5th Nestlé International Nutrition Symposium - Media Day
On November 27, 2008 the Nestlé Research Centre near Lausanne hosted a media event on the topic of nutrition and physical performance.
Video webcast
Watch the archived webcast 
(individual presentations can be accessed directly using the drop-down list). All these presentations are also available as separate podcasts.
Presentations were given by Werner Bauer, Nestlé Chief Technology Officer and Richard Laube, Nestlé Nutrition CEO. There was also a keynote speech from David Hemery (left), Olympic gold medallist over 400m hurdles in 1968 and founder of the 21st Legacy Project, as well as a panel debate with two elite performers, Gunn-Rita Dahle, 8-time world champion mountain biker and Faris Al-Sultan, 5 times Ironman winner and former Ironman world champion, together with Dr Samantha Stear, Head of Nutrition at the English Institute of Sport.
Agenda
- 09:00 CET - Shaping the Future - Nestlé Research world-wide
Werner Bauer, Chief Technology Officer Nestlé SA
Ad interim Head of Strategic Business Divisions, Marketing and Sales
- 09:15 CET - Live Olympian Sport as an inspiration for youth
David Hemery, Olympian, Co-founder and Chairman of 21st Century Legacy
- 10:10 CET - Eat better, Perform better Current scientific advances in nutrition and physical performance: summary of the 5th Nestlé International Nutrition Symposium
Bruce German, Professor at the Department of Food Sciences and Technology, University California Davis, USA
- 11:10 CET - Nestlé Nutrition Helping athletes optimize performance
Richard Laube, CEO Nestlé Nutrition
- 11:40 CET - Nutrition in Action: A debate on practical experience
- Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå, Norwegian Mountain Biker (Olympic, World, European Champion)
- Faris Al-Sultan, German Triathlete, 5 times Ironman winner, and former Ironman world champion
- Samantha Jane Stear, Head of Nutrition at the English Institute of Sport
- Eric Zaltas, Lead Manager Nutritional Science & Athlete Performance Nestlé Nutrition
- 12:10 CET - Q&A (listen only)
Presentations
Werner Bauer: Shaping the Future: Nestlé Research world-wide (pdf, 2 Mb)
David Hemery: Live Olympian: Sport as an inspiration for youth (pdf, 3 Mb)
Bruce German: Eat better, Perform better (pdf, 3 Mb)
Richard Laube: Nestlé Nutrition: Helping athletes optimize performance (pdf, 2 Mb)
Press Images
Werner Bauer (zip, 4 Mb)
David Hemery (zip, 5 Mb)
Richard Laube (zip, 5 Mb)
Faris Al-Sultan (zip, 4 Mb)
Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå and Faris Al-Sultan (zip, 4 Mb)
Panel debate (zip, 3 Mb)
Q&A session (zip, 6 Mb)
For more photographs please visit our Flickr photostream
CVs of speakers
Werner Bauer (pdf, 30 kb)
David Hemery (pdf, 25 kb)
Bruce German (pdf, 28 kb)
Richard Laube (pdf, 29 kb)
Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå (pdf, 25 kb)
Faris Al-Sultan (pdf, 22 kb)
Samantha Stear (pdf, 30 kb)
Background information
Fact sheet (pdf, 96 kb)
Scientific articles in performance nutrition (pdf, 34 Mb)