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Local Organising Committee: 

John Speakman, Xueying Zhang, Chaoqun Niu, Sumei Hu, Zengguang Jin

RACMEM 2025

13 October - 17 October

Shenzhen, China

We are looking forwards to welcoming you in Shenzhen this October. The meeting will run from 9.30 on the morning of Monday the 13th October until 1630 on Friday the 17th. We have a packed and interesting program

Key Information

Key Information
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Venue: The venue will be the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology (http://english.siat.cas.cn/) (Official address: 1068, University City Xueyuan Avenue, Nanshan, Shenzhen, Guangdong, PRC)

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中国科学院深圳先进技术研究院

地址：广东省深圳市南山区学苑大道1068号

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Accommodation: There are several hotels within walking distance to the Institute and others a short taxi ride away. At the moment we are looking at the costs of providing buses from key hotels to the venue each day. After you register we will send a list of hotels you can choose from. 

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Climate / Weather: In October we anticipate average daytime temperatures to be from the mid to high 20’s to low 30’s °C  (77 to 90 °F). It is after the rainy season but there is still a chance of rain. Night time temperatures are unlikely to fall below 20 °C (68 °F). Shenzhen is in the tropics. Pack suncream. More climate detail is available here:
https://www.climatestotravel.com/climate/china/shenzhen

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Visas & Letters of Invitation: For many countries it is possible to enter China without a visa for up to 10 days (240 hours). Please check this link to see if your country is one of the 54 countries listed:

https://www.gov.cn/lianbo/bumen/202412/content_6993129.htm?slb=true

If you need a letter of invitation for applying for travel money etc please contact the event organisers: taishaculture@hotmail.com

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Getting to Shenzhen: It is possible to fly direct to Shenzhen from several international locations. Guangzhou is a 2 hour taxi ride away. In addition, Shenzhen is well connected by high speed rail and air to all major transit hubs within China like Beijing and Shanghai. Hong Kong airport is 1 hour away across the bay and accessible via taxi, bus, metro or rail. 

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Language: The official conference language will be English. Simultaneous translation between Chinese and English will be provided.

会议官方语言为英语，将提供中英文同声传译服务。

Sponsors

Sponsors

We are actively seeking sponsors at this time. 

我们目前正积极寻求会议赞助，欢迎有意单位洽谈合作。

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If you are interested to sponsor the meeting please contact John Speakman (j.speakman@abdn.ac.uk) for details of the sponsorship packages available. 


Currently confirmed sponsors are:

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Short Oral Communications and Posters

Submissions

We have capacity for 17 short talks and 60 poster presentations.


Abstract submission deadline for these will be 30th June 2025 with decisions made by Mid-July.  There will be monetary prizes for the best talks and posters. Please indicate when you register if you wish to be included in the mailing list for abstract submissions.

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本次会议拟接收17个口头报告和60个海报展示。 

摘要提交截止日期为2025年6月30日，录用结果将于7月中旬公布。 

我们将对最佳口头报告与海报展示颁发奖金以示鼓励。 

请在注册时注明是否希望加入摘要征集相关信息的邮件通讯名单。

Programme

Preliminary Program

Sunday 12th October 2025                     

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We hope to organise registration desks at key hotels on the Sunday so people can pre-register before attending on the Monday morning​

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Monday 13th October 2025                     

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08:30                                   Registration opens

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Morning                               Welcome and Housekeeping

John Speakman​

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A history of energetics research in China

Dehua Wang  (Qingdao University, Shandong, China)

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Research involving Room Calorimetry in China​

  • Tiemen Liu  (Fudan University, Shanghai)

  • Shijia Pan (Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai)

  • Lin Xu (Shanghai Institute of Biological Sciences, CAS)​​​

         

Afternoon                            Individual Variation​

  • Leanne Redman, (Pennington Biomedical Research Center)

  • Leonie Heilbronn (Adelaide University, Australia)

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(plus contributed talks)

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Evening                               Welcome Reception

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Tuesday 14th October 2025                     

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Morning                               Protein and other macronutrient effects​

  • Protein leverage

Steve Simpson (Charles Perkins Institute, Sydney, Australia)​

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  • Effects of leucine

Feifan Guo (Shanghai Institute of Biological Sciences, CAS)

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  • High protein ultra processed diet effects

Anja Bosy-Westphal (Kiel University, Germany)​

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(plus contributed talks)

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Afternoon                            Experimental Evolution​

  • Marek Konarzewski (Bialystok University. Poland)

  • Zhijun Zhao (Wenzhou University, Zhejiang, China)

  • Pawel Koteja (Krakow University, Poland)

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(plus contributed talks)

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Wednesday 15th October 2025                     

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Morning                               A history of the RACMEM meetings

Paul MacLean (University of Colorado, Denver)

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Technical session short talks by key companies

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Standardisation of calorimetry reporting​

  • Rodents

Alex Banks (Harvard University, USA)​

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  • Humans

Ed Melanson (university of Colorado, Denver), and
Tiemin Liu (Fudan University, Shanghai)​​

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Afternoon                            Brown Adipose Tissue​

  • Suzanne Keipert (Stockholm University, Sweden)

  • Wanzhu Jin (Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing)

  • Jan Nedergaard and Barbara Cannon (Wenner Gren institute, Stockholm, Sweden)

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(plus contributed talks)

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Evening                               Conference Dinner

(buses will be available to go direct to the venue after the session ends)

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Thursday 16th October 2025                     

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Morning                               New Ideas in Energy Metabolism​

  • Energy compensation models and mitochondria

Martin Picard  (Columbia University, New York)​

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  • Control of RMR during weight change

Manfred Muller (Kiel University, Germany)

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  • Small birth size – energetically thrifty?

Abdul Dulloo (Fribourg University, Switzerland)

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Afternoon                             Drugs that affect Energy Balance​

  • Halofuginone

Suowen Xu  (Hefei University, Anhui, China)​

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  • Semaglutide

Xueying Zhang (Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen) ​

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  • Tizepatide

Eric Ravussin (Pennington Biomedical Research Center)

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  (plus contributed talks)

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Friday 17th October 2025    

 

Morning                               Debate

​​The constrained model of exercise energy expenditure​

  • For:

Herman Pontzer (Duke University, USA)​

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  • Against:

Javier Gonzales (University of Bath, UK)

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Morning-Afternoon             Extreme Metabolism​

  • Stress

Alessandro Bartolomucci (University of Minnesota, USA)​

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  • Space

Audrey Berguignan  (CNRS and University of Colorado, Denver. USA)

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  • Athletes

Analiza Silva (Lisbon University, Portugal)

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  • Firefighters

Brent Ruby (University of Montana, USA)

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16:00                                    Closing Ceremony and Prize Giving

John Speakman

© 2025 by RACMEM

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