PRESENTATION SLIDES NOW AVAILABLE
*Rebecca Andersons' slide deck not included in set. .PDF May be downloaded separately below.
| Monday, May 22 | ||
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| 5:00 – 9:00 pm
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Set up for Exhibitors and Sponsors
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| 6:00 – 7:00 pm
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Welcome Reception and Registration |
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| Tuesday, May 23 | ||
| 7:00 – 8:00 am
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Continental Breakfast |
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| 8:00 – 8:15 am
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Welcome and Opening Remarks
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| 8:15 – 9:00 am
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Keynote Presentation Packaging Considerations: From Field to Kitchen Cory Zavagno, Director, National Replenishment, Blue Apron |
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| 9:00 – 9:30 am | Evolution in Produce Packaging and Marketing in age of Online Shopping Thomas Karst, Senior Editor, The Packer |
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| 9:30 – 10:00 am | Exhibitor Introductions
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| 10:00 – 10:30 am
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Break with Exhibitors
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| 10:30 – 11:00 am
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From Product and Packaging Concept to Realization and Commerce Cynthia Klein, CEO, CK Solutions Group LLC |
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| 11:00 – 11:30 am
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Keynote Presentation New Frontiers - Food Packaging in Small Parcel Quint Marini, Packaging Engineering Manager, UPS Customer Solutions |
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| 11:30am – 12:00pm
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Panel Discussion Consumer Expectations in E-Commerce and Retail |
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| 12:00 – 1:00 pm
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Lunch Room - Big Sur |
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| 1:00 – 1:30 pm
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Keynote Presentation Millennials and Ugly Produce - A Love Story Ronald Clark, Co-founder and Chief Supply Officer, Imperfect Produce, SPC |
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| 1:30 – 2:00 pm | GFSI Best Practices to Manage FSMA Requirements Rebecca Anderson, Technical Key Account Manager, GLOBALG.A.P. North America Inc. |
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| 2:00 – 2:30 pm
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Packaging Innovation and how it will Help our Industry Move into the Next Generation Peter Hill, Operations Manager for North, Central, and South America, Zespri International |
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| 2:30 – 3:00 pm
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Traceability for Small Farmers and E-Commerce Karen Marie Feliz, Vice President of Supply Ecosystems, Aggrigator |
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| 3:00 – 4:00 pm | Break with exhibitors | |
| 4:00 – 4:30 pm
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Marine Corps Subsistence Concepts of Employments Captain Brent Patterson, U.S. Marine Corp, Officer- in-charge for West Coast Food Management Team |
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| 4:30 – 5:00 pm
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Panel Discussion Packaging’s role in food waste |
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| 6:00 – 8:00 pm
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Reception Room - Monterey Terrace & Beach |
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| Wednesday, May 24 | ||
| 7:00 - 7:15 am
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Lobby breakfast to go Bus departs South Entrance to Conference Center-breakfast to go Please remember to dress warm as the cooling rooms and morning air are cold. No jewelry, shorts or skirts, open toe shoes and photos. |
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| 8:00 - 9:00 am
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Field Tour 1: True Leaf Farms: Salad Processing Facility
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| 10:15 - 11:30 am | Field Tour 2: Tour of WGA Center for Innovation & Technology | |
| 12:00 - 1:00 pm
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Lunch at Hyatt Regency Monterey Hotel and Spa
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