CONFERENCE REPORT
ONCA 2025 Conference Report
Read the ONCA 2025 Athens Conference Report here, and explore event highlights including photos and PowerPoint presentations.
Visit pageOptimal 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. ENHA also supports the Malnutrition Awareness Week (MAW) initiatives of ONCA countries to raise awareness and promote better nutritional care.
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. The EU4Nutrition LIVE session will be live streamed throughout Europe and beyond. You can register for free.
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 was to provide tools and background to implement nutritional care plans for all citizens, whether at home or in a health care facility.
A Nutritional Care Policy Summit
This year’s conference promises to be a landmark gathering of professionals, policymakers, and advocates dedicated to combating malnutrition and improving nutritional care across Europe.
The conference will be co-hosted by the Greek ONCA team, which includes the Hellenic Dietetic Association (HDA), Hellenic Society of Medical/Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (GrESPEN), the Greek patient organizations, the active scientific societies leading in interdisciplinary collaboration, representatives of the Ministry of Health, and many more.
Day 1 of the ONCA Conference will take place at the prestigious National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
Day 2 of the Conference will be hosted at the conveniently located Wyndham Athens Hotel.
The Preliminary Programme
Please find the programme for days 1 and 2 below.
Day 1 A EUROPEAN NUTRITIONAL CARE POLICY SUMMIT
Day 2 THE INTERACTIVE ONCA WORKSHOPS
- Nutritional Education in Medical Schools: Latest State of Play
Moderators: Cristina Cuerda & M. Chourdakis - EU Session: Opportunities for Member State Actions on Nutritional Care
Moderators: A. Laviano, A. Maghear & N. Erickson - Health Economics: Identifying the True Policy Drivers
Moderators: A. Marinho & H. Højgaard
- Accelerating Malnutrition Awareness Weeks’s Impact
Moderators: K. Togka & S. Tarantino - Leveraging One Health to Drive Nutritional Care Policies for Patients
Moderators: F. Tiniakos & M. Yannakoulia - LIFE: The Leading Intestinal Failure Equality Initiative
Moderators: S. Schneider & M. Lichota
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.
Industry Delegate Package
The Industry Delegate Package offers access for two delegates to all in-person and online conference sessions on May 5th at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, including keynotes, panel discussions, slides, and on-demand videos until January 31st, 2026. It also includes coffee, lunch with vegetarian options, a leisure activity, and a special delegate dinner in Athens, as well as access to practical workshops at Wyndham Grand Athens on May 6th, providing ample networking opportunities. Delegates will receive a certificate of participation, ensuring a comprehensive and rewarding conference experience focused on learning and connection.
