The Workshop is an all-day symposium on dietary supplements and dietary supplement ingredients will be held on Tuesday, July 25, and world-renowned Professor Bruce Ames from the University of California, Berkeley is booked to give the keynote speech entitled, "The role of supplements in optimizing health."
John Hathcock, vice president of scientific & international affairs at the CRN said: "We anticipate this event will now be held annually, drawing together industry scientists and company regulatory experts to meet with leading nutrition and health researchers and regulators in the field of dietary supplement ingredients and finished products.
This is a unique event for our industry: a workshop for scientists to convene with their peers, inside and outside the industry, in an intimate, classroom-style setting."
In addition to Professor Ames, the day is organized to cover a wide-range of topics, including nutrigenomics/ nutrigenetics, the development of useful research studies, and the implications of changes to the US recommended dietary intakes.
Dr. Andrew Shao, vice president of regulatory and scientific affairs at the CRN, told NutraIngredients-USA.com that the agenda is focused on topics that are somewhat controversial, and guaranteed to foster debate.
"The issues on the agenda will have a tremendous impact on industry, and we have representatives with very different perspectives on this topic. To be able to cover real science and regulatory issues, which you don't really get at trade shows, we hope to foster debate and discussion, and give the attendees much more to think about when they go home."
"With nutrigenomics, this is looking to the horizon. There are a lot of knowledge gaps, particularly in terms of what the research is saying and what is actually possible.
There are vast array of opportunities, but what are the implications?" asked Shao.
There has been a slight change to the agenda, with discussion time given to DRI, an issue that has far reaching implications for the industry, Shao said.
Despite the mixed and confusing recent media coverage of certain supplements, Shao said that the CRN would stick to the agenda since the time is very limited.
Discussion of the recent reports about vitamin D - calcium, saw palmetto, and glucosamine/chondroitin supplements would be more of a topic for the annual conference, Shao said.
For more information about The Workshop, visit www.crnusa.org