Nourishing Australia: a decadal plan for the science of nutrition was published by the National Committee for Nutrition in 2019. Pillar 3 of the plan is ‘Precision and Personalised Nutrition’, which aims to advance the science of targeted dietary solutions. Five years on, now is an opportune time to revisit the plan’s key goals for this pillar and prepare for the next stage of implementing precision and personalised nutrition science across Australia.
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This two-day conference will focus on accelerating the implementation of Nourishing Australia’s pillar on precision and personalised nutrition as well as celebrating the state of the science at a national and international level. Early- and mid-career professionals (including postgraduate students) will have the opportunity to submit abstracts on their research on precision and personalised nutrition that will be presented in person at the conference.
Presentation awards sponsored by the journal Food & Function will be awarded to the best presentations.
Implementation outcomes from this conference will be submitted for publication to the journal Nutrition & Dietetics.
Early- to mid-career professional participants will have the chance to review the pillar’s progress to date, set new objectives, and collaborate with key organisational influencers to develop implementation strategies for two priority areas pertinent to precision and personalised nutrition. Two workshop streams will run in parallel for the two priority areas, so participants will be required to select which of the two workshops they would like to be involved with when registering.
This priority area will focus on implementing strategies to identify mechanisms by which diets, foods and nutrients influence human biology and defining how and why dietary patterns affect health and wellbeing outcomes.
This priority area will focus on implementing strategies to understand and change dietary behaviours, with consideration of societal determinants and the education and research training of nutrition professional.
The primary goal of day 1 is to empower early to mid-career professionals to take an active role in leading the implementation of the pillar’s recommendations. The workshops will provide early to mid-career professionals with an opportunity to take ownership of the promotion and execution of specific goals, with a commitment to driving progress towards achieving their respective objectives by 2030.
Building on the workshop outcomes from day 1, the National Committee for Nutrition early- to mid-career professionals will provide an overview of the draft implementation plan for Pillar 3 and next steps. Attendees will have the opportunity to celebrate the latest research in precision and personalised nutrition by presenting their own research, and hearing from national and international speakers.
Annabelle Wilson is an Associate Professor and Advanced Accredited Practising Dietitian in the discipline of population health at Flinders University. She has a variety of areas of research expertise, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health research, strengths-based approaches to working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, food systems, and health professional practice. Her research looks at ways in which health professionals, especially those who are non-Aboriginal, can work best with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Barbara Mullan is a Professor of Health Psychology. Her research is focused on designing innovative theory-based interventions to change behaviour. She graduated in 1998 with a PhD in psychology from the Open University in the UK. Professor Mullan started her academic career in Birmingham University where she also became a Registered Practitioner Psychologist (Health Psychology) with the Health & Care Professions Council. She was then employed by the University of Sydney and moved to Curtin University in November 2013 as a research academic. She has more than 220 peer-reviewed papers, a H Index of 61 and more than 11000 citations.
Sarah Berry is a Reader in Nutritional Sciences at King’s College London and Chief Scientist at ZOE Ltd. Her research interests relate to the influence of dietary components on cardiometabolic disease risk, with particular focus on personalised nutrition, postprandial lipid metabolism, and food and fat structure. As the Chief Scientist at ZOE Ltd, she leads the PREDICT program of research, assessing the genetic, metabolic, metagenomic, and meal-dependent effects on metabolic responses to food in >100,000 people. This research is at the forefront of developments in personalised nutrition and is forging a new way forward in the design and implementation of large-scale remote nutrition research studies integrating novel technologies, citizen science and AI.
Guest speaker Laureate Professor Clare Collins AO (Newcastle University)
Please note that a virtual pre-conference workshop is required for day 1 participants to provide background to the decadal plan and to set priorities to be discussed at the day 2 workshops. This virtual pre-conference workshop will be scheduled for 10 October 2023 (time and zoom details to be communicated to registered attendees). Laureate Professor Clare Collins will be a guest speaker.
Professor Collins is an Accredited Practising Dietitian, NHMRC Leadership Research Fellow and Director of the Hunter Medical Research Institute Research Program in Food and Nutrition. Her research focuses on personalised nutrition technologies and programs evaluating impact on diet-related health in chronic disease and across life stages. She has been awarded $30 million in grant funding, published 450 research papers and supervised 35 PhD candidates to completion.
Date: Thursday 19 and Friday 20 October 2023
Time: Thursday 8.30am - 5.30pm AEDT; Friday 11:30am – 5:30pm AEDT
Venue: The Shine Dome, Canberra. Day 2 participants will have the option to join online.
Registration and cost: Attendee numbers in person are capped so early registration is recommended. Online attendee numbers are not capped. Registration costs are priced to help cover the costs of running the conference at the Shine Dome.
Days 1 and 2 (in person) – A$150 - REGISTRATIONS CLOSED
Day 2 only (in person) – A$100 - REGISTRATIONS CLOSED
Day 2 only (online) – A$20
Day 1: Early- and mid-career researchers and postgraduate students from the dietetic, nutrition and behavioural science sector and dietetic, nutrition and public health professionals.
Day 2: This is open to all professionals with an interest in precision and personalised nutrition. We encourage attendance from early- and mid-career researchers and postgraduate students from the dietetic, nutrition and behavioural science sector and dietetic, nutrition and public health professionals, non-governmental organisations, including professional and peak bodies, advocacy groups and nutrition educators and industry.
Abstract Submission Guidelines
Day 2 will include an opportunity for attendees to present their research on precision and personalised nutrition in short oral presentations (in-person attendees only). We aim to accommodate as many presentations as possible. Highest scoring abstracts will be scheduled for presentation in the prestigious Shine Dome Ian Walk theatre and will be judged for best presentation awards funded by the journal Food & Function. Information on the process for submitting abstracts can be found in the guidelines above.
Registrations open: Monday 5 June 2023
Call for abstracts (CLOSED): Call for abstracts are now closed.
Registrations close: In-person registrations have now CLOSED. Day 2 online registrations will remain open until Wednesday 18 October.
This conference is hosted by the National Committee for Nutrition with funding from the Boden Conference Award scheme, with additional support from Dietitians Australia, The Nutrition Society of Australia, the Australian Nutrition Trust Fund and Food and Function.
The Nutrition Society of Australia, Dietitians Australia and the Australian Nutrition Trust Fund are funding a select number of travel grants to support early- to mid-career professionals to attend the conference. Grants can be used to cover costs associated with attending the event, such as travel and accommodation. Please indicate whether you would like to apply for a travel grant when completing registrations.
If you require funding support to cover caring, accessibility and mobility costs in order to attend this symposium, you are welcome to apply for a mobility grant through the Theo Murphy Initiative Participation Support scheme. To apply, please contact the Awards team at the Australian Academy of Science at awards@science.org.au.
was published by the National Committee for Nutrition in 2019. Pillar 3 of the plan is ‘Precision and Personalised Nutrition’, which aims to advance the science of targeted dietary solutions. Five years on, now is an opportune time to revisit the plan’s key goals for this pillar and prepare for the next stage of implementing precision and personalised nutrition science across Australia.
This two-day conference will focus on accelerating the implementation of Nourishing Australia’s pillar on precision and personalised nutrition as well as celebrating the state of the science at a national and international level. Early- and mid-career professionals (including postgraduate students) will have the opportunity to submit abstracts on their research on precision and personalised nutrition that will be presented in person at the conference.
Presentation awards sponsored by the journal Food & Function will be awarded to the best presentations.
Implementation outcomes from this conference will be submitted for publication to the journal Nutrition & Dietetics.
Early- to mid-career professional participants will have the chance to review the pillar’s progress to date, set new objectives, and collaborate with key organisational influencers to develop implementation strategies for two priority areas pertinent to precision and personalised nutrition. Two workshop streams will run in parallel for the two priority areas, so participants will be required to select which of the two workshops they would like to be involved with when registering.
This priority area will focus on implementing strategies to identify mechanisms by which diets, foods and nutrients influence human biology and defining how and why dietary patterns affect health and wellbeing outcomes.
This priority area will focus on implementing strategies to understand and change dietary behaviours, with consideration of societal determinants and the education and research training of nutrition professional.
The primary goal of day 1 is to empower early to mid-career professionals to take an active role in leading the implementation of the pillar’s recommendations. The workshops will provide early to mid-career professionals with an opportunity to take ownership of the promotion and execution of specific goals, with a commitment to driving progress towards achieving their respective objectives by 2030.
Building on the workshop outcomes from day 1, the National Committee for Nutrition early- to mid-career professionals will provide an overview of the draft implementation plan for Pillar 3 and next steps. Attendees will have the opportunity to celebrate the latest research in precision and personalised nutrition by presenting their own research, and hearing from national and international speakers.
Annabelle Wilson is an Associate Professor and Advanced Accredited Practising Dietitian in the discipline of population health at Flinders University. She has a variety of areas of research expertise, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health research, strengths-based approaches to working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, food systems, and health professional practice. Her research looks at ways in which health professionals, especially those who are non-Aboriginal, can work best with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Barbara Mullan is a Professor of Health Psychology. Her research is focused on designing innovative theory-based interventions to change behaviour. She graduated in 1998 with a PhD in psychology from the Open University in the UK. Professor Mullan started her academic career in Birmingham University where she also became a Registered Practitioner Psychologist (Health Psychology) with the Health & Care Professions Council. She was then employed by the University of Sydney and moved to Curtin University in November 2013 as a research academic. She has more than 220 peer-reviewed papers, a H Index of 61 and more than 11000 citations.
Sarah Berry is a Reader in Nutritional Sciences at King’s College London and Chief Scientist at ZOE Ltd. Her research interests relate to the influence of dietary components on cardiometabolic disease risk, with particular focus on personalised nutrition, postprandial lipid metabolism, and food and fat structure. As the Chief Scientist at ZOE Ltd, she leads the PREDICT program of research, assessing the genetic, metabolic, metagenomic, and meal-dependent effects on metabolic responses to food in >100,000 people. This research is at the forefront of developments in personalised nutrition and is forging a new way forward in the design and implementation of large-scale remote nutrition research studies integrating novel technologies, citizen science and AI.
Guest speaker Laureate Professor Clare Collins AO (Newcastle University)
Please note that a virtual pre-conference workshop is required for day 1 participants to provide background to the decadal plan and to set priorities to be discussed at the day 2 workshops. This virtual pre-conference workshop will be scheduled for 10 October 2023 (time and zoom details to be communicated to registered attendees). Laureate Professor Clare Collins will be a guest speaker.
Professor Collins is an Accredited Practising Dietitian, NHMRC Leadership Research Fellow and Director of the Hunter Medical Research Institute Research Program in Food and Nutrition. Her research focuses on personalised nutrition technologies and programs evaluating impact on diet-related health in chronic disease and across life stages. She has been awarded $30 million in grant funding, published 450 research papers and supervised 35 PhD candidates to completion.
Date: Thursday 19 and Friday 20 October 2023
Time: Thursday 8.30am - 5.30pm AEDT; Friday 11:30am – 5:30pm AEDT
Venue: The Shine Dome, Canberra. Day 2 participants will have the option to join online.
Registration and cost: Attendee numbers in person are capped so early registration is recommended. Online attendee numbers are not capped. Registration costs are priced to help cover the costs of running the conference at the Shine Dome.
Days 1 and 2 (in person) – A$150 - REGISTRATIONS CLOSED
Day 2 only (in person) – A$100 - REGISTRATIONS CLOSED
Day 2 only (online) – A$20
Day 1: Early- and mid-career researchers and postgraduate students from the dietetic, nutrition and behavioural science sector and dietetic, nutrition and public health professionals.
Day 2: This is open to all professionals with an interest in precision and personalised nutrition. We encourage attendance from early- and mid-career researchers and postgraduate students from the dietetic, nutrition and behavioural science sector and dietetic, nutrition and public health professionals, non-governmental organisations, including professional and peak bodies, advocacy groups and nutrition educators and industry.
Day 2 will include an opportunity for attendees to present their research on precision and personalised nutrition in short oral presentations (in-person attendees only). We aim to accommodate as many presentations as possible. Highest scoring abstracts will be scheduled for presentation in the prestigious Shine Dome Ian Walk theatre and will be judged for best presentation awards funded by the journal Food & Function. Information on the process for submitting abstracts can be found in the guidelines above.
Registrations open: Monday 5 June 2023
Call for abstracts (CLOSED): Call for abstracts are now closed.
Registrations close: In-person registrations have now CLOSED. Day 2 online registrations will remain open until Wednesday 18 October.
This conference is hosted by the National Committee for Nutrition with funding from the , with additional support from Dietitians Australia, The Nutrition Society of Australia, the Australian Nutrition Trust Fund and Food and Function.
The Nutrition Society of Australia, Dietitians Australia and the Australian Nutrition Trust Fund are funding a select number of travel grants to support early- to mid-career professionals to attend the conference. Grants can be used to cover costs associated with attending the event, such as travel and accommodation. Please indicate whether you would like to apply for a travel grant when completing registrations.
If you require funding support to cover caring, accessibility and mobility costs in order to attend this symposium, you are welcome to apply for a mobility grant through the Theo Murphy Initiative Participation Support scheme. To apply, please contact the Awards team at the Australian Academy of Science at .
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