Scientific Program

Presentations from the 2013 ILSI Annual Meeting

InterContinental Miami
Miami, Florida, USA
18 - 23 January 2013

The 2013 ILSI Annual Meeting was a successful event. Almost 400 participants representing more than 20 countries participated in a rewarding combination of business and scientific meetings. Program speakers offered new perspectives on health issues of common concern or interest.

Did you miss the meeting or any of the sessions? PDFs of the presentations are available on this page. Also look for the "Click Here for Video!!" for YouTube videos of the presentations.

Abstracts and Speaker Bios

Full Schedule of Events

Monday, 21 January

ILSI Discussion Forum - Biomarkers: Are We Making Progress?

US Perspectives on the Challenge of Validating Biomarkers for Use in Food-related Health Claims
Paula Trumbo, PhD
US Food and Drug Administration (USA)

European Perspective on the Challenge of Validating Biomrkers for Use in Food-related Health Claims
Albert Flynn, BSc, PhD
University College Cork (Ireland)

Approaches Used for Validating Biomarkers in Drug Discovery/Claims
Jan Willem van der Laan, PhD
Medicines Evaluation Board (The Netherlands)

Can We Design Biomarkers of Health that Are Applicable in Nutrition Research?
Ben van Ommen, PhD
TNO (The Netherlands)

ILSI Marker Initiative: What Makes a Marker a Marker?
Loek Pijls, PhD
Nestlé Research Center (Switzerland)

ILSI North America Scientific Session - Mind and Body: Understanding the Connection between Neurobiology and Behavior

Neural Systems Involved in Food Intake: An Integrated Overview
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Stephen Woods, PhD
University of Cincinnati (USA)

Food Choices and Eating Patterns
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Paul Breslin, PhD
Rutgers University, New Brunswick and Monell Chemical Senses Center (USA)

Food "Addiction" - Translation Studies of the Fine Line between Food Reward and Addiction
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Nicole Avena, PhD
University of Florida, Gainesville and Princeton University (USA)

The Influence of Food on Brain Health
(Presentation not available)
Fernando Gómez-Pinilla, PhD
University of California Los Angeles (USA)

ILSI North America Scientific Session - Food: Balancing Risk and Benefit

Risk Benefit Analysis of Food
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Richard Williams, PhD
George Mason University Mercatus Center (USA)

Risk Benefit for Chemical Contaminants
(Presentation not available.)
Robert Buchanan, PhD
University of Maryland (USA)

A Risk Benefit Approach to Assess Nutrient Intake - Do We Need a New DRI

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Alicia Carriquiry, PhD
Iowa State University (USA)

Communicating Food Benefits and Risks
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Baruch Fischhoff, PhD
Carnegie Mellon University (USA)

ILSI Research Foundation Scientific Session - Developing Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors in Young Children

Development of Food Preferences in Children: Genes and the Environment
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Kathleen Keller, PhD
The Pennsylvania State University (USA)

Understanding the Role of Parenting on the Eating Behavior of Young Children in Low-Income Households in the US
Thomas Power, PhD
Washington State University (USA)

Eating and Physical Activity Behaviors of Young Children in Europe - The IDEFICS Study
(Presentation not available.)
Wolfgang Ahrens, PhD
University of Bremen (Germany)

Healthy Active Living in the Early Years (Ages 0-4 Years)
Mark Tremblay, PhD
Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute (Canada)

Tuesday, 22 January

ILSI North America Scientific Session - Looking at Health Consequences of Physical Inactivity

The Biggest Public Health Problem of the 21st Century: Not Enough Physical Activity
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Steven Blair, PED
University of South Carolina (USA)

Physical Inactivity: Effects on Healthy Aging, Chronic Disease
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Marc Hamilton, PhD
Pennington Biomedical Research Center (USA)

Physical Inactivity: Impact on Appetite Regulation
(Presentation not available)
John Blundell, PhD
University of Leeds (United Kingdom)

What Can You Do to Stop Your Chair from Killing You?
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James Levine, MD, PhD
Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale (USA)

ILSI International Food Biotechnology Committee Scientific Session - Improving Food: Plant Development for Better Food

The Science of Crop Development: "Conventional" and Biotechnology Methods
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Wayne Parrott, PhD
University of Georgia (USA)

Food Safety Assessment of Crops; Perception versus Reality: Lessons Learned from the Past to Inform the Present and the Future
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Andrew Bartholomaeus, PhD
University of Canberra (Australia)

Nutritional Improvements of Food Crops
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Gerard Barry, PhD
International Rice Research Institute (The Philippines)

Tackling the Acrylamide Problem in Potato
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Jiming Jiang, PhD
University of Wisconsin (USA)

ILSI Discussion: Food Allergy - A Global Overview
(Organized by ILSI Europe)

From Thresholds to Action Levels
Athanasia Baka
ILSI Europe (Belgium)

ILSI North America Food Allergen Threshold Update
Craig Llewellyn, PhD
The Coca-Cola Company (USA)

Food Allergen Labeling Regulation in Japan
Hiroaki Hamano
ILSI Japan (Japan)

Update on regulatory issues regarding food allergy in Brasil and Mercosur: ILSI Brasil's Plans
(Presentation coming soon!)
Georgia Fernando, PhD
Mondelēz International (Brazil)

Allergenicity Safety Assessments (HESI)
Laura Privalle, PhD
BASF (USA)

Sunday, 20 January

Keynote Speakers

ILSI North America Assembly of Members and FNSP Meeting

A Vanishing Monopoly? the Changing Role of the Media Reporting About Science (Slides PDF)
Ivan Oransky, MD
Thomson Reuters

ILSI Assembly of Members

Decision Making on Food Additives - The Appropriate Role for Public-Private Partnerships (Slides PDF)
Erik Olson
The Pew Charitable Trusts (USA)

The European Union Food Safety System: Principles, Procedures, Organization and Scientific Basis (Slides PDF)Prof Vittoria Silano
University of Rome II (Italy)