AFIA Pet Food Conference
January 25, 2022
7:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. ET
B302-B303
Georgia World Congress Center
Atlanta, Ga.
Agenda
Tuesday, January 25, 2022
| 7:00 - 8:00 a.m. | Breakfast | |
| 8:00 - 8:10 a.m. | Welcome and Introduction | |
| 8:10 - 9:00 a.m. |
Pet Food Labeling: To Be Human Grade or Not Human Grade Carolyn Kennedy, Independent Consultant, EAS Consulting Group |
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| 9:00 - 9:30 a.m. |
AFIA Support of Pet Food Exports Gina Tumbarello, Senior Director of International Policy and Trade, American Feed Industry Association |
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| 9:30 - 9:50 a.m | Break | |
| 9:50 - 10:50 a.m. |
Emerging Issues in the Pet Industry Invited papers from three graduate students
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| 10:50 - 11:00 a.m. |
Friend of Pet Food Award and Video Presented by Scott Baker, SEM Minerals, LP |
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| 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. |
Panel on Human Resources in the Pet Food Industry: Issues in 2022 Moderated by: Erin Mies. Co-founder, People Spark Consulting Thembi Machaba, Senior Vice President of Human Resources, Freshpet, Inc. Nathan Bingaman, Director of Operations, D1 Resources, Inc. |
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| 12:00 - 1:15 p.m. | Networking Lunch and Explore the Student Poster Session | |
| 1:15 - 2:00 p.m. |
Federal Regulatory Update - U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2022 Dave Edwards, Ph.D., Director of the Division of Animal Feeds, FDA, Center for Veterinary Medicine |
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| 2:00 - 2:30 p.m. |
AAFCO Update George Ferguson, Feed Administrator, North Carolina Department of Agriculture |
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| 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. |
Cybersecurity and Ransomware: Best Practices for the Pet Food Industry John T. Hoffman, Senior Research Fellow, Food Protection and Defense Institute, Univ. of MN Todd Renner, Supervisory Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation |
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| 3:30 p.m. | Wrap up and Adjourn | |
| *Times and speakers are subject to change (times in EST) | ||
