Program

Thursday March 29, 2007

08:30 - Registration

08:55 - Welcome Address
Dr Marvin Edeas, President of the French Society for Antioxidants, Paris, France

Session 1: General overview on slimming ingredients

09:00 Overview of the European Market of Slimming Ingredients
Dr Joerg Gruenwald, President analyse & realize ag, Berlin, Germany

09:30 What are the different strategies to manage the body weight?
Targeting the Lipid and Carbohydrate Metabolism
Increasing energy expenditure (physical activity, intake of energy expenditure boosters)
Lowering energy intake (appetite suppressants)
Pr Susanne Klaus, Deutsches Institut für Ernährungsforschung (DIFE) Potsdam-Rehbrücke, Nuthetal, Germany

Session 2: What are the new molecular and cellular targets for the development of the new generation of slimming ingredients?

10:00 Effects of Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors (PPARs) modulation on weight loss
Dr Markus Clemenz, Center for Cardiovascular Research (CCR), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

10:30- Break / Visit of the exhibition space

11:00 Role of mitochondria in weight management: how can antioxidants be useful in this area?
Dr Marvin Edeas, President of the French Society for Antioxidants, Paris, France

11:30 Weight Management by using a special combination of antioxidants: presentation of a clinical study with alpha lipoic acid and CoQ10.
Dr Ute Gola, Institute of Nutrition and Prevention, Berlin, Germany.

11:45 How can we target the adipocytes and mitochondria: presentation of clinical trial of Actisod?
Dr Vicente Micol, Centro de Biologia Molecular y Celular, Alicante, Spain

12:15 What’s new in the appetite suppressant field?
Dr Jason Halford, Kissileff Laboratory for the Study of Human Ingestive Behaviour University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

12:45 - Lunch / Visit of the exhibition space

Session 3: Nutrigenomics and Slimming Ingredients

14:00 Nutrigenomics and personalised nutrition in the control of obesity.
A preventive role of leptin
Pr Andreu Palou, Nutrition and Biotechnology, University of the Balearic Islands, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

Session 4: What are the current ingredients on the market with an efficiency approved by clinical trials?

14:30 - Thermogenic Ingredients and weight loss: what’s new in 2007?
What are the latest scientific advances on thermogenic ingredients? Focus on spices (capsaicin), caffeine and catechines
Results of a clinical study using a combination of bioactive food ingredients in obese subjects
What are the perspectives of thermogenic ingredients in the weight loss and weight management field?
Dr Anita Belza, Department of Human Nutrition, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Frederiksberg, Denmark

15:10 - Potential role of inulin and oligofructose in satiety and weight management
Dr Liv Janvary, Palatinit GmbH, Mannheim, Germany

15:40 - Slim through appetite control: PinnoThinTM the new breakthrough appetite suppressant
Dr Louise Mennen, Lipid Nutrition, Wormerveer, The Netherlands

16:00 - Break / Visit of the exhibition space

16:30 Overview of the Japanese market in the slimming field
Dr Mizuo Nasu, Ninapharm, Tokyo, Japan

17:00 - Round Table Discussion: What are the ways to improve the scientific credibility of Slimming Ingredients? In the presence of the Scientific Committee

18:00 - End of the Day

Friday March 30, 2007

Session 5: What are the new concepts and innovative ideas on the slimming market?

9:00 Strategies for modifying foods to increase satiety, and reduce subsequent intakes
Dr Robert Welch, Northern Ireland Centre for Food and Health, University of Ulster, Coleraine, United Kingdom

09:30 Chloroplast membranes retard fat digestion and induce satiety
Pr Charlotte Erlanson-Albertsson, Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Lund, Lund, Sweden

10:00 Satiety induction by aromas and flavors: a new way to manage weight through aroma/flavors supplemented agro-food products?
Dr Maurits Burgering and Dr Rianne Ruijschop NIZO Food research, Ede, The Netherlands

10:30 Break / Visit of the exhibition space

11:00 New Ingredients, technical innovations, new services on the Weight Loss and Weight Management Market

The scientific Committee will select oral communications of 6 minutes based on:
- originality of the compound or its mechanism of action
- new targets and new concepts
- new formulation and/or galenic
- new analysis methods
- new marketing and distribution concepts

ALREADY SELECTED :

• The satiety principle: a Fabuless success in weight management products
  Rob Minnee, DSM Food Specialties, Delft, The Netherlands
   
• Influences of A dietary supplement in combination with an exercise and diet regimen on adipocytokines and adiposity in women who are overweight
  Dr Robert Hesslink, Imagenetix, SanDiego, USA
   
• Peru Liana : Slimming anti-fat storage
  David Bothorel, ENGELHARD PCM Europe, BASF, France
   
• LeanGard: An innovative, synergistic, natural composition for weight management support
  Dr Lakshmi Prakash, Sabinsa corporation, Piscataway, USA
   
• Zotrim: A herbal formulation for satiety and weight loss
  Dr Trevor Jarman, Natures Remedies Ltd, Amersham, United Kingdom
  
  

Session 6: Slimming Ingredients and Cosmetics

12:00 - Are Slimming Products really efficient? Point of view of a scientist
Dr Tatjana Pavicic, Clinic and Policlinic for Dermatology and Allergology, University of Munich, Germany

12:30 - Lunch / Visit of the exhibition space

Session 7: Food Industry and Slimming

14:00 Slimming Ingredients in functional food and drinks: what are the trends in 2007?
How is industry responding to the globesity challenge in terms of ingredients?
What about consumer products and labelling schemes?
What are the slimming ingredients used in drinks and beverages?
Mr Tage Affertsholt, 3A Business Consulting, Aarhus, Denmark

Session 8: Regulatory aspects of Slimming Ingredients

14:30 - What are the latest developments in the slimming ingredients regulatory field?
Dr Iris Hardewig, analyze-realize ag, Berlin, Germany

Round Table Discussion
What are the perspectives in the design of the
tomorrow Slimming Ingredients ?
In the presence of the Scientific Committee

15:30 - End of the Conference

Slimming Ingredients Germany 2007 Award: The scientific committee will name the most innovative project