Nutrition Society Live 2020

Led by the Nutrition Society Training Academy (NSTA), Nutrition Society Live 2020 was an innovative ‘virtual’ nutritional science event created in response to the cancelled Summer Conference due to the COVID-19 pandemic. With the main priority being the safety of delegates and speakers, #NSLive20 allowed the Society to continue its mission of advancing nutritional science by providing a platform for sharing research and collaborating with others in the nutrition community.

Over 450 delegates from across the world joined #NSLive20 from their homes to attend two days of excellent lectures, workshops, virtual abstract presentations and live panel discussions.

Discussing the topic of “Protein”, the diverse programme explored aspects related to the physiological determinants for protein requirements including novel methods for assessing protein metabolism, and the impact of protein sources on the environment. In addition to the main programme, delegates were able to access interactive abstract presentations and network through the recently launched Member-Connect. The debate continued across social media using #NSLive20 and members were keen to share their experience.

Speaker reviews and Original

Communications will all be published in Proceedings of the Nutrition Society.

454 delegates

36 countries

Excellent conference and well organised. Have actually connected with others – for some reason even better than I have done over years of attending live events. Enjoyed the broad areas covered – interdisciplinary approach to protein, health and environmental research was much appreciated. Thank you!

860

I thought it was a fantastic way to keep our conferences going throughout this pandemic. It normalised our current situation to some extent and was lovely to listen to various international nutrition researchers once again!