Dairy Innovation Strategies 2023

Devising Commercially Successful Strategies for the Dairy Industry

19 - 20

April

2023
  • Scandic Copenhagen
  • Complimentary

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Agenda

  • 19 Apr 2023
  • 20 Apr 2023
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Streams

Stream one

Innovation & NPD

Stream two

Packaging & Sustainability

2:15 PM

On Navigating Regulations and Market Compliance in the Dairy Industry

  • Exploring the best methods to navigate and market compliance in the dairy industry when it comes to labelling, nutrition and sutainability
  • Understanding how to navigate regulations and how to still deliver a high-quality product that meets market standards and consumer expectations

Speakers

2:45 PM

Reserved for SIG Combibloc

3:15 PM

Panel Discussion: Is a New Era of Fully Recyclable Packaging Ahead of Us?

  • Examining extent to which the packaging industry can design and deliver packaging that is fully recyclable
  • Identifying the key challenges, i.e., governmental regulations, consumer expectations and demands that prevent packaging to be fully circular
  • Investigating how the EU Plastic Strategy, which requires all packaging to be recyclable or reusable in an economically viable way by 2030, will affect your business

Speakers

3:45 PM

The clever way to stop product losses in dairy plants – Collo liquid fingerprint technology & AI

  • See what is in your pipe with unique liquid fingerprint technology
  • Utilizing machine learning for analysis
  • Plant optimization

Speakers

4:30 PM

“Where’s It From? Local, Local and Local

  • Evaluating the importance of provenance when it comes to the dairy industry
  • Exploring how consumers have become more conscious about supporting local suppliers and producers, as it fits with their agenda to reduce supply chain dependency and nurture local economies
  • Investigating how local and independent manufacturers and producers can build relationships with their consumers by placing an emphasis on traceability, provenance and sustainable production practices

8 AM

Registration and networking

8:50 AM

Chairman’s opening remarks

Speakers

9 AM

Keynote address A New Wave of Sustainable Consumers: The Rise of the Globally Conscious Consumer

  • Mapping out the changes in consumer expectations, demands and needs, and how these play into the commercial success of your brand
  • Evaluating the impact of COVID-19 on consumer behaviour and demands
  • Investigating how your product can benefit the current health and wellness agenda of many consumers

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9:30 AM

The Rising Demand for Nutritious Food – Fibre in Dairy, An Opportunity for Adding Value

  • Science: Highlighting the multiple health benefits of dietary fiber in the context of dairy
  • Solutions: The healthy halo of dairy yoghurts, an opportunity to deliver on positive nutrition
  • Society: Young consumers’ aspiration for tasty and healthy food

Speakers

10 AM

Innovating for a Sustainable Future

  • Understanding the relationship between innovation and sustainability
  • Examining the processes that goes into the creation of innovative products, and the challenges that sustainability may pose on design and decision making

Speakers

10:30 AM

Reserved for Munters

11 AM

Morning refreshments and networking

11:30 AM

Panel Discussion: Who Will Lead the Future: Dairy versus Plant-Based Alternatives Products?

  • Discussing the progress and trends of dairy product and the recent popularity of plant-based alternatives
  • Identifying the core reasons why consumers may be more attracted to plant-based alternatives rather than dairy products
  • Delineating the challenges associated with each competitor, i.e., innovation, taste, flavour, ingredients and texture, as well as regulations, market compliance and standards

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12 PM

Powering Dairy Alternatives: The Functional and Nutritional Benefits of Plant Proteins

  • Understanding functional and nutritional benefits of Plant Proteins in dairy alternatives
  • Overcoming formulation challenges across a broad range of applications ( dairy alternative cheese, beverage, yoghurt and ice cream)
  • Optimizing nutrition, taste and texture

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12:30 PM

Interview with Expert Speaker: Achieving a Net Zero Carbon Footprint

  • Uncovering the extent to which dairy production and the packaging of the goods affects the environment and its impact on the overall carbon footprint
  • Discovering the best production, packaging and disposability methodologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and lower carbon footprint
  • Evaluating how not abiding with consumer expectations for a greener production cycle can affect the saleability of your product

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1 PM

Sustainable & Cost Effective Material Replacement with Specialty Polypropylene Solutions in Form-Fill-Seal (FFS) Dairy Applications

  • Benefits of using Polypropylene in dairy packaging: Discuss the prevalent use of polypropylene in dairy packaging applications and the benefits including sustainability, recyclability, material efficiency, and versatility
  • Using Polypropylene in FFS: Why traditional PP solutions haven’t been successful on existing form-fill-seal equipment & platforms when attempting to replace problematic materials like PS
  • Introducing XPP Polypropylene solutions: A revolutionary mono-material polypropylene solution that offers compatibility with existing FFS equipment, minimizing CAPEX while achieving sustainability goals and increasing efficiencies

Speakers

1:15 PM

Lunch and networking

2:15 PM

Panel Discussion: Creating New Innovative Dairy and Plant-Based Alternative Products

  • Discussing the various processes that go into the creation of dairy products, from idea conception to the actual materialisation of the product
  • Understanding the challenges associated with the creation of dairy products, i.e., meeting legal compliances, consumer demands, market regulations and standards
  • Analysing the importance of sustainability and provenance when it comes to the creation of dairy products

Speakers

2:45 PM

How to hit the mainstream market with plant-based products

  • Sharing the key findings from our consumer research
  • Delving into how consumer behavior has evolved in the last years and the key purchasing criteria for plant-based products
  • The next big thing: How can we address consumer needs in order to make alternative products hit the mainstream

Speakers

3 PM

Healthier Snacks, Higher Protein Dairy Snacks

  • Analysing how healthier snacks with a higher protein content contain carbohydrates,

calcium, magnesium and Vitamin D, which are all perfect for rebuilding muscle, as well as maintaining a healthy nutrition

  • Understanding how consumers appreciate packaging for on-the-go consumption and is easily openable

3:15 PM

Panel Discussion: Ingredients, Taste & Flavour in the Dairy and Plant-Based Alternative Industry

  • Understanding the correlation between ingredients, taste & flavour, and discussing which gustatory elements drive consumers to become loyal to your product
  • Identifying the latest developments and trends within the ingredients space when it comes to dairy and plant-based alternatives

 

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3:45 PM

Avebe Potato based Texture Solutions; Bridging the Texture Gap in Plant-based Food with Ingredient Solutions from Potato

  • Avebe Plant-based texture solutions containing
    • Solanic® potato proteins
    • Etenia™ innovative starches
    • Perfectasol™ multifunctional texturizer for creamy and stretchy plant-based dairy and cheese products
  • We make food good. Come and taste our Dairy and Plant-based dairy Applications during the Dairy Innovation Strategies Conference in Copenhagen

Speakers

4 PM

Afternoon refreshments and networking

4:30 PM

The Putative Role of Probiotic Dairy on the Gut Microbiome

  • Exploring the relationship between dairy and the gut microbiome

Speakers

5 PM

Alternative protein sources and future foods

Speakers

5:30 PM

Drinks Reception (Available for Sponsorship)

8 AM

Registration and networking

8:50 AM

Chairman’s opening remarks

9 AM

The Future of Dairy Industry: Is It Completely Plant-Based?

  • Discussing the progress and trends of the dairy industry, and analysing the future trajectory of the market

Speakers

9:30 AM

Reserved for Sweegen

10 AM

Fireside Chat – How Dairy Trends Impact Specialized Nutrition

  • Uncovering the extent to which dairy consumer trends mirror into early life nutrition
  • Understanding consumers’ quest for health benefits and the importance of functionality in specialized nutrition

Interviewer: Mark Dempsey, Director of Consulting Food and Foodservice, GlobalData
Interviewee: Anca Avasilichioaei, Director European Business Development, Lactalis Nutrition

Speakers

10:30 AM

What’s in a Frame in the Dairy Space

  • Explore how changing your category definition can completely change your innovation approach and market opportunity
  • How it has changed the competitive landscape
  • What it means for innovation & the other marketing strategies

10:45 AM

Morning refreshments and networking

11:15 AM

Speaker Hosted Roundtables

Interactive roundtable sessions offer a unique opportunity to come together with your peers to share best practice and develop solutions to critical challenges facing the industry as a whole. Hosted by industry experts and each focused on a single issue, roundtables are an exciting, interactive way to build your personal network and learn from the experience and expertise of others.

Each roundtable session lasts for 40 minutes, and delegates may attend up to 2 roundtables.

RT1: Reserved for Tate & Lyle

RT2: Reserved for GNT Group BV

RT3: Reserved for Sponsor

12:35 PM

Lunch and networking

1:35 PM

How to Navigate a Sustainable Future for Beverage

  • What is sustainability for our industry and why does it matter?
  • Dairy Beverages in revised EU packaging regulation
  • One industry example of how to navigate

Speakers

2:05 PM

Reserved for TriVision

2:35 PM

Developing Plant Based Alternative Products in Line with Consumer Expectations

  • Investigating the consumer trends and how they have changed since COVID-19
  • Understanding the processes that go into developing plant based alternative products

 

Speakers

3:05 PM

Afternoon refreshments and networking

3:35 PM

The Dairy Innovation Goal: Nutrition, Performance & Experience

  • Understanding today’s consumer mindset to deliver value added dairy products the consumer loves
  • Focusing on the balance between nutrition, performance and experience to ensure consumer trust and leverage repurchase
  • Taking consumer experience further than taste and texture to ensure consumer love and loyalty
  • Repositioning dairy to combat the stigmas and stereotypes that have fuelled dairy free marketing campaigns

Speakers

4:05 PM

Next Gen Sports Nutrition: Flexing the Mental Muscle

  • Presenting the results of Fonterra’s Athlete Incubator Project & Athlete consumer segment research
  • The motivations, influencers and key components athletes look for in sports nutrition products
  • How unlocking mental wellness propositions can meet demand in the athlete demographic
  • Protein x Phospholipid – the latest dairy ingredient combination for sports nutrition

 

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4:35 PM

Close of Conference

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Mark Dempsey
Global Consulting Director – Foodservice, GlobalData

Mark brings over 20 years experience in the foodservice, retail and FMCG sectors to GlobalData.  Mark joined the GlobalData team in 2017 following 5 years living in Canada where he was an insights leader for PepsiCo and strategy consulting leader for the NPD group.   In his role at GlobalData, Mark brings bold thought-leadership to global partners across the manufacturer, retailer and distributor segments; always striving to find new ways to create growth by positively influencing shopper behaviour.

Mark brings significant FMCG knowledge and expertise to the conference having led research around the world on topics from shopper segmentation, to category market sizing to innovation planning and the study of global best practices.

Mark will be chairing the conference whilst sharing his views on the changing nature of next generation product offerings, the demands and expectations of today’s consumer, and the innovations and trends that will shape the future…

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Chairman’s opening remarks

2023-04-19, 8:50 AM

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Panel Discussion: Who Will Lead the Future: Dairy versus Plant-Based Alternatives Products?

2023-04-19, 11:30 AM

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Panel Discussion: Ingredients, Taste & Flavour in the Dairy and Plant-Based Alternative Industry

2023-04-19, 3:15 PM

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Panel Discussion: Creating New Innovative Dairy and Plant-Based Alternative Products

2023-04-19, 2:15 PM

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Interview with Expert Speaker: Achieving a Net Zero Carbon Footprint

2023-04-19, 12:30 PM

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The Future of Dairy Industry: Is It Completely Plant-Based?

2023-04-20, 9:00 AM

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Arturs Čirjevskis
CEO, Food Union

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The Dairy Innovation Goal: Nutrition, Performance & Experience

2023-04-20, 3:35 PM

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Hans Van Bochove
Head of Public Policy Centre, The Coca-Cola Company European

Hans van Bochove, VP Public affairs and Government Relations at Coca Cola is a key opinion leader in the beverage industry, amongst his responsibilities is the company’s packaging and recycling policy. He joined the Coca-Cola system in 1998 serving as Director Public Affairs and Communications in The Netherlands for nine years. From 2007 to 2011, Hans was Director Public Affairs, Communications and CSR at Starbucks Coffee Company for the Europe, Middle-East and Africa region. He then returned to Coca-Cola in his current role and since March 2017 also serves as Chairman of the European Organization for Packaging and Environment (EUROPEN).

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How to Navigate a Sustainable Future for Beverage

2023-04-20, 1:35 PM

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Anca Avasilichioaei
Director European Business Development, Lactalis Nutrition

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Fireside Chat – How Dairy Trends Impact Specialized Nutrition

2023-04-20, 10:00 AM

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Hittjo Homan
Manager Dairy Technology, Yili Innovation centre Europe

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Keynote address A New Wave of Sustainable Consumers: The Rise of the Globally Conscious Consumer

2023-04-19, 9:00 AM

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Panel Discussion: Creating New Innovative Dairy and Plant-Based Alternative Products

2023-04-19, 2:15 PM

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Kyle Brookmeyer
Innovation Change Manager, FrieslandCampina

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Innovating for a Sustainable Future

2023-04-19, 10:00 AM

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Vicky Davies
Global Senior Marketing Director, Performance, Active & Medical Nutrition, FrieslandCampina
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Mark Casey
General Manager, Trade Strategy & Stakeholder Affairs (Europe, Russia, Middle East, Africa), Fonterra

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Interview with Expert Speaker: Achieving a Net Zero Carbon Footprint

2023-04-19, 12:30 PM

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Odile Conan
Technical Innovation Manager

Odile has been working in the Food Industry for more than 25 years and has held different roles for major dairy ingredients compagnies in Europe. She has a strong expertise in B2B marketing and products innovation, and has a very good knowledge of the application of proteins ingredients.

Odile joined Fonterra 2 years ago and currently works in the European technical innovation team, providing technical support to Fonterra’s EU & Africa customers on their applications.

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Cecilia Lindström
Ph.D., Head of Open Innovation & Partnerships, Arla Foods

Cecilia Lindström is the Head of Open Innovation & Partnerships at Arla Foods Innovation. Besides future proofing Arla Foods by having external partners deliver to their innovation agenda she frequently speaks at conferences and events in order to inspire others and gain new inspiration around sustainable food innovation.

Her academic background, a PhD in Biotechnology and Nutrition and long-term focus on external collaborations have paved the way towards where she stands today. Cecilia is passionate about changing the conversation about the future food system to be based on scientifically validated principles not on perceived or emotionally felt benefits. She believes collaborative efforts across the whole value chain and industries are needed in order to solve our broken food system.

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Panel Discussion: Who Will Lead the Future: Dairy versus Plant-Based Alternatives Products?

2023-04-19, 11:30 AM

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Dr. Olaf Larsen
Senior Manager Science & MT Member, Yakult Nederland B.V.

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The Putative Role of Probiotic Dairy on the Gut Microbiome

2023-04-19, 4:30 PM

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Panel Discussion: Creating New Innovative Dairy and Plant-Based Alternative Products

2023-04-19, 2:15 PM

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Philippe Teissier
Phd, R&I Ferments and Fermentation Director, Danone Nutricia Research

I’m philippe Teissier, R&I Director Ferments and fermentation at Danone research Paris Saclay (France). After a pHD in bioprocess, I join Danone 26 years ago to work on different brands such as Actimel, Activia , Hipro and disruptive innovation. Today I’m in charge of the design of cultures and specific fermentations for our different categories of products dairy, plant based and specialized nutrition overcoming scientific and technical hurdle to deliver superior nutritious and healthy fermented food for our consumers.

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Panel Discussion: Ingredients, Taste & Flavour in the Dairy and Plant-Based Alternative Industry

2023-04-19, 3:15 PM

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Henrik Lund
CEO, Naturli’ Foods

CEO at NATURLI’ and true believer in a plantbased diet. NATURLI’ makes change easy by producing vegan noncompromising products in dairy, meat and ice cream – one-stop shopping with benefits for the planet and you!

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Panel Discussion: Who Will Lead the Future: Dairy versus Plant-Based Alternatives Products?

2023-04-19, 11:30 AM

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Developing Plant Based Alternative Products in Line with Consumer Expectations

2023-04-19, 5:15 PM

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Developing Plant Based Alternative Products in Line with Consumer Expectations

2023-04-20, 2:35 PM

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Kinga Adamaszwili
Senior Nutrition, Health & Food Law Officer

Director – Food Policy, Nutrition and Regulatory Affairs European Dairy Association (EDA) / European Whey Processors Association (EWPA), Euromilk

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On Navigating Regulations and Market Compliance in the Dairy Industry

2023-04-19, 2:15 PM

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Brittany VanBuskirk
Plant Based Proteins Global Applications Lead, Ingredion

Brittany VanBuskirk is the Plant Based Proteins Global Applications Lead at Ingredion. She has over 10 years of experience in ingredient and finished product development, collaborating with Ingredion’s small and large customers to develop solutions for the plant based protein space. Brittany previously led the Dairy & Alternative Dairy Subject Expertise Team for North America and prior to her role at Ingredion was a product developer for Danone North America. She has a Masters of Business and Science in Global Agriculture from Rutgers University and a Bachelors of Science in Food Science from Penn State.

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Powering Dairy Alternatives: The Functional and Nutritional Benefits of Plant Proteins

2023-04-19, 12:00 PM

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Davy Rosseel
Global Key Account Manager, Resilux Group

Davy Rosseel is Global Key Account Manager at Resilux Group and experienced in business development PET preforms and bottles. With his strong focus in Dairy and Plant Based Drinks Resilux can offer true sustainable packaging solutions for valuable and innovative food and drinks opportunities.

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Panel Discussion: Is a New Era of Fully Recyclable Packaging Ahead of Us?

2023-04-19, 3:15 PM

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Davide Risso
Senior Research Scientist for Europe, Middle East and Africa, Global Nutrition Team, Tate & Lyle

Davide Risso, MSc, PhD is Senior Research Scientist for Europe, Middle East and Africa in the Global Nutrition Team of Tate & Lyle.

Dr. Risso holds a PhD in the topic of Sensory Nutrition from the University of Bologna (Italy) and has held research positions at the University of Gastronomic Sciences (Pollenzo, Italy), at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) (Bethesda, MD, USA), at the German Institute of Human Nutrition (DIfE) (Nuthetal, Germany), and at the University of Washington School of Medicine (Seattle, WA, USA).

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The Rising Demand for Nutritious Food – Fibre in Dairy, An Opportunity for Adding Value

2023-04-19, 9:30 AM

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Delphine Forejt
Category Development Manager, Tate & Lyle

Delphine Forejt, Category Development Manager at Tate & Lyle, is responsible for Dairy and Baby Food category strategy and business development in Europe.

 

Delphine has over 20 years of experience in business development, marketing, commercialisation of innovation and strategy. With a strong business acumen and outside-in mindset, she is passionate about identifying the latest evolution of market trends and developing valuable partnership with food companies resulting in sustainable innovative growth opportunities across the food value chain.

 

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The Rising Demand for Nutritious Food – Fibre in Dairy, An Opportunity for Adding Value

2023-04-19, 9:30 AM

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Meleknur Tüzün
Global Segment Manager for (Plant-based) Dairy & Cheese, Avebe

Meleknur is Global Segment Manager for (Plant-based) Dairy & Cheese at Avebe. Mel has over 8 years’ experience in texturizing solutions, protein and starches for plant-based cheese and plant-based dairy together with traditional dariy and cheese knowledge. Mel holds a Food Engineering and an Executive-MBA degree from Istanbul Technical University. Mel has 12 years of experience in the food production industry and has been working at Avebe for over 8 years.

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Avebe Potato based Texture Solutions; Bridging the Texture Gap in Plant-based Food with Ingredient Solutions from Potato

2023-04-19, 3:45 PM

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Anna Ranki
Sales Manager, ColloidTek Oy

Anna has over 10 years of experience working in international B2B sales by supporting customers in improving their bottom line. She holds a Master’s degree in Industrial Management and Bachelor in International business.

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The clever way to stop product losses in dairy plants – Collo liquid fingerprint technology & AI

2023-04-19, 3:45 PM

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Michael Moren
Commercial Director, ICPG

Michael Moren is the Commercial Director at Impact Plastics. Michael has over 30 years of experience in client development and consultative account management with a focus on the development of customized thermoforming rollstock structures for the dairy products packaging applications. His functional & technical experience include sales & project management, packaging development, thermoforming rollstock structure development and form fill seal rollstock structure development for barrier and non-barrier rigid packaging applications.

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Sustainable & Cost Effective Material Replacement with Specialty Polypropylene Solutions in Form-Fill-Seal (FFS) Dairy Applications

2023-04-19, 1:00 PM

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Micael Simonsson
Director Processing Development and Biotech, Tetra Pak

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Alternative protein sources and future foods

2023-04-19, 5:00 PM

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Eric Souza
Global Category Manager Dairy & Dairy Alternatives, AGRANA

Shaking the Dairy sector is my passion and my life. I am passionate about discussing the future of Dairy and its alternatives and for the last 13 years, I have been discussing paths for innovation by having consumer needs at the center of my daily life and addressing a way for optimizing the way products are produced for sustainable growth. A food engineer as a professional, a creative global innovator by design.

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How to hit the mainstream market with plant-based products

2023-04-19, 2:45 PM

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Melanie Sturm
Global Market & Consumer Insights Manager, AGRANA

Internationally experienced market & consumer insights manager in the food industry always on the lookout for the latest news and trends. Being strongly passionate about food and analytical at the same time allows me to filter out the noise and transform relevant information to actionable insights. I have a strong track record of establishing and expanding market & consumer insights in the B2B food ingredients space. Inspiring people and driving leaders in the industry to make more informed decisions based on insights is what drives me.

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How to hit the mainstream market with plant-based products

2023-04-19, 2:45 PM

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Fredoen Valianpour
Global Innovation Director, Bunge Loders Croklaan

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Panel Discussion: Who Will Lead the Future: Dairy versus Plant-Based Alternatives Products?

2023-04-19, 11:30 AM

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Mike Bagshaw
Founder , I.T.S.

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Panel Discussion: Ingredients, Taste & Flavour in the Dairy and Plant-Based Alternative Industry

2023-04-19, 3:15 PM

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