The conference with about 1,600 participants took place from the 20th to the 23rd of October in Berlin. The conference was organised by the German Nutrition Society (DGE) and the Federation of the European Nutrition Societies (FENS). Within the scope of the course of lectures "Nutrition Research Opportunities" cluster speaker Prof. Nöthlings gave an overview of the structures and work of the regional network. In addition to DietBB three competence cluster of food research were also presented promoted by the Federal Ministry of education and research (BMBF).