Nutrients 2026 - Clinical Nutrition: from Research to Practice
Nutrients 2026 - Clinical Nutrition: from Research to Practice
24 June 2026
20 July 2026
24 July 2026
24 July 2026
15 October 2026
Clinical Nutrition, Chronic Diseases, Personalized Nutrition, Clinical Practice, Diet-Gene, AI, Lifestyle, Prevention
Nutrients 2026 is Now OPEN for Abstract Submission and Registration.
Instructions for authors are available online.
Submit your abstracts HERE.
For any inquiries, please contact us at nutrients2026@mdpi.com
Welcome from the Chairs
Dear Colleagues,
We are delighted to announce Nutrients 2026 - Clinical Nutrition: from Research to Practice. This year’s event is supported by MDPI’s open access journal Nutrients (ISSN: 2072-6643, Impact Factor 5.0). Mark your 22-24 October 2026 on your calendars, as we gather in the vibrant city of Barcelona, Spain.
This conference offers a vital platform for exploring the latest advancements in clinical nutrition, connecting cutting-edge research with practical applications. We will delve into the following key areas:
1. Personalized nutrition based on diet-gene interactions;
2. Innovations in clinical nutrition;
3. Novel dietary recommendations for specific chronic diseases;
4. Understanding the role of microbiota in clinical practice;
5. The potential role of AI in clinical practice;
6. Lifestyle and prevention of chronic diseases.
Researchers, food industry representatives, policymakers, and anyone interested in clinical nutrition's evolving landscape are invited to this enlightening event.
This conference will feature internationally renowned speakers and welcome submissions for oral presentations and posters across these impactful sessions. Presenters will be encouraged to submit full manuscripts for consideration in a Special Issue of Nutrients.
We hope to see you in the vibrant and exciting city of Barcelona in October 2026!
Kind regards,
Conference Chairs
Prof. Dr. María-Luz Fernández, Editor-in-Chief of Nutrients
University of Connecticut, USA
Prof. Dr. Lluis Serra-Majem, Editor-in-Chief of Nutrients
University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
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Event Chairs
Dr. Fernandez’ research focuses on the effects of dietary strategies and drug treatment to prevent cardiovascular disease. She has employed different dietary regimes in her research, including the Mediterranean diet, carbohydrate restricted diets, inclusion of antioxidants from grapes, and more importantly she has established the lack of association between eggs and heart disease risk factors. She has authored 251 peer-review papers, 14 book chapters, and 235 scientific abstracts.
Lluis is author of more than 800 publications, a total of 500 referenced articles with an Impact Factor over 2300 and a "H Index" of 58 (Scopus), 56 (SCI) and 85 (Google Schoolar). He has edited 75 books on topics in his field and produced 300 chapters and editorials, prologues and presentations. His book “Nutrición y Salud Pública” (1995 & 2006) is a well recognized reference in the field. He has a leading role both nationally and internationally in the field of public health nutrition as well as the Mediterranean Diet.
Sessions
2. Innovations in Clinical Nutrition
3. Novel dietary recommendations for specific chronic diseases
4. Understanding the role of microbiota in clinical practice
5. The potential role of AI in clinical practice
6. Lifestyle and prevention of chronic diseases
Instructions for Authors
To present your research at the event
- Create an account on Sciforum if you do not have one, then click on ‘New Submission’ in the upper-right corner of the window; or, click on ‘Submit Abstract’ at the top of this webpage.
- Choose a session that is best suited for your research.
- Submit an abstract in English—the word limits are a minimum of 200 words and a maximum of 300 words.
- The deadline to submit your abstract is 24 June 2026.
- Upon submission, you can select if you wish to be considered for oral or poster presentation (or both). Following assessment by the Chairs and Scientific Committee, you will be notified by 20 July 2026 whether your contribution has been accepted for oral or poster presentation.
- Please note that, in order to finalize the scientific program in due time, at least one registration by any of the authors, denoted as Covering Author, is required to cover the presentation and publication of any accepted abstract. The Covering Author registration deadline is 24 July 2026. Your abstract will be withdrawn if your registration is not complete by this date.
- The abstract's structure should include the introduction, methods, results, and conclusions sections.
- All abstracts accepted for presentation will be collected in a book of abstracts, which will be displayed on the website during the conference.
Oral presentations
Authors are encouraged to prepare their presentations using PowerPoint or similar software. Please note that all presentations must be delivered in English. A link for slide upload will be provided prior to the conference.
Poster presentations
Each presenter will be provided with a vertical poster board. Maximum poster size is limited to A0: 84 x 120 cm / 33 x 47 in (width x height) in the vertical orientation (portrait). Please print your poster prior to the conference. A plan for the poster session will be circulated later. For suggestions on poster design, click the button below.
Publication Opportunity
1. Nutrients Journal Publication
Participants in this conference are cordially invited to contribute a full manuscript to the conference's Special Issue (to be updated), published in Nutrients (ISSN: 2072-6643, Impact Factor 5.0), with a 20% discount on the publication fee. Please note, if you have IOAP/association discounts, conference discounts will be combined with IOAP/association discounts. Conference discounts cannot be combined with reviewer vouchers. All submitted papers will undergo MDPI’s standard peer-review procedure. The abstracts should be cited and noted on the first page of the paper.
Participants are welcome to submit a proceeding paper (4-8 pages) to Biology and Life Sciences Forum Proceedings (ISSN: 2673-9976) after the conference. Authors are asked to disclose that it is a proceeding paper of the Nutrients 2026 conference paper in their cover letter. Publication of the proceedings will be free of charge.
Proceedings submission deadline: 8 December 2026
Carefully read the rules outlined in the 'Instructions for Authors' on the journal’s website and ensure that your submission adheres to these guidelines.
1. Title;
2. Full author names;
3. Affiliations (including full postal address) and authors' e-mail addresses;
4. Abstract;
5. Keywords;
6. Introduction;
7. Methods;
8. Results and Discussion;
9. Conclusions;
10. Acknowledgements;
11. References.
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Registration
In-Person Registration
The conference will be held fully in person; it is not possible to participate online. The registration fee includes attendance at all conference sessions, morning/afternoon coffee breaks, lunches, a conference bag, and a program book. You need to register to the Conference dinner if you plan to attend. Participation in the conference is considered final only once the registration fees have been paid. The number of participants is limited: once the number of paid registrations reaches the maximum number of participants, unpaid registrations will be canceled.
When registering, please provide us with your institutional email address. This will accelerate the registration process.
If you are registering several people under the same registration order, please do not use the same email address for each person, but their individual institutional email addresses. Thank you for your understanding.
Important Information
Please note that abstract submission and conference registration are two separate processes. During registration, please provide us with the same email address you used to submit your abstract(s). Otherwise, leave us a comment in the registration form, providing the email address used during the submission process. In addition, please use your institutional email address for both processes.
In order to finalize the scientific program in due time, at least one registration by any of the authors, denoted as the Covering Author, is required to cover the presentation and publication of any accepted abstract. The Covering Author registration deadline is 24 July 2026. Your abstract will be withdrawn if your registration is not complete by this date.
Participants of the event will be able to download an electronic Certificate of Attendance by accessing their dashboards on Sciforum.net once the event is concluded. The certificates will be found under the "My Certificates" category.
All fees are inclusive of VAT.
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Early Bird Until 24 July 2026 |
Regular Until 15 October 2026 |
Supported documents | |
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| Academic | 500.00 EUR | 600.00 EUR | |
| Non-Academic | 800.00 EUR | 960.00 EUR | |
| Students/Retired Professors | 330.00 EUR | 396.00 EUR |
Scanned copy or photograph of your current student or past professor ID is required. |
| Scientific Board Member of Nutrients | 350.00 EUR | 420.00 EUR |
| Price | |
|---|---|
| Conference Dinner | 60.00 EUR |
Free Registration Options
| Chairs, Invited Speakers, MDPI Guests |
Cancellation policy
| Cancellation of paid registration is possible under the terms listed below: | |
| > 2 months before the conference | Full refund but 100 EUR is retained for administration |
| > 1 month before the conference | Refund 50% of the applying fees |
| > 2 weeks before the conference | Refund 25% of the applying fees |
| < 2 weeks before the conference | No refund |
Disclaimer
In the unlikely event that MDPI deems it necessary to cancel the conference, all pre-paid registration fees will be reimbursed. MDPI shall not be liable for reimbursing the cost of travel or accommodation arrangements made by individual delegates.
Beware of unauthorized registration and hotel solicitations
Note that Sciforum is the only official registration platform to register to Nutrients 2026 and that we are not associated with any hotel agency. While other hotel resellers and travel agencies may contact you with offers for your trip, they are not endorsed by or affiliated with Nutrients 2026 or Sciforum. Beware that entering into financial agreements with non-endorsed companies can have costly consequences.
Insurance
The organizers do not accept liability for personal accident, loss, or damage to private property incurred as a result of participation in Nutrients 2026. Delegates are advised to arrange appropriate insurance to cover travel, cancellation, or medical costs, and theft or damage of belongings.
MDPI Conference Admissions Policy
- All registered conference delegates are asked to always wear their badges throughout the conference.
- Conference sessions, the catering area, and the poster area are solely restricted to badge holders. Any person attending these areas without a badge will be asked to leave the premises.
- Badge holders must not allow their badges to be worn by anyone else. Any failure to do so is likely to lead to the badge holder and the person wearing the badge being removed from the premises.
- Press badges are restricted to publishers, editors, journalists, broadcasters, and web bloggers associated with the conference subject area. Members of the press may be asked to produce accreditation in the form of a photocopy of a recognized press or media card, a business card, a letter from the editor, or an official web address linking to a press release in order to verify their position.
- Photographs and videos may be taken during the conference. Anyone attending the conference consents to such photography and filming without compensation and confirms that the organizers shall be entitled to use such photographs and videos, which may include photographs and videos of visitors, for the purpose of marketing the conference in the future and for exploitation in any and all media, without liability.
Payment methods
Wire transfer, Credit card
Currencies accepted by this event
Swiss francs (CHF) , Euros (EUR) , US dollars (USD) , Pounds sterling (GBP) , Japanese yen (JPY) , Canadian dollars (CAD) and Singapore dollars (SGD)
Event Awards
In order to recognize the works presented during the conference in the format of posters and presentations, six awards will be offered to our conference participants, sponsored by the journal Nutrients. The award winners will be selected by the Chairs and Scientific Committee after evaluation of all selected talks and posters presented at the conference.
We will be offering the following six awards to our conference attendees:
The Awards
Number of Awards Available: 6
Prize: EUR 200 and a complimentary article publication each
Visa Information
Please note that you must apply for your own visa application. MDPI is not responsible for any visa application. However, MDPI can provide a Visa Support Letter. To be eligible for such a document, the criteria below must be fulfilled.
Visa Support Letter
- Applicants must have paid for registration and submitted an abstract in order to get a letter of support.
- Applicants must provide us with a scan of their valid, in-date passport that contains a photo of them.
- Applicants must provide us with an academic CV, two references from their institution (contact information including institutional email and phone), and a letter of support from their institution to confirm that they support the delegate attending the meeting.
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This must be carried out in good time before the meeting; “last minute” requests will not be processed.
More useful information on visa application
Plan your trip
Barcelona
Barcelona is the capital and largest city of Catalonia and is Spain's second-largest city, with a population of over one and a half million people.
Located on the northeastern Mediterranean coast of Spain, this city has a rich and diverse history, with its roots dating back to Roman times. The fruitful medieval period established Barcelona's position as the economic and political center of the Western Mediterranean. The city's Gothic Quarter bears witness to the splendor enjoyed by the city from the 13th to the 15th centuries.
The 20th century ushered in widespread urban renewal throughout Barcelona, culminating in its landmark Eixample district, which showcases some of Barcelona's most distinctive Catalan art-nouveau, or modernista, buildings. The Catalan Antoni Gaudí, one of the most eminent architects, designed buildings such as La Pedrera, the Casa Batlló, and the Sagrada Família church, which have become world-famous landmarks.
In 1992, Barcelona gained international recognition by hosting the Olympic games, which brought about a massive upturn in its tourism industry. For visitors, this has translated into the very modern yet incredibly old city you see now in the 21st century, where new elements work to both preserve and celebrate the city’s heritage and origins.
Barcelona has plenty of outdoor markets, restaurants, shops, museums, and churches. The city is also very walkable, with an extensive and reliable Metro system for more far-flung destinations.
Beware of Unauthorized Registration and Hotel Solicitations
Note that Sciforum is the only official registration platform to register to Nutrients 2026 and that we are not associated with any hotel agency (other than those listed above). While other hotel resellers and travel agencies may contact you with offers for your trip, they are not endorsed by or affiliated with Nutrients 2025 or Sciforum. Beware that entering into financial agreements with non-endorsed companies can have costly consequences.
Partnership Opportunities
Sponsoring
As organizers, we are excited to create an immersive and insightful conference, and we invite you to be a vital part of Nutrients 2026. Explore our sponsorship opportunities and join us in shaping the future of nutrient-related research and innovation.
Our sponsorship package will be available soon.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact us via email at nutrients2026@mdpi.com. We appreciate your consideration!
Sponsors and Partners
Organizers
Conference Secretariat
Dr. Alina-Andrada Igna
Ms. Judith Wu
Ms. Trista Wang
Ms. Ang Kai Lin
Email: nutrients2026@mdpi.com
For inquiries regarding submissions and sponsorship opportunities, please feel free to contact us.
