within the field of nutrition science and how analysis of this data has and can be used to progress the discipline.
Congress Dinner
Join us for a special congress dinner at Titanic Belfast – one of the most popular attractions in Belfast City! Our gala dinner will be a fun and relaxed event where we step away from the science for one evening and enjoy great food and even better company.
Relive the Titanic dining experience in the The Titanic Suite which has a replica of the liner’s Grand Staircase and stunning views of the Slipways and Belfast Lough – where the world-famous liner was designed, built, and launched.
We have limited tickets to this unique dining experience, be sure to buy your ticket before it sells out!
To book your place at the congress dinner, please click HERE
Format
This conference is an in-person event only.
Day One
Registration
Opening Ceremony
Professor Ian Young, Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition and Queen's University Belfast, UK
Plenary Lecture One
Transforming our food systems as we strive to achieve SDG 2030
Dr Tarra Penney, Dalhousie University, Canada
Core Symposium One - Nutrition data in epidemiology
Challenges in the use of data in nutritional epidemiology - understanding how to use dietary intakes, dietary patterns, and biomarkers of nutritional status to assess how dietary exposure relates to human health across the life course
Professor Edith Feskens, Wageningen University, The Netherlands
The potential uses for routinely collected data and data linkage in nutritional epidemiology
Professor Tilman Kuhn, MedUni Vienna and University of Vienna, Austria
Biomarkers of nutritional exposure and nutritional status in nutritional epidemiology
Professor Lorraine Brennan, University College Dublin, Ireland
Lunch Break
Original Communication Session One
Refreshment Break
Original Communication Session Two
Theme Highlights and SIG Session One
Parallel Session
Theme Highlights
Treatment and prevention of disease
Food Systems
Optimum life course
Novel nutrition technologies
SIG Session One: Workplace diet and health SIG symposium
17:30 - Introduction to the session
Dr Rachel Gibson, King's College London, UK
17:40 - Shift-Diabetes: Working the night shift and living with type 2 diabetes
Dr Rachel Gibson, King's College London, UK
17:50 - Developing a nutrition policy for sensory panels: the why, how, and what
Dr Louise Durrant, Marlow Foods Ltd, UK
18:05 The effectiveness of workplace dietary interventions on organisational and business - related outcomes: a systematic review
Ms Georgia Rogerson, King's College London, UK
18:20 - Panel Discussion
Drinks Reception
Europa Hotel
The social & networking event is open to all delegates as part of the registration fee.
Day Two
Core Symposium Two - Nutrition study design
Novel study designs in nutrition research
Professor Baukje de Roos, University of Aberdeen, UK
Data integration from multiple assessments
Professor Eileen Gibney, University College Dublin, Ireland
Systems/MRC complex interventions development and mixed methods approaches
Professor Maria Bryant, University of York, UK
Refreshment Break
Silver Medal Lecture
Lunch Break
Postgraduate Symposium
BJN Paper of the Year
Core Symposium Three - Monitoring of food data from purchase to intake
Capturing food insecurity data and implications for business and policy
Dr Sinead Furey, Ulster University, UK
A nation’s story with food and body weight through the eyes of national food consumption surveys
Dr Breige McNulty, University College Dublin, Ireland
Food purchase data: a mirror to understand patterns in supermarket food, nutrition and sustainability behaviours
Professor Michelle Morris, University of Leeds, UK and Dr Nilani Sritharan, Sainsbury's
Rank Prize Lecture
Micronutrient deficiency prevention; using the evidence base to inform global policy
Professor Kevin Cashman, University College Cork, Ireland
Day Three
Core Symposium Four - Considerations of the food system
Food systems, nutrition, health and the environment
Professor Pauline Scheelbeek, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
Lessons from animal nutrition and production science
Professor Sharon Huws, Queen's University Belfast, UK
Embedding sustainability within policy: learnings and expereinces
Professor Mary McCarthy, University College Cork, Ireland
Refreshment Break
Lunch Break
SIG Session Two: Preventing undernutrition in older adults: From food systems to food structures
13:00 - Food systems mapping for older adults. A gap analysis from the Food4Years Ageing Network
Professor Lisa Methven, University of Reading, UK
13:20 - A protein enriched Mediterranean diet to combat undernutrition: Findings from the ProMed-Cog intervention study
Dr Claire McEvoy, Queens University Belfast
13:40 - Designing food seniors
Speaker TBC
SIG Session Three: Phytochemicals and Health SIG Symposium
13:30 - Introduction to the Phytochemicals and Health Special Interest Group
Dr Ana Rodriguez - Mateos, King's College London, UK
Dr Charlotte Mills, University of Reading, UK
13:50 - The importance of flavonoids for health
Professor Aedin Cassidy, Queen University Belfast, Northern Ireland
14:10 - Interplay between dietary polyphenols and the digestive system
Dr Chris Gill, Ulster University, UK
Original Communication Session Three
Refreshment Break
Plenary Lecture Three
Friend or Foe? The Role of Animal-Source Foods in Healthy and Environmentally Sustainable Diets
Dr Stella Nordhagen, GAIN
Conference Dinner
Titanic Belfast
Day Four
Core Symposium Five - How food and nutrition data can inform policy
How food and nutrition data informs the UK government reformulation programme
Dr Victoria Targett, DHSC
Translating advances in data gathering and monitoring to policy informing decisions – the EFSA experience
Dr Maria Anastassiadou, EFSA
Translating evidence into policy – the Nordic dietary recommendations
Professor Maikki Erkkola, Helsinki University, Finland
Refreshment Break
Julie Wallace Award Lecture
Core Symposium Six - Novel approaches in nutrition research from evidence to impact
Participatory approaches in human nutrition research
Professor Michelle McKinley, Queen's University Belfast, UK
Machine learning in nutrition: opportunities, limitations, uncertainties
Dr Daniel Kirk, King's College London, UK
Using citizen science to monitor food intake as we move towards sustainable diets and a sustainable food system
Dr Christian Reynolds, City University London, UK
Lunch Break
Plenary Lecture Four
National food databanks – capabilities and culpabilities in monitoring food intake on individual and population basis
Dr Maria Traka, Quadram Institute, UK
Close of Congress
Venue address and accommodation
The congress is an in-person event.
Congress venue:
Assembly Buildings Conference Centre
2-10 Fisherwick Place
Belfast
BT1 6DW
Nutrition Society Congress accommodation recommendations
Queen's University Belfast - Halls of Residence
Ensuite single room: £65 per night
Elms Village in BT9 is located 15 minutes from Queen's University Belfast and just 25 minutes from Belfast City Centre. The accommodation is also a 10-minute walk from the Lisburn Road which has a variety of different cafes, restaurants, and shops which you can visit. There are buses that will take you to the city centre from Windsor Avenue every 20 minutes to outside The Belfast City Hall, a short walk from the conference venue. All public transport accepts contactless card payments including Apple Pay and Google Pay. Please note they do not accept cash. For more information, please click HERE
To make a booking please click HERE
Please note that online booking reservations close on 4 June 2024.
Additional accommodation recommendations
Prices start from £85 per night
Please click HERE to see a list of accommodation recommendations, provided by VisitBelfast.
*Please note that the Society is not responsible for any arrangementes related to the booking of accomodation for delegates. Should you have any accomodation queries, please direct these to your chosen hotel.
Congress Dinner
Join us for a special congress dinner at Titanic Belfast – one of the most popular attractions in Belfast City! Our gala dinner will be a fun and relaxed event where we step away from the science for one evening and enjoy great food and even better company.
Relive the Titanic dining experience in the The Titanic Suite which has a replica of the liner’s Grand Staircase and stunning views of the Slipways and Belfast Lough – where the world-famous liner was designed, built, and launched.
We have limited tickets to this unique dining experience, be sure to buy your ticket before it sells out!
To book your place at the congress dinner, please click HERE
Call for Abstract Details
The abstract submission portal for the Nutrition Congress 2024 is now open. Submit your abstract here
Abstract submissions is open until 29 April 2024.
To get ahead with submitting your abstract please read the guidance on how to submit your abstract using the online system.
Please read the instructions to authors. Your abstract does not have to relate to the specific theme of the congress. You may also find tips on writing a successful abstract useful.
Your abstract will be limited to 450 words (excluding references and author information). Please note that corrections will not be accepted after the deadline.
All communications regarding your abstract including acknowledgement and acceptance will be electronic using the email address provided on each submission. After submitting your abstract you will receive a confirmation email.
How to Submit a successful abstract:
1) Use these tips on writing a successful abstract
2) Read the instructions to authors
3) Submit your abstract
When will I hear if my abstract has been accepted?
Authors will hear by mid-May if their abstract has been accepted for presentation. All presenting authors will need to register to attend the conference in-person.
If you have any queries, please contact the Society's Events Officer.
Order your tickets
Member - To benefit from the membership rate, please log in to your membership area before completing the registration.
Student/LIC/Unwaged Member - To benefit from the membership rate, please log in to your membership area before completing the registration.
Any students attending alone or for the first time and would like a conference buddy, please sign up HERE.
Group rate for members and non-members* Please contact [email protected]
Please note you must have a minimum of 10 people to qualify for the group rate.
Non - Member
Group rate for students* Please contact [email protected]
Please note you must have a minimum of 10 people to qualify for the group rate.
Non - member - Please register HERE to purchase the day rate.
Member - Please register HERE to purchase the day rate.
To benefit from the membership rate, please log in to your membership area before completing the registration.
Student/LIC/Unwaged Member - Please register HERE to purchase the day rate.
To benefit from the membership rate, please log in to your membership area before completing the registration.
Congress Dinner
To book your place at the congress dinner, please click HERE
UK Postgraduate Competition
The Nutrition Society Postgraduate Competition offers current Society members who are postgraduate students registered for a Higher Degree the opportunity to present an original short review paper on their research topic in the Postgraduate Symposium at the Nutrition Society Congress. All winners of the competition will have the opportunity to have their review published in the Proceedings of the Nutrition Society.
Find out more and apply here.
Silver Medal
The Silver Medal application portal is open.
Find out more about the medal here.
Julie Wallace Award
The Julie Wallace Award application portal is open.
Find out more about the award here.