Program

Tentative Program-at-a-Glance

*Subject to Change

 

Wednesday, October 16
 16:00 - 19:30 Registration and Information Desk
 17:00 - 18:30

Opening Remarks and Keynote Session

  • Taking Polyphenols from Basic Science to Clinical Trials
    Presented by Britt Burton-Freeman, Illinois Institute of Technology
 18:30 - 19:30 Welcome Reception

 

Thursday, October 17
 08:00 - 18:30 Registration and Information Desk
 08:30 - 10:30

Keynote Session

  • COSMOS and Beyond for Cognition
    Presented by Scott Small, Columbia University
  • Observational Studies and Clinical Trials for Cognition and Other Chronic Disease Outcomes
    Presented by Aedin Cassidy, Queen's University Belfast
 10:30 - 11:00 Networking Break
 11:00 - 12:30

Concurrent Sessions

  • Top Abstract Presentations on Polyphenols and Health

  • Polyphenols and Longevity

  • Paving the Way for Precision Nutrition with (Poly)phenols: Drivers of their Metabolism and Cardiovascular Health
 12:30 - 14:00 Networking Lunch and Poster Viewing
 14:00 - 15:30

Concurrent Sessions

  • Polyphenol Mechanisms of Action

  • Workshop on Nutritional Biomarkers on Polyphenols and Polyphenol-Containing Foods

  • Workshop on Epidemiologic and Trial-Based Studies of Polyphenols
 15:30 - 16:00 Networking Break
 16:00 - 17:30

Concurrent Sessions

  • Interindividual Variability in Response to Polyphenols

  • Microbial Metabolites: Linking the Gut and Cardiovascular Benefits of Polyphenols

  • Novel Approaches to the Analysis of the COSMOS Trial: Beyond Intention-to-Treat
 17:30 - 18:30 Poster Tours

 

Friday, October 18
 08:00 - 18:30 Registration and Information Desk
 08:30 - 10:30

Keynote Session 

  • Cellular Aging
    Presented by James Kirkland, Mayo Clinic
  • ​​NIH Precision Nutrition
    Presented by Colin Kay, UAMS Department of Pediatrics
 10:30 - 11:00 Networking Break
 11:00 - 12:30

Concurrent Sessions

  • New Generation Tools for Measuring Polyphenol Intakes

  • Modeling Gene x Polyphenol Interactions: Toward Personalized Polyphenol Interventions

  • New Experimental Approaches and New Tools for (Poly)phenol Metabolism iInvestigation
 12:30 - 14:00 Networking Lunch and Poster Viewing
 14:00 - 15:30 Top Abstracts from Early Career Researchers
 15:30 - 16:00 Networking Break
 16:00 - 17:30 Concurrent Sessions

  • Top Abstracts from Early Career Researchers II

  • Polyphenols and their Participation in Redox Mechanisms

  • Polyphenolics, Mood and Cognition 
 17:30 - 18:30 Poster Tours
 19:00 - 22:00 Banquet Gala Dinner (additional ticket required)

 

Saturday, October 19
 08:00 - 12:30 Registration and Information Desk
 08:30 - 10:00 Concurrent Sessions

  • Relationships Between the Sensory and Bioregulation Properties of Polyphenols

  • Neuroprotection and Brain Health 

  • Lessons Learned from Large-Scale Polyphenol Investigations: Successes and Failures of Epidemiogical, Clinical and Basic Studies
 10:00 - 10:30 Networking Break
 10:30 - 12:00

Keynote Session and Closing  Remarks

  • Framing the Future of Guidelines and Health Claims for Polyphenols
    Presented by Alice Lichtenstein, Tufts University
 14:00 - 15:30 Optional Boston Duck Boat Tour (additional ticket required)