Program Overview
DAY 1: PRE-CONFERENCE SYMPOSIUM/WORKSHOPS
8:30am - 6:00pm - Registration Opens
8:30am – 12:30pm Symposium on the Updated WHO Guidelines for Managing Malnutrition
12:30pm – 1:00pm Lunch/Refreshment
2:00pm – 5:00pm Public Engagement Event – Exclusive Breastfeeding: Panacea to the Burden of Malnutrition
6:00pm – 8:00pm Amariba Night
Venue: UDS & a Community Venue
DAY 2: SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE
7:00am - 9:15am Registration and Opening Ceremony
9:30am – 9:45am Welcome Address
9:45am - 10:20am Goodwill messages
10:20am - 10:40am Opening Discussion
10:40am - 11:00am Keynote Address
11:10am – 11:45am Tea Break/ Network / Poster Presentation
11:50am – 12:50pm Plenary Session 1
1:15pm – 1:55pm Plenary Session 2
1:55pm – 2:15pm Audience Participation
2:15pm – 2:55pm Sponsored Lunch/ Poster Presentation/ Exhibition
3:00pm – 3:50pm Parallel Session 1
3:50pm – 4:20pm Q&A session
Venue: UDS
Aug 04, 2026DAY 3: SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE
8:10am - 9:30am Plenary Session 3
9:35am – 12:00pm Plenary Session 4
10:15am – 10:45am Tea Break/ Network/ Poster Presentation
12:05pm – 1:00pm Plenary Session 5
1:10pm – 2:00pm Lunch/ Exhibition/ Poster Presentation
2:10pm – 2:50pm Parallel Session 2
2:50pm – 3:00pm Q&A session
3:00pm - 3:20pm Plenary Session
6 3:30pm – 3:50pm Closing Lecture
3:50pm – 4pm Closing Remark/ Ceremony / Performance
6:00pm – 8pm Dinner and Awards Night
Aug 05, 2026DAY 4: GAND - AGM I GANDSA - AGM
8:10am - 9:00am Registration
9:00 am – 11:00 pm GAND Annual General Meeting
11:00 am – 12:00pm Lunch
12:00 pm – 2:00 pm GANDSA AGM & Inauguration
2:00 pm – 5:00 pm RED CLAY, Fraternization/Sports