The Society organises a number of scientific conferences each year, as well as contributing to joint events with other organisations worldwide. Traditionally, the conferences held each year are the Spring Conference, the Irish Section Conference, the Annual Summer Conference and the Winter Conference. The Annual Summer Conference is the largest of the Society’s conferences and takes place in July, attracting up to 400 delegates over 3 – 4 days (usually Monday – Thursday). In addition to conference-themed symposia, the conference also offers satellite sessions and a vibrant evening networking programme, with the option of opportunities for training workshops across or around the programme. 

The Science Committee of the Nutrition Society is now seeking expressions of interest to host the Summer Conference 2023 and to develop the programme, with support of the Science Committee. The Science Committee would also like potential hosts to suggest themes for this conference.

Summer Conference 2023

Circadian rhythms are physical, mental, and behavioral changes that follow an intrinsic 24-hour cycle. These natural processes respond primarily to light and dark and affect most living things, including animals, plants, and microbes. Circadian rhythm regulation plays a crucial role in healthy lives and a dysfunction of circadian rhythm is linked to increased disease risk. 

This meeting includes plenary lectures from the leading experts in the field, supported by evolving science insights from Early Career Researchers. The meeting will explore nutrient and diet interaction with circadian rhythms, chrono-nutrition for health and circadian systems in disease.

Scottish Section Conference 2024

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[Abstract Booklet](https://www.nutritionsociety.org/sites/default/files/attachments/page/nslive_abstracts_0.pdf)

Nutrition Society Live 2020

The Summer Conference 2021 will encompass the challenges for nutrition professionals and nutrition research in the changing world. Delegates attending the conference will have opportunities to learn about climate change and the agricultural and dietary behaviour changes required, progress on government action to tackle obesity and poor diet, addressing the growing issues of food poverty and dietary inequalities, and raising awareness of the importance of preconception nutrition for lifelong health.

Summer Conference 2021: Nutrition in a changing world

Spring Conference 2019: Inter-individual differences in the nutrition response

Modern nutrition science is young: It is less than one century since the first vitamin was isolated in 1926. Nutrition science stands upon research conducted by academia, the private sector, and nongovernmental organisations, often in collaboration across these sectors. Its evidence base is of fundamental importance to the solving of current challenges and complexities, optimising outcomes, and the prevention of harm.

In order to remain relevant, nutrition science must address the global challenges, including ensuring nutrition security for all, in line with the UN Sustainable Development Goals and in the context of the post-COVID era. It is timely to take stock and consider how nutrition science must move forward.

The conference is designed integrate three symposium sessions which will commence with reflection on historical exemplars of nutrition achievements, then moving the discussion to current challenges which face the discipline and will culminate in scoping the outlook for nutrition science going forward.