Monday 10th September

9.00 - 10.30 h. Registration opens & continues throughout:

Main hall by the entrance of the Great Hall.

10.30 - 11.00 h. Coffee Break

Rocket Exhibition Area (Ground Floor)

11.00 - 12.30 h. Workshop, Opening and Welcome:

Great Hall (Ground Floor)

Special Opening Lecture: Immunonutrition – global perspectives.

Chairs:

Ascensión Marcos

Institute of Food Science, Technology and Nutrition. Spanish National Research Council (ICTAN-CSIC). Spain.

Philip C. Calder

Faculty of Medicine. University of Southampton. United Kingdom.

Laurence S. Harbige

London Metropolitan University. United Kingdom.

Speaker:

Andrew M. Prentice

MRC Unit. The Gambia & MRC International Nutrition Group. London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. United Kingdom.

11.00 - 12.30 h. Session: Session I. Molecular and cellular roles of nutrients in the immune system.

Chairs:

Laurence S. Harbige

London Metropolitan University. United Kingdom.

Ascensión Marcos

Institute of Food Science, Technology and Nutrition. Spanish National Research Council (ICTAN-CSIC). Spain.

Vitamin A and the immune system.

Speaker:

Catherine Ross

Penn State University. Pennsylvania. United States of America.

Zinc and the immune system.

Speaker:

Inga Wessels

Aachen University. Germany.

12.30 - 14.00 h. Seated/Buffet Lunch

Highbury Canteen (Floor -1)

14.00 - 15.30 h. Session: Session II. Immunometabolism.

Great Hall (Ground Floor)

Chairs:

Philip C. Calder

Faculty of Medicine. University of Southampton. United Kingdom.

Gabriela Perdigón

Tucumán University. CONICET-Cerela. Tucumán. Argentina.

Immunometabolic adaptation in pregnancy.

Speaker:

Catherine Thornton

Swansea University Swansea. United Kingdom.

Metabolism in T cells: nutrients, signals and function.

Speaker:

Nancy MacIver

Duke University School of Medicine. United States of America.

Oral Communications.

15.30 - 16.00 h. Coffee Break

Rocket Exhibition Area (Ground Floor)

16.00 - 17.30 h. Session: Session III. Nutrition and inflammation.

Great Hall (Ground Floor)

Chairs:

Mireille Dardenne

National Institute of Health and Medical Research. Researcher Emeritus INSERM. Paris. France.

Efosa Kenneth Oghagbon

Department of Chemical Pathology. Faculty of Basic & Allied Medical Sciences. College of Health Sciences. Benue State University. Makurdi. Nigeria.

Fats as triggers and modulators of inflammation.

Speaker:

Philip C. Calder

Faculty of Medicine. University of Southampton. United Kingdom.

Nutrition & inflammatory signalling pathways.

Speaker:

Harry Wichers

Wageningen University. Wageningen. The Netherlands.

Oral Communications.

17.30 - 18.30 h. Poster Presentations: Session I.

Virtual e-Poster Exhibition Area (Ground Floor)

Chairs:

Adriana Rita Schultz Moreira

NutriGens- Clinical Nutrition and Nutrigenetics. Brazil. Collaboration at Institute of Food Science, Technology and Nutrition. Spanish National Research Council ICTAN-CSIC. Madrid. Spain.

Roxana Valdés-Ramos

Faculty of Medicine. Autonomous University of the State of Mexico. Toluca. Mexico.

18.30 - 19.30 h. Welcome Reception:

Rocket Exhibition Area (Ground Floor)

Tuesday 11th September

9.00 - 10.30 h. Session: Session IV. Micronutrients and immunity.

Great Hall (Ground Floor)

Chairs:

Ascensión Marcos

Institute of Food Science, Technology and Nutrition. Spanish National Research Council (ICTAN-CSIC). Spain.

Christine Bosch

School of Food Science and Nutrition. University of Leeds. United Kingdom.

Vitamin C, immunity and infection.

Speaker:

Harri Hemilä

Department of Public Health. University of Helsinki. Helsinki. Finland.

Vitamin D, immunity and infection.

Speaker:

Fritz Adrian Gombart

Oregon State University. United States of America.

Oral Communications.

10.30 - 11.00 h. Coffee Break

Rocket Exhibition Area (Ground Floor)

11.00 - 12.30 h. Session: Session V. Fats, immunity and inflammation.

Great Hall (Ground Floor)

Chairs:

Keb Ghebremeskel

Lipidomics and Nutrition Research Center. London Metropolitan University. United Kingdom.

Adriana Rita Schultz Moreira

NutriGens- Clinical Nutrition and Nutrigenetics. Brazil. Collaboration at Institute of Food Science, Technology and Nutrition. Spanish National Research Council ICTAN-CSIC. Madrid. Spain.

Omega-6 fatty acids and autoimmunity.

Speaker:

Laurence S. Harbige

London Metropolitan University. United Kingdom.

Omega-3 fatty acids and resolution of inflammation.

Speaker:

Jesmond Dalli

William Harvey Research Institute. Queen Mary University of London. London. United Kingdom.

Oral Communications.

12.30 - 14.00 h. Seated/Buffet Lunch

Highbury Canteen (Floor -1)

14.00 - 15.30 h. Session: Session VI. The Mediterranean diet, immunity and inflamation.

Great Hall (Ground Floor)

Chairs:

Philip C. Calder

Faculty of Medicine. University of Southampton. United Kingdom.

Kenneth White

Molecular Systems for Health Research Group, London Metropolitan University. United Kingdom.

Flavanoids and allergy.

Speaker:

Francisco José Pérez-Cano

Department of Biochemistry and Physiology. Faculty of Pharmacy and Food Sciences. University of Barcelona. Spain.

Beer, immune system and microbiota.

Speaker:

Ascensión Marcos

Institute of Food Science, Technology and Nutrition. Spanish National Research Council (ICTAN-CSIC). Spain.

Oral Communications.

15.30 - 16.00 h. Coffee Break

Rocket Exhibition Area (Ground Floor)

16.00 - 17.30 h. Session: Session VII. Nutrition and infectious disease.

Great Hall (Ground Floor)

Chairs:

Laurence S. Harbige

London Metropolitan University. United Kingdom.

Roxana Valdés-Ramos

Faculty of Medicine. Autonomous University of the State of Mexico. Toluca. Mexico.

Vitamin D and infection.

Speaker:

Adrian R. Martineau

Queen Mary University of London. London. United Kingdom.

Iron and infection.

Speaker:

Hal Drakesmith

Oxford. United Kingdom.

Oral Communications.

17.30 - 18.30 h. Poster Presentations: Session II.

Virtual e-Poster Exhibition Area (Ground Floor)

Chairs:

Adriana Rita Schultz Moreira

NutriGens- Clinical Nutrition and Nutrigenetics. Brazil. Collaboration at Institute of Food Science, Technology and Nutrition. Spanish National Research Council ICTAN-CSIC. Madrid. Spain.

Roxana Valdés-Ramos

Faculty of Medicine. Autonomous University of the State of Mexico. Toluca. Mexico.

Wednesday 12th September

9.00 - 10.30 h. Session: Session VIII. Microbiota and immune health.

Great Hall (Ground Floor)

Chairs:

Francisco José Pérez-Cano

Department of Biochemistry and Physiology. Faculty of Pharmacy and Food Sciences. University of Barcelona. Spain.

Caroline Childs

Human Development and Health. Faculty of Medicine University of Southampton. United Kingdom.

Microbiota & GALT.

Speaker:

Marie Lewis

University of Reading. Reading. United Kingdom.

Probiotic interaction with host immunity.

Speaker:

Gabriela Perdigón

Tucumán University. CONICET-Cerela. Tucumán. Argentina.

Oral Communications.

10.30 - 11.00 h. Coffee Break

Rocket Exhibition Area (Ground Floor)

11.00 - 12.30 h. Session: Session IX. Obesity, immunity and inflammation.

Great Hall (Ground Floor)

Chairs:

Roxana Valdés-Ramos

Faculty of Medicine. Autonomous University of the State of Mexico. Toluca. Mexico.

David McCarthy

Public Health Nutrition Research Group. London Metropolitan University. United Kingdom.

Why obesity is an inflammatory disease.

Speaker:

Jaswinder K. Sethi

University of Southampton. Southampton. United Kingdom.

Adipose tissue as an inflammatory focus.

Speaker:

Fatima Perez-Heredia

Liverpool John Moores University. Liverpool. United Kingdom.

Oral Communications.

12.30 - 14.00 h. Seated/Buffet Lunch

Highbury Canteen (Floor -1)

14.00 - 15.00 h. Session: Session X. Nutrition and immunosenescence.

Great Hall (Ground Floor)

Chairs:

Wilson Savino

Full Researcher. Laboratory on Thymus Research, Director of the Oswaldo Cruz Institute. Oswaldo Cruz Foundation. Rio de Janeiro. Brazil.

Ascensión Marcos

Institute of Food Science, Technology and Nutrition. Spanish National Research Council (ICTAN-CSIC). Spain.

Probiotics and the ageing immune system.

Speaker:

Parveen Yaqoob

Food and Nutritional Sciences. University of Reading. United Kingdom.

Vitamin E and the ageing immune system.

Speaker:

Dayong Wu

Tufts University. Boston. United States of America.

15.00 - 15.30 h. Coffee Break

Rocket Exhibition Area (Ground Floor)

15.30 - 17.30 h. Session: Session XI. Nutrition and immune development.

Great Hall (Ground Floor)

Chairs:

Gabriela Perdigón

Tucumán University. CONICET-Cerela. Tucumán. Argentina.

Francisco José Pérez-Cano

Department of Biochemistry and Physiology. Faculty of Pharmacy and Food Sciences. University of Barcelona. Spain.

Breast milk oligosaccharides and the developing immune system.

Speaker:

Sharon Donovan

University of Illinois. United States of America.

Breast feeding, microbiota and immune development in early life.

Speaker:

Aletta Kraneveld

Dept . Pharmacology. Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences. Faculty of Science. Utrecht University. The Netherlands. Nutricia Research. The Netherlands.

T-cell development in malnutrition: consequences for acute infections

Speaker:

Wilson Savino

Full Researcher. Laboratory on Thymus Research, Director of the Oswaldo Cruz Institute. Oswaldo Cruz Foundation. Rio de Janeiro. Brazil.

17.30 - 18.00 h. Special closing lecture: The immunology of Asthma.

Great Hall (Ground Floor)

Chairs:

Ascensión Marcos

Institute of Food Science, Technology and Nutrition. Spanish National Research Council (ICTAN-CSIC). Spain.

Philip C. Calder

Faculty of Medicine. University of Southampton. United Kingdom.

Laurence S. Harbige

London Metropolitan University. United Kingdom.

Speaker:

Stephen Holgate

University of Southampton. Southampton. United Kingdom.

18.00 - 18.30 h. Awards, Closing & Handover:

Great Hall (Ground Floor)