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Wednesday, October
8, 2008
•
1:00 pm
– 2:00 pm
Opening
and Welcome – MB 6
Charlie Arnot,
CEO, The Center for Food Integrity
Opening
Keynote - Balancing for Success – The Bon Appétit
Approach Fedele
Bauccio is co-founder and CEO of Bon Appétit
Management Company
•
2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Concurrent
Session One – The State of Consumer Trust
Immigration – MB 6 What
do consumers think?
An
in-depth review of the 2008 CFI consumer survey
results on immigration,
followed by a LIVE Consumer
Panel on the issue.
EXPERT
INSIGHT - OUR SPEAKERS: · Bob
Heltman, President, Leading Edge Products &
Services Immigration at ground zero
· Tamar
Jacoby - ImmigrationWorks USA Immigration - how
did we get here and where are
we going?
•
3:20 pm – 3:40 pm
Break
· Craig J. Regelbrugge,
Vice President for Government Relations
and Research at the American Nursery and Landscape
Association and Co-Chair, Agriculture Coalition
for Immigration Reform
The art of the possible
•
4:15 pm – 5:00 pm
Panel
Discussion
Concurrent
Session Two– The State of Consumer
Trust - Food Animal Well Being – MB 6 · What do consumers
think?
An in-depth review of the 2008
CFI consumer survey results on
animal well-being followed by a LIVE Consumer Panel on
the issue
EXPERT
INSIGHT – OUR SPEAKERS: •
Ivan Steinke – Director of Quality Resources at the Colorado
Livestock Association Mitch
Head – Managing Director -- GolinHarris Engage Ballots,
initiatives and ingenuity
•
Dr. Ken Laughlin –Policy and Strategy Group Vice
President, Aviagen
Farm animal care 2020 – what does food animal
production look like a decade from now?
•
3:20 pm – 3:40 pm
Break
• Jocie Antonelli, R.D.
– Manager of Nutrition and Safety, Notre Dame Food Services Your stakeholders want to mandate changes
in your
supply chain, now what?
•
4:15 pm – 5:00 pm
Panel
Discussion
•
5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
CFI Opening
Reception
Thursday,
October 9, 2008
•
7:00 am
– 8:00 am
Breakfast
event
•
8:00 am – 9:00 am
CFI 2008
Consumer Trust Survey Results – What do consumers
think about sustainability, immigration, food safety and
other critical food system issues?
•
9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Concurrent
Session Three – The State of Consumer Trust -
Food Safety – MB 5 • What
do consumers think?
An in-depth review of the 2008 CFI consumer survey
results on food safety, followed by a LIVE Consumer
Panel on the issue.
EXPERT
INSIGHT – OUR SPEAKERS: • Dr. David Acheson, Associate
Commissioner of Foods, U.S. Food and Drug Administration What
the Contemporary U.S. Food System Must Do to
Bolster Consumer Confidence.
•
Lorna Christie – Senior Vice President, Industry Products
and
Services, Produce Marketing Association What
is the Future Role of Science and Technology in
Food Safety?
•
Darren Blass – Director of Quality Assurance and Product
Safety,
Jack in the Box restaurants The History and Future of Product Safety at Jack in
the Box.
Concurrent
Session Four – The State of Consumer
Trust - Energy/Sustainability – MB 5
•
11:15 am– 12:00 pm
Panel
Discussion
Concurrent
Session Four – The State of Consumer Trust -
Energy/Sustainability – MB 5 •
What do consumers think?
An in-depth review of the 2008 CFI consumer survey results
on sustainability, followed by a LIVE Consumer Panel on
the
issue
EXPERT
INSIGHT – OUR SPEAKERS: •
Kevin Lindemer – Executive Managing Director of
Global Insight's Global Energy Group
Energy, food and fuel, what’s the right answer?
•
Dr. Jeff Armstrong, Dean, Michigan State University College
of
Agriculture and Natural Resources and
Dr. Dave Weatherspoon, Associate
Professor of Food and
Agribusiness
Management, Michigan State University
College of
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Global demand for food is exploding, how can we
possibly keep pace?
•
10:20 am – 10:40 am
Break
•
Dr. Jason Clay, Senior Vice President, Markets, World
Wildlife
Fund Sustainable production means low input,
low intensity agriculture,
right?
•
11:15 am– 12:00 pm
Panel
Discussion
•
12:15 pm – 1:00 pm
Closing
Keynote
The Future of Food – Wal-Mart’s perspective
on balancing ethics, science and economics in today’s
global food markets.
Jack Sinclair
is executive vice president of the grocery division
for Wal-Mart Stores Division -- the world’s largest
retailer.