How Safe is our Food Supply? Expectations, Technology and Regulation
3rd Annual Spring Conference
April 1, 2009
Agenda (.pdf)
Consumer Confidence in the Safety and Security of the Food Supply (.pdf)
Jean Kinsey and Dennis Degeneffe
Public Health Surveillance is a Pre-Requisite for Effective Food Control Programs (.pdf)
Craig Hedberg
An Anatomy of a Recall: The PCA Case
(Go to "Topics for 2009" Section)
Ted Labuza
The 2009 Spring Conference was generously sponsored by :
Future Food Scarcities: Global Causes, Local Consequences
Fall 2008 Symposium
October 23, 2008
Agenda & Bios .pdf
Future Food Scarcities? Global Causes, Local Consequences Summary (.pdf)
Power Point and Video presentations from the Symposium are posted below.
Branding Beyond Borders
2nd Annual Spring Conference
March 27, 2008
The 2008 Spring Conference was generously sponsored by:
2008 CFANS Solution-Driven Science Symposium
February 14, 2008
Jean Kinsey presentation
The Future and Practice of Healthy Foods
A symposium that draws together public and private experts on healthy foods, healthy lives, and healthy business
October 1, 2007
Food, Technology, and Individual Privacy Colloquium
A discussion on the RFID privacy debate and its implications for the food industry
May 16, 2007
Presented with a generous grant from the University of Minnesota Consortium on Law and Values in Health, Environment and the Life Sciences
New Products, New Opportunities
1st Annual Spring Conference
March 22, 2007
The 2007 Spring Conference was generously sponsored by:
Terrorism Pandemics and Natural Disasters:
Food Supply Chain Preparedness, Response & Recovery
Sponsored by The Food Industry Center,
National Center for Food Protection and Defense, and
the Trucking Industry Program
November 1, 2006
Understanding Demand Shifts in Grain Based Foods
Sponsored by the Farm Foundation, Economic Research Service, and The Food Industry Center
September 27-28, 2004
Steps to Healthy Living: Starts with Good Lifestyle Habits
Presented by The Food Industry Center and the
National Grocers Association
October 22-23, 2003
Contemporary Issues in Consumer Research
Linda Peshkin, Director, Consumer Research, Target Corporation
February 7, 2002
Demand Based Management for Food Retailing
Phil Delurgio, Vice President, Demand Tec
October 23, 2001
Globalization of the Food Retail Industry
Brenda Sternquist, Professor & Principal Investigator, International Retail Management
Michigan State University
July 16, 2001
Collaborative Logistics Management
Judy Ohannesian,
Land O'Lakes Dairy Products
March 1, 2001
The Magnitude of Menu, Managerial and Customer Costs of Changing Prices
Mark Bergen, Associate Professor
Marketing & Logistics Management
Carlson School of Management
University of Minnesota
May 26, 1999
Nutraceuticals: What Are They - How They Are Regulated - Their Position in the Supermarket
Ted Labuza, Professor
Food Science and Nutrition
University of Minnesota
February 10, 1999
Changing Competitors/Changing Consumers
Mike Frank, Senior Vice President, Sales & Marketing
Rainbow Foods
April 21, 1998
The Transformation of Green Giant
Sue Harlander, Vice President, R&D & Ag Research
Rob Longendyke, Director, Public Relations
Marti Morfitt, Vice President, Meals
Steve Moss, Vice President, International Marketing
The Pillsbury Company
February 19, 1998
Selling and Communicating Throughout the Channel
Ron Harvieux, President,
Mary Schaffhausen, Director of Client Services
M&H Incorporated
October 28, 1997
Activity-based Costing Technologies:
Using Fact-Based Information to Your Advantage
Laura Donzelli, Associate,
Willard Bishop Consulting, Ltd.
July 22, 1996
Shopping Trends That Will Change the Future
Judy Kozacik, Vice President, Research & Member Relations
Food Marketing Institute
September 26, 1995
Productivity and Competitiveness in the Food Processing Operation
K.K. Sinha, Assistant Professor,
UMN - Operations and Management Sciences
Vernon R. Eidman, Professor,
UMN - Applied Economics
Mike Nelson, Manufacturing Manager
General Mills
December 14, 1995
Human Resources in the Retail Food Industry
Avner Ben-Ner, Professor,
Industrial Relations Department
Carlson School of Management
John Budd, Assistant Professor Industrial Relations Department Carlson School of Management
Bill Pearson, President Local 789 UFCW, St. Paul, Minnesota
Ray Sawicky, Executive Vice President, Local 653, Minneapolis, Minnesota
October 17, 1995
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