Dear	colleagues,
      For	the	last	20	years,	the	Department	of	
      Epidemiology	of	the	German	Institute	of	
      Human	Nutrition	Potsdam-Rehbrücke	(DIfE)	
      has	been	devoting	its	major	research	activities	                                                                                                        New 
      in	nutritional	epidemiology	to	the	role	of	food,	
      diet,	metabolism	and	anthropometric	measures	                                                                                          perspectives 
      in	the	development	of	cancer	and	other	chronic	
      diseases.	                                                                                                                            in Nutritional 
      For	these	purposes,	the	department	has	
      been	pursuing	the	development	of	innovative	                                                                                        Epidemiology
      methods	of	dietary	assessment	and	the	appli-
      cation	of	new	technologies	in	data	collection	
      and	analyses	of	data	and	biological	samples.	
      These	capabilities	have	been	instrumental	to	
      successfully	conduct	the	European	Prospective	
      Investigation	into	Cancer	and	Nutrition	(EPIC)-
      Potsdam	study,	one	of	the	largest	cohort	
      studies	on	nutrition	and	disease	in	Germany	to	                   Scientific Organiser
      date.	Other	upcoming	prospective	studies	will	                    Prof. Dr. Heiner Boeing
      benefit	from	these	experiences.	                                  Department of Epidemiology
      This	20-year	milestone	presents	us	with	the	
      opportunity	to	take	a	moment	and	look	ahead	               Organisational office: 
      to	explore	new	perspectives	of	nutritional	                Gaby	Weeske
      epidemiology.	The	department	is	pleased	to	                German	Institute	of	Human	Nutrition	
      have	won	over	many	outstanding	national	and	               Potsdam-Rehbrücke
      international	scientists	as	speakers	for	this	two-	
      day	symposium.	It	offers	the	opportunity	to	               Arthur	Scheunert-Allee	114-116
      meet	colleagues	and	to	experience	                         14558	Nuthetal
      inspiring	presentations	and	                               Phone	+49	(0)	33200	/	88-2711                                                     August 26-27, 2013
      discussions,	to	which	you	are	                             Fax	   +49	(0)	33200	/	88-2721
      cordially	invited.                                                                                                                            Conference Centre
                                                                 Email:	weeske@dife.de                                                         of the German Institute 
      We	are	looking	forward	                                    Please	use	online	registration	under:                                              of Human Nutrition 
      to	seeing	you	at	the	DIfE                                  www.dife.de	by	clicking	on	„news“	and	„events“                                   Potsdam-Rehbrücke
                                                                 ©	DIfE,	ARNE.Design
       26th August                                                   27th August
       11.00	Introduction	into	the	research	field                    Diet and prevention of chronic diseases
       	      Heiner Boeing (DIfE)
                                                                     09.00	From	nutritional	studies	to	dietary	                     14.30	Diet	and	cancer	risk:	
       11.30	Special	lecture:	EPIC	-	                                	      recommendations	–	concepts	and	examples                 	      Experience	from	the	US
       	      A	landmark	epidemiological	study	with	a	                      Helmut Heseker (University of Paderborn)                       Michael Leitzmann 
       	      strong	focus	on	nutrition:	What	did	we	learn?                                                                                (University of Regensburg)
       	      Elio Riboli (Imperial College)                         09.30	Evidence	based	prevention	and	public	
                                                                     	      health	nutrition                                        15.00	Dietary	assessment	in	
       12.30	Lunch                                                          Anja Kroke                                              	      new	cohort	initiatives	in	Germany
                                                                            (University of Applied Sciences Fulda)                         Ute Nöthlings (University of Bonn)
       New developments in dietary assessment
                                                                     10.00	Food	intake	and	risk	of	chronic	disease:	                15.30	Integrating	pathways	to	understand	
       14.00	Food	recording	with	digital	images:	                    	      Lessons	from	EPIC-Potsdam                               	      the	diet-disease	relationship	
       	      A	new	approach	to	assess	dietary	intake                       Heiner Boeing (DIfE)                                           Tobias Pischon (MDC)
       	      Carol Boushey (University of Hawaii)
                                                                     10.30	Coffee	break                                             16.00	Concluding	remarks
       14.45	Standardized	24-h-recalls	as	the	tool	to	                                                                              	      Hans-Georg Joost (DIfE) 
       	      access	dietary	intake	in	epidemiological	              11.00	Targeted	Metabolomics:	
       	      studies:	Status	and	perspectives                       	      New	insights	into	pathophysiological	                   16.30	Closure
       	      Nadia Slimani (IARC)                                   	      mechanisms?
                                                                            Anna Flögel (DIfE)	
       15.30	Food	Frequency	Questionnaires	–	
       	      New	developments?                                      11.30	Risk	prediction:	Experiences	with	
       	      Anne-Kathrin Illner (IARC)                             	      type	2	diabetes
                                                                            Matthias Schulze (DIfE)
       16.00	Coffee	break
                                                                     12.00	Innovative	phenotyping:	
       16.30	Calculation	of	habitual	intake	distributions	by	        	      New	avenues	to	investigate	the	diet
       	      statistical	modelling	of	short-term	information        	      and	disease	relationship
              Arnold Dekkers (RIVM)                                         Rudolf Kaaks (DKFZ)
       17.15	Measurement	error	of	dietary	intake	–	                  12.30	Meal	pattern	analysis.	
       	      The	Harvard	experience                                        Anna Winkvist (University of Gothenburg)
       	      Karin Michels (Harvard School of Public Health)
                                                                     13.00	Lunch	
       19.00	Dinner	(by invitation)