After 17 years, the Nutricia Symposium retumed to its horne grounds in
The of the 10th Nutricia Netherlands, where the first five Symposia were
held. The objective Symposium was to bring together a limited number of
opinion leaders and key researchers in selected topics of infant
nutrition to discuss the current state of the art based on original
contributions and reviews. The discussion sessions after the papers were
taped and edited and may give additional information and views. As a
result of time constraints, the discussions on a few papers had to be
cut short, or, unfortunately, could not take place at all. Nevertheless,
we strongly recommend reading the discussion sections, such as the panel
discussion on the requirements for LCPUFA for term and/or preterm
infants. During the preparation of the Symposium the sad news that
Professor J . H. P. Jonxis died prompted the organisers to dedicate one
special lecture to the memory of the principal organiser of the first
four Nutricia Symposia. This lecture entitled "What determines the
production and composition ofbreast milk?" was given by Dr. Kathleen
Moti!. Acknowledgement should be made to the co-organizers and
co-chairmen Professor Sir David HuH, Professor Pieter Sauer and Dr.
Terence Stephenson for their contri- bution. Finally, without mentioning
names, the editors wish to thank a number of persons within the Nutricia
organization without whom the Symposium and its Pro- ceedings would not
have been possible.
