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Following excellent feedback and record delegate numbers, the Congress is back! We're taking the Congress to the next level in 2026, with more science, more networking and a new city to explore. Join us in Newcastle for the event at the heart of the Society's conference calendar. 

We'll be sharing more details, including the programme, abstract submission deadline, and medal application opportunities, soon. 

In the meantime, save the date (21-24 July 2026). We look forward to seeing you there!

Day One

10:15

Registration

11:00

Opening Ceremony

11:10

Plenary Lecture One
Hosted by: The Nutrition Society

11:10

National food strategy 
To be confirmed

12:00

Core Symposium One: Improving dietary fibre intake 
Hosted by: The Nutrition Society

12:00

An overview of the Danish Wholegrain Partnership approaches and outcomes 
To be confirmed

12:30

Raise the pulse – elevating fibre intake in via bread reformulation
Professor Julie Lovegrove, University of Reading, UK 

13:00

Industry – led strategies for improving dietary fibre intake in the UK population
To be confirmed 

13:30

Lunch Break

14:30

Original Communication Session One

15:30

Refreshment Break

16:00

Original Communication Session Two

17:30

Theme Highlights
Hosted by: The Nutrition Society

18:30

Closing Remarks

19:00

Conference Drinks reception 
Location to be confirmed 

Day Two

09:00

Core Symposium Two: Addressing food insecurity: place – based approached
Hosted by: The Nutrition Society

09:00

Improving access to fruit and vegetables 
Professor Charlotte Hardman, University of Liverpool, UK

09:30

Understanding the social supermarket ecosystem
To be announced 

10:00

Food insecurity in families 
Dianne Smith, Plant - Based Cooking, UK 

10:30

Refreshment Break

11:00

Silver Medal Lecture`
Hosted by: The Nutrition Society 
To be announced

12:00

Lunch Break

12:00

Ideas for Careers workshop
Hosted by: The Nutrition Society

13:00

UK Postgraduate Competition Winner 
Hosted by: The Nutrition Society 
To be announced  

13:25

UK Postgraduate Competition Winner 
Hosted by: The Nutrition Society 
To be announced  

13:45

UK Postgraduate Competition Winner 
Hosted by: The Nutrition Society 
To be announced  

14:05

UK Postgraduate Competition Winner 
Hosted by: The Nutrition Society 
To be announced  

14:30

BJN Paper of the Year Lecture
Hosted by: The Nutrition Society 

15:10

Refreshment Break

15:40

Core Symposium Three: Nutrition, the microbiome and human health
Hosted by: The Nutrition Society

15:40

Establishing the microbiome in early life
Professor Christopher Stewart, Newcastle University, UK

16:10

The next generation of pre and pro-biotics 
Dr Andrea Ascarante Peril, UNC School of Medicine, United States 

16:40

Impacts of food insecurity on microbiome health
To be announced 

17:15

Rank Prize Lecture
Hosted by: The Nutrition Society  

18:15

End of conference 

Day Three

09:00

Core Symposium Four - "Ultraprocessed Foods" and Human Health 
Hosted by: The Nutrition Society

09:00

Empirical analyses of UPFs 
To be announced

09:30

Challenges of interpreting UPF studies 
Professor Ciaran Forde, Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands 

10:00

Refining Nova
To be announced 

10:30

Refreshment Break

11:00

Satellite Sponsor Symposium
To be announced

12:00

Lunch Break

13:00

Satellite Sponsor Symposium
To be announced

14:00

Original Communication Session Three

 

15:00

Refreshment Break

15:30

Plenary Lecture Two
Hosted by: The Nutrition Society
Challenges in analysing microbiome data, new and emerging links with disease
To be announced

16:30

Satellite Sponsor Symposium
To be announced

17:30

End of day 

19:00

Conference Dinner
Location to be confirmed 

Day Four

09:00

Core symposium Five - The Challenges in Dietary Transition 
Hosted by: The Nutrition Society

09:00

Challenges of maintaining nutritional adequacy in transition to plant-based food
To be announced

09:30

Limitations of plant based diets in ageing 
Dr Keren Papier, Oxford Population Health, UK

10:00

Benefits of mycoproteins for reducing dependency on meat 
To be announced 

10:30

Refreshment Break 

11:00

Core symposium Six - The challenges of dietary transition
Hosted by: The Nutrition Society

11:00

Dark kitchens 
Lucie Nield, University of Sheffield, UK

11:30

Use of apps, influencers and advertising in behaviour change 
Professor Emma Boyland, University of Liverpool, UK

12:00

Potential of apps in behaviour change
To be announced 

12:30

Lunch Break

13:30

Plenary Lecture Three
Hosted by: The Nutrition Society

14:15

Close of Congress