Wednesday 3rd of October

9.30-10.00 OPENING LECTURE
:: How to interact with the private sector to achieve a good Nutrition & Immunity?
Ricardo Uauy. President of the International Union of Nutrition Sciences (IUNS)

11.30-13.30 SESSION I (Sponsored by BAYER)
MICRONUTRIENTS & THE IMMUNE SYSTEM 
Chairmen: Roxana Valdés-Ramos & Ricardo Uauy

:: Zinc & the immune system
Mirelle Dardenne. CNRS UMR 8147 , University Paris V. Paris, France
:: Vitamins & Immunity
David A Hughes. Diet, Health & Consumer Science Division, Institute of Food Research, Norwich Research Park, Colney, Norwich, Norfolk, United Kingdom
:: Copper, iron & immuno-competence
Carlos Muñoz Carrasco. INTA, University of Chile, Santiago. Chile
:: Selenium & Immunity
Francis McArdle. Liverpool, United Kingdom

15.30-17.30 ORAL PRESENTATIONS

18.00-20.30 SESSION II
BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS & THE IMMUNE SYSTEM I
Chairmen: Laurence S. Harbige & Sebastian Subirats

:: Polyunsaturated fatty acids & T cell function. Parveen Yaqoob. University of Reading, Reading. United Kingdom.
:: Poliphenols & immunity. Antonio Zarzuelo. University of Granada, Granada. Spain
:: Immunomodulation & antioxidant capacity by hidroxytyrosol present in olive oil
Ligia-Esperanza Díaz. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC). Madrid. Spain
:: Alcohol & the immune system
Javier Romeo Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC). Madrid. Spain
:: Arginine & the immune system
Lidia Tomás. ainia. Valencia. Spain

Thursday 4th of October

9.00-11.00 SESSION III (Sponsored by Actimel, DANONE)
PROBIOTICS, IMMUNITY & INFLAMMATION
Chairmen: Noel W. Solomons & Nora Slobodianik

:: Probiotic Lactobacillus and mucosal immunomodulation
James Versalovic Texas Children's Hospital and BaylorCollege of Medicine. Houston, USA
:: Amino acid uptake from a probiotic milk in lactose intolerance
Alfredo J. Martínez. University of Navarra, Pamplona. Spain
:: Uses of probiotics in different stages in life
Ascensión Marcos Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Madrid. Spain
:: The application of probiotics in cancer
Gabriela Perdigón Cerela, Tucumán. Argentina

11.30-13.30 SESSION IV (Sponsored by ABBOTT)
NEW ASPECTS RELATED TO INFANT NUTRITION & IMMUNITY
Chairmen: Angel Gil & Miguel Blasco

:: Re-evaluation of the effects of nucleotides on immunity
Pedro Gutierrez National Pediatric Institute, Mexico City. Mexico
:: Efforts to emulate human milk oligosaccharides
Pedro A.Prieto Technological Institute of Monterrey, Mexico City, Mexico
:: Role of dietary gangliosides on prevention of infection & immunity
Ricardo Rueda Abbot, Granada. Spain
:: Bovine colostrum concentrates against infectious processes
Noël W. Solomons CeSSIAM. Guatemala


15.30-17.30 ORAL PRESENTATION


18.00-20.30 SESSION V
BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS & THE IMMUNE SYSTEM
Chairmen: Gabriela Perdigón & Manuel Antonio de Pablo

:: Effects of synbiotics on immune and intestinal function
Esther Nova Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Madrid. Spain
:: The use of new ingredients of dairy origin with effects on the immune system for infant feeding
María Rodríguez-Palmero Ordesa, Barcelona. Spain
:: Beneficial effects of probiotic bacteria isolated from breast milk
Federico Lara-Villoslada Puleva Biotec, Granada. Spain
:: Prebiotics in inflammatory bowel disease
Francisco Guarner Hospital General Valle d'Hebrón. Barcelona. Spain
:: Dietary microparticles and their impact on tolerance and immune responsiveness of the gastrointestinal tract
Jonathan J PowellSt Thomas Hospital, United Kingdom

Friday 5th of October

9.00-11.00 SESSION VI
NUTRITION & IMMUNITY IN DIFFERENT PHYSIOLOGICAL STATES
Chairmen: Philip C. Calder & Wilson Savino
 
:: Exercise and the immune system
Eduardo Ortega University of Extremadura, Badajoz. Spain
:: Lifestyle-related determinants of inflammation in adolesence
Julia Wärnberg Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Madrid. Spain
:: Post menopause, nutrition & immunity
Ada de las Cagigas University of the Balearic Islands, Mallorca. Spain
:: Nutrition & immunity in the elderly
Mónica de la Fuente Complutense University Madrid, Madrid. Spain


11.30-13.30 SESSION VII (sponsored by Central Leche Asturiana)
NUTRITION & IMMUNITY IN PATHOLOGICAL STATES
Chairmen: Parveen Yaqoob & Julia Wärnberg

:: Eating disorders, obesity & stress
Ascensión Marcos Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Madrid. Spain
:: Altered gene expression associated with the immune system and the inflammatory response in obesity
Angel Gil University of Granada, Granada. Spain
:: Nutrition, immunity & cancer
Roxana Valdés-Ramos Autonoma University of el estado de México. Toluca. Mexico
:: Lipid modulation of neuroinflammatory disease (multiple sclerosis)
Laurence S. Harbige University of Kent and University of Greenwich, Kent. United Kingdom

15.30-17.30 SESSION VIII
NUTRITION & IMMUNITY IN INFECTIOUS DISEASES & CRITICALLY ILL
Chairmen: Ada de las Cagigas & Esther Nova

:: The thymus in malnutrition & infection
Wilson Savino Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Río de Janeiro. Brazil
:: Immunonutrition in surgical & critically ill patients
Philip C. Calder University of Southampton. United Kingdom
:: Significance of olive oil in the host immune resistance to infection
Manuel Antonio de Pablo. University of Jaén, Jaén. Spain
:: Nutrition & AIDS
Nora H. Slobodianik University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires. Argentina

18.00-19.00 CLOSING LECTURE
:: Fostering antioxidant defences: Up-regulating antioxidant genes or antioxidant supplementation?
José Viña University of Valencia, Valencia. Spain.

19.00-20.00 CLOSING CEREMONY
:: Presentation of the "International Forum on Immunonutrition Education & Research" (FINER) Group
:: Award ceremony for oral presentations/ posters