Copenhagen and the 6th ICDAM
April’s last weekend was hectic. Friday (28th) morning I went to Copenhagen to attend the Sixth International Conference on Dietary Assessment Methods, where I had one oral presentation and a poster presentation (thanks Michel for hosting me in Brussels, and the lift to the Airport so early in the morning).
The Conference itself was vivid, with lots of new developments, e.g. measuring physical activity using GPS. Each 10 min presentation had to be “to the point”, and normally enough time was allowed for questions and answers. This organisational feature made the conference to be full of life and kept the interest of the audience, because longer talks tend to be boring. For measuring food intake, advantages and limitations of each tool were explored by many speakers. Nothing really new, except from the context-specific validation studies. The mathematical methods discussed in the statistics course were very sophisticated.
It was also a good occasion to meet some colleagues like Michelle Holdsworth (TAHINA, France), Saba Benjelloun (Marocco), Gabriela Montenegro (Guatemala), Nadia Slimani (EPIC, France) and Inge Huybrechts (BE). A Belgian colleague and friend Christophe Matthys (BE) commented that it is funny that living in the same city, we only meet in this kind of conferences outside Belgium.
It was also a good opportunity to meet new people, like Roxana Valdes-Ramos (Mexico), Jennifer Bernal (Venezuela), Marie Louise and Iris (The Netherlands), Leyla Nunez (Chile) and the promising scientist Xochitl Ponce (Mexico). Of course, Spanish became our common characteristic (since both Dutch ladies speak fluently Spanish), and we became naturally a group within the meeting. I have to say that I was blessed amongst all these beautiful women. I hope that all the plans for future collaboration may come to realisation.
Well, my conference went well. Probably it was too clear, or people were so tired, that no questions were raised. For such cases, the moderators should be more prepared and make at least one question as rule of politness. But again, competing with the lunch time is not easy. The poster session went well all the copies fled, and had some good conversations.
Little time was left for sightseeing … but at least I saw the Rathaus (municipality) and the mermaid … and above all, enjoyed the company of all the girls!
Two tips: 1. for accommodation the Cab Inn Scandinavia offers you the minimum requirements for a short stay: bed, toilet & shower room, TV in a very well organised little space. Their motto: Sleep cheap in luxury. Prices are affordable. Apparently there are cheaper accommodations but the locations are not as convenient. 2. If you want to eat good and not so expensive, visit Pia at Café Latte (Godsthabsvej 10, telf 38888506 opens till 23 hrs in weekdays and 18hrs in weekends). They are very friendly with visitors, and food is very well served.
I have to say that all Danes I’ve met are friendly and helpful. Very nice people.
The Conference itself was vivid, with lots of new developments, e.g. measuring physical activity using GPS. Each 10 min presentation had to be “to the point”, and normally enough time was allowed for questions and answers. This organisational feature made the conference to be full of life and kept the interest of the audience, because longer talks tend to be boring. For measuring food intake, advantages and limitations of each tool were explored by many speakers. Nothing really new, except from the context-specific validation studies. The mathematical methods discussed in the statistics course were very sophisticated.
It was also a good occasion to meet some colleagues like Michelle Holdsworth (TAHINA, France), Saba Benjelloun (Marocco), Gabriela Montenegro (Guatemala), Nadia Slimani (EPIC, France) and Inge Huybrechts (BE). A Belgian colleague and friend Christophe Matthys (BE) commented that it is funny that living in the same city, we only meet in this kind of conferences outside Belgium.
It was also a good opportunity to meet new people, like Roxana Valdes-Ramos (Mexico), Jennifer Bernal (Venezuela), Marie Louise and Iris (The Netherlands), Leyla Nunez (Chile) and the promising scientist Xochitl Ponce (Mexico). Of course, Spanish became our common characteristic (since both Dutch ladies speak fluently Spanish), and we became naturally a group within the meeting. I have to say that I was blessed amongst all these beautiful women. I hope that all the plans for future collaboration may come to realisation.
Well, my conference went well. Probably it was too clear, or people were so tired, that no questions were raised. For such cases, the moderators should be more prepared and make at least one question as rule of politness. But again, competing with the lunch time is not easy. The poster session went well all the copies fled, and had some good conversations.Little time was left for sightseeing … but at least I saw the Rathaus (municipality) and the mermaid … and above all, enjoyed the company of all the girls!
Two tips: 1. for accommodation the Cab Inn Scandinavia offers you the minimum requirements for a short stay: bed, toilet & shower room, TV in a very well organised little space. Their motto: Sleep cheap in luxury. Prices are affordable. Apparently there are cheaper accommodations but the locations are not as convenient. 2. If you want to eat good and not so expensive, visit Pia at Café Latte (Godsthabsvej 10, telf 38888506 opens till 23 hrs in weekdays and 18hrs in weekends). They are very friendly with visitors, and food is very well served.
I have to say that all Danes I’ve met are friendly and helpful. Very nice people.
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