Wellington is hosting the only global conference on infant and young children’s nutrition this week. Feeding the Future hosts a line-up of expert speakers from New Zealand, Australia and around the world.
Topics will range from efficacy in toddler milk drinks and trade with China to the infant formula shortage in the US and everything in between. It will be opened by the Minister of Agriculture and Trade & Export Growth, Damien O’Connor.
Feeding the Future is hosted by the Infant Nutrition Council, which represents the majority of manufacturers, marketers and ingredient suppliers of infant formula and toddler milk drinks in New Zealand and Australia.
Keynote speakers include; Tracy Li Liangqiu, Executive Vice-President of China Nutrition and Health Food Assn: Facilitating the Development of the IF industry. Dr Carrie Assar, US Food and Drug Administration: Infant formula regulation in the US. Dr Anne Jaquiery, Liggins Institute: Early Life Nutrition. Prof Clare Wall, University of Auckland: Diet in the early years.
“To have world-renowned experts here talking on a wide range of topics, presents a great opportunity for our industry to gain greater knowledge around some of the pressing issues facing the feeding of our infants. I’m also delighted delegates will hear directly from our two great trading partners: China and the United States,” said Jan Carey, The Chief Executive of the Infant Nutrition Council.
“They will give the conference a truly international presence, alongside Malaysian, Japanese, and Australian speakers, with the infant nutrition world watching us, and will complement some of New Zealand’s world-leading authorities on feeding infants. The infant formula and toddler milk drink industry has contributed much to the knowledge of the nutritional needs of infants and young children, as well as the qualities and benefits of breast milk, but there is so much more to learn, and that’s what this conference is all about.”
