10:20 - 10:50
PANEL Q&AÂ
Briend · Montgomery · Lues · Sunley · Kraemer (chair)Â
10:00 - 10:20
Food Activism in the Age of NOVA: How a Classification Became a Campaign — and What the Food Science Community Must Do About It
Nigel Sunley · Food Science Consultant, Sunley Consulting; Former IUFoST Governing Council Member · South Africa
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9:40 - 10:00
Food Safety and Industrialized Food in Africa: What the Global South Knows That the Global North Doesn't
Prof. Ryk Lues · President, SAAFoST; Director, CAFSaB; Central University of Technology South Africa · South Africa
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9:20 - 9:40Â
Safe, Nutritious, and Affordable: How Industrial Food Processing Helps Close Nutrient Gaps Where They Matter Most
Scott Montgomery · Director, Food Fortification Initiative (FFI); Emory University (Rollins School of Public Health) · USA
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9:00 - 9:20
Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food: The Ultra-Processed Product That Saves Lives
Dr. André Briend · Co-inventor of Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Foods (RUTF) · Adjunct Professor, University of Tampere, Finland / Affiliated Professor, University of Copenhagen · France (based)
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SESSION 5Â Â
Food Security and the Global South: The Paradox NOVA Cannot Explain
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Chair:  Klaus Kraemer · Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Â
PANEL Q&AÂ
Bloem · Kraemer · Mela · Leskin ·  Löfstedt (chair)
12:35 - 13:05
12:15 - 12:35
Ultra-Processed Food Litigation: From San Francisco to the World —
Why Law Must Lag Science
Lori B. Leskin · Senior Partner and Co-Chair, Consumer Products Practice Group, Arnold & Porter · USA
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11:55 - 12:15
From Transparency to Censorship: Misuse of Declared Interests in Expert Panels, Evidence Assessment and Research
Dr. David Mela · Independent nutrition scientist; Former SACN member (2005–2025); Former Senior Scientist, Unilever R&D · Netherlands
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11:35 - 11:55
Hidden Hunger and Solutions
Dr. Klaus Kraemer · Independent Senior Scientific Advisor; Adjunct Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health · Germany / USA
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11:15 - 11:35
Fortified or Forbidden? The Unintended Consequences of Anti-Processing Narratives for Global Nutrition Policy
Dr. Martin W. Bloem, MD, PhD · Affiliate Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Former Chief of Nutrition, UN World Food Programme · USA
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10:50 - 11:15
COFFEE BREAK
SESSION 6Â Â
The Political Economy: Funding, Advocacy, Conflicts of Interest, and Legal Risks
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Chair:  Ragnar Löfstedt · King's College LondonÂ
13:05 - 14:20
LUNCHÂ
SESSION 7Â Â
Science Communication in a Broken Trust Environment
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Chair: Roberta Re · Cambridge Food Science
16:00 - 16:15
Institutional Closing
Prof. Richard (Rick) Mattes · Purdue University · USA
15:00 - 16:00
PANEL Q&AÂ
Warner · Toschka · Re (chair)
14:40 - 15:00
The Science of Responsible Food Innovation: What the Industry Has Achieved — and Must Communicate
Dr. Holger York Toschka · Former Senior Director R&D Foods, Unilever
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14:20 - 14:40
From Evidence to Impact — Communicating Food Science in an Age of Distrust
Anthony Warner · Author / science communicator ("The Angry Chef") · United Kingdom
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