Each year The Beverage Institute supports a variety of educational programs and speakers at professional conferences to help health professionals stay on top of emerging research and gain insight into important health and wellness issues.

In addition, The Beverage Institute scientists and professional staff participate in public and professional meetings and engage in open discussions with scientific experts and representatives, public health organizations, consumer interest groups, regulatory bodies and others in the food industry on today's nutrition issues.

Below is a listing of some of the key nutritional conferences help across the country.

RACEM 2008 Conference—Recent Advances and Controversies in Measuring Energy Metabolism
The Center for Human Nutrition at The University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center
Denver, CO
February 5–7, 2008
http://www.uchsc.edu/racmem/

5th Annual Pediatric Healthy Weight Summit: Healthy Pregnancies, Kids and Communities: How Environment Impacts Obesity
The East Carolina University (ECU) Pediatric Healthy Weight Research and Treatment Center
Greenville Hilton, Greenville, NC
March 6-7, 2008
Contact Yancey Crawford; 252-744-5061; crawfordy@ecu.edu http://www.ecu.edu/pedsweightcenter

Joint Conference - 48th Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology & Prevention and Nutrition, Physical Activity, & Metabolism 2008
American Heart Association
The Broadmoor Hotel, Colorado Springs, CO
March 11-15, 2008
(888) 242-2453; scientificconferences@heart.org; http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3046690

American College of Sports Medicine Health & Fitness Summit & Exposition
American College of Sports Medicine
Long Beach Hyatt, Long Beach, CA
March 24-27, 2008
http://www.acsm.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Health_and_Fitness_Summit

The Society for Adolescent Medicine 2008 Annual Scientific Meeting - Adolescent Obesity: Prevention and Treatment
Society for Adolescent Medicine
Sheraton Greensboro Hotel/Joseph S. Koury Convention Center
Greensboro, NC
March 26-29, 2008
mailto:edie@adolescenthealth.org
http://www.adolescenthealth.org/announcements.htm

Experimental Biology
American Society for Nutrition (Annual Meeting)
San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, CA
April 5-9, 2008
http://www.eb2008.org/

16th European Congress on Obesity
European Congress on Obesity
Geneva, Switzerland
May 14-17, 2008
eco2008@easobesity.org
http://www.eco2008.org

2008 Annual Meeting of The International Society For Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
International Society For Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
Rimrock Resort Hotel, Banff
Alberta, Canada
May 21-25, 2008
http://www.isbnpa.org/meeting.cfm

55th Annual Meeting: At the Crossroads of Science and Practice
American College of Sports Medicine
Indianapolis, IN
May 28–31, 2008
http://www.acsm.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Annual_Meeting2

Institute of Food Technologists Annual Meeting and Food Expo, Scientific Program
Institute of Food Technologists
New Orleans, LA
June 28-July 2, 2008
http://www.am-fe.ift.org/cms/

2008 Annual Conference
Society for Nutrition Education
July 19-23, 2008
Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel in Atlanta, GA
http://www.sne.org/conference/index.html

XV International Congress of Dietetics
Theme: Global Dietetic Linkage and Cooperation for Human Health
International Confederation of Dietetic Associations
Pacifico Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan
September 8 - 11, 2008
http://www.internationaldietetics.org/icd.asp

American Academy of Family Physicians, Scientific Assembly
American Academy of Family Physicians
San Diego, CA
September 17-21, 2008
http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/cme/aafpcourses/conferences/assembly/2008reg.html

American College of Nutrition’s 49th Annual Meeting
American College of Nutrition
Double Tree Hotel Crystal City, Arlington, VA
October 2-5, 2008
http://www.amcollnutr.org/AnnualMeeting.html

The Obesity Society's 2008 Annual Scientific Meeting
NAASO
Phoenix, Arizona
October 3-7, 2008

American Dietetic Association's Food & Nutrition Conference & Expo
American Dietetic Association
FNCE 2008, Chicago
October 25-28, 2008
http://www.eatright.org/cps/rde/xchg/ada/hs.xsl/events.html

Public Health Without Borders, 136th Annual Meeting and Exposition
American Public Health Association
San Diego, CA
25-29 October 2008
http://www.apha.org/meetings

2nd World Congress in Controversies on Diabetes, Obesity and Hypertension Catalonia Palace of Congresses, Barcelona, Spain
October30-November 2, 2008
http://www.codhy.com

The AODA Biennial International Conference
American Overseas Dietetics Association
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Crowne Plaza - Mutiara Hotel
April 23 - 25, 2009

American Dietetic Association’s Food & Nutrition Conference & Expo
American Dietetic Association
Denver, CO
17-20 October 2009

137th Annual Meeting and Exposition
American Public Health Association
Philadelphia, PA (137th Meeting)
November 7-11, 2009
http://www.apha.org/meetings