2019 FNCE Sessions for Retail Dietitians

September 18, 2019
Shari Steinbach
Career Development

By Shari Steinbach, MS RDN, RDBA Contributing Editor

The Food and Nutrition Conference and Expo (FNCE) is always a whirlwind of events and sessions. If you’re planning on attending FNCE in Philadelphia PA next month there are a number of exciting educational sessions that may be helpful to your work as a retail dietitian. Here is a list to help you make the most of this year’s conference:

Saturday, October 26th 

6:30 – 8:30 p.m. - RDBA What’s In Store Event, Moshulu – Register Here

Sunday, October 27st

8:00 – 9:30 a.m. 

• Influencing Leadership and Inspiring Change at Every Career Stage – Terrace Ballroom I/II
• Let’s Talk Diabetes: Collaborations Across Organizations to Evolve Practice, Improve Care – Grand Ballroom B
• Nutrition for Generation Me: Designing Services that Meet Millennial Needs – Room 115 ABC
• Cultivating Sustainable Food Systems: A Nutrition Focused Framework for Action – Room 120 ABC
• New Innovations to Tap Nature’s Diversity for Tomorrow’s Food Products – Room 201 ABC

10:00 – 11:30 a.m. 

• Professional Relationships: Blurred Boundaries and Ethical Conundrums – Grand Ballroom A
• The Devil in the Data: Evaluating Food Is Medicine Programs – 118 ABC
• Diversifying Our Practice and Our Plates – 204 ABC

1:30 – 3:00 p.m. 

• 2019 Presidents’ Lecture: Solutions to Meet the United Nations Sustainable Nutrition Goals – Grand Ballroom A
• Career Essential – Create and Build Your Personal Brand – Room 114 Lecture Hall
• Analyzing the Food Environment: Implications for Future Practice – Room 201 ABC
• Transformational Leadership: Maximize Your Influence Capacity – Room 204 ABC

3:30 – 5:00 p.m. 

• CRISPR 101 – Starting the Conversation about Gene Editing – Room 114 Lecture Hall
• Parlez-Vous Revenue? Winning at Third Party Payment – Room 121 ABC
• The Artful Experience and Health Benefits of Convivial Cooking and Dining – Room 201 ABC

Monday, October 28nd

8:00 – 9:30 a.m. 

• Medical Nutrition Therapy in Diabetes: A Review of the New Consensus Report by the American Diabetes Association – Grand Ballroom B

10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. 

• Member Showcase: Wolfpack: Leading to Win – Hall C

1:30 – 3:00 p.m. 

• Sowing the Seeds: An Analysis of Modern Wheat – Terrace Ballroom III/IV
• Building Cultural Humility in a Globalized World – Room 118 ABC

3:30 – 5:00 p.m. 

• The Label Reboot: Dietitian’s Guide to the New Nutrition Facts Label – Hall C
• Combatting Unconscious Bias and Preventing Microaggressions: A Professional Duty – Grand Ballroom A
• Overcoming Adversity: Forging your Own Path in Dietetics – Grand Ballroom B
• Craft Beers: History and Sustainability in Healthy Kitchens – Room 115 ABC
• Healthy in Advance: Applying Prevention Science to Nutrition Interventions and Programs – Room 204 ABC

Tuesday, October 29rd

8:00 – 9:30 a.m.

• Global Appreciation or Cultural Appropriation? Avoiding Insensitive Pitfalls on Food Blogs – Grand Ballroom B
• Generating Real-World Nutrition Data in the Era of Artificial Intelligence – Room 119 AB

9:45 – 11:15 a.m.

• Climate Change and Nutrition: Cause for Concern? – Terrace Ballroom III/IV
• Breaking Bread, Not the Bank: Preparing Delicious Meals on a Budget – Room 113 ABC
• Don’t Make Me Sick: Nutrition Professionals Strengthening Consumer Food Safety Behaviors – Room 115 ABC

12:00 – 1:30 p.m. 

• Same Study, Different Headlines: Combating Confusion in Nutrition News Coverage – Terrace Ballroom I/II
• Gluten Sensitivity: Fact Versus Fiction – Terrace Ballroom III/IV
• Putting Evidence-Based Diabetes Guidelines to Work: Measuring Implementation and Outcomes – Room 113 ABC
• Generation Z to Baby Boomer: Customizing Cooking Demonstrations for Age Groups – Room 201 ABC

2:00 – 3:30 p.m. 

• Closing Session: Givers Take All- Creating a Culture of Productive Generosity – Hall C

NOTE: Meeting rooms are subject to change prior to the conference