(last update: 10/10/2023)
Tuesday 25 October 2023
As of 8:30 Registration & Welcome Breakfast
10:00 – 11:30 Workshop Opening [Room 4.4]
- Welcome and introduction by ILSI Europe Executive Director
Isabelle Guelinckx, ILSI Europe, BE - Introduction to workshop & outline of the day
Philip Calder, University of Southampton - Understanding the Microbiota, Prebiotics, and their Impact on Health
Gemma Walton, University of Reading - Prebiotics: definition and navigating the EU regulatory landscape
Seppo Salminen, University of Turku - Navigating the global Regulatory Landscape of Prebiotics
Kathy Musa Veloso, Intertek - Metagenomics: A way to substantiate causality links with several health benefits
Alessandro Busetti, Metabolon
11:30 – 12:00 Networking Break
12:00 – 13:30 Parallel Sessions 1 & 2
Sandpit 1 - Digestive health [Room 4.4]
Session chair: Kieran Tuohy
- Prebiotics for gut health, what we know, what we think we know, and what we still need to find out!
Kieran Tuohy, University of Leeds - Disorders of Gut-Brain Interaction: A role for prebiotics?
Lesley Houghton, University of Leeds - Scientific requirements for prebiotic health claims related to the digestive system
Alwine Kardinaal, NIZO - Q&A + Interactive sandpit
Sandpit 2 - Metabolic Health [Room 5.3]
Session chair: Ellen Blaak
- Prebiotics as modulators of metabolic health: from mechanisms to proof of concept in human intervention studies
Nathalie Delzenne, UCLouvain - Prebiotic fibers as part of precision nutrition strategies to improve metabolic health
Ellen Blaak, University of Maastricht - Prebiotics, Microbiota, and Metabolic Health Claims: Meeting the Challenge Head-On
Annegret Nielsen, A&R - Q&A + Interactive sandpit
13:30 – 14:30 Networking Lunch
14:30 – 16:00 Parallel Sessions 3 & 4
Sandpit 3 - Immune health [Room 4.4]
Session chair: Paul de Vos
- Feeding the gut immune barrier with complex carbohydrates
Paul de Vos, University of Groningen - Prebiotics and the human immune response
Philip Calder, University of Southampton - Progressing from Research to Regulation: Unlocking Immune Health Claims with Prebiotics
Annegret Nielsen, A&R - Q&A + Interactive sandpit
Sandpit 4 - Cognitive Health [Room 5.3]
Session chair: Louise Dye
- The potential for prebiotics to influence cognitive performance
Louise Dye, University of Leeds - Reviewing the validity of using prebiotics to maintain and improve cognitive health
Philip Burnet, Oxford University - Health claims on cognitive functions in the EU – current regulatory status & path forward
Justyna Pałasińska, Pen & Tec - Q&A + Interactive sandpit
16:00 – 16:30 Networking Break
16:30 – 17:30 Plenary debrief of the parallel sandpits [Room 4.4]
- Sandpit 1: Digestive health (Kieran Tuohy)
- Sandpit 2: Metabolic health (Ellen Blaak)
- Sandpit 3: Immune health (Paul de Vos)
- Sandpit 4: Cognitive health (Louise Dye)
- Workshop wrap-up (Philip Calder)
- Closing (Isabelle Guelinckx)