Breakout Sessions

 

Each day, four breakout sessions will be held concurrently to allow smaller groups to connect on a variety of topics. The goal of each breakout session is to provide a platform for meaningful discussion on each topic: to explore what questions and issues exist, and what unaddressed issues require additional discovery. 

 

*** All times listed are EST. ***

 

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11

1:00 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. - Breakout Sessions
 

Breakout Session 1: Precision Nutrition

 
Following the presentation by Frank Hu, this breakout will solicit ideas on how teaching kitchens can be optimally positioned and engaged as translational research laboratories.
 

Breakout Session 2: International Collaborations among TKs

 
Learn how international connections are made and the benefits of such collaborations for teaching kitchen thought leaders across the globe.
 

Breakout Session 3: Integrative Medicine/Lifestyle Medicine

 
The teaching kitchen is an interdisciplinary educational intervention-this will be a discussion of how the latest teachings in: exercise, mindfulness, and behavior change can be best woven into a teaching kitchen curriculum.
 

Breakout Session 4: Educating Health Professionals

 
How best to include teaching kitchens with current and future training programs for health professionals.

 

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12

1:00 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. - Breakout Sessions
 

Breakout Session 5: Clinical Research and Practice

 
Following on the plenary presentation by Richard Rothstein.
 

Breakout Session 6: Agriculture and Sustainable Food Systems

 
What role can teaching kitchens – in partnership with both terrestrial and urban agriculture - play in the current discussion of sustainable agriculture and food systems.
 

Breakout Session 7: Synergies of RDs, Chefs, Mind-body and Other TK Instructors

 
How can experts from dietetic, culinary education, and mindfulness communities be optimally integrated into and participate in teaching kitchens to create successful and impactful programs.
 

Breakout Session 8: TK in Relation to Vulnerable Communities (+ Applications to Covid Era)

 
This breakout will consider opportunities – both obvious and less obvious as to how teaching kitchens can and must work to address the growing needs of a broad array of vulnerable populations.