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
• 10:00-10:45 Session 1: Methodological issues and Innovation in Swiss nutrition research
  Keynote lecture: “Fully Automated Diet Counseling: Potential and Pitfalls”, Dr Simon Mayer, Uni St Gallen
  Oral presentations
• 10:45-11:15 Health break + Poster session
• 11:15-11:45 Session 1 continue
• 11:45-12:30 Session 2: Mechanisms in nutrition
  Keynote lecture: “The role of micronutrients in metabolic health: insights into iron and obesity”. Dr Isabelle Herter-Aeberli, ETH Zürich
  Oral presentations
• 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
  Keynote lecture: “True cost of food in Switzerland”, Dr Emilia Schmit, UNIL
  Oral presentations
• 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

Target participants

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

Call for abstracts

Abstract submissions will open from 5 June to 10 July 2025. Incomplete or late submissions will not be accepted. A scientific committee will select best abstracts for oral and poster presentations in each of the three sessions. All submissions must be made with the Abstract submission form (maximum length: 350 words), available here:

Please submit your abstract with the :

and send it to nutrisympo.heds@hesge.ch

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.