| Date: | Tuesday, 14 May 2024 |
| Venues: | Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), Brunton Ave, Richmond (Melbourne) |
| SESSION 1 | Future Food |
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| 9.00 am |
KEYNOTE: The future of snacking - Andrew Leakey, General Manager, Mars Wrigley Australia |
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Future direction in confectionery innovation and maximising resources - Russel Rankin, Director, Food Innovation Partners |
| SESSION 2 | Technology Enablers |
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| 10.45 am |
Advancing confectionery manufacturing: harnessing the AI opportunity - Rita Arrigo, Strategic Engagement Manager, National AI Centre |
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Automation in the retail supply chain - Cabe Smithson, Supply Chain Transformation Program Manager, Coles Group |
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Optimising your chocolate production with high cocoa tolerant cocoa butter substitutes and cocoa butter alternatives - Rachel Kilby, Technical Sales Manager, AAK (Australia) and Lulu Allorde Pedrajeta, Senior Customer Innovation Manager, AAK (Singapore) |
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Precision fermentation: An opportunity for animal-free food ingredients - Professor Roman Buckow, Professor of Food Science, Director of the Centre of Food Science, La Trobe University Not Available |
| SESSION 3 | Regulatory Scene |
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| 2.00 pm |
Towards a circular economy for plastic packaging - Cameron Hutchinson, Branch Head, Waste and Resource Recovery Policy Branch, Australian Government Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water |
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Driving circularity of flexible packaging - Richard Smith, Director Sustainability Asia Pacific, Amcor Flexibles |
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Review of the Food and Grocery Code of Conduct - Paul Miszalski, Director, Food and Grocery Code Review Secretariat, Department of Treasury |
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Is this the future of confectionery advertising? - Megan Ewin, Director of Policy & Regulatory Affairs, Australian Association of National Advertisers (AANA) |
| SESSION 4 | Future thinking |
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| 4:15 pm |
CASE STUDY: Seabin - Mitigating the financial and reputational risk of plastic waste leakage in the environment - Pete Ceglinski, Chief Executive Officer & Founder, Seabin |
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KEYNOTE: Exploring Sweet Possibilities: The 2050 Confectionery Market Transformation - Mark Field, Founder & CEO, Prof Consulting Group |
ConTech2024 will appeal to a broad range of confectionery and wider food industry professionals, including those in the fields of:
Jennifer Thompson
Technical & Regulatory Manager
Email: jennifer.thompson@aigroup.com.au
Phone: 03 9867 0181
Mobile: 0418 223 170
Julie Gerrard
Event Coordinator
Email: julie.gerrard@aigroup.com.au
Mobile: 0407 326 160
