Presentations

• U.S. FDA's Paulette Gaynor, Ph.D., will speak about the GRAS Notification Program
• Jeff Bellairs from General Mills will talk about open innovation through collaboration with outside partners
• Euromonitor International’s Ewa Hudson will discuss whether nutraceuticals are a must have or an unnecessary indulgence
• Living Naturally’s David Williams will discuss how to increase your sales by leveraging your market data
• Christopher Shanahan of Frost & Sullivan will discuss future supply chain trends and how the increasing cost of raw materials will affect sourcing
• Elizabeth Sloan, Ph.D., to discuss product introductions in her presentation, "Specifically Supplements and Functional Foods: What’s Ahead?"
• Supplement, functional food and superfood usage and competition trends will be examined by Packaged Facts’ David Sprinkle
• Lynn Dornblaser from Mintel will give a special presentation on functional food and beverage product introductions
• A look at consumers’ attitudes toward functional foods and ingredients with Datamonitor’s Tom Vierhile
• Lori Colman of Colman Brohan Davis will talk about marketing to the YouTube™ generation
• Natural Marketing Institute’s Steve French will discuss functional food and beverage market research
• Consumerlabs.com’s Tod Cooperman will examine quality issues
• Access Business Group’s Byron Johnson to discuss the regulatory landscape
• Dobson | DaVanzo’s Joan E. DaVanzo, Ph.D., M.S.W., to discuss why the dietary supplement industry plays a critical role in the U.S. economy
• Canaccord Adams’ David Thibodeau to provide an economic analysis of the functional food and beverage industry
• Douglas G. Logan of USA Track & Field to discuss anti-doping in sports
• Corvus Blue’s Kantha Shelke, Ph.D. to educate the audience on what matters most in the authenticity and purity of ingredients in the food and beverage industry
• Bill Sipper of Cascadia Consulting Group to discuss beverages and consumer products during tumultuous times

* Agenda and speakers subject to change without notice.