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Intro
Health systems are under increasing pressure due to the increasing incidence of complex chronic diseases. These are often linked to changing demographics and modified dietary patterns. Understanding the functioning of the human microbiome is opening new ways of treating many of such diseases as the microbiome has recently been described as a key biological interface between human genetics, and lifestyle and environmental conditions.
Modulating the human microbiome based on personalised diets for personal health needs, is expected to provide new solutions for better health and boost innovation, leading to positive economic outcomes.
Workshop
This workshop “Personalised nutrition for better health – targeting the microbiome” of October 10 & 11 - 2017, aims to promote the development of precision medicine that includes also the development of microbiome targeted actions through personalised nutrition. The convergence of personal connectivity and health monitoring with understanding how diets impact the microbiome which influences the individual health status, is just the start of a transition of healthcare of the future.
This workshop also seeks to promote understanding across relevant scientific, regulatory, and commercial communities and contribute to an innovative sector and preventative medicine based on targeting the gut microbiome.
Information on the previous workshop be found here (only in Dutch).
Programme:
Day 1 - October 10, 2017 |
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| 10:30 - 11:30 | Registration |
| 11:30 - 12:50 | Lunch |
| 12:50 - 13:00 |
Welcome, introducing moderator, presentation of today's program, |
| 13:00 - 13:10 |
Welcome message |
| 13:10 - 13:40 |
Keynote presentation - "Individualised, microbiome-based nutrition: Tapping the potential for disease prevention" The keynote will sketch the potential of personalised nutrition for better health through targeting the microbiome and highlight the scientific, regulatory and social challenges for research and development.
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| 13:40 - 15:10 |
Session 1: Personalised nutrition for better health: realising the potential What is the potential from current knowledge towards the development of personalised nutrition targeting the microbiome? Experts from academia, food and pharma industry will highlight recent advances in this field and potential outlook to the future. Key questions to be discussed:
"Set the scene for targeting the microbiome" "Population level variation of the human gut microbiome" "EU-funding of Microbiome research under FP7 and H2020" |
| 15:10 - 15:40 | Coffee break |
| 15:40 - 17:10 |
Session 2: Technology providers Personalised nutrition for better health is dependent on the development of diagnostics and monitoring as well as from the development of models to test interventions under certain conditions before they can be transmitted for human use. Continued monitoring and crowd-sourcing will be more important as technologies become available and people are interested in the their health especially when related to diet. Key questions to be discussed:
"Advanced gut simulation technology to chase personalized health effects from novel health ingredients" "Public data infrastructure for microbiome, food and nutrition research: facilitating research and innovation in the era of big data" “How can an APP a day keep the doctor away? Opportunities and challenges from a technology perspective” |
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17:10 |
End - Day 1 |
| 17:45 - 19:00 |
Guided tour: Behind the scenes of the KVS |
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19:00 - 19:30 |
Reception |
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19:30 |
Walking Dinner |
Day 2 - October 11, 2017 |
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| 8:30 - 9:10 | Registration: coffee, orange juice, water and tea for early birds |
| 9:10 - 10:40 |
Session 3: Frameworks conditions for public uptake and advancing the field through public engagement (crowdsourcing) Personalised nutrition to target the microbiome for better health holds large promises for preventative medicine and to cure chronic diseases. Industry from different sectors including food, pharma, diagnostic, wearable and app development see huge opportunities, but collaboration across sectors will be required to deliver these promises. Key questions to be discussed:
"Shaping the intestinal microbiota by diet: A realistic target?" "Scenarios for microbiome R&D and needs for action - results from the PROGRESS project" "Personalised Nutrition: Therapeutic potential and regulatory challenges" |
| 10:40 - 11:00 | Coffee break |
| 11:00 - 12:30 |
Panel Discussion: What are the policy opportunities? Sally Cudmore, General Manager, APC Microbiome Institute Key issues to be discussed:
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| 12:30 | End of the workshop |
| 12:30 - 13:30 | Closing lunch |
Practical Information
Registration:
Participation is upon invitation only & free of charge - registration is mandatory.
Registration via this webpage (below).
Venue:
KVS – Brussels City Theater, Arduinkaai 7 - Quai aux Pierres de Tailles, 1000 Brussels - kvs.be
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This workshop is organised back-to-back with the workshop on ‘ELIXIR Innovation and SME form on Food and Nutrition Data - Targeting the Microbiome’ in which innovative companies focusing on probiotics, food, health,... will be brought together and interaction between companies and academic partners will be stimulated. This ELIXIR-workshop is organised by ELIXIR Belgium and ELIXIR Europe. You'll find more information on the programme and registration on the website of ELIXIR.
