GENERAL INFORMATION
CONFERENCE OVERVIEW
This conference will provide a forum for scientists from both academia and industry to meet and discuss the latest advances, controversies, and methodological issues related to the in vivo assessment of energy expenditure and substrate oxidation.
This two and one-half day program is anchored by two keynote speakers known internationally for their work in metabolic research. Several plenary sessions will provide technical overviews of several state of the art approaches to measuring energy expenditure and fuel utilization in humans and animals. A number of breakout sessions will address the design of calorimeter systems, the use of stable and radioactive isotopes, the expression and analysis of metabolic data, advances in free-living assessments, and the implementation and monitoring of physical activity in humans and animals. In addition, free-communication sessions will provide a venue for both oral and poster presentations by conference attendees. Finally, extensive attention will be given to exhibitors interested in showing and presenting products that can be used for human and animal metabolic research.
SPECIFIC LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- To review the latest approaches to measuring energy expenditure and fuel utilization in vivo and establish basic standards for preclinical and clinical research.
- To debate the current controversies in the expression and interpretation of metabolic data.
- To assess the methodological and technological gaps in our pursuit to understand in vivo fuel metabolism in order to direct research and development efforts.
EXPECTED AUDIENCE
Scientists, technicians, and students that are involved in assessing in vivo metabolism in their research endeavors are expected to attend. Attendees are likely to come from the preclinical and clinical research components of academic, nutritional, and pharmaceutical organizations. In particular, researchers who are interested in learning about and sharing methodological information about the use of indirect calorimetry, radioactive and stable isotopes, accelerometry, exercise energetics, body composition analyses, and preclinical modeling would benefit from this conference.
Last updated: February 4, 2008