Welcome Address by Dr Alan Howard and Jon Howard

Lecture 1: Carotenoid-containing foods to improve health

Lecture 2: A feast for the eye

Lecture 4: Mechanisms of production of meso-zeaxanthin

Lecture 3: Meso-zeaxanthin-enriched eggs and the impact of their consumption by humans: Egg Xanthophyll Intervention Trail (EXIT)

Lecture 5: The complexity of spatial profiles of macular pigment

Lecture 6: Lutein and Inflammation

Lecture 7: Phenotypic and Genotypic Predictors of Macular Pigment Optical Density (MPOD) levels and responses to dietary Lutein and Zeaxanthin in the Cartenoids in Age-Related Eye Diseases Study (CAREDS)

Lecture 8: Macular Carotenoids, psychological stress, and general health status in young adults

Investigator Presentation Session

Lecture 9: Overview of Alzheimer’s Disease and its treatment strategy

Lecture 10: Assessing cognitive function in AD and non-AD patients

Lecture 11: Oxidative stress, carotenoids and dementia

Lecture 12: Challenges in evaluating the role of xanthophylls in Cognition across multiple levels of analysis

Lecture 13: Differing Xanthophyll Content in Regions of Elderly Human Brain

Lecture 14: Exploring the roles of the Xanthophylls in Macular Development

Lecture 15: Distribution of Lutein in Membranes of Rhesus Macaque Brain: relationships to cell function and viability

Lecture 16: Central Retinal Enrichments Supplementation Trials (CREST): Report 1

Lecture 17: Macular carotenoids and their measurement: some open questions

Lecture 18: Structural, functional and macular pigment response to Carotenoid supplementation in glaucoma subjects

Lecture 19: Global prevalence of Age Related Macular Degeneration

Lecture 20: Zinc in the eye and the visual pathway

Lecture 21: Clinical Experience with carotenoids nutrients in exudative age related macular degeneration

Lecture 22: Plasma Levels in Breast-fed Infants as a guide for the Addition of Lutein and Zeaxanthin to Infant Formula

Lecture 23: Macular Carotenoids and Breast Milk

Lecture 24: The Macular Carotenoids in pre- and post-natal development

Panel Q&A with Session Chairs

Lecture 1: The Macular Carotenoids and Visual Performance: A 2018 update

Lecture 2: The Power of Contrast Sensitivity Testing and Nutritional Intervention in Primary Eye Care

Lecture 3: Macular pigment and the biology upstream to age-related macular degeneration: a view from the eye pathology

Lecture 4: Development of Improved Animal Models to Study the Ocular Benefits of Carotenoid and Lipid Supplementation

Lecture 5: Determination of intestinal β-carotene bioconversion in humans by a new single-sample plasma isotope ratio method

Lecture 6: Mechanisms of transport and delivery of vitamin A & carotenoids to the eye

Lecture 7: Carotenoid Bioavailability – Knowns and Unknowns

Lecture 8: Cognitive and Biomarker Patterns of Healthy Brain Aging

Lecture 9: Brain fat-soluble nutrient pattern is associated with cognitive functioning in older adults with no dementia

Lecture 10: Global Biofortification of Maize Grain with Higher Levels of Xanthophylls and Total Carotenoids

Lecture 11: Fair-Weather Friends: Lipid Mediators in Retinal Parainflammation

Lecture 12: Looking inside the black box

Lecture 13: Nutritional intervention to enhance cognitive function and prevent Alzheimer’s disease: a summary of studies from Waterford

Lecture 14: Dementia of the eye – Alzheimer’s-linked Amyloid beta proteins provide new insights into retinal degeneration

Lecture 15: Genomic approaches revealing the action of foods on brain function and disease

Lecture 16: A decade of research on lutein and cognition

Lecture 17: Nutrition for the ageing brain: The impact of polyphenols on cognitive health

Lecture 18: Nutritional Cognitive Neuroscience

Lecture 19: Understanding Alzheimer’s as a Disease of Chronic Oxidative Stress

Lecture 20: Retinal Carotenoids and Childhood Cognitive Function and Achievement

Lecture 21: Understanding the role of nutrition in lifespan brain development

Lecture 22: Age-dependent decline of MPOD in rhesus monkeys fed controlled diets

Lecture 23: Xanthophyll carotenoids and cognitive function in healthy older adults: insights from longitudinal population ageing study

Lecture 24: Rising atmospheric C02 tends to lower carotenoid levels in plants: Can the global decline in dietary carotenoids affect human vision and memory?

Lecture 25: Eating for Eye Health: An award-winning community cookery project to engage older people with research on diet and lifestyle for eye health

Lecture 26: A summary of carotenoids and an introduction to COST Action EUROCAROTEN: European network to advance carotenoid research and applications in agro-food and health

Dietary Reference Intake & BON Conference Homework

Professor John Nolan 2022 Welcome Address

Lecture 1: Targeted micronutrient supplementation with carotenoids, omega-3 fatty acids and vitamin E and its effect on the symptoms and natural progression of Alzheimer’s disease.

Lecture 2: Macular pigment supplementation in patients with chronic wet age-related macular degeneration: case series.

Lecture 3: The xanthophyll carotenoids: Bioavailability and clinical application.

2022 E-Poster Presentations Day 1

Lecture 4: Association between the gut microbiome and age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in the 14-year follow-up to the Carotenoids in Age-Related Eye Disease Study (CAREDS2).

Lecture 5: Multiple sclerosis and nutrition: A role for carotenoids.

Lecture 6: Calcification, visual loss and dementia.

Lecture 7: Xanthophyll carotenoid pigment and the cell biology of age-related macular degeneration.

Lecture 8: Carotenoid supplementation and contrast sensitivity: A new report from CREST.

Lecture 9: Macular pigment impact for high performance athletes.

Lecture 10: The role of carotenoids and very-long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in retinal health and disease throughout the lifespan.

Lecture 11: The role of long-chain omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in ocular health and disease.

Lecture 12: Omega-3 blood biomarkers and brain health.

2022 E-Poster Presentations Day 2

Invited Speaker: The inner game – Thoughts on intellectual resilience and self-belief.

Best Abstract: Generation and characterization of Elovl4b knockout zebrafish as a model for juvenile-onset macular degeneration

Best Abstract: Nutrition in healthy brain aging: A comprehensive investigation of nutrient biomarkers, multimodal brain imaging, and cognitive measures of brain age.

Lecture 13: Lessons from the oldest old: What have we learned about nutrition and cognition in centenarians and super-centenarians across the world?

Lecture 14: Personalized nutrition: Innovations in nutritional cognitive neuroscience.

Lecture 15: Targeted nutrition for the retina: Experience in Mexico.

Lecture 16: Carotenoids in the era of sustainable health-promoting diets.

Lecture 17: Carotenoid food supplements: The role of stability testing and regulation.

Lecture 18: Antioxidant supplementation and genetics: What’s the story?

Lecture 19: Dynamic visual skills & peripheral awareness: When we need to go far beyond “20/20” in post-concussion syndrome.

Lecture 20: Blue light: The good, the bad, and the misunderstood.

Lecture 21: Nutritional breeding of orange corn: Selection for higher lutein and zeaxanthin for brain and ocular health.

Conference Close: Homework Session