Details of the
Workshop on Pan-European Food Consumption Surveys
- for Standardized and Comparable Transnational Data Collection
7-8 September 2009
Utrecht, the Netherlands
Workshop aims
Who this workshop is for
Workshop Programme
Social Programme
Workshop costs
How to register for this workshop
When to register for this workshop
Contact the organisers
Where the workshop is being held
Workshop aims
- to create support for pan-European food consumption surveys or harmonization of national food consumption surveys
- to list and discuss possibilities and barriers for harmonization or implementation of a pan-European food consumption survey
- to inform on the EPIC-Soft software for collecting 24-h dietary recalls and to discuss the potentials and requirements to use EPIC-Soft in the context of pan-European and national dietary monitoring
Audience
- the workshop will be open to representatives of:
- international organisations in need of pan-European food consumption data or considering to implement a pan-European food consumption survey
- national institutes considering to participate in a pan-European food consumption survey and/or to perform a national dietary monitoring study, using state of the art methodology and taking international harmonization into account
- those who are interested and new in using EPIC-Soft are especially welcomed
- EFCOVAL participants are also invited
- the background of the representatives may be:
- healthy nutrition or food safety policy makers
- health and nutritional scientists
- coordinating dieticians
- coordinating data managers
- max number of participants: 50
- individual invitations will be sent to a selection of stake holders
- active participation will be expected.
Costs
- there will be no costs for the participants to attend the 2-day-workshop
- for a limited number of participants travel and hotel costs can be subsidized; this will be first proposed to institutions that are willing to conduct a national food consumption survey but have little or no experience on dietary methodology and study design
- other participants will have to provide their own travel and accommodation costs
Programme
The first day will be devoted to sharing knowledge. International organisations are invited to express their needs and plans with regard to European food consumption data (collection). The EFCOVAL-team will demonstrate the EPIC-Soft software and related methodological platform, and will explain the potential and requirements for using EPIC-Soft as a dietary assessment instrument.
The second day will be more interactive. In small groups national and international possibilities, challenges and options will be informally discussed with the aim to formulate recommendations for future activities.
Click here to download the preliminary programme of the workshop.
Social Programme
On the evening of 7 September 2009, a workshop dinner will be held on walking distance from the workshop venue. This dinner is free of charge for participants that attend the 2-day-workshop.
How to apply for the workshop
- registration is now closed
Closing Conference
Following the EFCOVAL workshop, the closing conference of EFCOVAL will be held on 9-10 September 2009 in the same city, Utrecht, the Netherlands. The exact venue, Polman’s Huis, is on walking distance from the venue of the workshop. Details...
Organization
Workshop Organising Committee:
Marga Ocké (RIVM, the Netherlands)
Nadia Slimani (IARC, France)
Elly Buurma (RIVM, the Netherlands)
Heinz Freisling (IARC, France)
Evelien de Boer (RIVM, the Netherlands)
Conference Secretariat
MCI - Amsterdam Office
P.O. box 14645
1001 LC Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Phone: +31 20 679 32 18
Fax: +31 20 675 82 36
Venue
Polman’s Huis
Hoek Jansdam & Keistraat
3512 HV Utrecht
Phone: +31 (0) 030-2313368
Fax: +32 (0) 030-2316038
Website: www.polmanshuis.nl (in Dutch)