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5th Nutrition in Athlete Development Summit

  • 8th – 9th June 2022
  • Germany flag Germany Berlin
  • Mövenpick Hotel Berlin Schöneberger Str. 3, 10963 Berlin, Germany

Are you ready for a truly unique experience?

After two years the 5th edition of the Nutrition in Athlete Development Summit is full LIVE again. It’s designed to facilitate cooperation among professional athletes and coaches, representatives of sports clubs and associations, sports nutrition and supplement providers, and producers.

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About the 5th Nutrition in Athlete Development Summit 

Don’t miss this opportunity to learn more about nutrition guidelines from top-ranked clubs, federations, and agencies. On top of that, hear some of the industry’s leaders go in-depth on their expertise. This event will serve as a platform for networking with a stellar line-up encompassing different sports speakers and delegates. The speakers board includes a range of experts from different sporting backgrounds.

Who Should Attend

Directors, Coaches, Trainers, Managers, Instructors, Experts, Consultants, Specialists, Assistants, Advisors, Producers, Providers, Marketing and Business Development Managers dealing with:

  • Nutrition
  • Performance Nutrition
  • Sports Nutrition
  • Nutrition & Supplementation
  • Exercise Physiology & Nutrition
  • Psychology & Sports Nutrition
  • Youth, Adult & Professional Nutrition
  • Optimal Nutritional Strategies
  • Updated Methodologies
  • Sport Supplementation
  • Dietary Supplements
  • Optimal Recovery Strategies
  • Weight Loss
  • Nutraceuticals
  • Functional Foods & Dietary Supplements
  • Vegan & Vegetarian Nutrition
  • Healthy Food
  • Gender Nutritional Differences
  • Exercise & Nutrition
  • Testing & Anti-Doping Control
  • Sports Nutrition Counselling
  • Sports Psychology
  • Nutrition Training
  • Nutrition Planning
  • Strength & Conditioning
  • Nutrition Policy
  • Performance Biochemistry
  • Sports Dietary
  • Food & Nutrition
  • Nutrition & Wellness
  • Muscle Building
  • Physiotherapy
  • Physiology
  • Sport Science Laboratory
  • Sport & Exercise Science
  • Exercise Physiology
  • Performance Recovery
  • Hydration
  • Food & Beverage
  • Food Safety
  • Recovery
  • Food Tech
  • Immunology
  • Sport Pharma
  • Nutritional Behaviours in Team Sport
  • Vitamins
  • Sports Medicine

Key Practical Learning Points

  • Approaches to daily and training sport meals
  • Sports nutrition in junior competitive sport
  • Natural, energetic foods and substances for different sports
  • Performance nutrition in various sports: strategies and challenges
  • Sports nutrition and health technology application and spreading
  • Approaches to daily and training sport meals
  • Vegan sports nutrition and supplements; special diets
  • Hydration in performance and recovery

Miriam Krug, DE

Founder / Evidence-Based Nutrition Specialist

NuByMi / Berlin Thunder

Miriam Krug is a former crossfit athlete who played soccer for over 16 years. She started NuByMi in 2019 and now there are six coaches helping athletes from different sports (crossfit, weightlifting, soccer, American football). Their highlights have been Max Lang, who won the 2021 European Championships in weightlifting, Anna Quost, who won the 2021 World Championships in functional fitness, and Tokyo 2020 Olympic athlete in canoeing Sarah Brüßler.

This season, the team will be responsible for the nutrition of the Berlin Thunder (American football, European League of Football) and HSC Coburg (handball second league).

Leron Sarig, US

Director of Performance Nutrition

San Francisco Giants

Leron Sarig is the director of performance nutrition for the San Francisco Giants. She previously consulted for the Giants with their minor league system in 2018 before taking a full-time position with the organisation at the start of the 2019 season. Prior to her position with the Giants, she spent five and a half years as a performance dietitian at EXOS, where she worked primarily with military special operations and assisted with preparing NFL prospects for the NFL combine. Leron has also consulted for the Arizona Coyotes (NHL) and assisted with nutrition integration for the Argentinian National Rugby Team during their preseason training camps in the United States. She also teaches online introductory nutrition courses on a part-time basis for Pensacola State College. Leron obtained her sports nutrition master’s degree from Florida State University and currently resides in Scottsdale, Arizona.

António Pedro Mendes, PT

Head of Nutritionist / Co-Founder

Sporting Clube de Portugal / Nutriens Academy

António Pedro Mendes is the head of nutrition for Sporting Clube de Portugal. He has previously worked for clubs such as FC Porto and Al Nassr FC (Saudi Arabia). He is the co-founder of Nutriens Academy, an education company focussed on teaching nutrition at the highest level. He is a frequent speaker at scientific events, with several contributions for scientific articles and international book chapters.

Gonçalo Abreu Fernandes, PT

Performance Nutritionist

Sport Lisboa e Benfica

Gonçalo Abreu Fernandes has been a nutritionist since 2017 and a performance nutritionist since 2018, when he joined Sport Lisboa e Benfica club. Initially he worked as a performance nutritionist in male professional team sports, namely futsal and roller hockey and soon after he joined the youth football department of the club as a performance nutritionist. He also has some experience of performance nutrition within the first team setup in the club.

Dr. Naomi Albertson, US

Owner/Developer

Dr. Ni's

With a passion for the importance of movement and activity, Dr. Naomi Albertson, M.D., has dedicated her career in sports medicine to assessing and treating musculoskeletal injuries and motivating her patients through recovery.Whether working with children, older adults, or professional athletes, her goal is clear: to get each patient back to the activities they love, safely and injury free. Naomi is a graduate of Tufts University School of Medicine, fellowship trained in sports medicine at Stanford University, and is board certified by the American Academy of Family Physicians. In addition to orthopaedic and sports-related injuries, she specialises in assessment and management of concussion, osteoarthritis, osteopenia, osteoporosis, stress fractures, and nutritional issues associated with healing. She is also the developer of Dr. Ni’s OC2, a frame support supplement designed to keep bones healthy and muscles strong with age.

Jürgen Vormann, DE

Director

Institute for Prevention and Nutrition

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Jürgen Vormann studied nutritional sciences at the University Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany, where he also earned his doctorate in pharmacology and toxicology of nutrition. He achieved the qualification of the "habilitation" for biochemistry at the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Benjamin Franklin University Clinics, Free University Berlin, where he had the position of an extraordinary professor. His main work areas include biochemistry and pathophysiology of pharmacologically active food ingredients, magnesium transport, and acid-base-metabolism. He has produced more than 270 publications in scientific journals, monographs, and textbooks. Jürgen is head of the Institute for Prevention and Nutrition (IPEV) in Ismaning/Munich, Germany. The Institute supervises clinical trials, develops teaching materials, and consults with various pharmaceutical companies in the development of specific supplements within the area of nutritional medicine. Among other achievements, he was president of the German Society for Magnesium-Research and chairman of the Gordon Research Conference “Magnesium in Biochemical Processes and Medicine” (Ventura, USA), he organised and chaired the 3rd International Acid-Base-Symposium (Smolenice, Slovakia), and he's on the advisory boards of various nutritional organisations.

Emmy Campbell, UK

Performance Nutritionist

Sunderland AFC

Emmy is a sports nutritionist working in football, who has a wealth of experience of working with footballers across all levels. She currently works for Sunderland AFC, with both the men's and women's first team and has previously worked as a sports nutritionist in the WSl, the highest women's league in England.

Romy Zengerink, NL

Performance Nutritionist

LIV Racing Xstra

Romy Zengerink is currently working as a performance nutritionist with LIV Racing Xstra and has a consultancy role with different handball teams. She has a master’s degree in human movement sciences and followed the IOC diploma in sports nutrition to gain further specific knowledge in this field. Romy tries to combine scientific knowledge and her own experience as an athlete to support individuals in achieving their best performance.

Titia van der Stelt, NL

Head of Nutrition

FC Twente

Titia van der Stelt is a former head of nutrition of world tour cycling team Sunweb (Team DSM) and currently works for the Dutch Eredivisie football team FC Twente. She's a keen athlete herself, participating in the World Championships Hyrox and she has written two books about sports nutrition. Next to that, she has her own practice (Voedingconditie) where she guides several athletes. Her passion is to convey what good nutrition can do to an athlete and their results.

Sanne Kramer, NL

Performance Dietitian

FC Utrecht

Sanne Kramer is a performance nutritionist and human movement scientist. She has experience working with athletes from various sports in her own dietician practice, with academy soccer players and convalescent soccer players. She is currently working at FC Utrecht (the Netherlands) where her main focus is with the U-23 team. She has completed a bachelor's in nutrition and dietetics and master's in human movement sciences with a specialisation in sports nutrition, where she researched the effect of a sleeping intervention on sleep and performance.

Korey Van Wyk, US

Acquisitions Editor

Human Kinetics

Korey Van Wyk is currently an acquisitions editor for Human Kinetics, where he helps create educational products for coaches and trainers. Previous roles include community manager for art of coaching as well as a sports performance coach and professor of the practice of kinesiology at Northwestern College. He earned his master's degree in nutrition from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and his bachelor's degree in exercise science from Central College.

Florencia Moreno, FR

Global Business Development Manager, Health & Nutrition

Rousselot Health & Nutrition

Florencia Moreno holds an MSc in health food innovation management from Maastricht University. She used to be an independent consultant in the food nutrition area and worked at Innova Market Insights as a market analyst and insights and innovation manager. She specialises in the health and nutrition segment of Rousselot, helping to identify trends and market opportunities for Rousselot and its customers.

Reyhan Nergiz-Unal, BE

Health and Nutrition Science Lead

PB Leiner

Reyhan holds a doctorate degree (PhD) in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Maastricht and master of science (MSc) in Food and Nutritional Sciences. She has been Principal Scientist, Associate Professor, and Head of the Research Laboratories at University for several years before attending to PB Leiner. Both in this academic environment, as well as in a hospital environment as a nutritionist and dietitian before that, she has built an extensive experience in human nutrition and scientific research.

Steinar Kristjansson, IS

Co-Founder and CEO

Unbroken® RTR

Steinar Kristjansson is Co-Founder and CEO of Unbroken® RTR. He has over 25 years’ experience in the international food sector and has worked across four continents in the fast-moving consumer goods market. He is passionate about the circular economy with a focus on marine life science for applications in both medical and sports nutrition.

Dr. Gustavo Higuera, ES

Clinical Projects Manager

Solutex Corp

Dr. Gustavo A. Higuera is a Dutch-Colombian scientist and biotechnology entrepreneur with experience in European and American markets. As biotech cofounder, inventor, and researcher, Gustavo has a broad and extensive track record in publications, books, and awards, including being a former Dutch VENI laureate of the Netherlands Science Organization (NWO). He obtained a BSc degree in molecular biology from the University of Texas at Austin, an MSc in biotechnology from Wageningen University, and a PhD in tissue regeneration from the University of Twente under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Clemens van Blitterswijk. Gustavo is currently senior project manager at SOLUTEXCORP affiliate AZUR GLOBAL NUTRITION in Madrid, Spain, where he contributes to making SPMs science useful to human health. He is also a martial arts enthusiast interested in nutrition and mental health to improve performance.

Lucie Kienast, DE

Professional Athlete – Heptathlon and Long Jump

Lucie Kienast, born in 2001, is a German track and field athlete who specializes in heptathlon and long jump. In her age group, Lucie Kienast is among the world's best in both disciplines (gold medal winner at the German U18 and U20 Championships). Best performances in 2021: 6.70 m (long jump) & 6044 points (heptathlon), qualification for the Olympic Games in Japan.

Martin Walter, DE

Global Category Manager Mobility

GELITA AG

Martin Walter is responsible for the healthy aging and sports nutrition category at GELITA. He has more than 13 years of experience in Bioactive Collagen Peptide solutions. Martin has a passion for combining science with marketing and holds a degree in international management.

Miriam Krug, DE

Founder / Evidence-Based Nutrition Specialist

NuByMi / Berlin Thunder

Leron Sarig, US

Director of Performance Nutrition

San Francisco Giants

António Pedro Mendes, PT

Head of Nutritionist / Co-Founder

Sporting Clube de Portugal / Nutriens Academy

Gonçalo Abreu Fernandes, PT

Performance Nutritionist

Sport Lisboa e Benfica

Dr. Naomi Albertson, US

Owner/Developer

Dr. Ni's

Jürgen Vormann, DE

Director

Institute for Prevention and Nutrition

Emmy Campbell, UK

Performance Nutritionist

Sunderland AFC

Romy Zengerink, NL

Performance Nutritionist

LIV Racing Xstra

Titia van der Stelt, NL

Head of Nutrition

FC Twente

Sanne Kramer, NL

Performance Dietitian

FC Utrecht

Korey Van Wyk, US

Acquisitions Editor

Human Kinetics

Florencia Moreno, FR

Global Business Development Manager, Health & Nutrition

Rousselot Health & Nutrition

Reyhan Nergiz-Unal, BE

Health and Nutrition Science Lead

PB Leiner

Steinar Kristjansson, IS

Co-Founder and CEO

Unbroken® RTR

Dr. Gustavo Higuera, ES

Clinical Projects Manager

Solutex Corp

Lucie Kienast, DE

Professional Athlete – Heptathlon and Long Jump

Martin Walter, DE

Global Category Manager Mobility

GELITA AG

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What our
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“Looking forward to this, always an enjoyable few days.”

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Daniel Davey

Performance Nutrition in Practice for Team Sport Success at Leinster Rugby

“A well-organized and informative event with a lot of different perspectives on nutrition in athletes' development. Professional speakers about a topic relevant for professional athletes. Thanks for organizing and thanks for the input! See you next year...”

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Mirko Holzmüller

Marketing Manager at AlzChem Trostberg GmbH

“This event was well organized, professional, and provided great insight into various sports nutrition topics. There were a lot of research-based presentations as well as ones that provided practical application approaches to nutrition integration in sport.”

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Leron Sarig

Director of Performance Nutrition at San Francisco Giants