Keynote Speakers
New Product Home Runs... Acquire or Develop
Speaker: Jeff Manning, Chief Marketing Officer, Cherry Marketing Institute
Nestle bought Power Bar. Frito-Lay bought Smart Food. Hershey bought Scharffen Berger Chocolates. What is the common denominator among these three? Huge, global companies acquired emerging new product designs and brands, and more acquisitions are on the way, to the point that one could argue R&D has become A&D. These companies do spend time and money watching the trends on radar; however, by the time an idea is big enough to hit the radar screen, it is already a trend. Developed specifically for Prepared Foods' audience, "New Product Home Runs" will explore how small companies unearth and leverage those emerging trends, with a focus on local-gourmet possibilities.
Staking a Claim: Legal Claims in Food, Beverages and Supplements
Speaker: Justin J. Prochnow, Shareholder, Greenberg Trauring LLP
Justin J. Prochnow with law firm Greenberg Traurig LLP lends his legal expertise in food, beverage and dietary supplement claims to define the three different types of claims (health, nutrient and structure-function) and how and when they are appropriately, legally and successfully utilized. This fast-paced session will also explore FDA and FTC enforcement of the various claims, as well as the growing threat of civil lawsuits over improper claims.
Venue
Crowne Plaza O'Hare
5440 North River Road
Rosemont, Illinois 60018
Phone: 847-671-5406
Toll Free: 866-242-1055
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The hotel cut-off date is July 10th. Mention the R&D Applications Seminar to recceive our group rate of $154.00 + tax per night.
Educational Sessions
The schedule will feature up to 6 concurrent technical tracks. Each track will be devoted to a specific application challenge (beverage, baking, dairy, emerging ingredients, etc) or specific ingredient functionality (gums, starches, emerging ingredients, etc.).
Applications Lab Sessions
The interactive Applications Lab Sessions will feature the use of product samples to more effectively demonstrate an ingredient’s functionality, or its application in a finished consumer product or model system.
The Application Lab sessions are longer, more hands-on, interactive, in-depth and comprehensive than the traditional sessions. Tuesday morning is dedicated to just Application Lab Sessions.
Registering Early will help you attend your desired session.
Prepared Foods' R&D Applications Seminar Chicago
Is a practical 2 day "how to" applications-oriented event dedicated to further educating the food & beverage industry's formulators on specific application challenges.
Registration fee is $595 per person.....If two or more people from the same company attend, the fee is only $495 per person!
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Topics and Highlights
- Wide choice of over 40+ different technical sessions.
- Copies of presentation papers
- There are separate tracks each dedicated to a specific application [bakery, dairy, healthy ingredients, etc.] and to specific ingredients [healthy ingredients, starches, gums].
- Questions answered on-site by experts.
- Unique opportunity for your team to learn together.
- Expert presenters in every session.
- The industry's most comprehensive choice of application-oriented sessions.
Who Should Attend
The R&D Seminar was developed specifically to help further educate formulators from food/beverage, ingredient and service companies.Those who should attend include:
- Bench-level R&D
- Technical service
- Middle R&D management
- Product formulators
- Quality Control
- Application R&D
