American Food Manufacturing Summit 2019 Gathers Experts to Discuss Technology, Food Safety, and the Future of the Industry

From November 12-13, food and beverage processors and suppliers are meeting in Chicago to discuss current trends, strategic insights, and best practices in the ever-evolving environment of food manufacturing.

Between increasing consumer demand for transparency, competition for cost and markets, regulatory pressures, and quality issues, today’s food manufacturers face a multitude of challenges. To lessen risk and stay competitive, companies must stay on top of emerging technologies like blockchain and artificial intelligence, along with changing consumer preferences, all while staying innovative. With so much going on inside the industry, what business challenges and trends should food and beverage companies focus on for 2019 and beyond?

From November 12-13, the American Food Manufacturing Summit will gather industry leaders to collaborate and discuss strategic insights and best practices in automation, operational excellence, quality, and safety. Leaders discussing digital transformation and technology for manufacturing excellence include:

Bob Wolpert, SVP and Chief Strategy Innovation Officer, Golden State Foods
“Ensuring Food Quality with Fresh Thinking in Blockchain, AI, and IOT”

Amer Hussain, VP, Integrated Supply Chain, Coca-Cola
“Digital Transformation Journey: Creating the First Fully Digital Factory”

Michael Leonard, VP, R&D, The Kraft Heinz Company
“Developing New Processing Technology to Drive Innovation and Growth”

The shifting regulatory landscape of the food manufacturing industry will also be a key theme of the event. Speakers addressing quality and control standards and their impact at this year’s meeting in Chicago include:

Al Almanza, Global Head, Food Safety and Quality, JBS
“Adopting and Implementing Food Safety and Quality Control Standards that Exceed Regulatory Requirements and Customer Expectations”

Arthur Liang, Senior Advisor, Food Safety
“Trends and Innovations in Food Safety: Improving Reaction Time for Outbreak Investigation with Earlier Surveillance Methods”

Mario Leduc, VP, Governance, Diageo
“Creating and Maintaining a Behaviour-Based Safety Culture and Mindset”

Cloeann Durham, VP, Quality, Coca-Cola Bottling Company Consolidated
“Enhancing Food Safety and Quality by Focusing on Training and Culture Development”

Other core learning objectives:

• Driving productivity through project and people management.
• Addressing the new FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) regulations.
• Navigating FSMA and its challenges to F&B manufacturing and quality operations.
• Improving legacy operations with state of the art automation and technology innovations.
• Capturing sustainable gains from Lean and Operations Excellence programs.
• Achieving sustainability goals.
• Discussing tools and strategies to obtain real-time operations information.
• Establishing effective food quality and safety management systems.
• Analyzing potential vulnerabilities and risks in the supply chain.
• Improving quality control of raw materials, ingredients, and additives.

Interested in attending?

Join us to:

• Engage in peer-to-peer conversations and pre-scheduled networking
• Hear from the industry’s top food and beverage companies in an intimate, exclusive environment
• Discover the tools necessary to improve automation, operational excellence, quality, and safety

If you are interested in attending, sponsoring, or speaking at the American Food Manufacturing Summit, applications are open now. Please submit your request here.