7:45 AM - 8:45 AM
Registration & Refreshments
8:45 AM - 8:55 AM
Chair’s Opening Remarks
Anne Sevier, Head of Copack and Supplier Quality North America, Kraft Heinz
Introductory remarks by the Chair in the plenary room
8:55 AM - 9:30 AM - Keynote
Manufacturing & Operations
Food Safety Microbiology Management in the Upstream Value Chain
Fabien Robert, Ph.D., Director NQAC zone America, Nestlé Quality Assurance Centre (NQAC) Dublin
9:30 AM - 10:05 AM - Keynote
Compliance
Going Beyond the Standard Listeria Environmental Monitoring Program
Dawn Pickett, Corporate Senior Director of Food Safety, Smithfield Foods
10:10 AM - 10:45 AM - Case Studies
Compliance
It’s your Business: Making Regulations and Regulators Work for You
Glenn Mott, VP Compliance, Gerber Poultry, Inc.
Safety
Delivering Food Safety and Quality in the Box
Catherine Bouchard, Director of Food Safety and Quality Assurance, Home Chef
10:45 AM - 11:35 AM
iSolve Meetings & Networking Refreshments
11:35 AM - 12:10 PM - Solution Spotlights
Food Supply Chain
Managing Suppliers In an Interconnected World
Chris Domenico, Territory Manager, North America , Safefood 360°
Safety
Food Safety Starts with the Right Sanitary Design
Jake Watts, Vice President of Food Safety, PSSI
12:15 PM - 12:50 PM - Keynote
Quality
What the Customer Really Wants!
Jerold Schlegel, Director of Food Safety and Quality, Weston Foods
Michael Ciepiela, Food Safety & Quality Assurance Manager, Italian Rose Garlic Products
12:50 PM - 1:50 PM
Networking Lunch
1:50 PM - 2:25 PM - Solution Spotlights
Technology & IoT
Automation and Insights from Conception to Consumption
Quality
When Is Steam Clean? Understand and Control the Contamination Risk to Product When Steam is an Ingredient
Mike Skidmore, Global Market Development Executive – Food and Beverage, Spirax Sarco
Neil Davies, Market Development Manager – Food & Beverage, Spirax Sarco
2:30 PM - 3:05 PM - Case Studies
Safety
Consumer Demands and the Effects on Food Safety
Brian Perry, Senior Vice President Food Safety, Quality, TreeHouse Foods
Compliance
Trends in Global Food Labeling
Miriam Maxwell, CFS, Sr. Principal Regulatory Scientist, Ocean Spray Cranberries Inc.
3:05 PM - 3:55 PM
iSolve Meetings & Networking Refreshments
3:55 PM - 4:30 PM - Solution Spotlights
Safety
The Hidden Risks to Food Safety
Randy Kohal, VP of Food Safety and Reliability, Nexcor Food Safety Technologies
Technology & IoT
Capabilities of Next Gen MES Systems
Joe Gerstl, Director of Digital Product Management, GE Digital
4:35 PM - 5:10 PM - Keynote
Quality
Building a Career in Quality
Anne Sevier, Head of Copack and Supplier Quality North America, Kraft Heinz
5:10 PM - 5:55 PM - Panel Discussion
Compliance
Maintaining Trust With Your Customers In An Evolving Consumer Culture
Reid Ivy, Ph.D., Director, Food Safety, Ferrara USA
Glenn Mott, VP Compliance, Gerber Poultry, Inc.
Dilshika Wijesekera, Director, Food Safety and Regulatory Compliance, Instacart
Anne Sevier, Head of Copack and Supplier Quality North America, Kraft Heinz
Fabien Robert, Ph.D., Director NQAC zone America, Nestlé Quality Assurance Centre (NQAC) Dublin
5:55 PM - 6:00 PM
Chair's Closing Remarks & End of Day 1
Anne Sevier, Head of Copack and Supplier Quality North America, Kraft Heinz
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Evening Drinks Reception
8:00 AM - 8:50 AM
Registration & Refreshments
8:50 AM - 8:55 AM
Chair’s Opening Remarks
Anne Sevier, Head of Copack and Supplier Quality North America, Kraft Heinz
Introductory remarks by the Chair in the plenary room
8:55 AM - 9:30 AM - Keynote
Compliance
Navigating Clean Labeling in a Messy Environment
Susan Bond, Vice President, Regulatory & Scientific Affairs, Kerry, Inc.
9:30 AM - 10:05 AM - Keynote
Safety
FINAL RULE: Protecting Food Against Intentional Adulteration
William Weissinger, Program Division Director/District Director, FDA
10:05 AM - 10:40 AM - Case Studies
Compliance
Food Defense: An FBI Perspective
Christopher Young, Intelligence Analyst, FBI Chicago
10:40 AM - 11:35 AM
iSolve & Networking Refreshments
11:35 AM - 12:10 PM - Case Studies
Safety
Delivering Quality, Safely
Dilshika Wijesekera, Director, Food Safety and Regulatory Compliance, Instacart
Quality
Sugar Refining – Transitioning a Commodity to a Food Product in 2020
Jennifer Yezak, Vice President, Global Quality, ASR Group
12:15 PM - 12:50 PM - Case Studies
Safety
AeroFarms: Elevating Food Safety with Indoor Vertical Farming
Marc Oshima, Co-Founder & Chief Marketing Officer, AeroFarms
Compliance
USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service Compliance and Investigations Division in Protecting Public Health and Food Defense Strategies
12:50 PM - 1:50 PM
Networking Lunch
1:50 PM - 2:25 PM - Keynote
Food Supply Chain
Using Technology to Reduce Supply Chain Risk
Darrell Portz, Global VP Food Safety & Quality, Griffith Foods
2:25 PM - 3:00 PM - Keynote
Safety
Managing Food Safety During Organizational Change
Reid Ivy, Ph.D., Director, Food Safety, Ferrara USA
3:00 PM - 3:10 PM
Chair's Closing Remarks & End of Summit
Anne Sevier, Head of Copack and Supplier Quality North America, Kraft Heinz