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SEMINAR STAGE II
10.00am-5.00pm, Thursday June 4, 2015
Buckingham Suite, Grosvenor House
Seminar Schedule
10.00am-11.00am: Fit For Purpose Packaging
Gal Wollach, vice president, international sales, ROP Ltd
Gal will analyse the challenges involved in handling highly perishable and delicate fresh produce to optimise its performance
and shelf life. In the UK, more than two million tonnes of fresh produce are lost or wasted each year in the supply chain
alone, above and beyond weight and nutritious value losses. Gal’s company has created ExtendCast™ packaging, which is
tailor-engineered for each specific fruit, vegetable and herb, based on their unique respiration characteristics, water loss rate,
mass and post-harvest processes keeping these products fresh much longer compared to unpacked or standardly packed
produce, while maintaining their quality, taste, aroma, texture and appearance and preventing weight loss. His seminar will
provide more details of this technology.
11.00am-12.00pm: In-Transit Temperature Monitoring
Martin Meckesheimer, director of Global Project Management, Sensitech
Martin Meckesheimer is an industrial statistician specialising in data analysis and information visualisation. As director of
Global Project Management at Sensitech, he manages a team of Food and Life Sciences Technologists that leverages
advanced data analysis and field work capabilities to provide customer focused Supply Chain Visibility. His presentation will
analyse the practical aspects of temperature monitoring including what, where and how to measure temperature, and look at
effective ways of using data to drive continuous cold chain improvement.
12.00pm-1.00pm: The Potential Of Peru
Jaime Cardenas, director of Peru’s Trade and Investment Office in the UK
With Peru’s fresh fruit and vegetable industry planning to triple its production to three million tonnes during the course of the
next five years, and as interest rises rapidly in Peruvian cuisine, Jaime will present a detailed overview about why buyers
should source from Peru, followed by a question and answer panel featuring Peruvian grower/exporters and importers of
Peruvian product in the UK. Peruvian exports to the UK during the first quarter of 2015 have risen by 20%, and Jaime’s
presentation and the discussion, hosted by Produce Business UK’s Kathy Hammond, will help you find out more.
1.00pm-2.00pm: The inadequate use of in-store media by the fresh department
Dr John Stanton, Professor and chairman, Food Marketing Department, Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia
Dr Stanton’s topic is the inadequate use of in-store media by the fresh department. While every major branded companies
uses media to draw attention to and sell its products, John says that for the most part, produce people are far more
likely to stick to a sign that tells you what you’re buying and its price. Saint Joseph’s has carried out research using
Vitamin D-enhanced mushrooms to determine what really would be the best combination of store media and carried out
experiments where people looked at the mushroom section, with different combinations of media. It was able to determine
the best combination of these media to maximise the sales response and John will elaborate on this and much more in his
presentation.
2.00pm-3.00pm: The Challenge Of Leadership
Mary Powers Nikola, PhD, director, Leadership & Organisation Development, School of Environmental and
Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, New Jersey
Dr Nikola will examine the difference between managing and leading, and share the latest research on what followers want in
a leader. She will bring in the research of James Kouzes and Barry Posner, linking that research to specific skills for leaders
to engage in. Mary refers to a famous saying: “If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve
always gotten”, and the objective of her workshop-style session will be to ask the group what it means to be an effective
leader, how they define management, and how they define leadership – in order to eventually distinguish between managing
and leading. “They are not the same thing, but there is an overlap; managers lead and leaders manage,” she says.
3.00pm-4.00pm: Lack Of Consumer Acceptance Is Major Roadblock To Progress Of The GMO Debate
Brad Rickard, PhD, assistant professor of Applied Economics and Management, Charles H. Dyson School of
Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University
Dr Rickard gave a standing-room-only presentation at the New York Produce Show last year which examined the potential
impacts of commercialisation of GMO fruits and vegetables, and consumer acceptance of different GMOs products. In
London, he’ll be taking a different angle, and exploring how food waste connects to the GMO debate. He’ll look at the role of
information/date labels on food waste; the potential role of technology, including GMOs on food waste; and, more generally,
the effects of positive and negative information on consumer acceptance of GMOs. Lack of consumer acceptance, he argues,
is the major obstacle to GMO growth.
4.00pm-5.00pm: Discover India’s Produce Pot Of Gold
Sumit Saran, head of the international food business at the Future Group, India
India is one of the fastest growing markets for imported foods in the world. The growth has in some ways mirrored the
overall prosperity of the Indian economy, which has continued to boom despite the overall global slowdown. However, the
market is extremely heterogeneous and complex. Most suppliers and companies find it difficult to fathom how to tap in to the
opportunities that the market is providing. Sumit heads the international food business at the Future Group, India’s largest
retailer. In his presentation he speaks about the challenges and opportunities that exist in India and suggests simple ways to
“Discover the Pot of Gold in India”
We look forward to welcoming you to the London Produce Show and Conference next week!
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