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Tuesday, September 20, 2016
4:00pm Registration [Sand Key Room] (until 7:00pm)
Wednesday, September 21, 2016
7:30am Registration [Sand Key Room] (until 5:00pm)
7:30am Morning Refreshments [Island II Room] (until 8:25am)
Sponsored by: Vincent Corporation
General Session – Grand Ballroom
8:30am

Welcome and Introductory Remarks

- Renée Goodrich Schneider, UF/IFAS Food Science & Human Nutrition, Program Organizer
- Susan Percival, UF/IFAS Food Science & Human Nutrition  (View PDF)
- Saqib Mukhtar, UF/IFAS Office of Dean for Extension and Florida Cooperative Extension Service
- Elizabeth Webb, Vincent Corporation, Program Chair

Session 1 – The Citrus Industry – US and Beyond

Moderator: Doug Van Strijp, Southern Gardens
9:00am Florida Citrus Outlook and Production Trends
- Marisa Zansler, Florida Department of Citrus  (View PDF)
9:40am Bactericides for Citrus – A Regulatory Case Study
- Mark Trimmer, Trimmer Consulting  (View PDF)
10:20am Beverage Break [Island II Room] (until 10:40am)
10:40am Overview of the Mexican Citrus Industry
- Ricardo Martínez Zambrano, Citrofrut  (View PDF)
11:20am Conversion of Citrus Peel to High Value Chemicals
- Dave Austgen, Earth Energy Renewables  (View PDF)
12:00pm Lunch break (on your own until 1:30pm)
Session 2 – Consumer Trends, Perceptions and Marketing
Moderator: Nick Shields, The Coca-Cola Company
1:30pm North America Juice Marketing
- Marie Dobson, Minute Maid
(Please contact speaker for information: mardobson@coca-cola.com)
2:05pm Low Calorie Juice Beverages – Insights from Marketing Research
- Lisa House, UF/IFAS Food Resource Economics  (View PDF)
2:40pm Break [Island II Room] (until 3:10pm)
3:10pm Fruit and Vegetable Trends from the West Coast
- Tracy Baker, Mattson  (View PDF)
3:45pm Juice Industry Issues and Opportunities
- Stephanie Meyering and Diane Welland, Juice Products Association (until 4:20pm)
(View PDF)
6:00pm Networking Reception [Poolside] (until 7:00pm)
Sponsored by:
  • Astral Extracts, Ltd
  • Brown International Corporation, LLC.
  • Chemical Systems
  • CitraSource
  • Doehler GmbH
  • Ecolab
  • FGF Trapani
  • Firmenich
  • Florida Chemical Company, Inc.
  • Givaudan Flavors Corp.
  • Juice Products Association
  • Kerry
  • Quattro Citrus Products, LLC
  • Separator Technology Solutions US Inc
  • Sun Rapt Foods, LLC
  • Takasago International Corporation
  • Treatt
Thursday, September 22, 2016
7:30am Registration [Sand Key Room] (until 5:00pm)
7:30am Morning Refreshments [Island II Room] (until 8:25am)
Sponsored by: Givaudan Flavors Corp
General Session – Grand Ballroom
Session 3 – Food Safety: Regulatory and Consumer Perspectives
Moderator: Keith Schneider, UF/IFAS Food Science & Human Nutrition
8:30am FSMA Standardized Curricula Update -
- Robert Brackett, Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), Institute for Food Safety and Health
(View PDF)
9:15am Alignment of FSMA with Existing Food Safety Programs
- Donald Kautter, US Food and Drug Administration  (View PDF)
10:00am Beverage Break [Island II Room] (until 10:25am)
10:25am Recalls and Food Tampering
- Douglas Archer, UF/IFAS Food Science & Human Nutrition
(View PDF)
11:05 am Food Decision 2016: Consumer Insights on Food Safety, Nutrition, and Health
- Kimberly Reed, International Food Information Council  (View PDF)
11:45 am Lunch break (on your own until 1:30pm)
Session 4 – Flavor and Freshness – Technical Aspects
Moderator: Kathy Oglesby, Firmenich Inc.
1:30pm Targeting Sweet Taste: The Mechanisms, Modulation and Enhancement of Sweet Detection
- Steven Munger, UF Center for Smell and Taste
(Please contact speaker for information: steven.munger@ufl.edu)
2:10pm Use of Flavoromics Platform for Monitoring and Improving Citrus Flavor
- Yu Wang, UF/IFAS Citrus Research & Education Center
(Please contact speaker for information: yu.wang@ufl.edu)
2:50pm Break [Island II Room] (until 3:20pm)
3:20pm A Closer Look at the Effects of HLB on Orange Juice Flavor
- Anne Plotto, USDA-ARS Horticultural Research Laboratory
(Please contact speaker for information: anne.plotto@ars.usda.gov)
4:00pm Changes and Opportunities with Citrus Flavor Ingredients
- Robert Kryger, CitraSource (until 4:40pm)
(Please contact speaker for information: rkryger@citrasource.com)
5:30pm Poolside Reception (until 7:00pm)
Sponsored by:
  • Enerfab, Ltd
  • JBT Corporation
Friday, September 23, 2016
7:30am Registration [Sand Key Room] (until 10:00am)
7:45am Buffet Breakfast [Grand Ballroom] (until 8:30am)
Sponsored by:
  • Bell Chem Corp.
  • BioSun & Food Ingredients/Colores USA
  • D.L. Newslow & Associates
  • Marc Neil Soudijn Research Foundation
  • Safe Chem Inc.
  • Winniczuk Family
General Session – Grand Ballroom
Session 5 – Hot Topics in the Industry
Moderator: Richard Bogey, Florida’s Natural Growers
8:30am Special Presentation: Citrus Greening Research
- Michael E. Rogers, UF/IFAS Citrus Research & Education Center  (View PDF)
8:45am Social Media 101 – What Food Companies Need to Know
- Benjamin Chapman, North Carolina State University  (View PDF)
9:30am Evolving in Changing Times – Promoting Florida Citrus
- Shannon Shepp, Florida Department of Citrus
Presented by: Samantha Lane, (View PDF)
10:15am Horticultural Effects of Bactericides – Preliminary Results
- Robert Shatters, USDA-ARS Horticultural Research Laboratory
(Please contact speaker for information: robert.shatters@ars.usda.gov)
11:00am Citrus Objective Measurement Methodology
- Mark Hudson, USDA-NASS Florida Field Office  (View PDF)
11:45am Adjourn
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