Dairy Innovation Strategies 2023

Devising Commercially Successful Strategies for the Dairy Industry

19 - 20

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  • 19 Apr 2023
  • 20 Apr 2023
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Stream one

Innovation & NPD

Stream two

Packaging & Sustainability

2:15 PM

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

Kinga Adamaszwili
Senior Nutrition, Health & Food Law Officer

2:45 PM

A turbulent 2022 and opportunities for 2023 and beyond for the dairy and plant-based beverage industry

  • Turbulence on the demand and supply side in the European dairy industry
  • Europe: Resilience test for both dairies and plant-based segment
  • Our forecasts
  • How beverage carton packaging can play a pivotal role in the positioning strategy of key participants
  • SIG at a glance in the European dairy world

Speakers

Julia Trebels
Global Senior Category & Consumer Insights Manager, SIG Combibloc
Muhib Noor Rahman
Regional Category Manager, Europe, Dairy and Plant-based Beverages, 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

Davy Rosseel
Global Key Account Manager, Resilux Group
Henrik Lund
CEO, Naturli’ Foods
Sarah Bjerre Lindboe
Group QEHS and Innovation Manager, Dragsbæk Group
Mark Casey
General Manager - Trade Strategy & Stakeholder Affairs (Europe, Middle East, Africa), Fonterra

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

Anna Ranki
Sales Manager, ColloidTek Oy

8 AM

Registration and networking

8:50 AM

Chairman’s opening remarks

Speakers

Mark Dempsey
Senior Consulting Director – Global, GlobalData

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

Speakers

Hittjo Homan
Manager Dairy Technology, Yili Innovation centre Europe

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

Davide Risso
Senior Research Scientist for Europe, Middle East and Africa, Global Nutrition Team, Tate & Lyle
Delphine Forejt
Category Development Manager, Tate & Lyle

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

Kyle Brookmeyer
Head of Sustainability, FrieslandCampina Ingredients

10:30 AM

Munters OptiPure solution for spray drying

  • Controlled drying process
  • 30-50% energy reduction
  • Maximized powder output
  • Controlled climate for stable powder quality

Speakers

Marcel van den Berghe
Manager Centre of Excellence Spray and Food Drying, 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

Speakers

Cecilia Lindström
Ph.D., Head of Open Innovation & Partnerships, Arla Foods
Mark Dempsey
Senior Consulting Director – Global, GlobalData
Henrik Lund
CEO, Naturli’ Foods
Fredoen Valianpour
Global Innovation Director, Bunge Loders Croklaan

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

Speakers

Brittany VanBuskirk
Plant Based Proteins Global Applications Lead, Ingredion

12:30 PM

Interview: 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

Speakers

Mark Casey
General Manager - Trade Strategy & Stakeholder Affairs (Europe, Middle East, Africa), Fonterra
Mark Dempsey
Senior Consulting Director – Global, GlobalData

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

Michael Moren
Commercial Director, ICPG

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

Mark Dempsey
Senior Consulting Director – Global, GlobalData
Dr. Olaf Larsen
Senior Manager Science & MT Member, Yakult Nederland B.V.
Hittjo Homan
Manager Dairy Technology, Yili Innovation centre Europe
Vicky Davies
Global Senior Marketing Director, Performance, Active & Medical Nutrition, FrieslandCampina
Andrei Garbuz
Founder & CEO, YAAR Bar

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

Eric Souza
Global Category Manager Dairy & Dairy Alternatives, AGRANA
Melanie Sturm
Global Market and Consumer Insight Manager, AGRANA

3 PM

Case study: Challenging traditional dairy with innovative handheld yogurt snacks

  • Have you ever had a yogurt you can eat with your hands?
  • Functional indulgence: Creamy cheesecake texture meets gut-friendly kefir cultures
  • No spooning: From On the Go to bedtime treat-handheld snacking revolution

Speakers

Andrei Garbuz
Founder & CEO, YAAR Bar

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

 

Speakers

Mark Dempsey
Senior Consulting Director – Global, GlobalData
Philippe Teissier
Phd, R&I Ferments and Fermentation Director, Danone Nutricia Research
Mike Bagshaw
Owner and Founder, I.T.S
Vicky Davies
Global Senior Marketing Director, Performance, Active & Medical Nutrition, FrieslandCampina

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

Meleknur Tüzün
Global Segment Manager (Plant-Based) Dairy & Cheese, Royal Avebe

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

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

5 PM

Alternative protein sources and future foods

  • Microorganisms a solution for future food scarcity?
  • Is partnerships the way to bridge a new technology?

Speakers

Micael Simonsson
Director Processing Development and Biotech, Tetra Pak

5:30 PM

Driving suppression of protein agglomeration in external fields: under the influence

  • We explore how externally-applied electro-magnetic fields suppress protein coagulation
  • Description of nanoscale phenomena occurring by such out-of-equilibrium processes
  • We explain how this affects aqueous-solution viscosity during milk and dairy production
  • Exploration of favourable implications for process-cycle operations in milk production

Speakers

Prof. Niall English
Professor (Chemical Engineering) at UCD and CTO at AquaB

5:45 PM

Chairman’s closing remarks

Speakers

Mark Dempsey
Senior Consulting Director – Global, GlobalData

5:50 PM

Networking drinks sponsored by AquaB

8 AM

Registration and networking

8:45 AM

Chairman’s opening remarks

Speakers

Mark Dempsey
Senior Consulting Director – Global, GlobalData

8:50 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

Mark Dempsey
Senior Consulting Director – Global, GlobalData

9:20 AM

Make sugar reduction less frustrating – new technologies that will help

  • Who is Sweegen: How we can help to achieve the best outcome
  • The importance of sugar reduction: Why reduce sugar
  • From ingredients technologies to application: Take a holistic approach to sugar reduction
  • Trust + Vision collaboration: Find the right partner that shares your value

Speakers

Daria Nalewajek
Global Director, Sweetener Innovation, Sweegen
Damian Bellusci
VP of Sales EMEA & APAC, Sweegen

9:50 AM

Fireside chat: Moving forward – 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

Anca Avasilichioaei
Director European Business Development, Lactalis Nutrition

10:20 AM

Growing demand and trade within a sustainable dairy sector

  • Discovering the latest global supply and demand dynamics and dairy trade trends
  • Showing that dairy consumption has shown remarkable resilience in the face of recent shocks
  • Exploring the short and medium term outlook for dairy markets and trade, in particular the possibility of increasing unmet demand as global consumption continues to grow, while milk production in key exporting regions is facing environmental constraints
  • Underlining the importance of sustainable business models going forward and the crucial role of trade in the dairy supply chain

Speakers

Julie Collard
Economic Affairs and Events Manager, Eucolait

10:50 AM

Morning refreshments and networking

11:20 AM

Roundtable 2: Using Natural Ingredients to drive Colorful Innovation

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.

Color can bring dairy products to life, but modern consumers demand natural formulations. Coloring Foods are plant-based color concentrates that support completely clean and clear label declarations. NATCOL’s Code of Practice for Coloring Foods in the EU has set out clear guidelines to differentiate these food ingredients from color additives.

Discover how clean-label colors can boost products including milk drinks, yogurts, and ice creams at this Round-Table Session.

Steven Taylor, Head of Sales UK, GNT UK
Francisco Unates, Key Account Manager, GNT Iberia

Speakers

Steven Taylor
Head of Sales UK, GNT UK
Francisco Unates
Key Account Manager, GNT Iberia

11:20 AM

Roundtable 1: Fibre in dairy yoghurts, an opportunity for growth?

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.

More than 8 in 10 UK consumers of yoghurt would be willing to consume a healthier drinkable or spoonable yoghurt with added fibre*. To which extent, fibre fortification can help boosting sales of yoghurt brands? What are the requirements for success? Thanks to interactive tools (quizz), delegates will be invited to first check their knowledge of fibres and of typical consumers’ diet, before opening the discussion.

Source: *T&L proprietary research November 2022 – 25-34 years-old UK consumers

Piera Vitali, Category Director, Dairy and Baby Food, Europe, Tate & Lyle
Davide Risso, Senior Research Scientist for Europe, Middle East and Africa in the Global Nutrition Team, Tate & Lyle
Griet Herregods, Technical Category Manager, Dairy and Baby Food, Europe, Tate & Lyle

 

 

Speakers

Piera Vitali
Category Director, Dairy and Baby Food, Europe, Tate & Lyle
Davide Risso
Senior Research Scientist for Europe, Middle East and Africa, Global Nutrition Team, Tate & Lyle
Griet Herregods
Technical Category Manager, Dairy and Baby Food, Europe, Tate & Lyle

12:40 PM

Lunch and networking

1:40 PM

Live virtual presentation: 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

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

2:10 PM

Machine vision inspection: Bridging the gap between compliance and performance

  • Compliance drivers for automating the inspection of food products
  • The performance leavers and applications of automated optical inspection

Speakers

Jesper Bach
CEO & Partner, TriVision

2:40 PM

Afternoon refreshments and networking

3:10 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

Henrik Lund
CEO, Naturli’ Foods

3:40 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

 

Speakers

ODILE CONAN
Technical Innovation Manager, Fonterra

4:10 PM

Chairman’s closing remarks

Speakers

Mark Dempsey
Senior Consulting Director – Global, GlobalData

4:15 PM

Close of Conference

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Mark Dempsey
Senior Consulting Director – Global, 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: 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, 8:50 AM

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Chairman’s opening remarks

2023-04-20, 8:45 AM

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Chairman’s closing remarks

2023-04-19, 5:45 PM

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Chairman’s closing remarks

2023-04-20, 4:10 PM

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

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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Live virtual presentation: How to navigate a sustainable future for beverage

2023-04-20, 1:40 PM

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Anca Avasilichioaei
Director European Business Development, Lactalis Nutrition

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Fireside chat: Moving forward – how dairy trends impact specialized nutrition

2023-04-20, 9:50 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
Head of Sustainability, FrieslandCampina Ingredients

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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

Vicky Davies is Senior Global Marketing Director for Performance, Active & Medical Nutrition at FrieslandCampina Ingredients. She trained as a physiologist and nutritionist, and has a PhD in nutritional biochemistry. She has been working in health and nutrition for 20 years, holding posts in academia and clinical nutrition research, as well as leadership roles in communications and marketing in leading multi-national companies, including Danone and Philips.

At FrieslandCampina Ingredients, Vicky is responsible for the global marketing and innovation strategy in Performance, Active and Medical nutrition. With her team, she strives to bring locally relevant, superior and beneficial nutrition and health related solutions to customers and consumers around the globe.

Vicky is passionate about her work, which enables her to bring together her love of nutrition and business, to have a positive and holistic impact on people’s health throughout their lives.

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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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Mark Casey
General Manager - Trade Strategy & Stakeholder Affairs (Europe, Middle East, Africa), Fonterra

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Interview: Achieving a net zero carbon footprint

2023-04-19, 12:30 PM

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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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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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Panel discussion: Is a new era of fully recyclable packaging ahead of us?

2023-04-19, 3:15 PM

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Developing plant based alternative products in line with consumer expectations

2023-04-20, 3:10 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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Navigating regulations and market compliance in the dairy industry

2023-04-19, 2:15 PM

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Sarah Bjerre Lindboe
Group QEHS and Innovation Manager, Dragsbæk Group

My name is Sarah Bjerre Lindboe, I am 42 years old, My background is civil engineering in biotechnology. I´m an experienced leader with a demonstrated history of working in the Food and Healthcare industry. I´m the Group QEHS and Innovation Manager (Group QEHS and Innovation Manager) for the Dragsbæk group, including responsibility for Quality, EHS, CSR, Food legislation and Innovation. The Dragsbæk group includes, among other things, Blume Food, Grønvang Food, Ismejeriet Thy, Dragsbæk Thisted, Scandinavian Retail Food and NATURLI' Food.

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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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Andrei Garbuz
Founder & CEO, YAAR Bar

Bio: Andriy Garbuz, Founder & CEO: After Graduating from SOAS and the University of Oxford in 2005, Andriy spent his next 7 years in investment management at JP Morgan, VTB Bank and Kinburn Investments in London, Kiev, and Moscow. In 2012, he decided to set up his own consumer health distribution company after acquiring rights for innovative health treatment that he introduced to Asian consumers. He made it into a best seller in Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand before exiting and starting YAAR in 2018.

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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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Case study: Challenging traditional dairy with innovative handheld yogurt snacks

2023-04-19, 3:00 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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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, commercialization 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 (Plant-Based) Dairy & Cheese, Royal Avebe

Meleknurs’ Food Engineering degree in 2008 equipped her with deep knowledge of food science and processing, laying the foundation for her future in the food production industry expertise. This foundation was furthered by a 2018 Executive-MBA from Istanbul Technical University, equipping her with a strategic understanding of the business landscape.

Meleknur has spent over 14 years deeply immersed in the (Plant-based) Dairy and Cheese world, specializing in solutions like flavours, fruit preparations, and pre-mixes. The past 9 years at Avebe, provided Meleknur with a deep understanding of innovative texturizing solutions, proteins, and starches, in diverse cheese and dairy projects (both traditional and plant-based). This unique blend of expertise empowers her as a Global Segment Manager, to connect clients with Avebe's innovative texturizing solutions, proteins, and starches.

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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

Meet Anna Ranki, a dynamic figure in dairy industry. Her diverse background brings a fresh perspective to the dairy industry, infusing it with new sustainability-focused ideas and methodologies. Her commitment to environmentally friendly practices and efficiency has enabled her to develop strategies that not only benefit the bottom line but also contribute to the broader goal of creating a more sustainable future. As we delve into the discussions at the Dairy Innovations Congress, Anna's insights promise to inspire new perspectives and contribute to the ongoing dialogue about the future of dairy.

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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 and Consumer Insight 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

Fredoen Valianpour holds a PhD in Chemistry and has long history in product development & innovation in the food industry, developing ingredients for industries such as dairy & beverages and Plant-Based food. He is currently Global Director of Innovation for Plant-Based at Bunge. Throughout his career, he challenged food development practices and believes in the collaborative creation of new and sustainable food concepts for diverse, healthy, and delicious meals included in the daily lives of people of all generations. He is passionate about people, poetry, and philosophy.

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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
Owner and Founder, I.T.S

Owner and Founder of UK-based natural flavour manufacturer, I.T.S. Mike is an experienced flavour innovator who has spent over 25 years in the food and beverage industry. With a background in science and food ingredients, he then founded I.T.S. in 2009. Building it up from his kitchen table to the international flavour business it is today. Mike remains proudly independent and always passionate about creating market-leading natural flavours for the food and beverage market. Mike spends his days exploring the food and drink industry, playing rugby and brewing beer.

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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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Julia Trebels
Global Senior Category & Consumer Insights Manager, SIG Combibloc

Julia is responsible for SIG’s global Category & Consumer Insights Management. She joined SIG 9 years ago and has held different roles in SIG’s marketing department since then. In her last 9 years Julia has developed expertise in B2B marketing, with specific focus on packaging innovation and consumer insights in the dairy and plant-based categories.

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A turbulent 2022 and opportunities for 2023 and beyond for the dairy and plant-based beverage industry

2023-04-19, 2:45 PM

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Muhib Noor Rahman
Regional Category Manager, Europe, Dairy and Plant-based Beverages, SIG Combibloc

Muhib is leading the category development for Dairy and Plant-Based beverages in Europe for SIG Combibloc.  and working for the company for over 3 years. He is a well experienced strategic marketer and brings with him more than 15 years of working experience in the fields of Brand Management, Strategic Marketing and Market Research, and has been working with British American Tobacco and Holcim Group before joining the SIG Combibloc.

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A turbulent 2022 and opportunities for 2023 and beyond for the dairy and plant-based beverage industry

2023-04-19, 2:45 PM

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Marcel van den Berghe
Manager Centre of Excellence Spray and Food Drying, Munters

Marcel van den Berghe is living with his family in the Netherlands. Marcel has more than 25 years experience in Air treatment solutions, specific in air dehumidification. He started in 1998 working for HB Drying system in Almelo. In 2004 he came familiar with the spray drying application and introduced air dehumidification to increase powder output and create process stability. This resulted in a global spread of installations to serve spray dryers for different products. In 2015 Marcel joined Munters. He is currently responsible for Munters strategic development of their spray drying solutions to meet even higher sustainability goals, thereby supporting a healthier planet.

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Munters OptiPure solution for spray drying

2023-04-19, 10:30 AM

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Steven Taylor
Head of Sales UK, GNT UK

Steven Taylor is a Technical Sales Manager with over 20 years’ experience the food industry. He started his career as a dairy technologist working in Quality and R&D and moving to business development and sales, covering, dairy, flavours and now Colouring Foods. He has been with GNT since 2015 and along with other key accounts and territories he is head of the UK sales team. He has extensive experience supporting large multinationals in the use of plant-based colors.

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Roundtable 2: Using Natural Ingredients to drive Colorful Innovation

2023-04-20, 11:20 AM

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Francisco Unates
Key Account Manager, GNT Iberia

Francisco is a Technical Sales Manager with a background in Food Engineering. He has a wide experience in advising companies in different sectors of the food industry on the use of food colours to develop and improve their products naturally. Francisco the Category Coordinator for the Dairy Category within GNT.

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Roundtable 2: Using Natural Ingredients to drive Colorful Innovation

2023-04-20, 11:20 AM

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Jesper Bach
CEO & Partner, TriVision

Jesper Bach serves as CEO/Managing Director and Partner at TriVision. Jesper Bach joined TriVision in September 2017.

Previously, Jesper Bach held senior management and commercial roles with Alfa Laval, Norgren / IMI Precision Engineering, PMC Technology A/S, Bizerba A/S, Robert Bosch and Poul Johansen Maskiner A/S.

Jesper Bach has a Bachelor of Science (B. Sc) in Mechanical Engineering from Tech. University of Denmark (DTU) and a Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.) Foreign Trade, HD(U) from Copenhagen Business School as well as Business Leadership studies at Cranfield University, UK and INSEAD, France.

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Machine vision inspection: Bridging the gap between compliance and performance

2023-04-20, 2:10 PM

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Prof. Niall English
Professor (Chemical Engineering) at UCD and CTO at AquaB

Niall English as a professor in Chemical Engineering at University College Dublin, as well as an inventor, chartered chemical engineer a spin-out/start-up entrepreneur. Many of his interests lie in how external fields affect the ordering and behaviour of systems at the nanoscale - such as those composed of water, water-gas and proteins. In particular, he is fascinated how protein assemblies respond to fields - and typically in industrial situations, such a milk processing.

Aqua-B’s disruptive innovation in low-energy, ultra-dense nanobubble (UD-NB) generation in water, and other solvents, stems from its breakthrough discovery of electrostriction-based nano-phase generation. Without any moving parts, these solid-state nanobubble generators can be deployed and retro-fitted for ultra-efficient performance – even Off-Grid (e.g., solar means) to revolutionise water aeration, e.g., for activated-sludge and dissolved-air flotation – slashing OPEX.

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Driving suppression of protein agglomeration in external fields: under the influence

2023-04-19, 5:30 PM

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Julie Collard
Economic Affairs and Events Manager, Eucolait

Julie Collard is the Economic Affairs and Events Manager at Eucolait, the European Dairy Trade Association based in Brussels. As the organisation’s market analyst since 2019, Julie is responsible for all data analysis, market reporting and creation of content for Eucolait’s presentations. Her analysis covers the whole dairy supply chain from production to consumption, with a focus on global dairy trade dynamics. She also represents Eucolait in the European Milk Market Observatory expert group. Julie joined the association 15 years ago and was in charge of processing statistics, event management and office administration in her previous role.

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Growing demand and trade within a sustainable dairy sector

2023-04-20, 10:20 AM

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Damian Bellusci
VP of Sales EMEA & APAC, Sweegen

As Vice President of Sales, EMEA & APAC, for Sweegen, Damian is a driven, innovative and highly successful “hands on” commercial leader. With 25 years of commercial experience within the flavor & fragrance and specialty ingredient markets, he is highly committed to delivering value through business growth and inter-departmental efficiency. Damian is skilled at the development and execution of local, regional, and global strategies across matrix organizations and has a proven track record as a multinational team builder, delivering unrivalled sales success in highly competitive global flavors and fragrance and natural sweetener markets. He is based in Reading, England.

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Make sugar reduction less frustrating – new technologies that will help

2023-04-20, 9:20 AM

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Daria Nalewajek
Global Director, Sweetener Innovation, Sweegen

As Global Director of Sweetener Innovation for Sweegen, Daria is focused on building Sweegen’s industry-leading portfolio of sweetener innovations. Having spent over a decade in the food and beverage industry, her primary focus has been on Product Development with a lens toward ingredient innovation. Daria's great understanding of the global needs for reformulation and innovation allows her to identify how new sweetness technology can have the greatest impact.  
 
Her passion for making low sugar products tasting amazing is closely linked to her personal values. She is based in Reading, England. 

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Make sugar reduction less frustrating – new technologies that will help

2023-04-20, 9:20 AM

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Piera Vitali
Category Director, Dairy and Baby Food, Europe, Tate & Lyle

Piera Vitali, Category Director – Europe – Dairy and Baby Food at Tate & Lyle has been working in Europe 12+ years delivering on customer service, supply chain, sales and is currently responsible of the Dairy and Baby Food Europe Category. With a solid business background today, her key focus is on connecting the dots btw solving consumer needs and industry feasibility. Passionate about food industry and about unlocking partnership through quality of service, supply, and relationships.

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Roundtable 1: Fibre in dairy yoghurts, an opportunity for growth?

2023-04-20, 11:20 AM

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Griet Herregods
Technical Category Manager, Dairy and Baby Food, Europe, Tate & Lyle

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Roundtable 1: Fibre in dairy yoghurts, an opportunity for growth?

2023-04-20, 11:20 AM

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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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Roundtable 1: Fibre in dairy yoghurts, an opportunity for growth?

2023-04-20, 11:20 AM

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