LIVESTREAM - Annual Conference

The Livestream for the 2026 Annual conference will be available here on 10th November 

The programme for the 2026 Annual Conference is shown below. A recording of the 2025 conference is also available below.

Register for the livestream here 

Beyond protein and carbon - delivering nutrient-dense diets for people and planet

Conference Programme (subject to change)

10.00 Chair’s welcome, Alyson Greenhalgh-Ball, Founder, Conscious Impact

10.05 Annual Lecture: How does what we eat shape our lives: from birth to death. Prof Janet Cade, Nutritional Epidemiology Group Leader, University of Leeds

10.45 British Nutrition Foundation Drummond Awards presentation

11.00 Break

Main conference – morning session

11.20 Chair’s introduction

11.25 Setting the scene – why change is needed. Mike Barry, Planeatry Alliance

11.45 Rethinking Protein: diversity, innovation and sustainability. Dr Tara Garnett, Director of TABLE Food Systems Transformation Group, University of Oxford.

12.05 Biofortification and food fortification in sustainable food systems. Prof Martin Warren, Head, Food Innovation Health Programme, Quadram Institute.

12.25 Integrating health and sustainability metrics: challenges, opportunities and future directions. Dr Anne Nugent, Senior Lecturer in Nutrition and Food Science, Queen's University Belfast

12.45 Panel discussion

13.10 Lunch

Main conference – afternoon session

14.00 British Nutrition Foundation Prize award presentation

14.10 The H3 project – healthy soil, healthy food, healthy people. Prof Louise Dye, Professor of Nutrition and Behaviour, University of Sheffield.

14.25 Environmental sustainability and micronutrient adequacy - what diets are fit for the future? Prof Mairead Kiely, Head of the School of Food and Nutritional Sciences, University College Cork

14.40 Sustainable diet transitions in Scotland: insights from dietary modelling. Alanna McDonald, Head of Nutrition Science and Surveillance, Food Standards Scotland.

14.55 How regenerative agriculture delivers profit, productivity and net zero. Tim Parton, Farm Manager, Brewood Park Farm.

15.10 Reimagining food insecurity: from living experience to system change. Dominic Watters, Writer, Speaker and Food Insecurity Advocate.

15.25 Panel discussion

15.50 Chair’s closing remarks

16.00 Close