ILSI Europe hosts, sponsors, and co-organises a variety of scientific events. These include independent symposia, workshops, webinars, hands-on scientific trainings and sessions held as part of the program of larger scientific conferences or professional meetings.
Where to find us this year?
Z to A
Workshop – Recycling of Novel Non-PET Plastics
21/10/2025 – 22/10/2025
Brussels, Belgium
Session at IUNS-ICN2025 – Vitamins & Minerals
26/08/2025
Paris, France
Session at IUNS-ICN2025 – Recent Advances in Microbiome Science
26/08/2025
Paris, France
Session at IUNS-ICN2025 – Precision Nutrition
26/08/2025
Paris, France
Session at IUNS-ICN2025 – Nutrient Recommendations
25/08/2025
Paris, France
- Calcium: an algorithm to assess calcium bioavailability from foods (Connie Weaver, San Diego State University)
- Framework for Developing Nutrient Prediction Equations (Tasija Karosas, ILSI U.S. and Canada)
- Vitamin K2: Expert Perspective on Recent and Future Research (Lena Leder, Balchem & Delphine Saulnier, Novonesis)
Read the abstracts here
About IUNS-ICN2025
The International Union of Nutritional Sciences (IUNS) is a global organisation that promotes the advancement of nutritional science, research, and education through international cooperation. Founded in 1948, it brings together national scientific bodies from over 85 countries. Its main goals include fostering collaboration among nutrition scientists, organising the International Congress of Nutrition (ICN), and facilitating the dissemination of nutritional knowledge to tackle global issues.
More info at: https://www.icn2025.org/
Find this session in ICN2025 programme at https://www.icn2025.org/program#/session-inline/vitamins-minerals-understanding-global-deficiencies-and-advancing-research-minerals
[post_title] => Session at IUNS-ICN2025 - Vitamins & Minerals [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => iunc-icn2025-session-vitamins-and-minerals [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2025-07-16 10:20:41 [post_modified_gmt] => 2025-07-16 10:20:41 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://ilsi.eu/?post_type=event&p=15886 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => event [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw ) [2] => WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 15877 [post_author] => 361 [post_date] => 2025-05-02 09:29:24 [post_date_gmt] => 2025-05-02 09:29:24 [post_content] =>
Session information
Session title: Recent Advances in Microbiome Science: Prebiotics, Postbiotics, and Early Nutrition for Optimized HealthTime and location: TUE 26 AUG | 08:00 - 09:30 | Room 252B
Session chairs: Francois Blachier (AgroParisTech) and Isabelle Guelinckx (ILSi Europe)
Objective
This scientific session aims to investigate the complex interactions between prebiotics, microbiome health, and immune function, particularly in relation to infection resistance and vaccination efficacy. By examining the evidence on prebiotics' potential to bolster immunity against bacterial and viral infections, this session will highlight how these dietary components may support effective vaccination. Further, it will explore the maternal microbiome's role in early childhood development, addressing how both digestible and non-digestible carbohydrates influence health outcomes in young children. Finally, insights into consumer awareness and attitudes toward postbiotics will be presented, identifying research gaps and opportunities for advancing global understanding of postbiotics and their potential health benefits. Together, these discussions aim to provide a comprehensive view of the impact of microbiome-targeted interventions across various life stages and population groups.
Background
With growing recognition of the microbiome's influence on health, there is increasing interest in how dietary components like prebiotics can shape immune responses and enhance disease resilience. Scientific reviews, such as those covered in this session, are beginning to reveal promising connections between prebiotics, infection defense, and vaccination efficacy, underscoring their potential role in public health strategies. Additionally, shifts in the maternal microbiome during early childhood have emerged as a critical factor in health outcomes, as the session will discuss, exploring evidence from RCTs and cohort studies on the effects of carbohydrates in young children. Furthermore, consumer interest in microbiome health is expanding to include postbiotics; cross-national surveys highlight varying levels of consumer understanding and reveal specific research needs in this area. This session, therefore, provides an opportunity to assess current scientific evidence and consumer insights, aiming to bridge gaps and pave the way for innovative microbiome-focused interventions in health.
Line up
- Prebiotics and Immunity: Their Role in Bacterial, Viral Infections and Vaccination Efficiency (Hediye Arioz Tunc, University of Southampton)
- Benefits, challenges, and opportunities with changes in the maternal microbiome (Eduard Flores Ventura, Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology-National Research Council)
- Understanding Postbiotics: Global Consumer Insights and Research Gaps (Delphine Saulnier, Novonesis)
Read the abstracts here
About IUNS-ICN2025
The International Union of Nutritional Sciences (IUNS) is a global organisation that promotes the advancement of nutritional science, research, and education through international cooperation. Founded in 1948, it brings together national scientific bodies from over 85 countries. Its main goals include fostering collaboration among nutrition scientists, organising the International Congress of Nutrition (ICN), and facilitating the dissemination of nutritional knowledge to tackle global issues.
More info at: https://www.icn2025.org/
Find this session in ICN2025 programme at https://www.icn2025.org/program#/session-inline/recent-advances-in-microbiome-science-prebiotics-postbiotics-and-early-nutrition-for-optimized-health
[post_title] => Session at IUNS-ICN2025 - Recent Advances in Microbiome Science [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => iunc-icn2025-session-microbiome [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2025-07-16 10:17:08 [post_modified_gmt] => 2025-07-16 10:17:08 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://ilsi.eu/?post_type=event&p=15877 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => event [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw ) [3] => WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 15882 [post_author] => 361 [post_date] => 2025-05-02 09:33:00 [post_date_gmt] => 2025-05-02 09:33:00 [post_content] =>
Session information
Session title: Precision Nutrition: Optimizing Prevention Strategies for Obesity and Chronic DiseaseSession chairs: Sophie Vinoy (Mondelēz International, France) and Sinéad Mullin (University College Dublin, Ireland)
Time and location: Tuesday 26 August 2025 | 11:15 - 12:45 | Grand Amphitheatre
Standard symposium: 220 pax
Objective
This session will explore the exciting field of precision nutrition, focusing on its potential to revolutionize the prevention and management of chronic diseases. We will delve into the latest advancements in metabolic phenotyping, the translation of research into practice, and the application of precision nutrition to diabetes prevention.
Line up
- Fiber, Microbiome, and Metabolic Health in Precision Nutrition
This talk will delve into precision nutrition strategies to optimize prevention efforts.
Speaker: Prof. Nathalie Delzenne (UCLouvain, BE) - Translating precision nutrition research into practical prevention strategies for chronic metabolic diseases
Discover how precision nutrition can revolutionize chronic disease prevention. This presentation will delve into its foundational principles, practical applications, and exciting future directions.
Speakers: Laetitia Lengelé (UCLouvain, BE) & Art Muijsenberg (Maastricht University, NL) - Diabetes prevention in the era of precision nutrition
By combining wearable technology, molecular biology, and machine learning, the project will investigate how diet and the gut microbiome influence glucose homeostasis in different glucotypes.
Speaker: Prof Ellen Blaak (Maastricht University, NL)
Read the abstracts here
About IUNS-ICN2025
The International Union of Nutritional Sciences (IUNS) is a global organisation that promotes the advancement of nutritional science, research, and education through international cooperation. Founded in 1948, it brings together national scientific bodies from over 85 countries. Its main goals include fostering collaboration among nutrition scientists, organising the International Congress of Nutrition (ICN), and facilitating the dissemination of nutritional knowledge to tackle global issues.
More info at: https://www.icn2025.org/
Find this session in ICN2025 programme at https://www.icn2025.org/program#/session-inline/precision-nutrition-optimizing-prevention-strategies-for-obesity-and-chronic-disease
[post_title] => Session at IUNS-ICN2025 - Precision Nutrition [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => iunc-icn2025-session-precision-nutrition [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2025-07-16 10:18:40 [post_modified_gmt] => 2025-07-16 10:18:40 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://ilsi.eu/?post_type=event&p=15882 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => event [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw ) [4] => WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 15888 [post_author] => 361 [post_date] => 2025-05-02 09:49:18 [post_date_gmt] => 2025-05-02 09:49:18 [post_content] =>
Session information
Session title: Approaches to Nutrient Recommendations and Meal-based Nutrient Profiling System (NPS) in Southeast AsiaTime and location: MON 25 AUG | 11:15 - 12:45 | room 251
Session chair : Prof. Connie Weaver, San Diego State University
Objective
This session will update, highlight and share the approaches and efforts undertaken by the SEA Region with regards to nutrient recommendations and meal-based nutrient profiling system (NPS).
Background
ILSI Southeast Asia Region and FAO pioneered the first regional effort to provide a platform for discussion on recommended dietary allowances (RDAs) for the 10 SEA countries between 1997 and 2003. A recent review paper by the Southeast Asia Public Health Nutrition Network (SEA-PHN) (Tee et al., 2023) provided an overview of the available nutrient recommendations in SEA countries, as well as the approaches and scientific principles undertaken by these countries to formulate their own national energy and nutrient recommendations. It recognized that due to limited resources and expertise, there is a lack of original research data within the region to establish nutrient requirements based on original experimental data for the local population. Rather, recommendations were adapted or adopted from key international and renowned research organizations, such as WHO/FAO, FNB-IOM, and EFSA. With new developments and initiatives on the global level to explore and deliberate on ways to provide a uniform and consistent basis for setting nutrient intake (NIV) recommendations across countries through a harmonized process (Pray & Yaktine, 2018; Allen et al., 2020), ILSI SEA Region reconvened a Nutrient Recommendations Working Group ( NRWG) that supports regional and international experts and health agencies representatives to review, discuss and establish consensus on a harmonized science-based approach to recommended nutrients intake for SEA. This effort will also impact the nutrient profiling system within the region, since the setting of nutrient profiles is an exercise that takes into account dietary and nutrient recommendations that are of public health importance..
Line up
- Review of Recommended Nutrient Intake Values in Southeast Asian Countries (E-Siong Tee, Nutrition Society of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
- Harmonization of Approaches to Nutrient Reference Values for Southeast Asian Countries: Why and How? (Emorn Udomkesmalee, Institute of Nutrition, Mahidol University, Tambon Salaya, Thailand)
- Application of Novel Technology in Meal-based Nutrient Profiling System (NPS) (Wantanee Kriengsinyos, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, Thailand)
- Japan's Nutrient Profile Model for Dishes: A Trigger to Food Reformulation for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (Hidemi Takimoto,National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition, Japan)
- Panel Discussion (all speakers)
Read the abstracts here
About IUNS-ICN2025
The International Union of Nutritional Sciences (IUNS) is a global organisation that promotes the advancement of nutritional science, research, and education through international cooperation. Founded in 1948, it brings together national scientific bodies from over 85 countries. Its main goals include fostering collaboration among nutrition scientists, organising the International Congress of Nutrition (ICN), and facilitating the dissemination of nutritional knowledge to tackle global issues.
More info at: https://www.icn2025.org/
Find this session in ICN2025 programme at https://www.icn2025.org/program#/session-inline/approaches-to-nutrient-recommendations-and-meal-based-nutrient-profiling-system-nps-in-southeast-asia
[post_title] => Session at IUNS-ICN2025 - Nutrient Recommendations [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => iunc-icn2025-session-nutrient-recommendations [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2025-07-16 10:16:18 [post_modified_gmt] => 2025-07-16 10:16:18 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://ilsi.eu/?post_type=event&p=15888 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => event [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw ) ) [post_count] => 5 [current_post] => -1 [before_loop] => [in_the_loop] => [post] => WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 16226 [post_author] => 351 [post_date] => 2025-06-27 11:43:17 [post_date_gmt] => 2025-06-27 11:43:17 [post_content] =>
About the workshop
Background & objectives
One promising alternative to reduce the environmental footprint of packaging is the use of recycled materials. In Europe, the PPWR (packaging and packaging waste regulation) will require between 10 and 35% minimum recycled content for plastic food packaging by 2030 (and more from 2040).
Nowadays, recycled food contact plastic includes mainly PET as it is the only type of recycled plastic listed as suitable technology by the regulation in Europe and for which there are clear evaluation criteria defined by authorities such as EFSA. Consequently, the development of mechanically recycled plastic beyond PET is very limited in Europe so far.
Therefore, the objective of this workshop is to reflect on the safety assessment of recycling processes for polyolefins and polystyrene and to try to determine the most appropriate evaluation criteria for the safety of these materials. These requirements would help ensure all the potential safety risks are taken into account and controlled with a holistic approach from feedstock to final articles reaching the consumer in compliance with the high standards of safety expected by EFSA.
(PET is out of scope, this is not a training workshop - purpose is to discuss and prepare guidelines with criteria for recycling of PO and PS)
Workshop Structure
The workshop will last about 8 hours in total, split over 2 sessions. The first session will be a plenary session with 2 parts:
- Introduction of the workshop objectives and brief presentation of ILSI Europe and the Packaging Materials Task Force.
- Presentation of current context for the development of novel recycling technologies in Europe: focus on polyolefins and polystyrene
During the 2nd session, participants will be split in 2 groups and will be organized to collect their feedback on the following aspects:
- Opportunities and challenges in setting evaluation criteria for the safety assessment of recycled polyolefins
- Opportunities and challenges in setting evaluation criteria for the safety assessment of recycled polystyrene
Then, each group will be invited to share their feedback with the entire audience.
The 2nd session will end by discussing the relevance and feasibility of establishing evaluation criteria for the recycling process of polyolefin and/or Polystyrene.
Agenda
Coming soon!
Registration
Registration fee: 100 € (snacks and 2 lunches included)
Register hereThis workshop is supported by the Packaging Materials Task Force
[post_title] => Workshop - Recycling of Novel Non-PET Plastics [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => workshop-recycling-of-novel-non-pet-plastics [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2025-06-30 08:39:54 [post_modified_gmt] => 2025-06-30 08:39:54 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://ilsi.eu/?post_type=event&p=16226 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => event [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw ) [comment_count] => 0 [current_comment] => -1 [found_posts] => 12 [max_num_pages] => 3 [max_num_comment_pages] => 0 [is_single] => [is_preview] => [is_page] => [is_archive] => [is_date] => [is_year] => [is_month] => [is_day] => [is_time] => [is_author] => [is_category] => [is_tag] => [is_tax] => [is_search] => [is_feed] => [is_comment_feed] => [is_trackback] => [is_home] => 1 [is_privacy_policy] => [is_404] => [is_embed] => [is_paged] => [is_admin] => [is_attachment] => [is_singular] => [is_robots] => [is_favicon] => [is_posts_page] => [is_post_type_archive] => [query_vars_hash:WP_Query:private] => 3f5cffa06e1efa6cdd117acd91b49c3f [query_vars_changed:WP_Query:private] => [thumbnails_cached] => [allow_query_attachment_by_filename:protected] => [stopwords:WP_Query:private] => [compat_fields:WP_Query:private] => Array ( [0] => query_vars_hash [1] => query_vars_changed ) [compat_methods:WP_Query:private] => Array ( [0] => init_query_flags [1] => parse_tax_query ) )