UPCOMING EVENTS

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► 2012 Supermarket Dietitian Symposium
February 29–March 3, 2012, Savannah, Georgia
The Oldways team will assemble a group of the nation’s leading supermarket dietitians in Savannah, Georgia, February 29–March 3, 2012, for the 2nd Annual Supermarket Dietitian Symposium. This event brings industry representatives together with an important group of dietitians for three days of networking and an opportunity to share best practices and discuss ways to truly improve public health through effective consumer communications. Please contact Georgia Orcutt, Program Manager at Oldways and the Mediterranean Foods Alliance, for further information about this year's symposium.
To see an overview of the 2011 Symposium, click here.

► Oldways Culinaria: Turkey's Culinary Heritage with Ana Sortun and Oldways
March 17–25, 2012, Gazientep and Istanbul, Turkey
Join Ana Sortun and Oldways in Turkey for a week-long journey as Ana rediscovers her culinary roots.  First, we'll visit Gazientep, a city in southeastern Anatolia, a region famous for pistachios, baklava, copperware and for its important contribution to Turkish cuisine.  And, since a trip to Turkey isn't complete without a stop in  Istanbul, we'll focus on the other regional cuisines of Turkey during our time in this mesmerizing city. Click here for more details. Contact Sara Baer-Sinnott for more information.

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PAST EVENTS

Below is a comprehensive listing of our conferences, symposiums, Culinarias, and other events since the founding of Oldways. When possible, we've included conference materials in downloadable PDF format--simply click on the available links to view or prints. If you have any questions about our past events, please contact Abby Sloane for more information.

2011

► The Scientific Consensus about the Healthy Pasta Meal
Symposium session at the 11th European Nutrition Conference - Federation of European Nutrition Societies (FENS)
October 28, 2011, Madrid, Spain
Oldways presented a two-hour scientific symposium during the four-day FENS Conference in Madrid. With a focus on healthy pasta meals, the symposium session shared the details of the 2010 Scientific Consensus Statement on the Healthy Pasta Meal, and in particular, pasta's role in a healthy total diet, weight loss and management, increased consumption of vegetables and other healthy foods and affordability. Click here for more details.

► World Pasta Day
October 25, 2011 - Everywhere
As always, Oldways celebrated World Pasta Day with pasta makers and families around the world. This event doesn't require travel or registration. Every year we encourage everyone to celebrate World Pasta Day in a local restaurant or at home by either cooking your favorite pasta dish, or by trying a new pasta recipe. 

► Italian Food, Wine and the Arts:  A Collaborative Exhibition with Tastings
September 17, September 22, October 6 and October 22, 2011, Boston and Newton, MA
Do you love the foods of Italy, wine, and the arts? Oldways held a series of special events at the Martha Richardson Fine Art Gallery and Bellezza Home & Garden to introduce the beautiful Italian food, wine, and watercolor paintings of artist Suzanne Heller, which are featured in Faith Heller Willinger’s cookbook, Adventures of an Italian Food Lover (available at the Oldways Bookstore).  Suzanne's paintings were shown in both the Martha Richardson Fine Art Gallery (38 Newbury Street, 4th floor, in Boston) and Patti Kraft's Belezza Home & Garden (1021 Boylston Street [Route 9 Westbound], Newton, MA) between September 17 and October 22, 2011.  
 
Oldways and our friends organized three tastings to celebrate the exhibition of Suzanne's stunning watercolors, with three of Boston's most exciting food and wine experts:

• The Perfect Italian Cheese Plate with Ihsan Gurdal of Formaggio Kitchen  
  Thursday, September 22, 6-8:00 pm
  Belezza Home & Garden, 1021 Boylston Street [Route 9 Westbound], Newton, MA

• Italian Wine Stars with Helen Gallo of Winebow 
  Thursday, October 6, 6-8:00 pm
  Belezza Home & Garden, 1021 Boylston Street [Route 9 Westbound], Newton, MA

• Olive Oils from the Regions of Italy with Sabatino & Company
  Saturday, October 22, 2-4:00 pm
  Martha Richardson Fine Art, 38 Newbury Street, 4th floor, Boston, MA

► American Dietetic Association (ADA) Food and Nutrition Conference and Expo
September 24–27 2011, San Diego, CA
Oldways exhibited at the ADA's  annual conference in order to connect with dietitians from around the country. Oldways representatives were available throughout the conference to spread the word about The Mediterranean Foods Alliance, The Whole Grains Council, and our other educational efforts and programs.

► Whole Grain Forum
April 20-21, 2011, Beijing, China
Oldways and the Whole Grains Council collaborated with China's Public Nutrition Development Center (PNDC) to present a Whole Grain Forum in Beijing. As China embarks on a major campaign to promote whole grains, the WGC will be working with PNDC to establish whole grain definitions and labeling regulations and to encourage the Whole Grain Stamp as a trusted standard in China. Click here for more details and to download selected presentations.

► 2011 Supermarket Dietitian Symposium
March 30 - April 2, 2011, Santa Rosa, CA
Supermarket dietitians and other food industry professionals joined forces at the Oldways 2011 Supermarket Dietitian Symposium March 30 to April 2 in Santa Rosa, California, to develop solutions to address our nation's health and obesity crisis.  By invitation, approximately 40 retail dietitians from across the nation came together to share ideas and strategies to improve healthy eating and purchase behavior in our nation's leading grocery stores. Click here to see the full conference schedule and download presentations.

► Whole Grains: the New Norm Conference
January 31 - February 2, 2011, Portland, OR
Whole grains are becoming the default – the new norm – in a wide range of contexts, from schools to grocery aisles. Our 2011 Whole Grains Council conference showcased the great momentum of whole grains, including sessions on the psychology of social norms, the basics of the new Dietary Guidelines (released on the day our conference started) and the latest research on health and whole grains. You can read all about the conference, and download presentations and conference materials on the Whole Grains Council website.

2010

Safe and Balanced Nutrition
November 2, Kiev, Ukraine
November 5, 2010, Tblisi, Georgia 
Oldways organized two one-day conferences for health professionals, nutrition researchers, government officials and media in the Ukraine and Republic of Georgia.  Co-organized with the Ukrainian Research Institute of Nutrition (Kiev, Ukraine) and the Petre Shotadze Tblisi Medical Academy (Tblisi, Georgia), the conferences provided a portrait of an overall healthy diet and lifestyle, including balanced nutrition, calorie and weight management, food safety issues, and hydration.  Each topic was covered by international and local speakers, thereby giving local context to the big picture. 

Healthy Pasta Meals  (A Scientific Consensus Conference) in conjunction with IV World Pasta Congress and World Pasta Day
October 25-26 2010, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
On World Pasta Day -- October 25, 2010 -- in Rio de Janeiro, Oldways and the International Pasta Organization (IPO), organized a meeting of scientists from 13 countries to discuss nutrition and healthy pasta meals.  The result was a new Scientific Consensus Statement about Healthy Pasta Meals – the first since 2004 – confirming the nutrition science that pasta meals are part of an overall healthy diet and that carbohydrate foods, like pasta meals, do not cause obesity. 

For more information about the IV World Pasta Congress, and World Pasta Day including the full Scientific Consensus Statement, the program and presentations from Scientists, click here.

Susan Herrmann Loomis: Nuts in the Kitchen
September 7, 2010, Boston, MA
The French Cultural Center, Oldways Preservation Trust, and The Culinary Guild of New England teamed up to host Susan Herrmann Loomis, a renowned cookbook author and fabulous cooking teacher, while she was in  Boston for just one night to to promote her most recent cookbook, Nuts in the Kitchen. She demonstrated some techniques from her book, talked about her life in France, signed books at a post demo wine reception, and even gave guests a taste of her terrific Brazil nut pesto!

Mediterranean Month
May 1 - 31, 2010, worldwide
Oldways and the Mediterranean Foods Alliance celebrated their second annual Mediterranean Month with loads of activities, cooking contests, and new resources for consumers and health professionals!

Adelaide Food Summit, Tasting Australia
May 5 - 6, 2010
, South Australia
Oldways hosted the Adelaide Food Summit, a 2-day event held during the Tasting Australia week. The Summit was created to promote and increase culinary tourism in South Australia as well as help tourism operators and business community to grow their businesses. May 3rd featured a half-day program highlighting information for culinary, wine, and travel media professionals. May 4th brought a day of sessions and informational meetings, specialized for business owners including food producers and distributors, farmers markets, wine cellars and wineries, restaurants, hotels, cooking schools, and gourmet retreats.

 

2001

2001 China International Conference on Traditional Eating Patterns (Beijing, June 27-29, 2001)
Cultural Traditions and the Ligurian Mediterranean Diet - CME Program (Rapallo and San Remo, Italy, May 14-20, 2001)
PhytoVenture Project: PAX Mechanisms in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (Cambridge, MA, September 30 and October 1, 2001)

2000

Traditions, Tastes, and Tables of Emilia Romagna (Modena, Italy, May 15-20, 2000)
International Conference on the Mediterranean Diet (London, UK, January 13-16, 2000)
Dietary Fats and Cardiovascular Health (Reston, VA, June 5-6, 2000)
Plowing New Ground: Genetically Modified Foods—Should You Be Concerned?(Cambridge, MA, February 12, 2000)

1999

The Magic of the North Aegean (Lesbos and Chios, October 1-8, 1999)
The Heart of Puglia (Bari and Fasano, Italy, April 30 - May 7, 1999)

1998

Liguria's Land, Sea & Mediterranean Diet (San Remo, Rapallo and Genoa, March 26-April 2, 1998)
International Conference on the Mediterranean Diet (Cambridge, MA, January 20-24, 1998)
International Conference on the Vegetarian Diet (Austin, TX, November 15-18, 1998)

1997

Crete, Greece, and Healthy Mediterranean Diets (Crete, 1997)

1996

Barcelona Congress on the Mediterranean Diet (Barcelona, March 3-8, 1996)
Wine's Place at a Healthy Table (New York, NY, September 18 1996)
The Bread Project (New York, NY, 1996)
Barcelona Congress on The Mediterranean Diet (Barcelona, Spain, 1996)
Sustainable Cuisine—What Does It Mean? Special Dinner, United Nations (New York,  NY, 1996)
Harried Lifestyles, Healthy Eating (New York, NY, September 19, 1996)
International Conference on the Latin American Diet (El Paso, TX, November 20-23, 1996)

1995

Puglia's Healthy, Traditional Mediterranean Cuisines (Lecce, Italy, May 14-20, 1995)
International Conference on The Asian Diet (San Francisco, CA, November 29-December 2, 1995)
International Congress on Turkish Foods, Wines and Culture (New York, NY, June 12-15, 1995)
Avocados, Diet, and Health: Scientific and Culinary Perspectives (Cambridge, MA, October 22-23, 1995)
Nuts, Legumes, & Health: Perspectives from Asia and the Pacific (San Fran., CA, November 28-29, 1995)
International Conference on Cancer, Obesity, and Diabetes (Cambridge, MA, October 22-25, 1995)

1994

Morocco: Culinary Riches, Elegant Flavors (Casablanca, Fez, & Marrakech, Morocco, October 2-8, 1994)
International Congress on Italian Gastronomy (Rome and Florence, Italy, March 6,1994)
International Conference on the Mediterranean Diet (San Francisco, CA, 1994)
Tree Nuts, Health and the Mediterranean Diet (San Francisco, June 20-22, 1994)
Raisins, Dried Fruit and the Mediterranean Diet (San Francisco, June 22, 1994)
Coffee and Health and the Mediterranean Diet (San Francisco, 1994)

1993

International Conference on the Mediterranean Diet (Cambridge, MA, January 20-23, 1993)
Cultural, Historical & Health Perspectives on Turkey's Foods & Wines (Istanbul, Turkey, Oct. 9-15, 1993)
Tunisia! The Splendors & Traditions of Its Cuisines & Culture (Jerba, Sfax, and Tunis, Dec. 4-10, 1993)
Food Choices 2000: Sustainable for the Next Century (Hawaii, 1993)

1992

Food, Culture & Discovery: Columbus to the 21st Century (Barcelona, Seville, Madrid, Oct. 1-10, 1992)
Wine and Diverging Models of Healthy Eating: The French Paradox (New York, NY, February 26, 1992)
Cultural Models for Healthy Eating: The French Paradox (New York, NY 1992)

1991

America Cooking in the Global Village: A Chef's Roundtable (New York, NY, 1991 & 1992)
America Cooks - Mediterranean Style! (One hour video, 1991)
Cultural Models for Healthy Eating: From Asia to the Mediterranean (Los Angeles, 1991)
The Foods and Wines of Greece (Porto Carras, Greece, October 20-24, 1991)
Florida as Crossroads: Olive Oil and the Cuisines of the New World (Miami and Palm Beach FL, 1991)