Food Safety Summit Educational Advisory Board Members Announced; Planning Begins for 2017 Event
Speaker Proposals Now Being Accepted

(firmenpresse) - ROSEMONT, IL -- (Marketwired) -- 07/25/16 -- Food safety professionals from leading companies including The Cheesecake Factory, Costco, US Foods, Wegman's, McDonald's and academic and government agencies have joined The Food Safety Summit Educational Advisory Board (EAB) who will set the direction for the content of the education program for the 2017 event scheduled for May 9-11 in Rosemont, IL. The EAB will select and identify the high profile keynote presenters, hands on workshops, specialized training/education and detailed informational sessions. The EAB is comprised of industry leaders representing the entire food industry including, processors, manufacturers, retailers, distributors, foodservice operators, regulators and academia.
"Following an extremely successful 2016 Food Safety Summit, we are very excited to work with this talented and highly respected Educational Advisory Board to produce another stellar program for 2017," says Scott Wolters, Director of The Food Safety Summit. "Our goal is to offer a solutions oriented program where real issues can be discussed and solutions discovered and with a good mix of returning EAB members as well as new members, we will be able to accomplish this goal."
The New EAB members include:
- Vice President, FSQA SupplierUS Foods
- Vice President North American Quality and Food Protection, OSI Group, LLC
- Associate Professor, North Carolina State
- Senior Vice President of Operations & Supply Chain, WTRMLNWTR™
- Director, Retail Food Safety, H-E-B
- Vice President, Global Business Development, Decernis
- Director, Retail Food Protection Staff, FDA
- National Food Industry Lawyer, Food Industry Council
- Vice President, GMMCostco
Returning EAB members include:
- President, G&L Consulting Group
- Vice President, Quality Assurance & Food Safety, The Cheesecake Factory
- Vice President and Director Institute for Food Safety and Health, Illinois Institute of Technology
- Executive Director, Association of Food & Drug Officials
- DC Senior Advisor, FED TS&A FHS, Deloitte Consulting LLP
- Chief Food Safety Officer, Wholesome International
- Vice President of Food Safety and Quality Assurance, Wegmans
- Founder/CEO, Public Health Innovations
- Senior Advisor for Food Safety, CDC
- Vice President, Safety & Compliance, Global Supply Chain & Sustainability, McDonald's
- Associate Director, Food Safety, Quality Assurance & Training, Rutgers University
- Associate Director & Assistant Professor, Michigan State University
President, PA Wester Consulting
The Food Safety Summit invites industry leaders to submit a speaker application to participate on a panel for the 2017 program. All speaker bios will be reviewed by the 2017 Food Safety Summit Executive Advisory Board (EAB) who is responsible for selecting and organizing the educational program. The deadline is September 16, 2016 for consideration by the EAB All speaker topics must be educational and non-commercial in nature. Vendors of food safety-related products or services who are exhibiting at the Food Safety Summit, are welcome to speak in the Solution Stage Theater. Contact Chuck Wilson at for more information.
Speakers must address one of the following Food Safety Solutions:
Allergens
Auditing
Crisis Planning
Effective Risk Communications
Emerging Issues Retail/ Foodservice and Grocery Operations
Environmental Monitoring
FDA and USDA Regulations and Guidelines
Food Fraud / Defense / Security
Food Safety Modernization Act
Global Food Supply
GMPs and Prerequisite Programs
HACCP
Imports / Exports
Interaction of Public and Private Sectors
Interventions
Listeria
Market Trends and Landscape for the Future
Packaging
Pathogens
Pest Control
Predictive Microbiology and Testing
Preventive Controls
Produce
Quantitative Risk Assessment
Sanitary Design of Equipment
Sanitation
Software Solutions
Traceability
Training
Transportation / Distribution
Protecting Products
To submit an abstract visit, .
The Food Safety Summit is the leading forum on food safety with an in-depth conference program offering solutions for today and planning for tomorrow, featuring the world's leading authorities examining the most up-to-date innovations in the food industry. The Food Safety Summit is designed to meet the educational and informational needs of the entire food industry and will be held Tuesday, May 9 through Thursday, May 11, 2017 with certification courses starting on Monday, May 8 at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, IL. Registration will be live in September 2016 and all updates on the conference are available at . For more information, call 847.405.4124.
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