IFST’s 2017 Spring Conference will bring together leading experts and thought leaders to explore the latest science and technology solutions and how these can change the way we produce, process, transport and consume our food and drink.
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME:
Time | Sessions |
08:30 |
Registration opens, refreshments |
09:10 |
Conference opens: Welcome - David Gregory, IFST President Welcome and opening remarks by Chair - Ian Noble, Senior R&D Director, Mondelez |
09:30 |
Session 1: Keynote speaker – TBC |
10:10 |
Session 2: Technologies in agriculture and related primary processing Dave Ross, Chief Executive, Agri-Epicentre |
10:35 |
Session 3: The future shape of food processing Matt Rayment, Group Business Development Manager, MTC |
11:00 |
Tea/coffee - Exhibition |
11:25 |
Session 4: Consumer desires and shopper behaviours – the changing face of food retail - Fraser McKevitt, Head of Retail and Consumer Insight, Kantar Worldpanel |
11:50 |
Session 5: Shaping the future of the food industry through disruptive innovation - Ian Campbell, Director of Health & Life Sciences, Innovate UK |
12:20 |
Session 6: Panel Discussion Chair: Chris Wells, Managing Director, Leatherhead Food Research Panellists: Frazer McKevitt, Head of Retail and Consumer Insight, Kantar Worldpanel Ian Campbell, Director of Health & Life Sciences, Innovate UK Matt Rayment, Group Business Development Manager, MTC Dave Ross, Dave Ross, Chief Executive, Agri-Epicentre |
13:00 | Lunch - Exhibition |
14:00 |
Session 7: The role of process, product and ingredient design in future food manufacturing - Professor Tim Foster, EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Food |
14:25 |
Session 8: Personalised nutrition: genes, technologies and health - Professor John Mathers, Newcastle University |
14:50 |
Session 9: The answer’s 42; now what is the question? Advances in analytical methods - Roy Betts, Head of Microbiology, Campden BRI |
15:15 |
Tea/coffee - Exhibition |
15:40 |
Session 10: Information and power in the hands of consumers- speaker (TBC) |
16:00 | Session 11: Chair’s round-up and perspectives from the day- Ian Noble, Senior R&D Director, Mondelez |
16:15 |
Conference close |
Nearest underground stations: Temple - 2 min walk. Charing Cross, Embankment, Waterloo Stations - 15 min walk
Dress code: Lounge suit/business dress
Parking: No public parking, but a pay and display parking system operates in near by streets including Surrey Street.
For more information or if you need an invoice please contact Delia Mertoiu.
The Strand
London, WC2R 2LS
United Kingdom
Event Fee(s) | |
Conference Member and concession | £95.00 |
Conference Standard (Non-member) | £155.00 |
Conference Dinner | £50.00 |
Conference and Dinner (Member and Concession) | £145.00 |
Conference and Dinner (Standard) | £205.00 |