Conference Schedule

Submitted abstracts for 2023 


Friday, April 28, 2023  

4:00–6:00 pm - Help Desk/Registration: Join on Gather Platform
4:30–6:00 pm - Pre-Conference Workshop: Professor Margaret Augustine, UPEI. "Indigenous Food Across Turtle Island" (Room 1)

Room 1 sessions on Zoom 
Meeting ID: 666 7148 4007
Passcode: 017634

6:30–7:00 pm - Opening Ceremony - Orientation and Welcome (Room 2)

Room 2 sessions on Zoom  
Meeting ID: 696 5055 7905  
Passcode: 367577

7:00–8:00 pm - Keynote Presentation: Dr. Cathy Mah, Dalhousie University. "Consumer Food Environments, Healthy Diets and a Healthier Society: An Introduction to Food Environments Research From a Social Perspective" (see Room 2 for Zoom link)
8:00–8:30 pm - Meet and Mingle: Join on Gather Platform

Saturday, April 29, 2023  

8:00–8:30 am - Help Desk/Registration: Join on Gather Platform
8:30–8:40 am - Opening Remarks (Room 3)

Room 3 sessions on Zoom 
Meeting ID: 618 5056 7397
Passcode: 158375

8:45–9:30 am - Speaker: Dr. Sukhinder Kaur Cheema. "Maternal Nutrition and Future Generational Health" (Room 3)    
9:30–10:30 am - Session A: Oral Presentations (Room 4)

Room 4 sessions on Zoom   
Meeting ID: 672 2405 7703  
Passcode: 168880

10:30–10:45 am - Break
10:45 am–12:00 pm - Speaker: Dr. Ruth Harvie. "Using the gastrointestinal microbiome to personalize nutrition advice: Are we there yet?" (see Room 3 for Zoom link) 
12:00–12:45 pm - Lunch break
1:00–2:30 pm - Session B: Oral Presentations (see Room 4 for Zoom link)
2:30–3:45 pm - Enhanced Poster Presentations (see Room 3 for Zoom link)
3:45–4:00 - Break 
4:00–5:00 pm - Closing Awards Ceremony (see Room 2 for Zoom link)

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