| Day OneMay 11th 2010 |
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| 8:00am |
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Delegate Registration, Coffee and Refreshments |
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| 9:00am |
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Chairperson's Welcome Address and Opening Remarks |
Lou Nieto, Jr.,
Former President, Consumer Foods ,
ConAgra Foods Inc.
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| 9:05am |
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Keynote Address: Doorway to a New Decade |
Outlining the opportunities, challenges and innovations that this decade could provide the food & beverage industry
- How far we have come – retrospective touch-points of the 2000's , the technological, innovative and marketing highlights and their effect on today’s industry culture
- Where we are – the state of the food and beverage industry, the successes and the challenges that need to be faced
- Where we are heading – how prepared are we for success in the 2010’s? How can you optimize collaboration between people and process to achieve your organization’s vision? Which technologies will revolutionize our industry in the next ten years?
Mark T. Timbie,
President - North American Consumer Foods,
McCormick & Company Inc.
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| 9:40am |
| Food Technology & Innovation Stream |
| The Cautious Optimism of Your 2010 Consumer |
How successful companies are using hard data to market to a sophisticated and complex twenty-first century consumer
- Outlining the changes and effects to our industry shaped by the economic turbulence of the past two years
- Determining which impacts are temporary and which are more permanent in the marketplace – and what does this mean for your marketing plan, your process and operations?
- Uncovering the positive learnings of a difficult economy – how has this influenced innovation and how are our R&D and marketing practices responding to new opportunities?
Todd Hale,
SVP, Consumer & Shopper Insights,
The Nielsen Company
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| Food Safety Stream - Chaired by Dr. Kantha Shelke |
| A Collaborative Outlook on Food Safety for the New Decade |
- Assessing the most pertinent industry food safety challenges from the last decade, how we have tackled them and what we have learned
- Determining how Government, Processors, Service-Providers and Consumers can approach increased food safety strategies in a proactive way
Susan Forsell,
VP US Supply Chain, Quality Systems ,
McDonalds Corporation
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| 10:10am |
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One-to-One Business Meetings, Networking and Refreshments |
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| 11:45am |
| Food Technology & Innovation |
| The sodium conundrum – what is the real impact of reduced-sodium innovation? |
- Assessing the impact on innovation and R&D of one of the most prevalent trends of the last years
- Understanding what both the scientific and market-research data is telling us and how we should leverage this information in your R&D and Marketing plan
- What are the best sodium alternatives, how successful are they and how are they being developed?
Dr. Chor-San Khoo ,
VP, Global Nutrition & Health,
Campbell Soup Company
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| Food Safety |
| Creating a culture of food safety that stems from behavioral-change insights |
Current strategies for compelling individuals and organizations to practice food safety appear inadequate and are rarely evaluated. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control reported in April 2008 and 2009 that efforts to reduce foodborne illness have stalled - what can we do?
- Understanding why up to 30 per cent of individuals in all countries become ill from the food and water they consume each year
- Analyzing current HACCP and SOP methodologies - how are they working in conjunction with critical practices of farm workers, processing operatives, food service employees, or consumers?
- The culture of today’s food system is saturated with information but short on behavioral-change insights. How do we harness the best science with the best management and communication systems, including compelling, rapid, relevant, reliable and repeated, multi-linguistic and culturally-sensitive messages?
Benjamin Chapman,
Assistant Professor, Food Safety Specialist Department of 4-H Youth Development and Family & Consumer Sciences,
North Carolina State University, NC Cooperative Extension
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| 12:15pm |
| Interactive Workshop |
| Omega 3 - claims, evidences and application know-how |
Led by: TINE-EPA DHA
- Increasing consumer demands, coupled with the authorities’ focus on health, has made “health nutrition” a dedicated research area for TINE. Marine omega-3 oils is a key field within this segment.
- Analyze mounting evidence that the very long chain omega-3 fatty acids EPA and DHA excert beneficiary effects in both prevention and management of cardio vascular diseases as well as in conditions related to inflammation.
Espen Thomassen,
Sales Director Omega-3,
TINE
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| Interactive Workshop |
| The Role of Optimization in R&D: From Least Cost Formulation to Blend Optimization Planning
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Led by Infor Food & Beverage Essentials
- Understand how to leverage technology to balance competing objectives in Product Development
- Explore different optimization approaches from Linear Scaling to Linear Programming.
- Learn how you can extend optimization benefits from the Innovation Center to the Factory Floor
Rick Jones,
Strategic Account Manager & PLM Optiva Sales Specialist, Process Manufacturing,
Infor
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| Interactive Workshop |
| Ensuring Good Quality by Managing the Cold Chain |
Led by: Sensitech Inc.
- Understand the correlation between your cold chain management practices and the quality you deliver.
- Learn how to aggregate time and temperature data and use it to evaluate your process.
- Review a customer case study to see how trends can be uncovered and corrected before they become problems.
Elizabeth Darragh,
Director, Food Strategic Marketing,
Sensitech Inc.
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| 12:45pm |
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Hosted Networking Luncheon - Sponsored by Red Arrow Products Co.
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Special Dessert Sponsor - Parker Products Inc
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| 1:45pm |
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Opening Afternoon Keynote: Typing Mind Genomics through Rule Developing Experimentation |
The marketing battle for the consumer in the digital age and the keys to product-positioning in an increasingly crowded aisle.
- It is estimated that the average American is exposed to about 3,000 advertising images a day. What strategies are companies employing to get ahead and how can the latest analytics be used for competitive advantage?
- Outlining the roadmap to innovative NPD, critical market expansion and marketing amidst the economic upturn
- The ‘new’ realities - analyzing innovation trends in view of consumer expectations through MindGenomics
- New thought-leadership in harnessing what the consumer really wants and converting this into a successful marketing strategy
Dr. Howard R. Moskowitz,
CEO, i-Novation Inc; President & Founder,
Moskowitz Jacobs Inc.
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| 2:15pm |
| Food Technology & Innovation |
| The Critical Path to Changing America's Diet - the crucial role of Gen X Moms |
How the influence of Gen X Mom's can shape consumer eating and buying habits in the next decade
- Research shows that Moms continue to strongly believe in the benefits of eating fruits and veggies, but are still having trouble meeting the USDA’s 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommendations of up to 13 daily servings of fruits and vegetables.
- PBHF has sureveyed Gen X Moms for four years: In 2009, fruit consumption dropped 12 percent from 2008’s numbers and vegetable consumption was down 6 percent. Why did this happen and what can be done?
- Analyzing new data: each year between 2006 and 2008 Moms viewed canned, dried, frozen and 100 percent juice as more healthy than the previous year. Why is this important to your NPD efforts?
Dr. Elizabeth Pivonka,
President & CEO,
Produce For Better Health Foundation
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| Food Technology & Innovation |
| Navigating the global food market: challenges and strategies in the evolving realm of health and wellness |
- Determine global and regional performance indicators and leading trends in the market, with particular focus on health and wellness
- Explore the evolving consumer mindset and their attitudes towards value, health and convenience
- Examine mounting regulatory challenges and strategies for success in the changing market place
Svetlana Uduslivaia,
Senior Research Analyst,
Euromonitor International
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| Food Safety |
| Building a Better Allergen Management Program |
- Clarifying the latest data on compounds that can potentially evoke greater or lesser health disorders and building Allergen Control Programs to deal with this
- Uncovering how allergens / toxins can originate from raw materials for your products or invade during processing, transportation, and storage
- Assessing the theory and application of absorption, metabolism, and elimination; allergen response; the determination of foreign substances; and the evaluation of toxicity and risk analysis
Dr. Dan Skrypec,
Kraft Foods Fellow, Global Toxicology,
Kraft Foods
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| 2:45pm |
| Interactive Workshop |
| Automatic Supplier Compliance for Higher Profits |
Led by: TraceGains
- Achieve 100% visibility on all incoming receipts, without requiring additional staff, to minimize ingredient variability and automatically reject non-compliant shipments.
- Lower your Cost of Goods Manufactured (COGM) by 1-4%, while also significantly reducing your Cost of Poor Quality (CPQ).
- Leverage customer and consumer feedback to learn how individual suppliers and ingredients affect your bottom line.
- Establish actionable benchmarks that let your suppliers know how they compare to your other suppliers in regards to yield, quality, and customer experience.
Gary Nowacki,
CEO,
TraceGains Inc.
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| Interactive Workshop |
| Developing standards in product certification, education, and risk-management |
Led by: NSF International
- Retailers and manufacturers are seeking a higher food safety standard from their audit firms and many of the world's largest food companies have chosen to mandate supplier compliance with one of the Global Food Safety Standards.
- Companies may select from training and education, audit, certificate, product approval, and registration services as needed.
- • NSF is the only certification body in North America to obtain both British Retail Consortium (BRC) and Safe Quality Food (SQF) accreditation from the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) with certification decisions made in the U.S.
Robert Prevendar MPH,
Director, Global Food Safety Certification Systems ,
NSF International
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| Interactive Workshop |
| Manage Contamination Not Recalls! |
Led by: Hollison Technologies LLC
- Continuous sampling for biological, chemical, and radiological testing without grab samples – 100% sampling
- Detection at the speed of business provides contamination test results within minutes not days – data before your product ships
- Secure web-based Contamination Information Management System - CIMS™ for collecting contamination test data – visibility across the entire food chain
Anthony Bashall,
EVP,
Hollison Technologies LLC
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| 3:15pm |
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One-to-One Business Meetings, Networking and Refreshments |
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| 5:20pm |
| Fostering market driven innovation culture |
Emerging consumer trends and unpredictable consumer behavior are making the life a food company even more challenging. Consequently, consumers and food companies are increasingly looking into the wellness market for better quality of life and new business opportunities for growth.
- Find out how to effectively leverage consumer wishes and market trends data throughout the processes in your company, by analyzing information in the right time in the right place
- Discover proven work processes and information technology to track traceability to materials, comply with regulatory requirements and feed the pipeline with new ideas
- Developing solutions to design, develop and test new products quickly, determine product and manufacturing processes and costs and move products that have a high probability of success into volume production
Annika Mayra ,
CEO,
Verso Ltd.
Finland
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| Good practices in sustainability - what does it actually mean? |
Analysing where you can improve your corporate responsibility and environmental stewardship within your business model
- Evaluating what sustainability actually means to your business processes, practices and NPD roadmap
- Understanding local and global approaches to sustainability that can benefit your operations and enhance your brand equity
- Uncovering ways in which sustainability and environmental stewardship can actually reduce your operating costs and increase your profitability, by being a good corporate citizen.
Paul Comey,
VP, Environmental Affairs,
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters
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| 5:50pm |
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Customer insights through human sensors that will unlock your NPD growth potential |
From the research team that brought you "The Hormonal Fingerprint and Taste Perception"
- Uncovering a link between hormones and an individual’s taste preferences: Why do some people drink black coffee and others stick to tea?
- New neuroendocrinological research conducted on 1,000 subjects in over 25 countries proves that consumers are rational: They just have a different hormonal perception of the same stimulus! Their preferences, behavior, and decisions are strongly influenced by the hundreds of millions sensors monitoring their body and brain.
- By evaluating the Hormonal Quotient TM of their target consumers, firms can predict consumers' taste and behavior, design the right sensory mix (taste, shape, color, sound, texture), and increase their innovation hit rate
- Hear exclusive insights from Diana's upcoming book - The Right Sensory Mix: Targeting Consumer Product Development Scientifically commercialization
Prof. Diana Derval,
President, Research Director and Author,
DervalResearch
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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| 6:20pm |
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Exclusive Networking Drinks Reception |
Delegates and Sponsors - reward yourself after a valuable day of learning and meetings with complimentary drinks, refreshments and networking in a fun industry environment with music and entertainment!
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