Monday September 28, 2026
09:00-10:30
Sponsored Symposium 1
Adlon 1
Sponsored Symposium 2
Adlon 2
Sponsored Symposium 3
Adlon 3
Sponsored Symposium 4
Capitol
Sponsored Symposium 5
Stafford
10:30-11:00
Coffee Break in the Exhibition Area
Exhibition
11:00-12:30
Sponsored Symposium 6
Adlon 1
Sponsored Symposium 7
Adlon 2
Sponsored Symposium 8
Adlon 3
Sponsored Symposium 9
Capitol
Sponsored Symposium 10
Stafford
12:30-13:30
Lunch Break in the Exhibition Area
Exhibition
13:30-15:00
Sponsored Symposium 11
Adlon 1
Sponsored Symposium 12
Adlon 2
Sponsored Symposium 13
Adlon 3
Sponsored Symposium 14
Capitol
Sponsored Symposium 15
Stafford
15:00-15:45
Coffee Break in the Exhibition Area
Exhibition
15:10-15:40
E-Poster Discussion: Infant Young Child Feeding
Station 01
E-Poster Discussion: Adolescent nutrition
Station 02
E-Poster Discussion: Anaemia assessment
Station 03
15:45-17:15
High Level Opening Ceremony: Nutrition at the Frontiers of a Changing Environment
Adlon Ballroom
17:20-18:50
Plenary : Strengthening Alignment and Action: Leveraging Africa’s Continental Policy Landscape for Better Diets and Nutrition Outcomes
Adlon Ballroom
18:50-19:50
Welcome Reception in the Exhibition Area
Exhibition
Tuesday September 29, 2026
07:30-09:00
Sponsored Symposium 16
Adlon 1
Sponsored Symposium 17
Adlon 2
Sponsored Symposium 18
Adlon 3
Sponsored Symposium 19
Capitol
Sponsored Symposium 20
Stafford
09:00-09:30
Coffee Break in the Exhibition Area
Exhibition
09:30-11:00
Sponsored Symposium 21
Adlon 1
Sponsored Symposium 22
Adlon 2
Sponsored Symposium 23
Adlon 3
Sponsored Symposium 24
Capitol
Sponsored Symposium 25
Stafford
11:00-11:10
Short Break
Exhibition
11:10-12:40
Concurrent Session (CSC3): Enabling Policy Coherence for Nutrition
Adlon 1
Concurrent Sessions (CSA8): Innovation, efficacy and equity in food fortification
Adlon 2
Concurrent Session (CSB7): Agriculture and broader food systems solutions to address micronutrient gaps
Adlon 3
Concurrent Sessions (CSB1): Emerging data collection, analytical and modelling innovations to support achieving impact on micronutrient intake and/or status
Capitol
RAPID FIRE SESSION TRACK A
Stafford
12:40-13:40
Lunch Break in the Exhibition Area
Exhibition
12:50-13:30
E-Poster Discussion: Access to nutritious foods
Station 01
E-Poster Discussion: Anaemia determinants and interventions
Station 02
E-Poster Discussion: Diet and nutrition measurement
Station 03
13:40-15:10
Concurrent Session (CSA2): Climate change, food insecurity and protecting the micronutrient content of crops
Adlon Ballroom
Concurrent Session (CSC5): Market, Fiscal, Regulatory, and Repurposing Opportunities for Healthy, Nutritious Diets
Capitol
Oral Presentation Session: The Scaling Up of MMS
Stafford
15:10-15:40
Coffee Break in the Exhibition Area
Exhibition
15:40-17:10
Plenary Session (PC1): Financing for Nutrition in Uncertain Times
Adlon Ballroom
17:10-17:20
Short Break
Exhibition
17:20-18:50
Plenary Session (PA1): Dietary shifts and a changing food landscape
Adlon Ballroom
Wednesday September 30, 2026
07:30-08:30
Sponsored Symposium
Adlon 1
Sponsored Symposium
Adlon 2
Sponsored Symposium
Adlon 3
Sponsored Symposium
Capitol
Sponsored Symposium
Stafford
08:30-08:40
Short Break
Exhibition
08:40-10:10
Sponsored Symposium
Adlon 1
Sponsored Symposium
Adlon 2
Sponsored Symposium
Adlon 3
Sponsored Symposium
Capitol
Sponsored Symposium
Stafford
10:10-10:40
Coffee Break in the Exhibition Area
Exhibition
10:15-10:35
E-Poster Discussion: Community-based approaches
Station 01
E-Poster Discussion: Next steps for LSFF
Station 02
E-Poster Discussion: Coordination and integration works
Station 03
10:40-12:10
Concurrent Session (CSC4): Enabling environment from large-scale food fortification interventions
Adlon 1
Concurrent Session (CSB6): Advancing Micronutrient Security through Integrated and Equitable Health Systems: Evidence, Innovation, and Impact
Adlon 2
Concurrent Sessions (CSA5): Priority micronutrients under pressure: sustaining gains, preventing relapse, and navigating new program realities
Capitol
Concurrent Sessions (CSB4): Driving demand for nutritious foods
Stafford
Concurrent Session (CSC8): Data and policy gaps for nutrition decision-making
Adlon 3
12:10-13:30
Lunch Break in the Exhibition Area
Exhibition
12:20-13:20
Plenary Sponsored Symposium
Capitol
13:30-14:30
Plenary Sponsored Symposium
Adlon Ballroom
14:30-14:40
Short Break
Exhibition
14:40-16:10
Concurrent Sessions (CSC1): Nutrition Integration Compact: What is the Enabling Environment for Implementation at the Country Level?
Adlon Ballroom
Concurrent Session (CSA7): Micronutrient interventions to improve pregnancy outcomes: where next with UNIMMAP?
Stafford
Concurrent Sessions (CSC6): Policy Ownership and Power Dynamics in Nutrition
Capitol
16:10-16:40
Coffee Break in the Exhibition Area
Exhibition
16:40-18:10
Plenary Session (PB2): Safeguarding Data for Nutrition Amid Funding Constraints
Adlon Ballroom
Thursday October 01, 2026
07:30-08:30
Sponsored Symposium
Adlon 1
Sponsored Symposium
Adlon 2
Sponsored Symposium
Adlon 3
Sponsored Symposium
Capitol
Sponsored Symposium
Stafford
08:30-08:40
Short Break
Exhibition
08:40-09:40
Sponsored Symposium
Adlon 1
Sponsored Symposium
Adlon 2
Sponsored Symposium
Adlon 3
Sponsored Symposium
Capitol
Sponsored Symposium
Stafford
09:40-10:10
Coffee Break in the Exhibition Area
Exhibition
09:45-10:05
E-Poster Discussion: Using AI tools
Station 01
E-Poster Discussion: Micronutrient assessment
Station 02
E-Poster Discussion: Biofortification
Station 03
10:10-11:40
Concurrent Session (CSA4): Beyond iron intake: blood loss, anaemia, and implications for treatment and policy
Adlon 1
Concurrent Session (CSB3): Navigating Trade-Offs in Food Systems: Achieving Health, Nutrition, and Economic-Environmental Co-Benefits
Adlon 2
Concurrent Sessions (CSA1): Challenges of National Micronutrient Surveys: From Data Gaps to Policy Action
Adlon 3
Concurrent Sessions (CSC2): Enhancing Accountability for Better Nutrition Outcomes
Capitol
Oral Presentation Session: TRACK B (CSB8) What works and how to achieve impact on micronutrient intake or status? New evidence on impact or effectiveness
Stafford
11:40-11:50
Short Break
Exhibition
11:50-12:50
Concurrent Session (CSB2): Localization for Nutrition System Resilience - National, Regional and Global Initiatives
Adlon 1
Concurrent Sessions (CSB5): Design of social protection programs to improve diets and nutritional status (design, delivery/implementation and effectiveness)
Adlon 2
Concurrent Sessions (CSC7): Is a Right to Nutritious Food Possible?
Adlon 3
Concurrent Session (CSA6): Under-recognized micronutrients across the life-course
Capitol
RAPID FIRE SESSION: TRACK C
Stafford
12:50-14:10
Lunch Break in the Exhibition Area
Exhibition
13:05-14:05
Plenary Sponsored Symposium
Capitol
14:10-15:40
Plenary Session (PB1): Doing Better with Less: Optimizing Investments for Nutrition Impact
Adlon Ballroom
15:40-16:00
Coffee Break
Exhibition
16:00-17:30
Plenary Session (PC2): Protecting nutrition in the context of conflict and humanitarian emergencies
Adlon Ballroom
17:30-18:30
Closing ceremony: Accelerating Nutrition Action in A Changing Environment
Adlon Ballroom