Registration Open for IAFNS’ Fifth Annual Summer Science Symposium

Washington, D.C. — Nutrition and food scientists and policymakers are meeting June 10-11 at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., for the Institute for the Advancement of Food and Nutrition Sciences’ (IAFNS) Fifth Annual Summer Science Symposium.

The event gathers leading scientific and regulatory experts from government, industry and academia for dialogue around the most pressing science advancements and challenges in the food and nutrition space.

This year’s meeting will feature sessions on food additives, microplastics, outbreaks and recalls, food classification, GLP-1 medications and more.

Keynote speakers are Dino Covone, chief of the nutrition regulations and standards division at Health Canada, and Mark Hartman, director of the Office of Food Chemical Safety, Dietary Supplements and Innovation at the U.S. Food & Drug Administration.

Scientific sessions at the meeting include: GLP-1s from Individual Health to the Food System; Food Processing and Formulation: New Science, New Outlook; Science and Regulations on Micro- and Nano-Plastics; Food Additives and Food Safety; and Science Communication: Outbreaks and Recalls.

The conference will feature an evening reception on June 10. It will also include presentations from the winners of IAFNS’ 2025 Emerging Leaders Awards — one on food safety and one on nutrition science.

Register here.