Our agenda is subject to change.
Tuesday - April 7th
CAPAs, CARs, and Root Cause Analysis
Academy Courses must be selected during the registration process. Certificates will be issued within one week of the conference.
Amanda Britton
Food Safety Trainer
Safe Food Alliance
Fundamentals of Environmental Monitoring Workshop
Academy Courses must be selected during the registration process. Certificates will be issued within one week of the conference.
Tom Jones
Director, Training and Consulting Senior Technical Advisor
Safe Food Alliance
Understanding and Applying Food Safety Culture
Academy Courses must be selected during the registration process. Certificates will be issued within one week of the conference.
Han Chen
Purdue University
Exhibitor Set Up
6: 00 pm -
9: 00 pm
Tipsy Putt
Homecoming Party
Wednesday - April 8th
7: 00 am -
8: 30 am
Serra Ballroom
Exhibit Hall Open
8: 00 am -
8: 30 am
Serra Ballroom
Welcome
8: 30 am -
9: 30 am
Serra Ballroom
Breakfast Keynote: The Changing Landscape of Food Safety
Frank Yiannas
Founder
Smart FY Solutions
EMP Program Optimization: Moving from Reactive to Proactive
Wendy Maduff
Vice President of Corporate Food Safety and Quality
The Wonderful Company
Postharvest Pest Control: What Regulators Expect and Markets Demand
Spencer Walse
Research Chemist
USDA-ARS
Risk Scoring: Real-Time Insight for Continuous Improvement
Gabby Chavarria
Director of Quality Assurance, Food Safety, and Innovation
Harris Woolf Almonds
Amanda Wilder
Director
Provision
What's in Our Food? Unpacking Heavy Metal Science, Regulations, and Consumer Exposure
Angelia Seyfferth
Professor
Arizona State University
Neal Saab
Senior Science Program Manager
IAFNS
The Auditor’s Perspective — What Good Looks Like
Jose G. Contreras
Food Safety Auditor
Safe Food Certifications
11: 30 am -
12: 30 pm
Serra Ballroom
Exhibit Hall Time
12: 30 pm -
1: 40 pm
Serra Ballroom
Lunch Keynote: Leading the Food Safety & QA Teams of the Future
Wendy Maduff
Vice President of Corporate Food Safety and Quality
The Wonderful Company
Maria Wedel
Vice President, Food Safety, Quality & Regulatory
Cargill
Steve Lutes
Senior Director, Quality Assurance & EHS
Blue Diamond Growers
Jorge Hernandez
Vice President of Quality Assurance
The Wendy's Company
How to use basic AI tools to make your job easier
Food Allergens – Mitigating a Risk Like No Other
Steve Gendel
Principal Consultant
Gendel Food Safety LLC
Nut Butters are ruining my life
Yvonne Masters, Phd
Director of Food Safety & Quality Policy
John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc.
1: 55 pm -
2: 45 pm
Steinbeck 1C
Food Safety Culture - Where are the gaps?
What's New in SQF Edition 10
What's Next for BRCGS?
Jessica Burke
BRCGS
4: 00 pm -
6: 00 pm
Serra Ballroom
Opening Reception
Thursday - April 9th
8: 00 am -
9: 00 am
Serra Ballroom
Exhibit Hall Time
8: 30 am -
9: 00 am
Serra Ballroom
Breakfast
9: 00 am -
9: 55 am
Serra Ballroom
Breakfast Keynote: When Facts Aren’t Enough: Trust, Truth and Food Safety Leadership
Kelly Leighton
Executive Director
Center for Food Integrity
10: 10 am -
11: 00 am
Steinbeck 1A
The Invisible Plant Tax: Why Proactive, Collaborative Execution Drives Food Safety and Performancement
John Schrock
System Integration Manager
Westrock Coffee Company
Yvonne Lirette
Vice President of Customer Success
SafetyChain Software
Safetychain
10: 10 am -
11: 00 am
Steinbeck 1C
Rodents: They are smarter than you think
Lance Van Zant
Manager, Technical Development
Advanced IPM
10: 10 am -
11: 00 am
Steinbeck 1B
The Art of the Internal Audit
Erin Clem
Director of Safety & Compliance
Bulkmatic, LLC
11: 10 am -
12: 00 pm
Steinbeck 1B
The Current State of Food Policy in Washington: Chaos or Change?
Steven Mandernach
Executive Director
Association of Food and Drug Officials (AFDO)
Brian Ronholm
Director, Food Policy
Consumer Reports
11: 10 am -
12: 00 pm
Steinbeck 1C
SMETA Audit Readiness: Practical Steps to Reduce Risk and Findings
Brandon Nauman
Senior Director, Business Development Food & Agriculture Division
SCS Global Services
Sandy Ledesma
Program Manager, Sustainable Agriculture
SCS Global Services
12: 00 pm -
12: 30 pm
Serra Ballroom
Exhibit Hall Time
1: 40 pm -
2: 30 pm
Steinbeck 1A
Trust Under Attack: The Rising Cost of Food Fraud in Specialty Crops
Dr. Sylvain Charlebois
Professor
Dalhousie University
1: 40 pm -
2: 30 pm
Steinbeck 1B
INC's New Sustainability Standard
Ramon Botet
Manager, Sustainability Program
International Nut and Dried Fruit Council
Hazard Analysis 2.0: The Good, the Gaps, and the Gotchas”.
Yvonne Masters, Phd
Director of Food Safety & Quality Policy
John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc.
2: 40 pm -
3: 40 pm
Steinbeck 1B
Mitigating Cross Contamination and Improving Personnel Hygiene
Harry Reeder
3: 30 pm -
5: 00 pm
Serra Lobby
Exhibit Hall Time
6: 30 pm -
10: 30 pm
Steinbeck Ballroom
Evening Gala
CAPAs, CARs, and Root Cause Analysis
Academy Courses must be selected during the registration process. Certificates will be issued within one week of the conference.
Amanda Britton
Food Safety Trainer
Safe Food Alliance
Fundamentals of Environmental Monitoring Workshop
Academy Courses must be selected during the registration process. Certificates will be issued within one week of the conference.
Tom Jones
Director, Training and Consulting Senior Technical Advisor
Safe Food Alliance
Understanding and Applying Food Safety Culture
Academy Courses must be selected during the registration process. Certificates will be issued within one week of the conference.
Han Chen
Purdue University
Exhibitor Set Up
6: 00 pm -
9: 00 pm
Tipsy Putt
Homecoming Party
7: 00 am -
8: 30 am
Serra Ballroom
Exhibit Hall Open
8: 00 am -
8: 30 am
Serra Ballroom
Welcome
8: 30 am -
9: 30 am
Serra Ballroom
Breakfast Keynote: The Changing Landscape of Food Safety
Frank Yiannas
Founder
Smart FY Solutions
EMP Program Optimization: Moving from Reactive to Proactive
Wendy Maduff
Vice President of Corporate Food Safety and Quality
The Wonderful Company
Postharvest Pest Control: What Regulators Expect and Markets Demand
Spencer Walse
Research Chemist
USDA-ARS
Risk Scoring: Real-Time Insight for Continuous Improvement
Gabby Chavarria
Director of Quality Assurance, Food Safety, and Innovation
Harris Woolf Almonds
Amanda Wilder
Director
Provision
What's in Our Food? Unpacking Heavy Metal Science, Regulations, and Consumer Exposure
Angelia Seyfferth
Professor
Arizona State University
Neal Saab
Senior Science Program Manager
IAFNS
The Auditor’s Perspective — What Good Looks Like
Jose G. Contreras
Food Safety Auditor
Safe Food Certifications
11: 30 am -
12: 30 pm
Serra Ballroom
Exhibit Hall Time
12: 30 pm -
1: 40 pm
Serra Ballroom
Lunch Keynote: Leading the Food Safety & QA Teams of the Future
Wendy Maduff
Vice President of Corporate Food Safety and Quality
The Wonderful Company
Maria Wedel
Vice President, Food Safety, Quality & Regulatory
Cargill
Steve Lutes
Senior Director, Quality Assurance & EHS
Blue Diamond Growers
Jorge Hernandez
Vice President of Quality Assurance
The Wendy's Company
How to use basic AI tools to make your job easier
Food Allergens – Mitigating a Risk Like No Other
Steve Gendel
Principal Consultant
Gendel Food Safety LLC
Nut Butters are ruining my life
Yvonne Masters, Phd
Director of Food Safety & Quality Policy
John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc.
1: 55 pm -
2: 45 pm
Steinbeck 1C
Food Safety Culture - Where are the gaps?
What's New in SQF Edition 10
What's Next for BRCGS?
Jessica Burke
BRCGS
4: 00 pm -
6: 00 pm
Serra Ballroom
Opening Reception
8: 00 am -
9: 00 am
Serra Ballroom
Exhibit Hall Time
8: 30 am -
9: 00 am
Serra Ballroom
Breakfast
9: 00 am -
9: 55 am
Serra Ballroom
Breakfast Keynote: When Facts Aren’t Enough: Trust, Truth and Food Safety Leadership
Kelly Leighton
Executive Director
Center for Food Integrity
10: 10 am -
11: 00 am
Steinbeck 1A
The Invisible Plant Tax: Why Proactive, Collaborative Execution Drives Food Safety and Performancement
John Schrock
System Integration Manager
Westrock Coffee Company
Yvonne Lirette
Vice President of Customer Success
SafetyChain Software
Safetychain
10: 10 am -
11: 00 am
Steinbeck 1C
Rodents: They are smarter than you think
Lance Van Zant
Manager, Technical Development
Advanced IPM
10: 10 am -
11: 00 am
Steinbeck 1B
The Art of the Internal Audit
Erin Clem
Director of Safety & Compliance
Bulkmatic, LLC
11: 10 am -
12: 00 pm
Steinbeck 1B
The Current State of Food Policy in Washington: Chaos or Change?
Steven Mandernach
Executive Director
Association of Food and Drug Officials (AFDO)
Brian Ronholm
Director, Food Policy
Consumer Reports
11: 10 am -
12: 00 pm
Steinbeck 1C
SMETA Audit Readiness: Practical Steps to Reduce Risk and Findings
Brandon Nauman
Senior Director, Business Development Food & Agriculture Division
SCS Global Services
Sandy Ledesma
Program Manager, Sustainable Agriculture
SCS Global Services
12: 00 pm -
12: 30 pm
Serra Ballroom
Exhibit Hall Time
1: 40 pm -
2: 30 pm
Steinbeck 1A
Trust Under Attack: The Rising Cost of Food Fraud in Specialty Crops
Dr. Sylvain Charlebois
Professor
Dalhousie University
1: 40 pm -
2: 30 pm
Steinbeck 1B
INC's New Sustainability Standard
Ramon Botet
Manager, Sustainability Program
International Nut and Dried Fruit Council
Hazard Analysis 2.0: The Good, the Gaps, and the Gotchas”.
Yvonne Masters, Phd
Director of Food Safety & Quality Policy
John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc.
2: 40 pm -
3: 40 pm
Steinbeck 1B
Mitigating Cross Contamination and Improving Personnel Hygiene
Harry Reeder
3: 30 pm -
5: 00 pm
Serra Lobby
Exhibit Hall Time
6: 30 pm -
10: 30 pm
Steinbeck Ballroom
Evening Gala