2nd International Conference
on the latest innovations and trends
in weight loss and weight management
June 25-26 2008, Berlin, Germany
PROGRAMME
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
8:30 Registration
8:55 Welcome address
Dr Marvin Edeas, Chairman of the scientific committee
Session 1:
General overview on weight loss and weight management
9:00 Overview of the European market of slimming ingredients
Leading consumer products and used ingredients
New upcoming products, concepts and trends
Success factors: science and marketing
International product news and trends
9:30 What are the different strategies to manage the body weight?
Targeting the lipid and carbohydrate metabolism
Increasing energy expenditure (physical activity, intake of energy expenditure boosters)
Lowering energy intake (appetite suppressants)
Session 2:
What are the new molecular and cellular targets for the development of the new generation of slimming ingredients?
Muscles and Adipocytes
No slimming effects without Muscles
10:00 Muscles, adipocytes and slimming: Role of adipose and muscle thermogenesis in weight control
– Physiological rationale for stimulating adipose and muscle thermogenesis;
– In search for mechanisms underlying adipose and muscle thermogenesis;
– What are the perspectives of thermogenic food ingredients in weight management ?
10:30 Break / Visit of the exhibition space
Mitochondria
11:00 Antioxidants, mitochondria and muscles
Role of mitochondria in weight management:
how can antioxidants can be useful in this area?
Estrogen Receptor
11:30 Estrogen receptor and body weight management: a promising field
PPARs Receptors
12:00 Recent advances on Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors (PPARs) modulation on weight loss
12:30 Lunch / Visit of the exhibition space
Session 3:
Satiety, weight management and Slimming Ingredients
14:00 What’s new in the appetite suppressant field in 2008? How can we stimulate satiety by functional foods and natural ingredients?
14:30 Discussion: Strategies for modifying foods to increase satiety, and reduce subsequent intakes : Science or fiction?
Satiety induction by aromas: Novel insights in the possibilities to manage weight through aromas in food products.
Session 4:
What are the current ingredients on the market with an efficiency approved by clinical trials?
Presentation reserved to companies
15:00 – 17:00
15:00 Overview of Functional Foods and Health Claims Concerning Body
Weight Management and slimming : A scientific point of view
15:30 Break / Visit of the exhibition space
16:15 Ninapharm
16:30 BENEO-Palatinit GmbH
16:45 Tate and Lyle
17:00 BioNatural
17:15 Discussion
17:30 End of the day
Gala Dinner
Thursday June 26, 2008
Session 5:
What are the new concepts and innovative ideas on the slimming field ?
9:00 Nutritargeting, Personalized nutrition and Obesity : Science or fiction?
9:30 Nutrigenomics, slimming and body weight Management: a huge perspective for companies or short term illusions?
10:00 LXR, Liver-X-Receptor modulation towards treatment of the metabolic syndrom and the discovery of slimming ingredients 10:30 10:30 Break / Visit of the exhibition space
11:00 New ingredients, technical innovations, new services on weight loss and weight management markets.
The Scientific Committee will select oral communications reserved for ingredients or finished products with clinical trials / studies. These communications of 6 minutes are based on:
– originality of the compound or its mechanism of action
– new targets and new concepts
– new formulation and/or galenic
– new analysis methods
– new marketing and distribution concepts
– credibility of the clinical trials / studies
Session 6:
Slimming Ingredients and Cosmetics
12:00 Slimming Ingredients and beauty foods: How to find new ingredients for slimming and beauty
12:30 Lunch / Visit of the exhibition space
Session 7:
Regulatory aspects of Slimming Ingredients
14:00 What are the latest developments in the slimming ingredients regulatory field ? The new EU food/supplement claim directive and its consequences
How to substantiate a claim?
How to develop a new proprietary claim ?
Implementation and registration timelines
Practical examples and case studies
14:30 Clinical trials to proof satiety, slimming and weight loss
How to plan and perform clinical trials for slimming
Practical examples from recently performed studies
Claim substantiation requirements for clinical trials
Costs and timelines
14:50 Open Discussion: how can we anticipate to the new EU claim
directive and its consequences?
15:00 Round Table Discussion and Conclusion :
« What are the ways to improve the scientific credibility
of slimming ingredients? »
Slimming Ingredients Germany 2008 Award
16:00 End of the Conference