Pre-Conference
Thursday, May 8, 2025
Draft schedule; subject to change. All times ET.
Registration details
8:30am - 4:15pm
Pre-Conference Food for Health workshop
Optimizing protein quality: Balancing plant and animal sources for health and sustainability
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Pre-Conference Food for Health Workshop registration can be purchased as an add-on to the general conference registration.
This event is supported by the CIHR INMD Planning and Dissemination Grant.
12:00pm - 4:15pm
Pre-Conference Trainee Workshop
AI-Powered Nutrition Research: From Theory to Practice
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The Pre-Conference Trainee Workshop is open exclusively to CNS Student (Undergraduate and Graduate) members and CNS Early Career I postdoctoral fellow members. Trainees must register for the conference to attend the workshop. This is an in-person event only, and space is limited to 40 participants.
This event is supported by the CIHR INMD Training and Community Support Grant and by the Centre Nutrition, santé et société (NUTRISS), Université Laval.
5:00pm - 6:30pm
Trainee Career Panel 4:45pm - 5:45pm
Included with conference registration
Networking Social 5:45pm - 6:15pm
Included with conference registration
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6:30pm - 7:30pm
Opening Reception
Included with conference registration
Advance Poster & Infographic Expo
Conference Schedule
Day 1: Friday, May 9, 2025
Draft schedule; subject to change. All times ET.
Registration details
7:00am
Registration opens; self-serve breakfast available
7:30am - 8:40am
Poster & Infographic Expo
Exhibit Expo
8:45am - 9:00am
General session opening remarks
9:00am - 9:20am
Mind the gap: current guidelines vs. implementation strategies for diet
Khursheed Jeejeebhoy Award for best application of clinical nutrition research findings to clinical practice
Award recipient: Paula Brauer, PhD, RD, FDC - Professor Emerita, University of Guelph
Session overview
9:30am - 10:40am
10:40am - 11:00am
Break
11:00am - 12:15pm
12:15pm - 12:30pm
Lunch served
12:30pm - 1:40pm
Poster & Infographic Expo
Exhibit Expo
1:00pm - 1:40pm
Poster & Infographic Expo
Exhibit Expo
1:40pm - 2:00pm
2:00pm - 3:00pm
3:00pm - 3:15pm
3:15pm - 4:15pm
4:30pm - 6:00pm
Poster, Infographic & Exhibit Expo / Reception
4:30pm - 5:30pm
CIHR-funded Interest-holder meeting
Discussion: Advancing Analyses of Sex, Gender & Social Determinants of Health
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7:00pm - (optional) 'Walking school bus' departing from Hotel Bonaventure to Notre Dame Basilica
Optional social activities:
The AURA Experience - Notre Dame Basilica
La Grande Roue de Montréal
Tickets must be purchased in advance. Tickets will not be sold onsite.
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Conference Schedule
Day 2: Saturday, May 10, 2025
Draft schedule; subject to change. All times ET.
Registration details
7:00am
Registration opens; self-serve breakfast available
7:30am - 8:40am
Poster & Infographic Expo
Exhibit Expo
8:00am - 8:40am
Poster & Infographic Expo
Exhibit Expo
8:50am - 9:00am
Day 2 Opening remarks
9:00am - 9:20am
Nutrition evidence for promoting health and environmental sustainability: implications for policy
Young Investigator Award for outstanding research
Award recipient: Vasanti Malik, MSc, ScD - Assistant Professor, University of Toronto
Session overview
9:30am - 10:40am
10:40am - 11:00am
Break
11:00am - 12:00pm
12:00pm - 12:20pm
Lunch served
12:20pm - 1:30pm
Poster & Infographic Expo
Exhibit Expo
1:00pm - 1:40pm
Poster & Infographic Expo
Exhibit Expo
1:30pm - 1:50pm
1:50pm - 2:50pm
2:50pm - 3:00pm
3:00pm - 4:00pm
6:30pm
CNS Awards Banquet
6:30pm - Pre-banquet reception
7:00-9:30pm - Dinner and Awards
9:30 - 12:00am - DJ and Dance