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Important Upcoming Nutrition Events

2009

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XVII Argentine Congress of Nutrition, will take place September 24-27, 2009, at the Sheraton Hotel in the city of Mar del Plata, located in the province of Buenos Aires.  For more information, click here.
 

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World Congress On Oils and Fats & 28th ISF Congress, September 27–30, 2009, Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour, Sydney, Australia.  The program for the Congress will include themes related to Biotechnology in the Fats and Oil Industry, the Fats Industry and the Environment, Fats and Oil Commerce, Food Applications, Olive Oil, Aquaculture, Industrial Uses of Oils including Biodiesel and Market Forecasts. For more information, please see the conference website at http://www.isfsydney2009.com
 

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19th International Congress of Nutrition 2009, October 4-9, 2009, BITEC, Bangkok Thailand

19th International Congress of Nutrition 2009

Nutrition Security for All

October 4-9, 2009

BITEC, Bangkok Thailand

For more information, please see the Congress website at http://www.icn2009.com.

Joint ENLP/SEANLP/ANLP Young Scientist Award  
As part of the continuing education activities of the European/South-East Asian/African Nutrition Leadership Programme (ENLP/SEANLP/ANLP) and within the frame of the 19th International Nutrition Conference, the ENLP/SEANLP/ANLP wishes to recognize the potential of young scientists to become International leaders in nutrition.  For more information, see the website:   http://www.enlp.eu.com/en/basic100008.html
 

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2009 EFFoST Conference, New Challenges in Food Preparation, will take place November 11-13, 2009 in Budapest, Hungary.  Abstract submission deadline: June 30, 2009.  Details on the congress are available at http://www.effostconference.com.  Also, see attached Conference Announcement.
 

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Latin American Society of Nutrition (SLAN) will meet in Santiago, Chile, November 15-19, 2009.  Further information can be found at:  http://www.slanchile.cl.

2010

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Fifth Conference on Iron Deficiency at Shanti Sarovar, Hyderaban, India on February 5-7, 2010. See Announcement.
 

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The Power of Programming, International Conference on Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, 6-8th May, 2010, Munich, Germany.  For more information, see the website:  http://www.metabolic-programming.org/munich2010/index.htm

 

Past International Congresses of Nutrition

The organization of international congresses is one of the principal objects of the International Union of Nutritional Sciences.  The table below shows the attendance and number of countries that took part in the past 18 international congresses of nutrition under the auspices of IUNS over the past 50 years.

Place

Year

Attendance

Countries
Basel 1952 150 18
Amsterdam 1954 360 32
Paris 1957 1000 22
Washington 1960 2000 65
Edinburgh 1963 1500 63
Hamburg 1966 2100 81
Prague 1969 1800 62
Mexico City 1972 2000 66
Kyoto 1975 2300 55
Rio de Janeiro 1978 3500 92
San Diego 1981 2500 83
Brighton 1985 2300 92
Seoul 1989 3500 104
Adelaide 1993 2600 91
Montreal 1997 3250 92
Vienna 2001 3550 113
Durban 2005 2100 92

 

Upcoming International Congresses of Nutrition

 

Place

Year
Thailand 2009
Spain 2013

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