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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)

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

7:30 am - 8:30 am

Morning Coffee Hour

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

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

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

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