2nd Swiss Nutrition Research Symposium

Acknowledgements: We are grateful to the HES-SO and to the NC IUNS, a member of scnat (Swiss Academy of Sciences), for their financial support in organizing this symposium.

Program

• 9:15 Arrival and Coffee
• 9:40-10:00 Welcome and Presentation of the Swiss Research Network - Healthy Nutrition
  Dr. Corinne Jotterand Chaparro (HES-SO Genève), Dr. Tamara Bucher (BFH) & Dr. Undine Lehmann (BFH)
• 10:00-10:45 Session 1: Methodological issues and Innovation in Swiss nutrition research
  Session chairs: Dr. Tamara Bucher & Dr. Undine Lehmann
  Keynote lecture: “Fully Automated Diet Counseling: Potential and Pitfalls”, Dr Simon Mayer, Uni St Gallen
• 10:45-11:15 Health break + Poster session
• 11:15-11:45 Session 1 continue
• 11:45-12:30 Session 2: Mechanisms in nutrition
  Session chairs: Dr. Ueli Bütikofer (Agroscope) & Dr. Wolfram Brück (HES-SO Valais-Wallis)
  Keynote lecture: “The role of micronutrients in metabolic health: insights into iron and obesity”. Dr Isabelle Herter-Aeberli, ETH Zürich
• 12:30-13:30 Lunch
• 13:30-14:00 Session 2 continue
• 14:00-14:45 Session 3: Barriers and facilitators of healthy and sustainable eating
  Session chairs: Dr. Murielle Bochud (UNIL) & Dr. Sabine Rohrmann (UZH)
  Keynote lecture: “True cost of food in Switzerland”, Dr Emilia Schmit, UNIL
• 14:45-15:15 Health break + Poster session
• 15:15-15:45 Session 3 continue
• 15:45-15:55 Early Career Research Prize
• 15:55-16:10 Conclusions including inspiring perspectives from the NUTRISS experience. Dr Benoît Lamarche, Québec, Canada.

Only for SRN-HN Task Force members

• 16:30-17:30 Task Force Meeting, on-site and via Teams

Target participants

Swiss researchers/clinicians working on nutritional aspects of nutrients/foods/diets including young researchers/students.

Call for abstracts

The call for abstracts and the Early Career Research Prize applications are now closed.

We warmly thank all applicants for their submissions. Results will be communicated by the end of September.

An Early Career Research Prize will be granted to the best researcher work. This award is open to: PhD students, postdoctoral fellows up to 5 years after PhD, or young investigators under 35 years. The original research must be conducted in Switzerland or in collaboration with a Swiss institution. The first author must be available to present the research work during the symposium.

Registration

Registration fees including lunch & coffee breaks:

• Standard fee: 55.- CHF;
• Student fee: 25.- CHF.

Registration is open until 22 October 2025.

Payment Information

To register, please pay the fee via bank transfer or use the QR code below directly in your bank app:

Bank account (IBAN): CH37 0900 0000 1402 2103 1
Payable to:
HES-SO Genève – HEds
Avenue de Champel 47
1206 Genève
Additional information (communication field): G700136136565 Symposium le 13 novembre DIET

Venue

By train: Take the Léman Express or another regional train to Genève-Champel (Hôpitaux) station. The venue is a short walk from the station.

By bus: You can reach the venue in approximately 15–20 minutes by public transport from Geneva main station.

• Bus 5 (direction Thônex-Vallard) – stop at Hôpital
• Bus 1 (direction Jardin Botanique) – stop at Roseraie
• Bus 35 (direction Carouge-Rondeau) – stop at Champel-Hôpital

From any of these stops, it is a short 3–5 minute walk.