PROGRAMME
19 September - Tuesday
Young Scientist Camp (student, post doc, PhD-grade <5 years)
14:00-15:00 - Arrival to Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Kgs. Lyngby
15:00-17:00 - Presentation round (10-15 min)
- Introduction to the DTU (National Food Institute)
- Vitamin research conducted at DTU
- Tour of the laboratories and instruments
17:30 - Transport to Copenhagen City by collective transport
19:00 - Pre-registration and get-together reception with light meal, drinks and “hygge” at IDA
20 September - Wednesday
10:00 - Welcome and introduction
SESSION 1: Sustainable food system for vitamin adequacy
Speaker: Rosemary Green, LSHTM, UK; Relationship between food systems, environment and health in MIC and LMIC (streaming)
Speaker: Nanna Roos, University of Copenhagen: The role of aquatic food systems in alleviating vitamin deficiencies, in local and global perspectives
Speaker: Prof. Abhishek Chaudhary, IITK, India: Environmentally sustainable food systems towards elimination of vitamin deficiencies in MIC/LMIC using a modelling approach
12:00 - Lunch
SESSION 2: Vitamin K – why still a mystery
Speaker: Prof. Leon Schurgers, Maastrict University, The Netherlands: Latest news on vitamin K
Speaker: Agnes De Sesmaison, EFSA: Vitamin K requirements and meeting them: vitamin K1, vitamin K2 or total vitamin K
Speaker: Marie Bagge Jensen, DTU, Denmark: Vitamin K – content and bioaccessibility
19:00 - Conference dinner
21 September - Thursday
09:00 - Conference starts
SESSION 3: The role of vitamins in mitochondrial ageing
Franscesco Visioli, Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy: Micronutrients and mitochondria
SESSION 4: Vitamins in food – from measurement to bioavailability
Speaker: Michael Rychlik, TUM, Germany: Challenging use of labelled isotopes in MS/MS analyses
Speaker: Jayashree Arcot, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia: Bioaccessbility – in vitro models
Speaker: TBA, Use of stable isotop to investigate bioavailability
18:00 - Poster session at conference facility incl. meal and beverages combined with poster presentations.
22 September - Friday
09:00 - Conference starts
SESSION 5: Potential of vitamins in pharmacological doses as diseasetherapy
Speaker: Hon. Mette M. Berger, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland: Overview of vitamins as disease therapies
Speaker: Arun Sunyal, Richmond, Virginia, US: High dose vitamin intervention in non-alcoholic liver disease by
Speaker: Angelique de Mans, University Amsterdam: High dose vitamin application in critically ill patients
SESSION 6: New advances in vitamin research
Speaker: Michael Green, Penn State University, USA: Compartmental modelling for studying (pro-)vitamin A absorption and kinetics
Speaker: Sara Zwart, NASA, US: Maintaining nutritional balance in space
FINAL PART
Awards and ceremony for the host for 8th International Vitamin Conference in 2025
