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Opening Session- Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges
 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Bold Approaches to Fierce Conversations
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Catalyzing Systems Change: Career Pathways in Sustainable Food Systems
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Identifying and Assessing Low Energy Availability and Energy Deficiency in Athletes: Practical Tools and Valuable Strategies for Translation
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Pre-Rehabilitative Nutrition, Immunonutrition and Micronutrient Sufficiency in Harm Events and Patient Care Outcomes
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Malnutrition Following Bariatric Surgery: Underlying Mechanisms and Strategies for Prevention and Treatment
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
The Gut Microbiome: Profound Implications for Diet and Cancer Therapy
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
LGBTQ+ Health: Nutritional Considerations and Providing Inclusive Patient Care
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Artificial Intelligence and Dietetics: How AI Is Bringing Nutrition To New Heights
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Diabetes Reversal from Plant-Based Eating: Reality or Fallacy?
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Promoting the Collaboration Between Food Service and Clinical Nutrition: Stories of Success
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Let’s Come Together: Uniting Dietitians to Combat Weight Bias
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Understanding and Leveraging Trends in Dietetics Practice to Advance the Profession
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Multidisciplinary Approach to Nutrition and Wound Healing
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, Ambiguity: How RDNs Can Thrive Amidst the Unknown
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Expanding the Horizon of the Nutrition Profession Through Informatics
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
To Tell the Truth: Lessons from Food and Nutrition Policy Journalists in the Era of Fake News
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Unwinding the COVID-19 Paradox of Food Insecurity and Obesity in the Same Household in Rural Populations
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Novel Food Intolerance Testing and Personalizing Diet Interventions in Irritable Bowel Syndrome
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Empowering People with Diabetes: Putting the Diabetes Self-Management Education Consensus Report Principles to Work
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Asian Cuisine: Beyond the Soy Sauce
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Rx Food: Quality Food Assistance Through Outpatient Clinic/Community Partnerships
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Bringing the Joy Back to Food for Kidney Disease Patients
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
2020 Lenna Frances Cooper Memorial Lecture- Good Nutrition Speak in a Polarized World: May We Have a Courteous Discourse?
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Soft Tissue Health: Nutritional Strategies for Injury Prevention and Recovery
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
When Food Hurts: The Crossroads of Gastrointestinal and Eating Disorders
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
2020 Wimpfheimer-Guggenheim International Lecture- The Iodine Global Network: A Model for International Nutrition Collaboration
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Nudging Nutrition: Using Behavioral Economics to Make Healthy Choices Easy in Food Service Operations
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee: Lets Talk About the Evidence
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Lets Get Digital: Enhancing Care and Revenue with Technology
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Member Showcase: Increasing Mental Happiness During Distrustful Times
 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Show Me the Money: The Economic Reality Behind Sustainable Food and Agricultural Decisions
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Ethical Implications for Social Responsibility and Fairness
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Are You Prepared for the Decade of Healthy Aging?
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Continuous Glucose Monitoring: Empowering Persons with Diabetes to Make Positive Lifestyle Changes
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Home-Delivered Meals: Evidence, Impact and the Role of the RDN
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Science vs Sound Bite: Navigating the Murky Waters of Interpreting and Communicating Research
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Nutrition in Food Retail: Leveraging RDNs to Improve Public Health
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
ACEND Forum: Demonstration Program Innovations in Educating Future Practitioners
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
A Comprehensive Approach to Eating Disorders: The Future of Practice
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
The Role of Nutrition in Supporting the Immune System Relative to Coronavirus (COVID-19)
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Fuel for Function: Addressing the Energetic Needs of Exercising Women and Men and Avoiding the Athlete Triad
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Helping Without Hurting: Best Practices in Global Nutrition Engagement
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Nutritional Care in the NICU: Innovations, Challenges, and Opportunities
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Looking AHEAD: Putting Lessons Learned from the Action for Health in Diabetes Study into Practice
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Ethical Treatment of Individuals at the End of Life
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Going Pro: Turning Your Passion for Writing into Your Next Gig
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Beyond the World Foods Course: Diversifying Educational Spaces in Dietetics
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
The Opportunities and Threats to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Camp RAD: Nutrition and Life Skills for Adolescents with Disabilities
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Collaborative Management of the Individual with a High Output Ileostomy for Optimal Outcomes
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Saturated Fat: Navigating the Controversies
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Integrating Sports Psychology and Sports Nutrition in Return-to Play Management of Musculoskeletal Injuries
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Evidence and Practice for Building Nutrigenomic Dietitians
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Critical Care Nutrition 2020: An Interactive Update
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Put Me in Coach! A Preceptors Guide to Competency-Based Education
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Moving Beyond Effectiveness: Addressing Childhood Obesity Disparities with Translational Research
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Facilitating MNT Access for Patients with Non-Dialysis Dependent Chronic Kidney Disease
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
New Insights into Cardiovascular Disease: The Role of the Gut Microbiome
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Health Coaching and MNT: Opportunity or Threat
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Animal, Vegetable, Mineral: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Nutrients in Food Systems
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Diabetes, Telehealth, and Apps: Navigating Technology for People with Diabetes
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Vitamin Ds Proposed Role in COVID-19 and the Management of Athletes
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Plant Protein in the Kitchen: Evolution on the Bun
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Precision Nutrition at Scale: Machine Learning Insights into Personal Metabolic and Microbiome Response
 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Picky, Selective, ARFID? Assessment and Treatment of Pediatric Feeding Difficulties
 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
The Science and FDA Regulation of CBD What is the Path Forward?
 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Getting Paid: Developing a Competitive Value Proposition
 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
The Emerging Benefits of a Plant-Forward Approach to the Chronic Kidney Disease Diet
 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Power In Your Presence: Taming Feelings Of Insecurity And Imposter Syndrome
 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Assessment, Treatment and Monitoring of Micronutrients in Gastroenterology: Training of Current and Future Practitioners
 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Failing to Make the Grade: Food Insecurity on College Campuses
 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Nutrition Interventions Go Global: Collaborations for Community Health
 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Healthy Midlife and Menopause: Finding Appropriate Nutritional and Behavioral Health Interventions
 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Strong Is the New Healthy: Exploring the Evidence for Strength as a Measure of Health
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Mastering Mastermind Meetings
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
The Unique Challenges of Successful Diabetes Management in Older Adults
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Healthy Communities from the Ground Up: Empowerment, Sovereignty and Equity in Our Food System
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Disrupt, Innovate, and Create Value as an Intrapreneur
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
South Asians and Heart Disease: Calling RDNs for Their Expertise!
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
A New Approach to Helping Clients Change Food Choices: Internal Family Systems Therapy
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Enhanced Recovery After Surgery: What Is the Role of Nutrition?
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
From the Ground Up: Expert Update on Heavy Metals in Childrens Foods
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
From the Basement Office to Integrated Care: Transforming RDN Practice Through Collaborative Group Models
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Low-Calorie Sweeteners: Harmonizing Authoritative Statements for Practitioners
 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Designer Foods: Moving Technology From the Lab to the Fork
 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
The Benefits of Family-Based Treatment Strategies for Pediatric Eating Disorders in Inpatient Settings
 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Healthy People 2030: State of the Union on Diabetes
 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Prevalence, Pathophysiology, and Impact of Obesity-Related Sarcopenia and Myosteatosis
 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Native Plant Foods of North America: Using Traditional Culture to Improve Modern Diets of Native Americans
 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Promoting Nutrition and Food Access: Building Programs to Fit Communities
 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Crossing the Finish Line: Leveraging Your Expertise Across the Diverse Media Spectrum for Winning Results
 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Dietitians Take The Lead In Teaching Kitchens
 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Risky Food Behind Bars: A Public Health Burden
 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Closing Session: The Puzzle of Motivation
 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Saturday, October 17th 2020
Food Allergy Clinic: A Look Behind the Scene
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Optimizing Nutrition Care of the COVID-19 Patient: Global Guidance and Perspectives from the Front Lines
 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM
Sunday, October 18th 2020
Opening Session- Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges
 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Bold Approaches to Fierce Conversations
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Catalyzing Systems Change: Career Pathways in Sustainable Food Systems
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Identifying and Assessing Low Energy Availability and Energy Deficiency in Athletes: Practical Tools and Valuable Strategies for Translation
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Pre-Rehabilitative Nutrition, Immunonutrition and Micronutrient Sufficiency in Harm Events and Patient Care Outcomes
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Malnutrition Following Bariatric Surgery: Underlying Mechanisms and Strategies for Prevention and Treatment
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
The Gut Microbiome: Profound Implications for Diet and Cancer Therapy
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
LGBTQ+ Health: Nutritional Considerations and Providing Inclusive Patient Care
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Artificial Intelligence and Dietetics: How AI Is Bringing Nutrition To New Heights
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Diabetes Reversal from Plant-Based Eating: Reality or Fallacy?
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Promoting the Collaboration Between Food Service and Clinical Nutrition: Stories of Success
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Let’s Come Together: Uniting Dietitians to Combat Weight Bias
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Understanding and Leveraging Trends in Dietetics Practice to Advance the Profession
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Multidisciplinary Approach to Nutrition and Wound Healing
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, Ambiguity: How RDNs Can Thrive Amidst the Unknown
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Expanding the Horizon of the Nutrition Profession Through Informatics
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
To Tell the Truth: Lessons from Food and Nutrition Policy Journalists in the Era of Fake News
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Unwinding the COVID-19 Paradox of Food Insecurity and Obesity in the Same Household in Rural Populations
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Novel Food Intolerance Testing and Personalizing Diet Interventions in Irritable Bowel Syndrome
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Empowering People with Diabetes: Putting the Diabetes Self-Management Education Consensus Report Principles to Work
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Asian Cuisine: Beyond the Soy Sauce
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Rx Food: Quality Food Assistance Through Outpatient Clinic/Community Partnerships
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Bringing the Joy Back to Food for Kidney Disease Patients
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
2020 Lenna Frances Cooper Memorial Lecture- Good Nutrition Speak in a Polarized World: May We Have a Courteous Discourse?
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Soft Tissue Health: Nutritional Strategies for Injury Prevention and Recovery
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
When Food Hurts: The Crossroads of Gastrointestinal and Eating Disorders
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
2020 Wimpfheimer-Guggenheim International Lecture- The Iodine Global Network: A Model for International Nutrition Collaboration
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Nudging Nutrition: Using Behavioral Economics to Make Healthy Choices Easy in Food Service Operations
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee: Lets Talk About the Evidence
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Lets Get Digital: Enhancing Care and Revenue with Technology
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Monday, October 19th 2020
Member Showcase: Increasing Mental Happiness During Distrustful Times
 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Show Me the Money: The Economic Reality Behind Sustainable Food and Agricultural Decisions
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Ethical Implications for Social Responsibility and Fairness
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Are You Prepared for the Decade of Healthy Aging?
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Continuous Glucose Monitoring: Empowering Persons with Diabetes to Make Positive Lifestyle Changes
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Home-Delivered Meals: Evidence, Impact and the Role of the RDN
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Science vs Sound Bite: Navigating the Murky Waters of Interpreting and Communicating Research
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Nutrition in Food Retail: Leveraging RDNs to Improve Public Health
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
ACEND Forum: Demonstration Program Innovations in Educating Future Practitioners
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
A Comprehensive Approach to Eating Disorders: The Future of Practice
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
The Role of Nutrition in Supporting the Immune System Relative to Coronavirus (COVID-19)
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Fuel for Function: Addressing the Energetic Needs of Exercising Women and Men and Avoiding the Athlete Triad
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Helping Without Hurting: Best Practices in Global Nutrition Engagement
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Nutritional Care in the NICU: Innovations, Challenges, and Opportunities
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Looking AHEAD: Putting Lessons Learned from the Action for Health in Diabetes Study into Practice
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Ethical Treatment of Individuals at the End of Life
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Going Pro: Turning Your Passion for Writing into Your Next Gig
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Beyond the World Foods Course: Diversifying Educational Spaces in Dietetics
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
The Opportunities and Threats to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Camp RAD: Nutrition and Life Skills for Adolescents with Disabilities
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Collaborative Management of the Individual with a High Output Ileostomy for Optimal Outcomes
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Saturated Fat: Navigating the Controversies
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Integrating Sports Psychology and Sports Nutrition in Return-to Play Management of Musculoskeletal Injuries
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Evidence and Practice for Building Nutrigenomic Dietitians
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Critical Care Nutrition 2020: An Interactive Update
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Put Me in Coach! A Preceptors Guide to Competency-Based Education
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Moving Beyond Effectiveness: Addressing Childhood Obesity Disparities with Translational Research
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Facilitating MNT Access for Patients with Non-Dialysis Dependent Chronic Kidney Disease
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
New Insights into Cardiovascular Disease: The Role of the Gut Microbiome
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Health Coaching and MNT: Opportunity or Threat
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Animal, Vegetable, Mineral: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Nutrients in Food Systems
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Diabetes, Telehealth, and Apps: Navigating Technology for People with Diabetes
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Vitamin Ds Proposed Role in COVID-19 and the Management of Athletes
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Plant Protein in the Kitchen: Evolution on the Bun
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Tuesday, October 20th 2020
Precision Nutrition at Scale: Machine Learning Insights into Personal Metabolic and Microbiome Response
 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Picky, Selective, ARFID? Assessment and Treatment of Pediatric Feeding Difficulties
 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
The Science and FDA Regulation of CBD What is the Path Forward?
 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Getting Paid: Developing a Competitive Value Proposition
 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
The Emerging Benefits of a Plant-Forward Approach to the Chronic Kidney Disease Diet
 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Power In Your Presence: Taming Feelings Of Insecurity And Imposter Syndrome
 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Assessment, Treatment and Monitoring of Micronutrients in Gastroenterology: Training of Current and Future Practitioners
 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Failing to Make the Grade: Food Insecurity on College Campuses
 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Nutrition Interventions Go Global: Collaborations for Community Health
 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Healthy Midlife and Menopause: Finding Appropriate Nutritional and Behavioral Health Interventions
 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Strong Is the New Healthy: Exploring the Evidence for Strength as a Measure of Health
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Mastering Mastermind Meetings
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
The Unique Challenges of Successful Diabetes Management in Older Adults
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Healthy Communities from the Ground Up: Empowerment, Sovereignty and Equity in Our Food System
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Disrupt, Innovate, and Create Value as an Intrapreneur
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
South Asians and Heart Disease: Calling RDNs for Their Expertise!
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
A New Approach to Helping Clients Change Food Choices: Internal Family Systems Therapy
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Enhanced Recovery After Surgery: What Is the Role of Nutrition?
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
From the Ground Up: Expert Update on Heavy Metals in Childrens Foods
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
From the Basement Office to Integrated Care: Transforming RDN Practice Through Collaborative Group Models
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Low-Calorie Sweeteners: Harmonizing Authoritative Statements for Practitioners
 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Designer Foods: Moving Technology From the Lab to the Fork
 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
The Benefits of Family-Based Treatment Strategies for Pediatric Eating Disorders in Inpatient Settings
 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Healthy People 2030: State of the Union on Diabetes
 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Prevalence, Pathophysiology, and Impact of Obesity-Related Sarcopenia and Myosteatosis
 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Native Plant Foods of North America: Using Traditional Culture to Improve Modern Diets of Native Americans
 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Promoting Nutrition and Food Access: Building Programs to Fit Communities
 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Crossing the Finish Line: Leveraging Your Expertise Across the Diverse Media Spectrum for Winning Results
 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Dietitians Take The Lead In Teaching Kitchens
 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Risky Food Behind Bars: A Public Health Burden
 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Closing Session: The Puzzle of Motivation
 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM