Keynote speakers 

We are excited to bring together some of the brightest minds in the field for our inaugral National Nutrition & Dietetics Research Summit in 2026. In addition to our wide range of researchers presenting at the summit, our keynote speakers are experts in their respective areas and are excited to share their insights with you. 

Professor Sarah McNaughton

Professor Sarah McNaughton is Discipline Lead for Nutrition and Dietetics at the University of Queensland and Fellow of Dietitians Australia and the Nutrition Society of Australia. She has 30 years expertise in nutrition and has published over 240 peer-reviewed papers. She completed her PhD at the University of Queensland in 2003 and has held roles at the MRC Centre for Human Nutrition Research (Cambridge, UK) and Deakin University where she held four research fellowships from NHMRC, ARC and Heart Foundation. She has served on a range of national and international committees and in 2021 was appointed Chair of the NHMRC Australian Dietary Guidelines Expert Committee. 

Associate Publisher Alison Bell 

Alison Bell is an Associate Publisher in Wiley's Melbourne office, overseeing journals on the Health Sciences list for the Asia-Pacific region. Alison manages the business aspexts of the list, directs journal strategy, and provides guidance on best practice, while also keeping Wiley's society clients up to date on the trends and developments in scholarly publishing. Through a long career at Wiley, Alison also has experience with the end-to-end submission to publication processes, author services and resources, ethical publishing practices and the emerging open access market.