Invitation: Mini Symposium on Nutrition and Optimal Health: 24 January 2015 (Saturday)

Dear Honorable Guests,
Invitation: Mini Symposium on Nutrition and Optimal Health:
Calcium and Vitamin D
24th January 2015 (Saturday)
In order to promote public health and provide an international forum to food experts to share their
ideas in nutrition development, our department will hold the first Mini Symposium on Nutrition and
Optimal Health in January 2015 which focus on calcium and vitamin D requirement in Chinese
population.
The Symposium will be held on 24 January, 2015 in Rm. M1603 (Senate Room), Li Ka Shing Tower, PolyU,
Hung Hom, Hong Kong and is designed for professionals in healthcare, policy administrators and
representatives from nutrition, food science and public health. Experts from U.S.A and China will share
their research findings in these two nutrients which are critical for human health.
This admission to the meeting is free, but seats are limited: do not miss this chance, complete the
registration form and return to us as soon as possible.
Please be kind enough to reply to this invitation to bcfstrc@polyu.edu.hk. We kindly attach our mini
symposium poster and the program for your reference. For more information, please also visit our
official website: http://www.polyu.edu.hk/abct/fstrc.
With kindest personal regards,
Prof. Wing-tak Wong
Director of Food Safety and Technology Research Centre
Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
28 October 2014
For information: Ms. Fanny NG/ Ms. Wai-yin PANG Tel: (+852) 3400 8859 / 3400 8860
Email: bcfstrc@polyu.edu.hk/fanny.ng@polyu.edu.hk / waiyin.pang@polyu.edu.hk
Website: http://www.polyu.edu.hk/abct/fstrc
RUNDOWN OF THE MINI SYMPOSIUM ON NUTRITION AND OPTIMAL HEALTH: CALCIUM AND VITAMIN D
Time
14:00
14:30
14:45
Topic
15:30
Vitamin D Requirement
in Chinese Population
Diet Impact on Bone is
Greatest during Periods
of High Bone Turnover
Speaker
Position and Institute
Registration
Opening Remarks
Prof. Connie M.
Distinguished Professor and Department Head cum
WEAVER
Director, Women’s Global Health Institute, Purdue
University, Nutrition Science
Prof. Xu LIN
Professor, Assistant Director,
Institute for Nutritional Sciences,
Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences,
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Panel Discussion and Closing Remarks
Tea Reception
16:15
16:45
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