Conference Schedule
SATURDAY, JANUARY 27, 2024
Draft schedule; subject to change. All times ET.
Registration
07:30 - 08:30
Breakfast will be served
Introductions and Objectives
08:30 - 08:40
Co-Chairs: John Sievenpiper, MD, FRCPC, PhD and Vasanti Malik, PhD
Segment 1: Sugars Reduction - where are we and what do we need to do?
Setting the stage: terminology, guidelines, and policy actions for sugar and non-nutritive sweeteners
08:40 - 09:10
Speaker: Mary R. L’Abbe, CM, PhD - University of Toronto
Policies targeting sugar consumption in Canada and globally
09:10 - 09:35
Speaker: Lana Vanderlee, PhD - Centre NUTRISS (Nutrition, santé et société), Université Laval
Sugars – Good or Bad? A clinical perspective on a place for sugars within food matrices
09:35 - 10:00
Speaker: Laura Chiavaroli, PhD - University of Toronto
Question Period
10:00 - 10:20
Break
10:20 - 10:40
Segment 2: Role of Sweeteners - Are they safe? What are the perceptions?
Global regulatory safety assessment of low calorie sweeteners
10:40 - 11:10
Speaker: Berna Magnuson, Toxicologist, PhD - Health Science Consultants Inc
Low Calorie Sweeteners: Consumer Safety Concerns, Efficacy, and Role in the Diet
11:10 - 11:40
Speaker: Richard D. Mattes, MPH, PhD, RD - Nutrition Science, Purdue University
Question Period / Panel
11:40 - 12:00
Lunch
12:00 - 13:00
Segment 3: What is guidance saying: Public Health vs. Clinical Practice?
Public Health Guidance on use of Nonnutritive Sweeteners: From research to real world implications
13:00 - 13:20
Speaker: Russell de Souza, RD, ScD - McMaster University
Non-nutritive sweeteners and health: Reconciling the evidence & interrogating the disconnect in guidelines
13:20 - 13:40
Speaker: Tauseef Ahmad Khan, MBBS, PhD - University of Toronto
Clinical approaches to special populations
13:40 - 14:00
Speaker: Nishta Saxena, MSc., RD - Vibrant Nutrition
Question Period
14:00 - 14:20
Break
14:20 - 14:40
Segment 4: Mechanisms: Is there biological plausibility?
Mechanisms Low Calorie Sweeteners May (or May Not) Influence Energy and Glycemic Regulation
14:40 - 15:10
Speaker: Kelly A. Higgins, PhD MPH - Chemical Regulatory & Food Safety, Exponent Inc.
Microbiome – pathway through which sweeteners affect metabolism
15:10 - 15:40
Speaker: Dylan Mackay, PhD - University of Manitoba
Question Period
15:40 - 16:00
Panel Discussion
16:00 - 16:25
Wrap Up
16:25 - 16:30
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