The Committee discussed about the composition of the Executive Committee and the Board of Trustees; the organization of the First INC LATAM Convention; the INC Short Form Contract for the sale and purchase of nuts and dried fruits; new Ambassadors requests; and a new grant for a clinical research project co-funded along with the US Nutrition Research & Education Foundation (NREF).
Besides, the members of the Executive Committee reviewed the status of ongoing projects, including the ad-hoc working groups Global Cashew Council, Macadamia Council, and Global Hazelnut Project; the annual grants for nutrition and health research, promotion and dissemination projects, Open Access studies and scientific proposals on sustainability and food safety research; INC participation in nutrition symposia; the INC Academia, 2020 Executive Program on Nuts and Dried Fruits; the INC Pavilion in international food shows; the Annual Communication and Dissemination Plans and the year results in social media and website; and activities regarding sustainability, scientific and government affairs. Finally, the Committee reviewed the preparations for Dubai and candidate cities for future congresses.
After the meeting in May, the Committee will meet at the INC headquarters in Reus for a strategic planning meeting in the frame of the symposium Nuts 2020, which will be held on June 18-19. Sponsored by the INC, Nuts 2020 will consist of a series of presentations and a final discussion on future lines of research by prominent researchers from around the world.