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Tuesday 29th November (Venue is Rydges Lakeland Resort, unless otherwise stated)
3.30 pm onward Delegate Registration
5.00 pm - 7.00 pm Student Masterclass Programme
7.00 pm - 8.30 pm Welcome Function

Wednesday 30th November
8.00 am - 8.30 am Registration
8.30 am - 9.00 am Official Welcome
9.00 am - 10.50 am Plenary 1: Nutrition in the lifecycle: What are we learning?
Keynote Speaker: Prof Dennis Bier (Baylor College of Medicine, USA)
Epidemiology to Epigenetics: what are we not learning about nutrition throughout the lifecycle?

Prof Clare Collins (University of Newcastle)
Diet Quality - Do differences across life stage, gender and health matter?

A/Prof Vicki Flood (University of Wollongong)
Dietary intake and hearing loss among older people: the increasing epidemiological evidence
10.50 am - 11.20 am Morning Tea & Poster Viewing
11.20 am - 12.50 pm Concurrent Sessions 1-3 
12.50 pm - 1.50 pm Lunch
1.50 pm - 2.50 pm Dairy Australia Lecture
Professor Bruce Griffin (University of Surrey, UK)
Impact of Dairy Consumption on the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease
2.50 pm - 3.50 pm Poster Session 1 Presentations
3.50 pm - 4.20 pm Afternoon Tea & Poster Viewing
4.20 pm - 5.30 pm Concurrent Sessions 4-6 
5.40 pm - 6.30 pm Muriel Bell Lecture (Nutrition Society of New Zealand)
Jenny Reid, The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, New Zealand
Politics of nutrition
7.00 pm - 9.30 pm

Workshop for Mid-Career Researchers: Publishing in high quality journals
(Sponsored by the Australian Academy of Science National Committee for Nutrition)
Professor Dennis Bier  (Editor of Am J Clin Nutr) Optional (booked on registration form)

Thursday 1 December
7.15 am - 8.15 am Young Investigator Breakfast (Optional, limited places)
8.30 am - 10.10 am

Plenary 2: Eating Green: Foods and diets, attitudes and policies
Keynote Speaker: Prof Tim Lang (City University, UK) (Video Link)
Eating Green: the policy challenge of sustainable diets

Prof Robert Henry (University of Queensland)
Eating Green: research for nutrition and food sustainability

Dr Kathryn Bicknell ( Lincoln University NZ)
The relationship between our food choices and farm animal welfare

 

10.10 am - 10.40 am Morning Tea & Poster Viewing
10.40 am - 11.50 pm Concurrent Sessions 7-9
11.50 am - 12.50 pm Lunch
12.20 pm - 1.20 pm Annual General Meeting NSNZ, NSA
1.20 pm - 3.10 pm

Plenary 3: Social and Enviromental Determinants of Eating Behaviours
Keynote Speaker: Prof Hans Brug (VU University Medical Center Netherlands)
(Sponsored by Clincial Trials Research Unit, University of Auckland)
Childhood obesity prevention in Europe: the science of behavior change

Prof Kylie Ball (Deakin University)
Socioeconomic disadvantage and diet: understanding and promoting ‘resilience’

A/Prof Rachael Taylor (University of Otago)
Forget schools; how do we tackle the home environment for effective obesity prevention?
 

3.10 pm - 3.40 pm Afternoon Tea & Poster Viewing
3.40 pm - 4.40 pm Poster Session 2:  Presentations
4.40 pm - 5.25 pm Nutrition Society of Australia Awards
7.30 pm - late Conference Dinner Skyline Restaurant (includes Student Awards)

Friday 2 December
8.30 am - 10.10 am

Plenary 4: Dietary proteins and carbohydrates for optimal health: towards consensus
(Session Sponsored by Kellogg)

Keynote Speaker: Prof Arne Astrup, (University of Copenhagen)  (Video Link)
The role of protein and carbohydrates for weight loss and maintenance: evidence from the Diogenes study

Prof David Raubenheimer (Massey University)
Macronutrient balance and energy intake: the protein leverage hypothesis

A/Prof Sally Poppitt (University of Auckland)
Protein and CHO for weight control: what role for hunger and appetite regulation?

10.10 am - 10.40 am Morning Tea & Poster Viewing
10.40 am - 11.50 am Concurrent Sessions 10-12  Concurrent Sessions List
11.50 am - 12.50 pm Lunch
12.50 pm - 2.10 pm

Plenary 5: Lean mean machines (nutrition in sport)
Keynote Speaker: Dr Helen O'Connor (University of Sydney)
New Science in Sports Nutrition

Dr Ben Desbrow (Griffith University)
Caffeine and sport - when two addictions collide

A/Prof David Gerrard (University of Otago)
Ergogenesis in sport:  Chasing the drug cheats


2.10 pm - 2.40 pm Afternoon Tea
2.40 pm -3.50 pm Concurrent Sessions 13-15  Concurrent Sessions List
3.50 pm - 4.10 pm Conference Close
5.30 pm - 8.00 pm Gibbston Valley Wine Tour (Optional)
 
Saturday 3 December
9.45 am - 3.30 pm Walter Peak Guided Cycling Tour

This programme may be subject to change



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