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Nutracon Conference 2010

Nutracon Conference 2010 Agenda

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Weight Management & Obesity (Wednesday)
New Developments in Botanicals and Extracts (Wednesday)
Healthy Aging (Wednesday & Thursday)
Mainstreaming of Natural Sweeteners - (Wednesday & Thursday)
Antioxidant Science (Thursday)
Healthy Oils (Thursday)

 


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DATE, TIME EVENT DETAILS


Wednesday, March 10, 2010

7:30 am - 8:30 am
Morning Coffee Hour
Session Sponsor Image
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Registration
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Welcome and Introduction
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Keynote Address; Iconoclast: A Neuroscientist Reveals How to Think Differently
Session Sponsor Image
Gregory Berns, Distinguished Chair of Neuroeconomics, Emory University
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Networking Break
10:30 am - 10:45 am
Track Chair Overview
Jay Udani MD, CEO and Medical Director, Medicus Research
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Track Chair Overview
Loren Israelsen, Executive Director, United Natural Products Alliance
10:30 am - 10:40 am
Track Chair Welcome & Overview
Mary Hardy MD, Medical Director, Simms/Mann Integrative Oncology Program
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Welcome and Track Overview of the Landscape of Natural Sweeteners
Tim Avila, CEO Ventana Health Inc
10:40 am - 11:20 am
Validation of Identity for Common and Uncommon Botanicals
Joseph Betz PhD, Office of Dietary Supplements, National Institutes of Health
10:45 am - 11:45 am
Obesogens, Stem Cells, and the Maternal Programming of Obesity
Bruce Blumberg Ph.D, Professor, Developmental & Cell Biology, University of California, Irvine
11:00 am - 11:30 am
A Regulatory Overview
Tim Avila, CEO Ventana Health Inc
11:00 am - 11:45 am
Trends in Healthy Aging: From Head to Toe
Elizabeth Sloan PhD, President, Sloan Trends & Solutions
11:20 am - 12:00 pm
GMP and Quality Concerns: What Your FDA Inspector is Looking For
Ikhlas Khan, Assistant Director, Director of FDA Program, Research Professor, National Center for Natural Product
11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Sweeteners: What You Need to Know: R&D, QAQC and Beyond
Frank Jaksch, CEO & President, Chromadex, Inc.
11:45 am - 12:30 pm
Quenching the “Fires” of Inflammatory and Oxidative Stress: Implications for Healthy Brain Aging
Jim Joseph, Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University
11:45 am - 12:30 pm
Trends in Weight Management
Thomas Aarts, Co-Founder, Nutrition Business Journal
12:00 pm - 12:45 pm
Difficult Issues in Herbal Products: Validation, Quality and Substantiation
Ikhlas Khan, Assistant Director, Director of FDA Program, Research Professor, National Center for Natural Product
Joseph Betz PhD, Office of Dietary Supplements, National Institutes of Health
Marilyn Barrett
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Networking Lunch
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Speed Data Sessions
Ed Wyszumiala, Manager, NSF International
Elodie Lebastard, Regulatory Advisor EAS Europe
John Grubb, Managing Partner, Sterling-Rice Group
Mary Mulry PhD, President, Foodwise, Inc.
Thomas Aarts, Co-Founder, Nutrition Business Journal
2:00 pm - 2:45 pm
Botanical Products as Inflammatory/Immune Modulators: Perils and Potentials Defined by Mechanisms
Gailen Marshall MD PhD FACP, The University of Mississippi Medical Center
2:00 pm - 2:45 pm
Free Radicals and Inner Ear Disorders: From Basic Research to Clinical Trials.
Matti Anniko MD, President, Chief Editor, Professor, Barany Society
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Review of the Consumer Response: Sales and Trends From Retail
Michael Movitz, Vice President – Business Development, SPINS
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Slim Slam II
Abhijit Bhattacharya, Chief Operating Officer, OmniActive Health Technologies, Ltd.
Anthony Almada MSc, President & CEO, GENr8, Inc.
Jay Udani MD, CEO and Medical Director, Medicus Research
Thomas Aarts, Co-Founder, Nutrition Business Journal
2:45 pm - 3:30 pm
Ethnobotany to Clinical Practice to Inflamation
Roberta Lee MD, Medical Director, Beth Israel Medical Center
2:45 pm - 3:30 pm
Trans-resveratrol for Cardiovascular Health: New Human Clinical Data
Kevin Pearson Ph.D, Assistant Professor, University of Kentucky, Grad. Center for Nutritional Sciences
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Synopsis and Review
Tim Avila, CEO Ventana Health Inc
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Networking Break
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Behavioral Issues in Weight Management
John Foreyt, Baylor College of Medicine
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Cutting Edge Consumer Research
Mary Mulry PhD, President, Foodwise, Inc.
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
DHEA: Does it Have a Future?
Stephen Cherniske M.S., Chief Scientific Officer , Univera
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Spices: The Next New Herb; Where We've Been & Where We're Going
5:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Q&A and Conclusions
Jay Udani MD, CEO and Medical Director, Medicus Research
5:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Q&A and Take Aways
Mary Hardy MD, Medical Director, Simms/Mann Integrative Oncology Program
5:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Q&A and Wrap Up
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Movers and Shakers Interactive Cocktail Party


Thursday, March 11, 2010

7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
Session Sponsor Image
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Review and Overview
8:30 am - 8:45 am
Track Chair Overview: Explore the Ever Expanding Range of Healthful Food Oils
Philippe de Lapérouse, Managing Director, HighQuest Partners' Global Food & Agribusiness
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Welcome and Introduction
Andrew Shao PhD, Vice President Scientific and Regulatory Affairs, Council for Responsible Nutrition
8:30 am - 8:45 am
Welcome and Overview
Loren Israelsen, Executive Director, United Natural Products Alliance
8:45 am - 9:30 am
Osteoporosis, Insulin and Inflammatory Signaling: New Therapeutic Targets
Lyra Heller MA
8:45 am - 9:15 am
The Outlook for Global Edible Oil Supply & Demand
Philippe de Lapérouse, Managing Director, HighQuest Partners' Global Food & Agribusiness
8:45 am - 9:00 am
Welcome and Overview
James Tonkin, President, HealthyBrandBuilders
9:00 am - 9:45 am
Antioxidant Vitamins and Superfruits: The Promises and Perils
David Heber MD, PhD, Director and Professor Center for Human Nutrition, UCLA
9:00 am - 10:00 am
New Sweetener Market Reconnaissance, Products, Packages and Trends
Tom Vierhile, Director of Product Launch Analytics, Datamonitor
9:15 am - 10:00 am
Trends & Drivers in Consumer Edible Oil Preferences
Roger Daniels, Director of Research & Development, Bunge Oils North America
9:30 am - 10:15 am
Leveraging Science to Improve the Delivery of Healthy Aging Ingredients
Dave Gangemi, Professor Emeritus Microbiology and Molecular Medicine, Clemson University
Jeff Taylor, Manager Licaps® Product Development
Tyler White, Formulation Scientist
9:45 am - 10:30 am
Controversies Surrounding Vitamin Antioxidants: Are the Criticisms Justified?
Jeffrey Blumberg PhD, Professor, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Networking Break
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Networking Break
Session Sponsor Image
10:30 am - 11:30 am
New Sweeteners, Why Choose One Over Another, and Who Will Win the Race?
Andrea Young, Global Director of Consumer Innovation, Coca-Cola
David Thorrold, CEO, BioVittoria
Jim May, Founder & CEO, Wisdom Natural Brands
Ron Perko, Sales Manager, Cargill
10:30 am - 10:55 am
Soybean Oils: Novel Solutions for Complex Market Needs
Robert Reeves, Director of Public Affairs, QUALISOY
10:30 am - 11:30 am
The Not-So-Secrets of Successful Aging
Jane Brody, Columnist, New York Times
10:55 am - 11:20 pm
Palm Oils: Opportunities in the U.S. Food Market
Gerald McNeill, Director of R&D and Marketing, Loders Croklaan
11:00 am - 11:45 am
Superfruits Research: Recent Breakthroughs and Remaining Gaps
Susanne Talcott PhD, Texas A&M University
11:20 am - 11:45 am
Canola Oils: Options for Food Production
David Dzisiak, Commercial Leader for Oils, Dow AgroSciences
11:30 am - 12:30 pm
New Sweeteners and How Flavorists are Adapting to Integrate Them into Food/Beverages’
Greg Horn, Sr. Director Technology & Innovation, Wild Flavors
11:30 am - 12:30 pm
The Potential Role of Antioxidants in Heart Disease, Diabetes & High Blood Pressure
Howard Sesso DSc, Harvard University
11:45 am - 12:30 pm
Biomarkers of Antioxidant Inadequacy: The Case of Vitamin E
Ishwarlal Jialal MD, PhD, UC Davis
11:45 am - 12:00 am
The Role of Sunflower, Cottonseed, Corn and Peanut Oils in the Current Market
Patricia Kearney, President/CEO, PMK Associates, Inc.
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
Ask the Experts: How Can Major Oils Be Best Used in Food Products?
David Dzisiak, Commercial Leader for Oils, Dow AgroSciences
Gerald McNeill, Director of R&D and Marketing, Loders Croklaan
Patricia Kearney, President/CEO, PMK Associates, Inc.
Robert Reeves, Director of Public Affairs, QUALISOY
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Progressive Lunch
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
"Brain Storm" (Cognition Slam)
Anthony Almada MSc, President & CEO, GENr8, Inc.
Baldur Hjaltason, EPAX AS
Harry Rice, Senior Scientist, Regulatory & Scientific Affairs , Cargill, Inc.
Loren Israelsen, Executive Director, United Natural Products Alliance
2:00 pm - 2:45 pm
Antioxidants and Nutrigenomics: How Genetic Polymorphisms Affect Response
Stephen Barnes PhD, University of Alabama, Birmingham
2:00 pm - 2:45 pm
The Nutritional Function of Medium-Chain Fatty Acids
Kaori Nakajima, Assistant Manager, The Nisshin OilliO Group
Michio Kasai, Manager, Edible Oils Development Division, Nisshin OilliO Group
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
ZEVIA, a Stevia Sweetened Soft Drink Case Study
Derek Newman, CEO, ZEVIA
2:45 pm - 3:30 pm
Designing Antioxidant Trials to Inform Public Policy: What the Future Holds
Howard Sesso DSc, Harvard University
2:45 pm - 3:30 pm
Sustainability and Food Oils
Ben Zeehandelaar, Manager, Producer Services and Outreach, Roundtable on Responsible Soy Association
Rosidah Radzian, Head of Customer Technical Advisory Services, Malaysian Palm Oil Board
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Case Study Q&A
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Networking Break
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Conclusions and Q&A
Loren Israelsen, Executive Director, United Natural Products Alliance
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Conclusions and Take Aways
James Tonkin, President, HealthyBrandBuilders
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Summary and Takeaways
Andrew Shao PhD, Vice President Scientific and Regulatory Affairs, Council for Responsible Nutrition
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Track Chair Summary
Philippe de Lapérouse, Managing Director, HighQuest Partners' Global Food & Agribusiness
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Helping Your Consumers Turn Mindless EatingTM into Healthier Eating
Brian Wansink, Food and Brand Lab, Director , Cornell University
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Supplier's Night


Saturday, March 13, 2010

5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
NutrAwards Ceremony and Reception