Event Hub: Petfood Forum 2021

Time	Name	Sponsor	Add To Calendar
8:00 AM - 8:45 AM	Petfood Essentials: Breakfast
8:45 AM - 9:15 AM	Petfood Essentials: Welcome & Introduction
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM	Petfood Essentials: Product positioning and delivery
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM	Exhibitor move-in
10:00 AM - 6:30 PM	Petfood Essentials: Registration
10:20 AM - 11:20 AM	Petfood Essentials: The major ingredient categories: proteins, fats, carbohydrates
11:20 AM - 11:50 AM	Petfood Essentials: Coffee Break
11:50 AM - 12:50 PM	Petfood Essentials: Sourcing, sub-assembly and upstream processing
12:50 PM - 2:00 PM	Petfood Essentials: Lunch
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	Petfood Essentials: Ingredients’ effects on pet food processing, and vice versa
3:05 PM - 4:05 PM	Petfood Essentials: Safety of ingredients: traceability and testing
4:05 PM - 5:00 PM	Essentials Mixer
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM	Petfood Forum and Petfood Essentials opening reception

Time	Name	Sponsor	Add To Calendar
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM	Breakfast
7:00 AM - 5:30 PM	Registration
8:00 AM - 8:50 AM	Welcome and opening keynote: Using innovation to be a pet food ‘David’ within a Goliath—Tom Fishburne, Marketoonist
8:50 AM - 9:30 AM	General session: Connecting with pet food consumers in a changing landscape—Michael Johnson, Finn Cady
9:30 AM - 6:00 PM	Exhibit Hall Open
9:30 AM - 11:30 AM	Paws for a Break (visiting pet charities)
9:45 AM - 10:30 AM	Coffee Break
9:45 AM - 12:00 PM	Petfood Forum Student Program Presentations
10:25 AM - 12:00 PM	Petfood Forum Tech Talks
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM	Lunch
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM	Innovation and alternative pet food proteins
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM	Partnering with consumers to meet your sustainability goals via upcycling
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM	Regulating popular pet food market trends
2:05 PM - 2:35 PM	Future crises warrant proactive and elevated preparation by pet food
2:05 PM - 2:35 PM	Innovative and sustainable pet food processing solutions
2:05 PM - 2:35 PM	North American consumer acceptance of insect proteins in pet food
2:35 PM - 3:05 PM	Coffee Break
3:10 PM - 4:15 PM	New ingredient research roundup
3:10 PM - 4:15 PM	Safety and technology roundup
3:10 PM - 4:15 PM	Sustainability roundup
4:15 PM - 5:30 PM	Networking Reception
4:30 PM - 5:15 PM	Student and Industry Research Poster Meet-and-Greet

Time	Name	Sponsor	Add To Calendar
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM	Breakfast
7:00 AM - 2:00 PM	Registration
8:00 AM - 2:00 PM	Exhibit Hall Open
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM	General session: Consumer conceptions about pet food formats: Kibble, canned, alternative—David Sprinkle, Packaged Facts
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM	General session: Intellectual property update: Turn your pet food IP rights into a competitive advantage—Douglas Robinson and Leanne Rakers, Harness, Dickey & Pierce
9:15 AM - 10:30 AM	Panel session: Cats are unique creatures: New nutrition research
9:15 AM - 10:30 AM	Panel session: Fresh/human-grade pet food research and executive panel: Why digestibility, the microbiome and other factors differ
9:15 AM - 10:30 AM	Panel session: Optimizing the e-commerce boom for your pet food business
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Coffee Break
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Petfood Forum Student Program Presentations
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Petfood Forum Tech Talks
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM	Lunch
1:15 PM - 2:00 PM	Closing session: Exclusive consumer research: Pet ownership and consumer engagement post-pandemic

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	On-Demand Sessions
	Opening Night Reception
	Petfood Essentials Pre-Conference Seminar

Welcome to Petfood Forum 2021!