Food Industry Update from Top Thought Leaders
--View PMA Presentation
--View PFSE Presentation 
--View National Chicken Council Presentation
--View Global Food Traceability Center Presentation

Hear from industry leaders about the top issues facing their members and retailers. Hear about resources available to help you work through these issues and learn where to go for information.

Confirmed Thought Leaders: 
--Bob Whitaker, PhD, Chief Science and Technology Officer, PMA
--Shelley Feist, Executive Director, PFSE
--Ashley Peterson, PhD, Vice President of Scientific and Regulatory Affairs, National Chicken Council
--Tejas Bhatt, MS CFS, Program Director, Institute of Food Technologists, Global Food Traceability Center

Roundtable Discussions – Lead by Food Industry Thought Leaders
The speakers of the day will be the subject matter experts at peer led roundtable discussions. Attend the topic of your choice or learn more from your favorite speaker. 

• How to create “Smart Intelligence” by looking closely at your company’s Internal/External Food Safety Audit Questions & Data and connecting this data with your company’s business performance measures
• What is a Holistic GAP Analysis and how it benefits the business
• How to measure the cost of failures to your businesses bottom line when food safety events occur

Leave this workshop with practical tools that you can take back and immediately apply to your department, creating a stronger and more robust business proposition of how food safety adds value to your company’s bottom line.

BREAKOUT SESSIONS

Breakout #1
Create a Foundation to Build your Food Safety Program
Ben Chapman, PhD, Assistant Professor, Food Safety Extension Specialist, NCSU

•    Where to start? Why does it matter?
•    What does an effective food safety program look like?
•    What role does food safety culture play in your company?

Breakout #2
Communicating During a Crisis:  Your Role as a Food Safety Professional
Stephen McCauley, The Ginger Network
View Presentation

What would you say if you were facing a crisis? Learn how to think like a communicator and the importance of effective risk communication. Gain resources to have valuable and effective conversations with the media and the public.

Working with Local and State Regulatory Officials:  Relationships that Work

How is your relationship with your inspector? Do you wish for a collaborative relationship or do you prefer to stay at arms length? Hear from the current Executive Director of AFDO, current local and state regulatory officials and a retailer on relationships that work to improve food safety. 

Confirmed Speakers:

--Joe Corby, Executive Director, Association of Food and Drug Officials
--Susan Kowalczyk, Assistant Director for Environmental Health, DuPage County Health Department
--Ken Rosenwinkel, Manager, Food Safety & Sustainability, Jewel-Osco

Federal Regulatory Update from USDA
Dan Engeljohn, PhD, Assistant Administrator, Office of Policy and Program Development,  FSIS USDA

These top USDA officials will provide updates on recent regulatory activities impacting retail, including:

• Ground Meat Recordkeeping at Retail
• Listeria monocytogenes in Retail Delis
• Labeling of Raw Meat and Poultry Products Containing Added Solutions
• Labeling of Mechanically Tenderized Meat

Federal Regulatory Update from FDA
Sharon Mayl, Senior Advisor for Policy to the Deputy Commissioner for Foods and Veterinary Medicine, FDA
View Presentation

• Hear about the next phase of FSMA:  Implementation
• Learn how the current import program will work with the Foreign Supplier Verification Program, VQIP and Auditor Accreditation under FSMA