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| Day 1: Keynotes - November 2, 2011 (Wednesday) | |
| 08:00 | Registration |
| Opening Session | |
| 09:00 | Welcome Address David Tharp, Executive Director, International Association for Food Protection (IAFP) Wang Liming, Director, Department of Consumer Goods Industry, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) |
| Policy & Regulatory Developments for Safer Food Worldwide | |
| Moderator: David Tharp, Executive Director, International Association for Food Protection (IAFP) | |
| 09:30 | "Food Safety: The Belgian Model and its New Barometer" Jean-François Heymans, Head of the Unit "Agriculture and Food Safety" - Cabinet of the Belgian Minister for SMEs, the Self-Employed, Agriculture and Science Policy, Belgium |
| 09:50 | "Update on U.S. Food Safety Initiatives" Michael Taylor, Deputy Commissioner for Foods, U.S. Food & Drug Administration |
| 10:10 | "The Current Shortage of Food Safety Control System and Countermeasures" Li Tairan, Director, Division of Food Safety Major Incidents Supervision, Bureau of Food Safety Integrated Coordination and Health Supervision, Ministry of Health, China |
| 10:30 | "FDA Enforcement: Strategies to Enhance Food Safety in a Global Marketplace" Dara Corrigan, Associate Commissioner for Regulatory Affairs, USFDA |
| 10:50 | Coffee Break |
| Building a Stronger Food Safety Foundation | |
| 11:20 | "Advancing Global Food Safety through Collaboration" Yves Rey, Chairman Elected, Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI); Corporate Quality General Manager, Danone Group France |
| 11:40 | "International Collaboration: The Future of Global Food Safety" Pamela Bailey, President, Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) |
| 12:00 | "Collaboration in Food Safety" John Ginascol, Vice President, Nutrition Supply Chain, Abbott Nutrition |
| 12:20 | Networking Luncheon |
| Opportunities for Improving Food Protection | |
| Moderator: David Lloyd, Director, The Food Industry Centre, University of Wales Institute, Cardiff | |
| 14:00 | "Sanitary and Phytosanitary Issues: Essential for Food Security and Smooth Trade" Jacky Le Gosles, Adviser - to the Animal Health and Welfare Director, DG SANCO, European Commission |
| 14:20 | "Food Safety Standard Setting in Canada: Domestic Priorities in a Global Environment" Samuel Godefroy, Director General, Food Directorate, Health Canada; Vice-Chair Codex Alimentarius Commission |
| 14.40 | "Chinese National Food Safety Standards Framework" Fan Yongxiang, Director, Food Safety Standards Division, National Institute of Nutrition and Food Safety, China CDC, Ministry of Health |
| Responding to Global Food Safety Challenges | |
| 15:00 | "Sustainable Live Stock Production and Antibiotics" Martijn Weijtens, Acting Director, Food Safety, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture & Innovation, The Netherlands |
| 15:20 | Coffee Break |
| 15:50 | "Risk Assessment in Food Safety: Presentation of the French Organization" Rozenn Saunier, Head of the European and International Affairs Unit, French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety (ANSES) |
| 16:10 | "Food Safety Challenges in the China Food Service Sector and Strategies to Prevent Them" Joaquin Pelaez, Senior Vice President and Chief Support Officer, Yum! Brands, Inc., China Division |
| 16:30 | "Food Safety Management System: Coordinated Efforts Throughout the Supply Chain. Case History: How Leading Global F&B Manufacturers are Using Food Safety Schemes as Assurance Tool" Stefano Crea, Global Director, Food & Beverage, DNV Business Assurance |
| Closing Keynote Session | |
| 16:50 | "Protecting the Food Supply using the Totality of the Information" Arthur Liang, Director, Food Safety Office, National Center for Emerging & Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Protection |
| 17:10 | Evening Welcome Reception |
| Day 2: Breakout Sessions - November 3, 2011 (Thursday) | |||||
| Breakout Session A | Breakout Session B | Breakout Session C | Breakout Session D | Breakout Session E | |
| Food Safety Solutions for Food Manufacturing |
Food Testing Trends & Technologies |
Food Safety Management & Best Practices | Food Borne Outbreak Investigation | Global Food Safety Initiative - Advancing Global Food Safety through Collaboration | |
| Session Chair: Cor Groenveld, Chairman of the Foundation for Food Safety Certification; Global Food Service Manager, Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance (LRQA) |
Session Chair: Lei Bao, Director, Mycotoxins and Biotoxins Reference Laboratory, AQSIQ, Shan Dong Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau; President, China Section of AOAC International |
Session Chair: Kent Juliot, Senior Director, Operation Quality Research, Quality & Innovation, ConAgra Foods, Inc. |
Session Chair: Robert Fontaine, Sr. Epidemiologist and Resident Advisor, China FETP, U.S. CDC; Arthur Liang, Director, Food Safety Office, NCEZID, U.S. CDC |
Co-Session Chair: Marc Cwikowski, Senior Manager, Food Safety, Global Quality & Product Integrity, The Coca-Cola Company |
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| 08:30 | "Hygienic Equipment Design for Food Safety Improvement" Zhinong Yan, Senior Food Safety Scientist, Intralox Conveyor Belts (Shanghai) Ltd. |
"Non-targeted Compound Screening in Food Samples by LC/Q-TOF" Xiaorong Ran, Application Engineer, Agilent Technologies Co. Ltd |
"Food Safety and Security: The Minnesota Model" Heidi Kassenborg, Division Director, Minnesota Department of Agriculture Matthew Wohlman, Assistant Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Agriculture |
"The Key Elements of Foodbore Disease Outbreak Investigation" Huilai Ma, Program Mentor, China Field Epidemiology Training Program, China Centers for Disease Control & Prevention |
Welcome Address by Yves Rey, Chairman Elected, GFSI; Corporate Quality General Manager, Danone Group France |
| "What are the Big Food Safety Issues Facing Your Business Today?" Kevin Chen, COO of China Resources Vanguard & Senior Vice President of China Resources Retail Group, China; GFSI Board Member |
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| "GFSI - A part solution for Chinese Food Firms" Zaotian Wan, Vice President of COFCO Group; GFSI Board Member |
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| 09:00 | "Breakthroughs in Food Grade Antimicrobial Lubricants and Greases" Alan Lu, Country Manager- China, Petro-Canada Asia-Pacific, Jia Shi Lubricants Trading (Shanghai) Company Ltd. |
"VITEK MS: The Next Generation Biochemical Solution for the Microbiology Lab Using MALDI-TOF Technology" Nuno Reis, Asia Pacific Regional Business Manager - Food, bioMérieux Co. Ltd |
"Hygiene Impact on Food Safety" Tony Poulsen, Regional Managing Director, Head of Pest Control, Asia Pacific, Rentokil Initial |
"Norovirus Outbreak Associated with Contaminated Barreled Water in a Boarding School: Zhejiang Province, China, 2010" Jichuan Shen, China Field Epidemiology Training Program; Guangzhou Centers for Disease Control & Prevention |
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| "GFSI Guidance Document - A Feed to Fork Approach" Kevin Swoffer, GFSI Technical Working Groups Chairman |
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| 09:30 | "What Food Industry Can Benefit from Process Validation?" Jie Wei, Research Scientist, Silliker Shanghai Testing Co., Ltd. |
"A Compound-based Approach to Simplify Method Development and Data Processing for Multi-residue Analysis by GC-MS/MS" Kefei Wang, Global GCMS Product Manager, Bruker Daltonics Inc. |
"From Farm To Front Counter-Food Safety System at McDonald's" Steven Lee, Chairman Emeritus, McDonald's Taiwan |
"An Outbreak Caused by Vibrio Parahemolyticus Contaminated Food in Chongqing, China, 2011" Xi Chen, China Field Epidemiology Training Program, China Centers for Disease Control & Prevention |
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| "GFSI Global Markets Capacity Building Programme - A Pathway Towards Certification" Marc Cwikowski, Senior Manager, Food Safety, Global Quality & Product Integrity, The Coca-Cola Company |
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| 10:00 | Coffee Break | ||||
| Co-Session Chair: Kevin Swoffer, GFSI Technical Working Groups Chairman |
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| 10:30 | "Developing Food Safety Systems Using Knowledge Exchange Programmes: A Case Study" David Lloyd, Director, The Food Industry Centre, University of Wales Institute, Cardiff |
"Improving the Safety Profile of Food Materials through Novel Sample Preparation Methods and Unique Process Scale Solutions" Anthony Rees, Chief Scientific Officer, Biotage AB |
"Food Safety Management System - the Best Practice" Stephen Choi, Senior QA Manager, Nestlé |
"The Role of the Laboratory in Food Borne Outbreak Investigation" John Klena, Chief of Laboratory Section International Emerging Infections Program, Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases (Global Disease Detection), US CDC |
"Safer Food in China by Making Supply Chains Transparent - METRO’s implementation of the GFSI Global Markets Program" Jan Kranghand, Head of Quality Assurance, METRO Jinjiang Cash & Carry China; Member of the Board of Star Farm Consulting Cie. |
| 11:00 | "Proven Methods for the Successful Implementation of Food Safety and Quality Programs in the Food Processing Supply Chain" Joseph Elrefaie, Director, International Supplier Quality, ConAgra Foods, Inc |
"The Importance of Microbiological QC Testing, the Use of Reference Materials and Microbiologics Products" Allen Chan, Asia Area Manager, Microbiologics, Inc. |
"Exporting to US and UK - Using Food Safety to Drive International Sales" Peter Bracher, Managing Director, NSF-CMi Asia Pacific |
"Role of Food Inspection and Product Tracebacks in Outbreak Investigations and Response" Heidi Kassenborg, Division Director, Minnesota Department of Agriculture |
Global Markets Program Q & A Marc Cwikowski from Coca-Cola & Jan Kranghand from Metro |
| Panel Discussion: "Advancing China Food Safety - Collaboration is a Key" Panelists: Jiang Hong, National Quality Management Director, China Resources Vanguard Zheng Yunling, Regional Quality Director ASPAC, Cargill |
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| 11:30 | "The Global Landscape of Adoption for Standards Based Recall Notifications" Shaun Bosson, General Manager - Operations, GS1 Global Office |
"New Method for Food Pathogen Detection" Antony Ma, National Sales Manager, Food Science Division, Bio-Rad China |
"Top US Food Companies Supplier Expectations to Meet Increasing Regulatory and Consumer Demands" Kent Juliot, Senior Director, Operation Quality Research, Quality & Innovation, ConAgra Foods, Inc. |
"Challenges of Conducting Multi-State, Multi-Agency, Multi-Disciplinary Outbreak Investigations in the USA" Arthur Liang, Director, Food Safety Office, U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention |
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| "Food Safety - Commitment from the Top" Yves Rey, Chairman Elected, GFSI; Corporate Quality General Manager, Danone Group France |
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| 12:00 | Networking Luncheon | ||||
| Breakout Session F | Breakout Session G | Breakout Session H | Breakout Session I | |
| Food Safety Standards, Audits & Certification |
Food Safety Science & Strategies | Current Issues | Food Allergen Risk Assessment and Management |
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| Session Chair: Jan Kranghand, Head of Quality Assurance, METRO Jinjiang Cash & Carry China; Member of the Board of Star Farm Consulting Cie. |
Session Chair: Gale Prince, President, SAGE Food Safety Consultants, LLC |
Session Chair: Joseph Elrefaie, Director, International Supplier Quality, ConAgra Foods, Inc |
Session Chair: Leon Gorris, Director, GCEA Regulatory Affairs Foods, Unilever, Shanghai, China |
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| 13:30 | "PRP in Food Manufacturing" Ben Xie, Manager of Food & Beverage Dept., Greater China, DNV Business Assurance |
"AOAC and Food Safety Analysis" Lei Bao, Director of Biotoxin Reference Laboratory, Shandong Entry-Exit Inspection & Quarantine Bureau, AQSIQ; President, China Section of AOAC International |
"Global Trends to Improve Food Safety: Collaboration is Key" Bradd Eldridge, Director of Quality, Abbott Nutrition |
"Clinical and Epidemiological Aspects of Food Allergens" Yuzhi Chen, Professor, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China |
| 14:00 | "The Training Imperative for an Integrated Food Safety System" Julia E. Bradsher, President and CEO, Global Food Protection Institute |
"Current Microbiological Food Safety Challenges and Effective Industrial Counter-Measures" Si-Quan Li, Senior Food Scientist, Michael Foods Inc. |
"Public-Private Partnerships: A Practical Solution to Food Safety Scientific Capacity Building" Paul Young, Director, Food & Environment Business Operations, Waters Corporation |
"Risk Assessment Approaches for Food Allergens" René Crevel, Science Leader - Allergy & Immunology, Unilever |
| 14:30 | "International Developments on Standards and Certification in the Food Supply Chain" Cor Groenveld, Chairman of the Foundation for Food Safety Certification; Global Food Service Manager, Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance (LRQA) |
"Food Safety Approach to BSE Prevention" Makoto Hirano, Director of the Board and Divisional Head of Group Corporate Communications, Zensho Holdings Co., Ltd. |
"Industry Food Safety Control in the Pork Supply Chain and the Interaction with Public Supervision" Bert Urlings, Director Quality Assurance, VION Food Group; Professor in Animal Supply Chain Management, Wageningen University |
"Regulatory Status of Allergens in Foods in China" Fan Yongxiang, Director, Food Safety Standards Division, National Institute of Nutrition and Food Safety, China CDC, Ministry of Health |
| 15:00 | Coffee Break | |||
| 15:30 | "Transparency Create Confidence, International Standard Achieve Global Market" Hanspeter Reust, Managing Director, Star Farm Consulting Company |
"Antibiotic Resistance in Fermented Dairy Foods: from Problem Detection to Effective Mitigation" Hua Helen Wang, Associate Professor, The Ohio State University; Chair, Food Microbiology Division, American Society for Microbiology |
"The New U.S. Approach to Importing Food Products: A Washington Insider's Perspective" William Friedman, Chief Counsel for Asia, Regulated Industries, Covington & Burling LLP |
"Allergen Management" Robin Sherlock, Technical Director, FACTa; Member of the Allergen Bureau Management Committee |
| 16:00 | "IFS - A Convincing Quality and Safety Standard" Eric Luo, Leader, IFS Asia Office |
"Product Trace and the U.S. Food Safety Modernization Act" Gale Prince, President, SAGE Food Safety Consultants, LLC |
"Import Procedure under Food Sanitation Law in Japan" Noriyo Hirano, President, The Organization of Japan Food Safety Support |
"Laboratory Testing for Allergens in Foods in China" Gao Dongwei, D.E., Guangdong Inspection and Quarantine Technology Center |
| 16:30 | Q & A | Q & A | Q & A | Q & A |
| Close of Conference | ||||