08:15 Registration and Exhibition

Morning Chair: Professor Peter Aggett, Emeritus Professor of Child Health and Nutrition

09:30 Nutrition in childbearing years – a review of the evidence
Dr Emma Derbyshire, Lecturer in Human Nutrition, Health Research Centre, Manchester Metropolitan University

09:55 Nutrition and health of schoolchildren – what are the main challenges?
Dr Elisabeth Weichselbaum, Nutrition Scientist, British Nutrition Foundation

10:20 Red Meat – The facts behind the headlines
Dr Laura Wyness, Nutrition Scientist, British Nutrition Foundation

10:45 BREAK: Opportunity to visit the exhibition, gather resources, win prizes and network

11:15 Vitamin & mineral recommendations for 22nd Century - where are we? Setting vitamin and mineral targets for optimum health
Speaker TBC

11:45 Practical resolutions of Vit D ‘crisis’ in the UK
Lisa Cooke, Head of Paediatric Dietetics, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children

12:10 Just what should our athletes be eating in 2012?
Dr Sarah Schenker Registered Dietitian, Accredited Sports Dietitian and Registered Public Health Nutritionist

12:35 The role of dietary protein in maintenance of lean muscle mass in an aging population
David Welsby, David Welsby, Science Fellow, Solae

13:00 LUNCH

Afternoon Chair: Professor Susan Lanham-New, Head of Nutritional Sciences Division, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford

14:00 - 14.30 FODMAPs – a new approach to managing IBS
Heidi Staudacher, Research Dietitian, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation
Trust & King’s College London

14:30 - 15.00 Probiotics, prebiotics and synbiotics – the new flu jab?
Professor R.A. Rastall, Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences, The University of Reading

15.00 - 15.30 What we really can and can't say to our patients and consumers the HCP Code of Practice and Article 12c of the Health Claims Regulations
Alison Nelson - Food and Health Policy Officer, The British Dietetic Association

15.30 - 16.00 ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION

16:00 CLOSE & HOME