Located in the Reagan Room & Terrace (lobby level)
Continental Breakfast
Location: San Rafael
World Dairy Outlook Michael Brown•Sara Dorland•Corey Geiger•Mary Ledman•William Loux•Phil Plourd•Mark Russo
Location: Santa Ynez
"How's the Weather?" Global Climate Review presented by Mark Russo, Everstream
Domestic & International Dairy Macro Highlights presented by Phil Plourd, Ever.Ag
"What's on Your Mind?" An Expert Panel Roundtable on Global Dairy featuring Corey Geiger of CoBank, Mike Brown of IDFA, Sara Dorland of Ceres and Will Loux of USDEC
Michael Brown
Chief Economist at International Dairy Foods Association
Sara Dorland
Managing Partner at Ceres Dairy Risk Management LLC
Corey Geiger
Lead Economist Dairy at CoBank
Mary Ledman
Global Dairy Strategist at Rabobank International
William Loux
SVP, Global Economic Affairs at U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC)
Phil Plourd
President at Ever.Ag
Mark Russo
Chief Science Officer, Certified Consulting Meteorologist at Everstream Analytics
Morning Networking Break | Sponsored by Idaho Milk Products
Location: San Rafael
Strategy in the Context of Global Dairy Outlook & Opportunities Devon Kuehn, MD
Location: Santa Ynez
ByHeart is a rising star in the infant formula space, literally the first new U.S. producer to emerge in decades. Join us as Devon shares her insights into ByHeart’s choice to pursue an organic, grass-fed business model for their infant formulas, framed by the global dairy challenges and opportunities shared in the dairy expert roundtable that precedes Dr. Kuehn’s presentation.
Is the ByHeart strategy just a timely capture of a near-term, niche opportunity, or will future competitiveness for U.S. dairy producers depend on adapting to similar characteristics to remain competitive on the global stage as we continue to supply ingredients into these value-added applications?
Devon Kuehn, MD
Chief Medical Officer at ByHeart, Inc.
Producer Spotlight: Boots on the Ground in the Midwest Region Janet Clark
Janet Clark
Vision Aire Farms, LLC
Lunch | Sponsored by FoodTec Canada and Tedford/Tellico
Location: Plaza del Sol
Ingredient Insights: Part I Mike McCully•Anders Steen Jorgensen
Location: Santa Ynez
Mike McCully
President at McCully Consulting
Anders Steen Jorgensen
Strategic Science Advisor at Arla Foods Ingredients P/S
Afternoon Networking Break
Locations: San Rafael
Making America Healthy Again?: Promoting Dairy and Preserving Food Safety in the Emerging Policy Environment Lynette Johnston, Ph.D.•Andy Powers•Jennifer Siembieda
Location: Santa Ynez | Moderated by Andy Powers, ADPI
Dairy is a leading source of high quality, complete nutrition across the globe, and here in the U.S. it has enjoyed an outstanding track record of food safety which is all the more impressive for the scale of our industry and the diversity of our products. Consumer trends stem from a potentially delicate balance between influence and facts. In this session, three subject matter experts will dive more deeply into specific industry trends and explore their consumer implications, helping us to understand more fully what lies ahead of us on the food safety landscape and what we should consider in crafting a competitive strategy for our businesses and our industry.
Lynette Johnston, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor and Food Safety Extension Specialist at North Carolina State University
Andy Powers
Vice President of Technical Services at American Dairy Products Institute (ADPI)