Conference Tracks for Cheese and Dairy Ingredients
On both days of the Global Ingredients Summit, attendees have the opportunity to attend either Cheese Track Sessions or Dairy Ingredients Track Sessions. Check out the sessions by clicking on different headers.
Welcome Reception
Breakfast
Welcome
Global Market Outlook Kristiana Alexander•Kimberlee Burrington•Nick Gardner•Mark Strobel
The perception and use of cheese, milk, and whey ingredients is ever changing globally. Hear how regulatory, sustainability, and consumer issues are impacting dairy today and in the future.
"Today's Global Regulatory Environment" presented by Nick Gardner, USDEC
"The Outlook for Dairy, Plant-based, and Protein Drinks" presented by Mark Strobel, Euromonitor
"Health & Wellness Trends, Insights & Opportunities for Dairy" presented by Kristiana Alexander
Kristiana Alexander
Director of Knowledge and Insights at Dairy Management Inc.
Kimberlee Burrington
VP of Technical Development at American Dairy Products Institute (ADPI)
Senior Vice President, Sustainability and Multilateral Affairs at U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC)
Mark Strobel
Senior Research Manager at Euromonitor International
Refreshment Break
Tribute to Dr. Pat Fox Nana Farkye•John Lucey•John Lyne•Shakeel Rehman•Diarmuid Sheehan
Dr. Pat Fox, Professor Emeritus at University College Cork, was one of Ireland’s most distinguished scientists of the 20th century. He not only helped to shape the Irish dairy industry through his scientific developments over the past 50 years but also trained many students who have influenced the scientific developments in the dairy industry worldwide. Hear from some of his past students about his influence and how it has impacted their career path and research.
Nana Farkye
Professor Emeritus of Dairy Science at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
John Lucey
Center for Dairy Research at University of Wisconsin
John Lyne
Director Cheese Technology of Novonesis
Shakeel Rehman
Chief Science Officer at fairlife, LLC
Diarmuid Sheehan
Research Officer at Teagasc
Student Research Competition | Sponsored by Dairy Management Inc Kimberlee Burrington
Kimberlee Burrington
VP of Technical Development at American Dairy Products Institute (ADPI)
VP of Technical Development at American Dairy Products Institute (ADPI)
Dairy Safety from Farm to Fork Andy Powers•Ashwini Vashisht•Miquela Hanselman
Hear subject matter experts present the latest food safety issues on the farm, in dairy plants, in the supply chain, and all the way to the consumer. This is a relevant session for everyone in the dairy industry.
Andy Powers
VP - Technical Services at American Dairy Products Institute (ADPI)
Ashwini Vashisht
Global SQA lead- micro at Mars Wrigley
Miquela Hanselman
Director, Regulatory Affairs of National Milk Producers Federation
Refreshment Break
"Make it with Dairy" End User Panel Kimberlee Burrington•Anil Kommineni•Tom Parent•Praveen Upreti•Mike Ciresi
End user experts that work with cheese and dairy ingredients share their insights in this panel discussion. Find out how they view the world of dairy, what we do well, what we could improve, and how we could help them innovate even more.
Kimberlee Burrington
VP of Technical Development at American Dairy Products Institute (ADPI)
Anil Kommineni
Technical Program Director, R&I of Danone
Tom Parent
Product Development Manager at Century Foods International
Praveen Upreti
Nestle
Mike Ciresi
Senior Dairy Scientist at Dairy Management Inc.
Lunch
Dairy Health & Wellness Kimberlee Burrington•Stavros Kavouras•Gulustan Ozturk
Kimberlee Burrington
VP of Technical Development at American Dairy Products Institute (ADPI)
Stavros Kavouras
Assistant Dean and Professor, College of Health Solutions at Arizona State University
Gulustan Ozturk
Assistant Professor at UW-Madison
Cheese Track: Technology I Rodrigo Ibanez•Hari Meletharayil•Diarmuid Sheehan
Session includes:
"Approaches to reduce the incidence of biogenic amines in cheese" presented by Rodrigo Ibanez, Center for Dairy Research
Rodrigo Ibanez
Associate Scientist, Center for Dairy Research at University of Wisconsin
Hari Meletharayil
VP Product Research at DMI
Diarmuid Sheehan
Research Officer at Teagasc
Refreshment Break
Cheese Track: Technology II Nana Farkye•Siva Kaliappan•Aubrey Mendonca
Presentations will include:
"Natural Biopreservatives" presented by Siva Kaliappan, Nutek
"Prevention of Yeast and Molds" presented by Aubrey Mandonca, Iowa State University
Nana Farkye
Professor Emeritus of Dairy Science at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
"Exploiting Casein-Whey Protein Interactions for Functional Modification of Milk Protein Concentrates" presented by Jayendra Amamcharla, PhD, University of Minnesota
"Spray Drying Efficiencies" presented by Owen McDougal, PhD, Boise State
"Membrane Technology" presented by Farhad Farnia, PhD, Ecofilter Tek
"Spray Drying Optimization" presented by Chris Polster, Siemens Industry Software
Jayendra Amamcharla
Director, Midwest Dairy Foods Research Center of University of Minnesota
Farhad Farnia PhD
Co-founder and CEO of Ecofilter Tek
Iswandi Jarto
Research Engineering Manager at Hilmar Cheese Company
Owen McDougal
Professor/Chair Chemistry at Boise State University
Christopher Polster
Senior Application Engineer at Siemens Industry Software
