Program
ICDAM is pleased to announce the program for its international conference on April 27 – 30, 2025 in Toronto, Canada
*Program may be subject to change
All times are EDT
Sunday, April 27: Pre-conference workshops
9.00am – 12.00pm
9.00am – 12.00pm
9.30am – 12.30pm
9.30am – 12.30pm
Workshop 1 (Full day)
Challenges and strategies of maintaining national food databases to enhance precision
Workshop 2 (Full day)
Novel subjective and objective methods to monitor food intake
Workshop 4 (Half day)
Theory and application of intake-balance assessments using criterion and surrogate measures
1.30pm – 4.30pm
1.30pm – 4.30pm
1.30pm – 4.30pm
1.30pm – 4.30pm
Workshop 1 (Full day)
Continued
Workshop 2 (Full day)
Continued
Workshop 5 (Half day)
Developing a comprehensive food system profile
5.00pm – 6.30pm
Welcome Reception
Monday, April 28
9.00am – 9.15am
9.15am – 10.15am
Keynote: Dr. Marian Neuhouser, Fred Hutch Cancer Center, USA
Evolution in and key directions for advancing dietary assessment methods
Chair: Dr. Sharon Kirkpatrick
10.15am – 10.45am
10.45am – 12.15pm
Symposium 1
Sharing dietary data as a global public good: challenges and opportunities
Symposium 2
Towards precision 24-hour movement behaviour recommendations – revolutionizing guidelines
Symposium 3
INTAKE24 for all: a multi-cultural tool for dietary assessment
Chair: Agnieszka Balcerzak
Chair: Dr. Nicholas Kuzik
Chair: Dr. Tracy McCaffrey
12.15pm – 1.15pm
First Annual General Meeting, International Society for Diet and Activity Methods
(open to all, lunch provided)
Chair: Dr. Pedro Saint-Maurice
1.15pm – 2.45pm
Symposium 4
Dietary intake assessment according to the NOVA Food Classification System: tools and technological innovation
Symposium 5
When 24-hour dietary recalls are your assessment method – strategies, contextual considerations, and advanced modeling techniques
(organized by Kevin Dodd)
Symposium 6
Advancing wearable sensor validation: Frameworks, measurement theory, and statistical approaches for standardizing physical behavior assessment
Chair: Dr. Maria Laura Louzada
Chair: Dr. Sharon Kirkpatrick
Chair: Dr. Sarah Keadle
2.45pm – 4.15pm
Poster session (refreshments provided)
4.15pm – 5.15pm
Oral Session 1
Advancing 24-hour dietary recall methodology
Oral Session 2
Database enhancements and predictive analytics
Oral Session 3
Assessing physical activity and play
Chair: Dr. Megan McCrory
Chair: Dr. Marga Ocké
Chair: Dr. Sarah Keadle
5.30pm – 7.30pm
Early Career Researcher Event
Tuesday, April 29
8.30am – 9.30am
Keynote: Dr. Aiden Doherty, University of Oxford, UK
Insights from wearable sensing at scale in large-scale international biobanks
Chair: Dr. Pedro Saint-Maurice
9.30am – 9.45am
Transition break
9.45am – 11.00am
Oral Session 4
Advances in dietary assessment methods
Oral Session 5
Biomarkers and omics
Oral Session 6
Usual intake modeling and estimation
Oral Session 7
Integrating diet quality and environmental sustainability
Chair: Dr. Keren Papier
Chair: Dr. Edith Feskens
Chair: Dr. Sharon Kirkpatrick
Chair: Dr. Sandra Crispim
11.00am – 11.30am
Refreshment break and networking
11.30am – 1.00pm
Symposium 7
Lessons learned from introducing self-administered dietary assessment in national food consumption surveys
Symposium 8
Applications of metabolomics in diet assessment and analysis
Symposium 9
Lessons learned from developing tools with children and youth to measure food choices, eating behaviors and food literacy
Symposium 10
Integrating global positioning systems and accelerometor data in health behavior research studies
Chair: Caroline Van Rossum
Chair: Dr. Marji McCullough
Chair: Dr. Claire Tugault-Lafleur
Chair: Dr. Erika Rees-Punia
1.00pm – 2.00pm
Lunch (provided)
2.00pm – 3.00pm
Keynote: Dr. Juan Rivera, National Institute of Public Health, Mexico
Collecting and applying dietary intake data in an upper-middle income context
Chair: Pending
3.00pm – 4.30pm
Poster session (refreshments provided)
4.30pm – 6.00pm
Symposium 11
Dietary assessment and applications in the Nutrition for Precision Health study
Symposium 12
Measurement of food insecurity in high-income country contexts: cross-country differences, debates, and avenues for future exploration
Symposium 13
Diet and physical activity assessment in older adults
Chair: Dr. Megan McCrory
Chair: Dr. Rachel Loopstra
Chair: Dr. Tina Hsueh-Ting Chiu
7.00pm – 10.00pm
Conference Dinner (Chefs Hall)
Wednesday, April 30
8.30am – 9.30am
Keynote: Dr. Melody Ding, University of Sydney, Australia
Physical activity measurement and equity: What are the links?
Chair: Dr. Tracy McCaffrey
9.30am – 9.45am
Transition break
9.45am – 10.45am
Oral Session 8
Diet quality, food costs, and food insecurity
Oral Session 9
Harmonization, reporting, and protocols
Oral Session 10
Activity, fitness, and health
Chair: Dr. Benoît Lamarche
Chair: Dr. Pedro Saint-Maurice
Chair: Dr. Erika Rees-Punia
10.45am – 11.15am
Refreshment break and networking
11.15am – 12.15pm
Oral Session 11
Dietary pattern indices and chrononutrition
Oral Session 12
Ultra processed food consumption
Oral Session 13
Data sciences and modeling to advance assessment
Chair: Dr. Rebecca Leech
Chair: Dr. Carolina Batis
Chair: Dr. Marji McCullough
12.15pm – 1.00pm
ICDAM 2025 Closing
Renew Membership
Book Accommodation
