The 2025 EU4Nutrition LIVE event

Digital event broadcasted May 5 on nutritional care in future national and EU health policies & recommendations

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EU4Nutrition LIVE from Athens: Join Us Live on May 5

Be part of the European movement to make nutritional care a core pillar of health policy.

EU4Nutrition LIVE brings together EU institutions, national policymakers, healthcare professionals, scientists, and patient representatives to strengthen collaboration across Europe.

Broadcasting from Athens, the event focuses on embedding effective, science-based nutritional care in EU policies and national healthcare systems.

This year’s event is proudly co-hosted by the Greek ONCA team, including GrESPEN, the Hellenic Dietetic Association, patient organizations, and the Ministry of Health.

🎯 Why Attend?

  • Hear from key voices in the European and national institutes

  • Learn how nutrition can shape better health outcomes and reduce healthcare costs

  • Discover national and EU-level strategies to advance nutrition care

  • Engage in dialogue that connects science, policy, and patient needs

 

EU4Nutrition Nutritional Care Policy Summit Live May 5 2025

Join us May 5 10:00 - 14:15 (break from 12.00-13.00)

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Day 1

Day 1 EU4Nutrition LIVE Nutritional Care Policy Summit - May 5

Time
Event
10.00 - 10.30
Opening
Michael Chourdakis
President of Hellenic Society of Medical/Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (GrESPEN)
Fani Preventi
President of Hellenic Dietetic Association (HDA)
Olle Ljungqvist
Chair of the European Nutrition for Health Alliance (ENHA)
10:30 - 12:00 Session 1
A HOLISTIC PERSPECTIVE ON HEALTH: INTEGRATED NUTRITIONAL CARE
Making the economic case for reimbursement and dietetic care
Maria Panousopoulou
PhD, HR & Administrative Manager at EOPYY, Vice President of Institute of Health and Technology Promotion
A holistic approach on nutritional care and Quality of Life
Vasiliki Rafaela Vakouftsi
Greek Patients' Association
Ambitions in Health Innovation and the role of nutrition in care
Adonis Georgiadis
Greek Minister of Health
11:45 - 12:00
Interactive Panel Discussion
12:00 - 13:00
Break
13:00 - 14:15 Session 2
COLLABORATIVE ACTIONS ON NUTRITIONAL CARE AT A EUROPEAN LEVEL
The new EU mandate: opportunities for nutritional care equality
András Kulja
Member of the European Parliament's SANT committee - RECORDED
Eleonora Meleti
Member of the European Parliament - TBC
European Initiatives to unite patients in need of nutrition care
Konstantina Boumaki
Board Member European Patients’ Forum (EPF)
A joint approach to nutrition care in Europe
Grigoris Risvas
Vice President European federation of the Associations of Dietitians (EFAD)
Cristina Cuerda
Secretary European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN)
Nutritional Care, Quality and Disease Prevention
Alison Bate
WHO Athens Office on Quality of Care and Patient Safety
Primary care in the nutritional care patient pathway: a European policy perspective
Radost Asenova
World Organization of Family Doctors (WONCA) Europe
14:00 - 14:15
Interactive Panel Session

Optimal Nutritional Care for All

Launched in 2014, the Optimal Nutritional Care for All (ONCA) campaign is a multi-stakeholder initiative to facilitate greater screening for risk of disease-related malnutrition/undernutrition and nutritional care implementation across Europe.
The campaign supports national professional societies, associations and patient groups in public health and health care in 20 countries to implement nutritional risk screening and optimal nutritional care. The European Nutrition for Health Alliance (ENHA) provides structure, coordinates, inspires and facilitates.

EU4Nutrition

Through the EU4Nutrition programme, ENHA and ONCA engage with the European Commission, the European Parliament and the Council of the EU, to secure nutrition care in European Union’s policies, and programmes and in the recommendations to its Member States.

Advancing Holistic Health Through Optimal Nutritional Care

Malnutrition and undernutrition affect over 30 Million European citizens and place an unacceptable burden on European citizens and health care budgets.

Integrating patient-centered nutritional care in health policies will significantly contribute to prevention, better patient outcomes, and improved quality of life. Moreover, ample scientific evidence shows that optimizing nutritional care is a very (cost-) effective measure.

Despite this overwhelming scientific evidence, malnutrition is often underdiagnosed and undertreated, causing unacceptable inequalities between people and countries.

Optimal nutritional care must be considered a human right and patients should have equitable, timely access to the nutritional care needed to achieve their best possible outcome. The overall aim of the conference is to provide tools and background to implement nutritional care plans for all citizens, whether at home or in a health care facility.

Join us May 5 10:00 - 14:15 (break from 12.00-13.00)

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We are proud to have the support of the Medical Nutrition Industry International association to bring you EU4Nutrition LIVE. Sponsors do not influence the content of our activities.