Monday, 12th October 2015
12:30 pm
Registration
01:00 pm
Welcome Message
Volker Heinz, Director, German Institute of Food Technologies
Dietmar Eiden, Koelnmesse
Moderation: Jochen Weiss, Vide President for Research, University of Hohenheim
01:20 pm
Keynote Session
Michael Hüther, Director, Cologne Institute for Economic Research
»Industry 4.0: classification, data security and implications«
Hanni Rützler, Nutrition Scientist, Health Psychologist, Trend Researcher, futurefoodstudio
»Foodtrends – seismographs of change«
03:40 pm
Coffee Break
04:10 pm
Session 1 – Converging Industries
Olaf Lies, Niedersachsen Minister for Economic Affairs, Labour and Transport
»Challenges to the Food Industry«
Christian Janze, Partner, Ernst & Young
»Shifting forces and global trends in the food industry – implications for corporate strategy«
Herbert Georg Bader, Managing Director, Mondi Consumer Packaging Technologies GmbH
»Packaging trend - from the problem to innovative solutions«
Jannick H Schmidt, CEO, 2.-0 LCA consultants
»Sustainability assessment in the food sector – state of the art and beyond«
05:30 pm
End of Day 1
Tuesday, 13th October 2015
10:00 am
Opening
Volker Heinz, Director, German Institute of Food Technologies (Moderator)
10:10 am
Session 2 – New Foods
Sjoerd Post, Market Analyst, Innova Market Insights
»The early adopters: innovative technology in new product development«
Indrawati Oey, Head of Department of Food Science, University of Otago
»Understanding consumer perception as a trigger for product and technology development«
Michael Spielmann, Managing Director, Quantis GmbH & Co.KG
»Can fact-based sustainability communications reconcile consumers expectations and the food
industry (innovations)?«
11:40 am
Coffee Break
12:00 am
Session 3 – Industry 4.0
Tim Cole, Author and Moderator, Industry 4.0
John David Roeg, Senior Analyst Consumer Foods, Rabobank International
»Food processors challenged by online growth dynamics«
Christian Patermann, Director, ret. EC, member of the first bioeconomy council
»Digitalization and biologization – perspectives for bioeconomy and food industry«
01:00 pm
Lunch Break
02:15 pm
Session 4 – Consumer Trends
Enrico Krien, Senior Business Consultant, Nielsen Germany
»Global consumer trends and the linkage to the food market«
Stephan Becker-Sonnenschein, CEO “Die Lebensmittelwirtschaft” reg. Association
»Food and innovation – what is acceptable for the consumer«
Tom Schardt, CEO agency Bernstein
»Trend fit – Identity is the key«
03:45 pm
Wrap up
04:00 pm
End of Conference
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