Past Annual Scientific Meetings

 

NSA’s Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) is the pre-eminent nutrition science conference in Australia. The location of the meeting rotates around Australia and New Zealand with every third meeting being a joint meeting of the Nutrition Society of Australia and the Nutrition Society of New Zealand. Find information on past ASMs below.

2021

The 45th NSA Annual Scientific Meeting was held virtually, 3 – 4 December 2021. The theme was Opportunities for Nutrition Science in a New Era.

The proceedings of the meeting are available here:

Keynote speakers

  • Assoc Prof Julie Brimblecombe
  • Dr Kristy Digiacomo
  • Prof Edith Feskens
  • Prof Sharon Friel
  • Dr Katherine Livingstone
  • Margaret Miller

Plenary Sessions

A new era of equitable and health-enabling food environments

A new era of achieving optimal nutrition outcomes: Precision, personalised and sustainable approaches

Panel discussion - Food for thought: finding the balance in nutrition sustainability. Sponsored by Dairy Australia


National Organising Committee

  • Dr Welma Stonehouse (Chair)
  • A/Prof Tanya Lawlis
  • Dr Tony James
  • Dr Katherine Livingstone
  • Dr Damien Belobrajdic
  • Dr Rebecca Leech
  • Dr Tracy McCaffrey
  • Thimpika Sachdej

National Program Committee

  • Dr Welma Stonehouse (Chair)
  • Dr Sandra Iuliano
  • Dr Jeremy Cottrell
  • Prof Karen Charlton
  • Dr Tom Wycherley
  • Dr Aimee Dordevic
  • Dr Catherine Bondonno

ASM Awards

Best Student Presentations

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Best Oral Presentation by a non-student

  • Dr Sandra Iuliano (1st prize)
  • Dr Sharayah Carter (2nd prize)
  • Dr Katya Clark (3rd prize)

Sponsored by The Food & Function Journal

2020

The 44th NSA Annual Scientific Meeting was held virtual, from 3 - 4 December 2020.  The theme was Nutrition: Adapting to a new world.

The proceedings of the meeting are available.

Keynote speakers

  • Anitra Carr
  • Corinna Hawkes
  • Katherine Kent
  • Russell Shields
  • Seshadri Vasan
  • Clare Walters 

Plenary Sessions 

Sustaining the food supply in time of crisis

Staying healthy in a changing world

Panel discussion – Providing food in times of adversity: a focus on dairy. Sponsored by Dairy Australia.

National Organising Committee

  • Dr Welma Stonehouse (Chair)
  • Dr Kiran Ahuja
  • Dr Catherine Bondonno
  • Dr Sandra Iuliano
  • Dr Damien Belobrajdic
  • Dr Emma Beckett
  • Dr Rebecca Leech
  • Dr Tracy McCaffrey

National Program Committee

  • Dr Welma Stonehouse (Chair)
  • Prof Andy Sinclair
  • Dr Tony James
  • Dr Katherine Livingstone
  • Dr Sandra Iuliano

ASM Awards

Best Student Presentations

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Best Abstract Submitted

  • Dr Sandra Iuliana (shared 1st prize)
  • Dr Sherly Li (shared 1st prize)

Sponsored by Nutrients (MDPI)

2019

The 43rd NSA Annual Scientific Meeting was held in Newcastle, NSW from 2 - 5 December, 2019. The theme was Nutrition: The Epicentre of Health.

The proceedings of the meeting are available here https://www.mdpi.com/2504-3900/43/1/2

Keynote speakers

  • Dr Karen Best
  • Associate Professor Maxine Bonham
  • Professor Philip Calder
  • Associate Professor Tracy Burrows
  • Dr Claus T. Christophersen
  • Professor Louise Dye
  • Professor Feng He
  • Professor Mario Herrero
  • Dr Melinda Hutchesson
  • Professor Michelle McKinley
  • Professor Sarah McNaughton
  • Professor Amanda Salis
  • Associate Professor Michael Skilton
  • Associate Professor Dana Stanley
  • Professor Nicholas Talley
  • Associate Professor Alexander Tups

Plenary Sessions

  • Food systems and dietary patterns
  • Pregnancy and early life
  • Chrono-nutrition
  • Mental health and ageing
  • The unique health effects of the dairy matrix, Professor Michelle McKinley
  • Gut health and immunity

Local organising committee

  • Dr Rebecca Haslam
  • Dr Kirrilly Pursey
  • Dr Rachel Wong
  • Dr Lee Ashton
  • Dr Jessica Ferguson
  • Dr Kerith Duncanson
  • Dr Emma Beckett
  • Dr Megan Whatnall
  • Dr Jacklyn Jackson
  • Dr Evan Williams
  • Cherry Thompson
  • Isobel Stoodley

National program committee

  • Associate Professor Alison Coates
  • Associate Professor Tanya Lawlis
  • Dr Kirrilly Pursey
  • Dr Rebecca Haslam
  • Dr Sandy Iuliano
  • Dr Alice Owen
  • Dr Kiran Ahuja
  • Associate Professor Pamela Von Hurst
  • Dr Catherine Bondonno
  • Professor Caryl Nowson
  • Professor Chris Carter
  • Professor Tim Gill
  • Dr Malcolm Riley

ASM Awards

Best Student Presentations

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Best Abstract Submitted

  • Angeliek Verdonschot (1st prize)
  • Astrid Poelman (2nd price)

Sponsored by Nutrients (MDPI)

2018

The 42nd NSA Annual Scientific Meeting was held in Canberra, ACT from 27 - 30 November, 2018. The theme of the meeting was Nutrition Science: the nexus between health policy and practice.

The proceedings of the meeting are available here.

 

2017

The Asia Pacific Conference on Clinical Nutrition is a biennial conference held within the Asia-Pacific region. The 41st NSA Annual Scientific Meeting and 10th Asia Pacific Conference on Clinical Nutrition was a joint meeting of the Asia Pacific Society of Clinical Nutrition, the Nutrition Society of Australia and the Nutrition Society of New Zealand. The meeting was held in Adelaide, SA from 26 - 29 November 2017.

The theme of the meeting was Nutrition solutions for a changing world.

The proceedings of the meeting are available here.

 

2016

The 40th NSA Annual Scientific Meeting was held in Melbourne, Vic from 29 November - 2 December, 2016. The theme of the meeting was Translating nutrition science into practice.

The proceedings of the meeting are available here.

 

2015

The 39th NSA Annual Scientific Meeting was a joint annual meeting with the Nutrition Society of New Zealand. The meeting was held in Wellington, NZ from 1 - 4 December, 2015.

The theme of the meeting was Past, Present, Future: 100 years of nutrition.

The proceedings of the meeting are available here.

 

2014

The 38th NSA Annual Scientific Meeting was held in Hobart, Tasmania in 2014.

The proceedings of the meeting are available here.