SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME
Programme
Conference official language: English.
LATEST UPDATE 08/09/2020
Friday 26th November | |||
SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM NUTRITION IN THE PARA-ATHLETES 8:30 – 11:45 | |||
08:00 | Registration Open | ||
08:30 | Nutrition needs/thermoregulation | ||
09:10 | Energy expenditure: what we know / methodology | ||
09:30 | Differences in body composition in various wheelchair sports / energy availability / supplementation | ||
09:50 | Panel discussion | ||
10:00 | BREAK | ||
10:15 | Sport nutrition in para-perspective – lack of scientific documentation and health vs. performance | ||
10:35 | Presentation of the ParaNut Project | ||
10:55 | Where to start? Challenges in practice | ||
11:15 | Panel discussion and discussion of ideas | ||
11:45 | End of Satellite |
Friday 26th November | |||
AUDITORIUM ESNS 4th ANNUAL CONFERENCE 12:00 – 20:00 | |||
10:30 | Registration Opening | ||
SESSION I | NUTRITION FOR OPTIMIZING BODY COMPOSITION | ||
12:00 | Keynote: Nutrition and its effect on muscle mass during a hypertrophy training regime | ||
12:40 | Fighting for a gold-plated weigh-in: does performance-enhancing weight loss regimen exists or are we chasing utopia? | ||
13:10 | An athlete sharing experience and strategy prior, during and after weigh-ins | ||
13:20 | Panel discussion | ||
13:45 | BREAK | ||
SESSION II | TEAM ATHLETES AND HYDRATION | ||
14:45 | Nutrition and soccer | ||
15:10 | Managing athlete’s diet during international tournament | ||
15:35 | Hydration before, during and after a match | ||
16:00 | Panel discussion | ||
16:15 | BREAK | ||
SESSION III | VEGETARIAN ATHLETES | ||
16:30 | How to cover the nutritional needs for the vegetarian athlete | ||
17:10 | “On the plate: how to circumvent the nutritional and practical challenges (e.g. energy, iron, protein and B-12, Vitamin D, omega-3, calcium) | ||
17:30 | Protein quality vs. animal food | ||
17:50 | Panel discussion | ||
18:00 | 1st GUIDED POSTER SESSION | ||
19:00 | Keynote: Nutrition, exercise and omics… dissecting the problem | ||
19:40 | 1 Selected Oral Presentation |
Saturday 27th November | |||
AUDITORIUM ESNS 4th ANNUAL CONFERENCE 09:00-18:00 | |||
SESSION IV | EXTREME ENVIRONMENT NUTRITION | ||
09:00 | Keynote: Nutrition during exercise in heat | ||
09:40 | Nutrition and altitude | ||
10:00 | Travelling through timezones: how nutrition may help compensate | ||
10:20 | Panel discussion | ||
10:30 | BREAK | ||
SESSION V | OPTIMIZING DIET FOR ENDURANCE SPORT | ||
10:45 | Protein for aiding adaptation to endurance training | ||
11:10 | Training the gut during long lasting performance | ||
11:35 | Periodized carbohydrate intake during endurance training | ||
12:00 | Panel discussion | ||
12:15 | BREAK | ||
13:15 | 2nd GUIDED POSTER SESSION | ||
SESSION VI | NUTRITION FOR REHABILITATION | ||
14:15 | Nutrition for rehabilitation | ||
14:55 | OLT practice for rehabilitation | ||
15:15 | Panel Discussion | ||
15:25 | 2 Selected Oral presentation | ||
15:45 | BREAK | ||
SESSION VII | INDIVIDUALIZED SPORT NUTRITION | ||
16:00 | Keynote: Is there an effect of Microbioma health and performance | ||
16:40 | Responders vs non-responders to nutritional intervention: are athletes responding different than the general population? | ||
17:00 | Calculating individual protein needs through aminoacids oxidation | ||
17:20 | Body composition analysis for individualized nutrition | ||
17:40 | Maximal rates of fat oxidation | ||
18:00 | Panel discussion | ||
18:15 | Young Investigator Award Ceremony and Conference Closing |
Sunday 28th November | |||
SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM ENERGY AVAILABILITY 09:00 – 13.00 | |||
08:30 | Registration Open | ||
09:00 – 10:30 | RED-S in theory & science | ||
What is RED-S and how prevalent it is? | |||
Men, women and high risk sport | |||
Prevention and treatment: literature vs. “hands on” experience from the “Healthy Sport” concept. | |||
BREAK | |||
11:00 – 13:00 | RED-S in practice | ||
RED-S for appearance or RED-S for the Gold Metal – how does this specification influence treatment? | |||
Periodization: most important tool for preventing RED-S in elite athletes? | |||
Athletes and practitioner discuss different angles | |||
13:00 | End of Satellite |
Conference Scientific Board

Prof. Antonio Paoli, M.D., B.Sc. FECSS
- ESNS President
- Associate Professor of Sport Sciences
- Rector’s delegate for Sport and Wellness Nutrition and Exercise Physiology Lab – Director
- Dean of the Human Movement Sciences School
- Department of Biomedical Sciences University of Padova – Padova (Italy)

Prof. Truls Raastad
- ESNS Vice President
- Department of Physical Performance, Norwegian School of Sport Science
- Consultant for the department of Sports Nutrition, Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sport

Prof. Mette Hansen
- ESNS Board Member
- Research unit for Exercise Biology
- Department for Public Health
- Aarhus University, Denmark

Ina Garthe, PhD
- ESNS Oslo Scientific Committee
- Professional sports nutrition manager
- Head of Sports Nutrition, The Norwegian Olympic Sports Centre
Programme
Conference official language: English.
LATEST UPDATE 08/09/2020
Friday 26th November
SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM
NUTRITION IN THE PARA-ATHLETES
8:30 – 11:45
8:00
Registration Open
8:30
Nutrition needs/thermoregulation
09:10
Energy expenditure: what we know / methodology
09:30
Differences in body composition in various wheelchair sports / energy availability/ supplementation
09:50
Panel discussion
10:00
BREAK
10:15
Sport nutrition in para-perspective – lack of scientific documentation and health vs. performance
10:35
Presentation of the ParaNut Project
10:55
Where to start? Challenges in practice
11:15
Panel discussion and discussion of ideas
11:45
End of Satellite
Friday 26th November
AUDITORIUM
ESNS 4th ANNUAL CONFERENCE
12:00 – 20:00
10:30
Registration Opening
SESSION I – NUTRITION FOR OPTIMIZING BODY COMPOSITION
12:00
Keynote: Nutrition and its effect on muscle mass during a hypertrophy training regime
12:40
Fighting for a gold-plated weigh-in: does performance-enhancing weight loss regimen exists or are we chasing utopia?
13:10
An athlete sharing experience and strategy prior, during and after weigh-ins
13:20
Panel discussion
13:45
BREAK
SESSION II – TEAM ATHLETES AND HYDRATION
14:45
Nutrition and soccer
15:10
Managing athlete’s diet during international tournament
15:35
Hydration before, during and after a match
16:00
Panel discussion
16:15
BREAK
SESSION III – VEGETARIAN ATHLETES
16:30
How to cover the nutritional needs for the vegetarian athlete
17:10
“On the plate: how to circumvent the nutritional and practical challenges (e.g. energy, iron, protein and B-12, Vitamin D, omega-3, calciumt)
17:30
Protein quality vs. animal food
17:50
Panel discussion
18:00
1st GUIDED POSTER SESSION
19:00
Keynote: Nutrition, exercise and omics… dissecting the problem
19:40
1 Selected Oral Presentation
Saturday 27th November
AUDITORIUM
ESNS 4th ANNUAL CONFERENCE
09:00-18:00
SESSION IV – EXTREME ENVIRONMENT NUTRITION
09:00
Keynote: Nutrition during exercise in heat
09:40
Nutrition and altitude
10:00
Travelling through timezones: how nutrition may help compensate
10:20
Panel discussion
10:30
BREAK
SESSION V – OPTIMIZING DIET FOR ENDURANCE SPORT
10:45
Protein for aiding adaptation to endurance training
11:10
Training the gut during long lasting performance
11:35
Periodized carbohydrate intake during endurance training
12:00
Panel discussion
12:15
BREAK
13:15
2nd GUIDED POSTER SESSION
SESSION VI – NUTRITION FOR REHABILITATION
14:15
Nutrition for rehabilitation
14:55
OLT practice for rehabilitation
15:15
Panel discussion
15:25
2 Selected Oral presentation
15:45
BREAK
SESSION VII – INDIVIDUALIZED SPORT NUTRITION
16:00
Keynote: Is there an effect of Microbioma health and performance
16:40
Responders vs non-responders to nutritional intervention: are athletes responding different than the general population?
17:00
Calculating individual protein needs through aminoacids oxidation
17:20
Body composition analysis for individualized nutrition
17:40
Maximal rates of fat oxidation
18:00
Panel discussion
18:15
Young Investigator Award Ceremony and Conference Closing
Sunday 28th November
SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM
ENERGY AVAILABILITY
09:00 – 13.00
08:30
Registration Open
09:00 -10:30
RED-S in theory & science
What is RED-S and how prevalent it is?
Men, women and high risk sport
Prevention and treatment: literature vs. “hands on” experience from the “Healthy Sport” concept.
BREAK
11:00 -13:00
RED-S in practice
RED-S fro appearance or RED-S for the Gold Metal – how does this specification influence treatment?
Periodization: most important tool for preventing RED-S in elite athletes?
Athletes and practitioner discuss different angles
13:00
End of Satellite
Conference Scientific Board

Prof. Antonio Paoli, M.D., B.Sc. FECSS
- ESNS President
- Associate Professor of Sport Sciences
- Rector’s delegate for Sport and Wellness Nutrition and Exercise Physiology Lab – Director
- Dean of the Human Movement Sciences School
- Department of Biomedical Sciences University of Padova – Padova (Italy)

Prof. Truls Raastad

Prof. Mette Hansen
- ESNS Board Member
- Research unit for Exercise Biology
- Department for Public Health
- Aarhus University, Denmark

Ina Garthe, PhD
- ESNS Oslo Scientific Committee
- Professional sports nutrition manager
- Head of Sports Nutrition, The Norwegian Olympic Sports Centre