A range of invited speakers from overseas and around Australia presented the latest information in a variety of critically important nutritional areas:

Plenary Themes

• Nutrition in-utero (focussing more on over nutrition)
• Nutrition through the life cycle (paediatric nutrition, adolescence, ageing and cognitive performance)
• Bioactives (to focus on antioxidants- analysis to effects on health)
• Micronutrients (Iodine, selenium, Zinc and folate)
• Resistant starch
• Aboriginal Nutrition

Prof Cres Eastman	Australian Centre for Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders, Sydney, NSW
Prof Andy Ness	University of Bristol, UK
Prof Vienno Pirronen	University of Helsinki, Finland
A/Prof Lynne Moore	Boston University, USA
Prof Ian Darnton-Hill	UNICEF, New York, USA
Prof Stewart Truswell	University of Sydney, NSW
Prof Christine Thompson	Otago University, NZ
A/Prof Arthur Conigrave	University of Sydney, NSW
A/Prof Kate Steinbeck	University of Sydney, NSW
Prof Jim Mann	University of Otago, Otago, NZ
Dr Sheila Skeaff	University of Otago, Otago, NZ
Dr Murray Skeaff	University of Otago, Otago, NZ
Dr Dorothy Mackerras	Menzies Institute, Darwin, NT
Dr David Topping	CSIRO
A/Prof Leigh Ackland	Deakin University, VIC
Dr Carolyn Lister	Crop and Food Research, Lincoln, NZ
Dr Jamaimo Lako	University of South Pacific, Fiji
Dr Vicki Flood	University of Sydney, NSW
Dr Sarah Garnett	Children's Hospital Westmead
Dr Maria Makrides	Child Health Research Institute
Dr Rachel Huxley	University of Sydney, NSW
Dr Kathy Zhu	University of Sydney, NSW
Dr Craig Munns	Children's Hospital Westmead
Dr Manny Noakes	CSIRO Nutrition
Dr Stephen Simpson	School of Biological Sciences, University of Sydney, NSW
Prof Mike Gidley	University of Queensland, QLD
Dr Michael Conlon	CSIRO
Dr John Black	Pork CRC
Dr Bernard Venn	University of Otago, Otago, NZ
Ms Shyamala Vishnumohan	University of New South Wales, NSW
Dr Bing Wang	University of Sydney, NSW
Prof Brynn Hibbert	University of New South Wales, NSW
Prof Arthur Everitt	University of Sydney, NSW
Dr Lisa Jackson-Pulver	School of Public Health & Community Medicine, University of NSW, NSW
Ms Cherie Collins	DPI, VIC
Dr Ron Newman	University of Sydney, NSW
Mr David Henman	QAF Meats, Corowa, NSW
Dr Peter Wynn	University of Sydney, NSW
Dr Caryl Nowson	Chairperson, Australian Branch World Action on Salt and Health
Graham McGregor	Head Blood Pressure Unit, St Georges Hospital, London, UK
Susan Anderson	National Heart Foundation
Megan Cobcroft	Unilever