Thursday 6th October                     

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17:30 – 19:30                      Welcome Reception

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Friday 7th October                     

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08:00 – 08:15                      Introductory Remarks

Denis RICHARD — Canada

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08:15 – 08:30                      Contribution of RACMEM to Energy Metabolism

Ed MELANSON — USA

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08:30 – 10:30                      Morning Session

PET/CT, MRI AND ISOTOPIC TRACERS IN ENERGY METABOLISM AND HOMEOSTASIS

Chairs: Denis BLONDIN & Anja BOSY-WESTPHAL 

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• MR Spectroscopy and Imaging of Fat Deposition in Organs

Vera SCHRAUWEN-HINDERLING — Netherlands

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• Using MRI and Stable-Isotope Tracers to Image and Phenotype Liver Metabolism

                                             Leanne HODSON — United Kingdom

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• Body Composition Changes and Homeostatic Control of Resting Energy Expenditure
  During Weight Loss

Manfred J MÜLLER — GERMANY

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• Emerging Technologies to Image Tissue Metabolism

Kevin K BRINDLE — United Kingdom​

         

10:30 – 11:00                      Coffee/tea break

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11:00 – 11:45                      THE SHAPES (AND MOVES) OF TRACERS: APPLYING POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY

TO ENERGY METABOLISM

Chair: Denis RICHARD

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André CARPENTIER — Canada 

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11:45 – 13:15                      Lunch / Poster Session 1 / Sponsor Exhibition

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13:15 – 15:15                      Afternoon Session

ENVIRONMENT CONDITIONS AND ENERGY METABOLISM/HOMEOSTASIS

Chairs: Laura WATSON & Kong CHEN

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• Modifying Thermogenic Pathways in Cold Exposed

François HAMAN — Canada

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• Tailoring diets and housing temperature to improve the translatability of pre-clinical models to investigate hepatic and cardiovascular complications of obesity

                                             André MARETTE — Canada

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• Human Adaptation to Deep Space Environment and Understanding the Pathophysiology of Sedentary Behaviour

Audrey BERGOUIGNAN — France - USA

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• Energy Metabolism in Severe Exercise

Guy PLASQUI — Netherlands​ 

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15:15 – 15:45                      Coffee/tea break

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15:45 – 17:45                      ENERGY METABOLISM/HOMEOSTASIS IN MOTHERS, CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS

Chairs: Margriet WESTERTERP-PLANTENGA & Lori ZELTSER

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• Energy Homeostasis in Pregnant and Postpartum Women

Leanne M REDMAN — USA

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• Energy Expenditure in Women: The Effects of Oestrogens and Exercise

                                             Ed MELANSON — USA

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• Energy Homeostasis in Children and Adolescents

Shigeho TANAKA — Japan 

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• Intra-Adipose Sex Steroid Hormone Metabolism and Human Visceral Obesity

André TCHERNOF — Canada

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18:00 – 19:30                       Pub Night at the Hilton

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Saturday 8th October                     

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​08:00 – 10:00                      Morning Session

HEAT-PRODUCING ORGANS, ORGANITES AND PATHWAYS

Chairs: François HAMAN & Leanne HODSON

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• Mechanisms of Adaptive Thermogenesis Driving Catch-up Fat During Weight Regain 

Abdul DULLOO — Switzerland

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• Examining Futile Cycles as Recruitable Forms of Heat Production – Is it Fruitless?

                                               Denis BLONDIN — Canada

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• Regulatory Thermogenesis: UCP1 and Beyond

                                             Lawrence KAZAK — Canada

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• mTOR System in Brown Fat Thermogenesis

                                               Mathieu LAPLANTE — Canada

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10:00 – 10:30                      Coffee/tea break

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10:30 – 12:00                      SHORT ORAL COMMUNICATIONS 1

Chairs: Vera SCHRAUWEN-HINDERLING & André CARPENTIER

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• Changes in Brain Energy Metabolism During Aging and at the Onset of Alzheimer Disease: Recent Developments with Ketone and FDG PET, Functional Connectivity, and Diffusion Imaging

Stephen CUNNANE — Canada

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• The Acute Effects of a Single Dose of Anti-Obesity Drugs on Human Basal Metabolic Rate

                                             Samuel LaMUNION — United States

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• Underappreciated Role of the Histaminergic System in the Control of Energy Balance

Natalie J MICHAEL — Canada

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• Effects of Time-Restricted Feeding on Energy balance: A Cross-Over Trial in Healthy Subjects

Shija PAN— China

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• Impact of Endogenous vs. Exogenous Ketones on Energy Expenditure in Healthy Participants

                                             Franziska A HÄGELE — Germany

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• Combined α- and β-adrenergic Receptor Activation Triggers Thermogenesis by the
  Futile Creatine Cycle

Janane RAHBANI — Canada

         

12:00 – 13:00                      Lunch / Sponsor ExhibitionPosters and Exhibits

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12:00 – 13:00                      GAIRDNER’S WOMEN IN SCIENCE

Chair: Hannah PALLUBINSKY

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Panelists: Audrey BERGOUIGNAN, Mary-Ellen HARPER, Natalie J MICHAEL, and Leanne REDMAN​

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13:00 – 15:00                      Afternoon Session

ENERGY METABOLISM/HOMEOSTASIS IN OBESE INDIVIDUALS

Chair: Angelo TREMBLAY

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• Thermogenic Flexibility in Response to Weight Loss and Regain

Paul S MACLEAN — USA

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• Permanence of Thermogenic Changes Induced by Weight Loss in Obese Individuals

                                               Eric RAVUSSIN — USA 

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• Mitochondria and their Role in the Interindividual Variability in Weight Loss and Exercise Response

                                             Mary-Ellen HARPER — Canada

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• Low Capacity to Oxidize Fat and Body Weight

François PÉRONNET — Canada

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15:00 – 15:30                      Coffee/tea break

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15:30 – 17:00                      SHORT ORAL COMMUNICATIONS 2

Chairs: Herman PONTZER & Paul MACLEAN

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• Tuning and Validation of a Closed-Loop Control System for Air Flow to Improve Accuracy of Whole Room Indirect Calorimeters During Dynamic Metabolic Studies

Paolo PIAGGI — United States

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• Practical Application and Considerations for Doubly Labeled Water Assessment in Infants

                                             Emily FLANAGAN— United States

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• Determination of Energy Expenditure in Professional Cyclists Using Power Data: Validation Against Doubly Labelled Water

Maartje COX — The Netherlands

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• Utility of Schofield Equations for Estimating Resting Energy Expenditure in a West African Population

Amy LUKE — United States

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• Sex Differences in Free-living Total Daily Energy Expenditure and Physical Activity in Adults Successfully Maintaining Weight Loss

                                             Annie CALDWELL — United States

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• Inter-Individual Variability of Human Thermoregulation: Towards Personalized Ergonomics of the Indoor Thermal Environment 

Yann RAVUSSIN — Switzerland

         

17:00 – 18:30                      UPDATE ON DOUBLY-LABELLED WATER

Chair: Shigeho TANAKA & John SPEAKMAN

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• Physical Activity and Body Composition during Growth and in Later Life

Klaas WESTERTERP (on behalf of the IAEA DLW database group) — Netherlands

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• Human Water Intake: Great Variation Associated with Environmental and Lifestyle Factors

Yosuke YAMADA (on behalf of the IAEA DLW database group) — Japan

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• Total Energy Expenditure and Body Composition in Populations across the Socioeconomic Spectrum

Herman PONTZER (on behalf of the IAEA DLW database group) — USA

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18:30 – 20:00                      Cocktail / Poster Session 2 / Sponsor Exhibition

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20:00 – 23:00                      Banquet

Hosted by Denis BLONDIN & François HAMAN

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Sunday 9th October                     

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​08:00 – 09:30                      Morning Session

ENERGY METABOLISM/HOMEOSTASIS: NOVEL AND INNOVATIVE APPROACHES

Chair: Jose GALGANI

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• Developing New Tools to Study Sympathetic Regulation of Brown Adipose Tissue Function 

Lori ZELTSER — USA 

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• Chemogenetics to Approach the Adrenergic Control of Liver and Adipose Tissues

                                               Alexandre CARON — Canada

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• Metabolomics of cardiometabolic diseases: potential markers of pre-morbidities for Covid-19

                                             Marc-Emmanuel DUMAS — UK

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09:30 – 11:00                      CHANGES IN ENERGY BALANCE DURING HIGH PROTEIN DIETS — THE PREVIEW STUDIES

Chairs: André CARPENTIER and François HAMAN

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• Circadian Rhythm Parameters and Physical Activity Differentially Associated with Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in the Controlled Respiratory Chamber vs. The Free-Living Condition – A PREVIEW Lifestyle Study

Margriet WESTERTERP-PLANTENGA — Netherlands

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• Protein as a Source for Body-Weight Maintenance — The Role of Quantity and Quality
  (The PREVIEW Study)

                                             Anne RABEN — Denmark

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• PREVIEW Population Studies: What Do we Learn About Energy Balance

ANGELO TREMBLAY — Canada

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11:00 – 11:30                      Coffee/tea break

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11:30 – 13:00                      ASSESSING ENERGY EXPENDITURE AND THERMOGENESIS: A RELENTLESS CHALLENGE

Chairs: Mary Ellen HARPER & Ed MELANSON

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• Unraveling Inter-Individual Variability in Energy Metabolism

Jennifer MILES-CHAN — New-Zealand 

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• Measurement of Cold-Induced Thermogenesis

                                             Kong CHEN — USA

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• Measuring at or Below Thermoneutrality — A Persistent Debate
  Keep your mice warm!

Jan NEDERGAARD and John SPEAKMAN — Sweden and UK (45-minute debate)

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13:00                                    Concluding Remarks + Thanks

Angelo TREMBLAY — Canada