Program Guide Supported by GMA SCIENCE FORUM EMBRACING CHALLENGES. MEETING FUTURE NEEDS. April 12 15, 2015 Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center National Harbor, MD
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2015 Schedule-at-a-Glance Sunday, April 12 7:00 am 5:00 pm Registration Open 9:30 am 11:30 am GRAS Modernization Workshop (GMA Members Only) 12:30 pm 3:00 pm Pre Conference Workshops 3:30 pm 6:00 pm Pre Conference Workshops Monday, April 13 6:30 am 5:00 pm Registration Open 7:15 am 8:00 am Continental Breakfast With Exhibitors 8:00 am 10:30 am Welcome Keynote 10:30 am 11:00 am Networking Break With Exhibitors 11:00 am 12:00 pm Signature Sessions 12:15 pm 1:30 pm Keynote Luncheon 1:45 pm 3:15 pm Breakout Sessions 3:15 pm 3:45 pm Networking Break With Exhibitors 3:45 pm 5:15 pm Breakout Sessions 6:00 pm 6:30 pm Welcome Reception 6:30 pm 9:00 pm Dinner & Entertainment 1
2015 Schedule-at-a-Glance Tuesday, April 14 7:00 am 5:00 pm Registration Open 7:30 am 8:30 am Continental Breakfast With Exhibitors 8:15 am 9:45 am PHO Working Group Meeting (Closed Meeting, WG members only) 8:45 am 9:45 am Strategic Issue Sessions 9:45 am 10:15 am Networking Break With Exhibitors 10:15 am 11:00 am Idea Exchange Roundtables 11:15 am 12:00 pm Idea Exchange Roundtables 12:00 pm 1:00 pm Networking Lunch 1:15 pm 2:30 pm Breakout Sessions 2:30 pm 2:45 pm Networking Break With Exhibitors 2:45 pm 4:00 pm Breakout Sessions 4:15 pm 5:15 pm Closing General Session 2 5:30 pm 7:30 pm Biotechnology Committee Meeting
Wednesday, April 15 7:00 am 1:00 pm Registration Open 7:00 am 8:00 am Breakfast on Your Own 8:30 am 11:30 am Chemicals Management (CMC) Committee Meeting 8:30 am 11:30 am Regulatory Inspections & Compliance Committee (RICC) Meeting 8:30 am 11:30 am Nutrition Health & Labeling (NHL) Committee Meeting 8:30 am 11:30 am Food Defense (FD) Committee Meeting 8:30 am 12:00 pm SRAC Executive Committee Meeting 11:30 am 1:00 pm Lunch on Your Own 1:00 pm 4:00 pm Processing Technologies (PETCO) Committee Meeting 1:00 pm 4:00 pm Food Industry Analytical Chemists (FIAC) Committee Meeting 1:00 pm 4:00 pm Microbiological Safety (MSC) Committee Meeting 1:00 pm 4:00 pm Food Allergens (FAC) Committee Meeting 1:00 pm 4:00 pm Science and Regulatory Affairs (SRAC) Council Meeting 3
Full Program Schedule Sunday, April 12 4 7:00 am 5:00 pm Registration Open Room: Woodrow Wilson Registration Desk Pre Conference Workshops 9:30 am 11:30 am GRAS Modernization: 5 Part Strategy Rollout. What You Need to Know (GMA Members Only) 12:30 pm 3:00 pm Influential Food Law Cases Economically Motivated Adulteration Room: Baltimore 1 2 Cultivating a Food Safety Culture Room: Baltimore 3 5 3:30 pm 6:00 pm FSMA Implementation Workshop Room: Baltimore 1 2 Engage: Nutrition, Health & Wellbeing
Monday, April 13 2015 GMA SCIENCE FORUM 6:30 am 5:00 pm Registration Open Room: Woodrow Wilson Registration Desk 7:15 am 8:00 am Continental Breakfast With Exhibitors Room: Woodrow Wilson Foyer 8:00 am 10:30 am Welcome Keynote: Room: Woodrow Wilson Ballroom Can Agriculture Save the Planet? Jack A. Bobo, Senior Advisor, Office of Agricultural Policy, U.S. Department of State Agricultural Controversies and the Fight for the Future of Food Jayson Lusk, Ph.D., Food and Agricultural Economist, Oklahoma State University Building Trust and Consumer Confidence Charlie Arnot, Chief Executive Officer, The Center for Food Integrity 5
Full Program Schedule Monday, April 13 10:30 am 11:00 am Networking Break With Exhibitors Room: Woodrow Wilson Foyer 11:00 am 12:00 pm Signature Sessions: Application of the Sciences to Address Societal Interests in Food Assessing Food Safety Cultures Room: Annapolis 3-4 12:15 pm 1:30 pm Keynote Luncheon: Room: Woodrow Wilson Ballroom FDA & Industry Working Together to Build Consumer Confidence Michael Taylor, Deputy Commissioner for Foods, FDA 6
2015 GMA SCIENCE FORUM 1:45 pm 3:15 pm Breakout Sessions: Emerging Ingredient Issues: GRAS Focus on the Future FSMA Implementation: Supplier Verification Room: Annapolis 3 4 Public Health: Hot Topics, Partnerships and Emerging Issues Room: Baltimore 1 2 Microbiology: Listeria monocytogenes Room: Baltimore 3 5 3:15 pm 3:45 pm Networking Break With Exhibitors Room: Woodrow Wilson Foyer 7
Full Program Schedule Monday, April 13 3:45 pm 5:15 pm Breakout Sessions: Emerging Ingredient Issues: PHOs/trans fat Going Forward FSMA Implementation: By-Products Directed to Animal Food Room: Annapolis 3 4 Public Health: Hot Topics, Partnerships and Emerging Issues Room: Baltimore 1 2 Thermal Processing: Verification and Validation Room: Baltimore 3 5 8 6:00 pm 6:30 pm Welcome Reception Room: Woodrow Wilson Foyer
2015 GMA SCIENCE FORUM 6:30 pm 9:00 pm Dinner & Entertainment Room: Woodrow Wilson Ballroom Tuesday, April 14 Amy Robach, News Anchor, Good Morning America 7:00 am 5:00 pm Registration Open Room: Woodrow Wilson Registration Desk 7:30 am 8:30 am Continental Breakfast With Exhibitors Room: Woodrow Wilson Foyer 8:15 am 9:45 am PHO Working Group Meeting (Closed Meeting, Invite Only) 8:45 am 9:45 am Strategic Issue Sessions: Protein, A Key Macronutrient: From Strategy to Implementation Room: Annapolis 3 4 9
Full Program Schedule Tuesday, April 14 8:45 am 9:45 am Strategic Issue Sessions: Food Safety in the Classroom: Better Informed Consumers of the Future Room: Baltimore 3 5 9:45 am 10:15 am Networking Break With Exhibitors Room: Woodrow Wilson Foyer 10:15 am 11:00 am Idea Exchange Roundtables Emerging CPG & Ingredient Issues FSMA Implementation, Education, & Training Room: Annapolis 3 4 Global Nutrition, Health, and Wellbeing Room: Baltimore 1 2 10 Microbiological Food Safety & Processing Room: Baltimore 3 5
2015 GMA SCIENCE FORUM 11:15 am 12:00 pm Idea Exchange Roundtables Emerging CPG & Ingredient Issues FSMA Implementation, Education, & Training Room: Annapolis 3 4 Global Nutrition, Health, and Wellbeing Room: Baltimore 1 2 Microbiological Food Safety & Processing Room: Baltimore 3 5 12:00 pm 1:00 pm Networking Lunch Room: Woodrow Wilson Ballroom 1:15 pm 2:30 pm Breakout Sessions: Caffeine Is There a Safety Concern? 11
Full Program Schedule Tuesday, April 14 1:15 pm 2:30 pm Breakout Sessions: FSMA: Implementation of Preventive Controls for Human Food Room: Annapolis 3 4 Nutrition Policy, Labeling Trends and Projections for the Future Room: Baltimore 1 2 Biotechnology: Challenges and Opportunities Room: Baltimore 3 5 2:30 pm 2:45 pm Networking Break With Exhibitors Room: Woodrow Wilson Foyer 2:45 pm 4:00 pm Breakout Sessions: 12 Carrageenan: A Safe Food Ingredient
2015 GMA SCIENCE FORUM 2:45 pm 4:00 pm Breakout Sessions: FSMA Inspections: How to Prepare and What to Expect Room: Annapolis 3 4 Nutrition Policy, Labeling Trends and Projections for the Future Room: Baltimore 1 2 Biotechnology: Challenges and Opportunities Room: Baltimore 3 5 4:15 pm 5:15 pm Closing General Session: Room: Woodrow Wilson Ballroom Building Public Private Partnerships to Meet the Challenges Faced by Industry Palmer Orlandi, Ph.D., Chief Science Officer of FDA Mike Robach, Vice President, Corporate Food Safety and Regulatory Affairs, Cargill 13
Full Program Schedule Tuesday, April 14 5:30 pm 7:30 pm Biotechnology Committee Meeting (Closed Meeting, Invite Only) Wednesday, April 15 7:00 am 1:00 pm Registration Open Room: Woodrow Wilson Registration Desk 7:00 am 8:00 am Breakfast on Your Own 8:30 am 11:30 am Chemicals Management (CMC) Committee Meeting (Closed Meeting, Invite Only) Room: Baltimore 1 14 Regulatory Inspections & Compliance Committee (RICC) Meeting (Closed Meeting, Invite Only) Room: Baltimore 2
2015 GMA SCIENCE FORUM 8:30 am 11:30 am Nutrition Health & Labeling (NHL) Committee Meeting (Closed Meeting, Invite Only) Room: Baltimore 3 Food Defense (FD) Committee Meeting (Closed Meeting, Invite Only) Room: Baltimore 4 8:30 am 12:00 pm SRAC Executive Committee Meeting (Closed Meeting, Invite Only) Room: Baltimore 5 11:30 am 1:00 pm Lunch on Your Own 1:00 pm 4:00 pm Processing Technologies (PETCO) Committee Meeting (Closed Meeting, Invite Only) Room: Baltimore 2 Food Industry Analytical Chemists (FIAC) Committee Meeting (Closed Meeting, Invite Only) Room: Baltimore 4 15
16 Full Program Schedule Wednesday, April 15 1:00 pm 4:00 pm Microbiological Safety (MSC) Committee Meeting (Closed Meeting, Invite Only) Room: Baltimore 1 Food Allergens (FAC) Committee Meeting (Closed Meeting, Invite Only) Room: Baltimore 3 Science and Regulatory Affairs (SRAC) Council Meeting (Closed Meeting, Invite Only) Room: Baltimore 5 Join us Next Year! GMA Science Forum April 18 21, 2016 Capital Hilton, Washington, DC
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