President’s Breakfast: Inspiring a New Vision for Dairy
How do we work together to inspire a new vision for dairy—to seize opportunities, navigate challenges, and redefine the future of a transformed dairy industry? IDFA President and CEO Michael Dykes assesses the dairy foods and consumer landscape over the next decade and lays out a plan of advocacy, education, and network-building that will help us shape the dairy industry and set a new standard within food and business. The dairy industry, from producer to processor, is not unlike other evolving industries, and has experienced significant phases of consolidation and realignment due to market, consumer, and external forces. Recent bankruptcies and acquisitions, as well as the dairy supply chain disruptions resulting from the COVID-19 crisis, are indicative of the tenuous nature of the industry’s existing infrastructure. What will the next phase of evolution in the dairy industry look like and what do we need to do now to inspire a new vision for dairy.
Speaker: Michael Dykes, D.V.M., President and CEO, International Dairy Foods Association
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General Session: Consumer Consumption Trends and Why it Matters to Dairy
Understanding consumer trends and behaviors, both within and outside the category, is imperative in generating consumer demand for dairy. Eating Patterns in America: an annual report from the NPD Group has long been the definitive source for information on eating and drinking habits in the United States. Now in its 36th year, the work provides in-depth insights into actual consumption behavior – and importantly, how that behavior is changing over time. This session will feature David Portalatin, NPD’s national analyst on all aspects of food and beverage consumption. As the United States emerges from pandemic-related restrictions, David will share is valuable perspective on the long term arc of consumption patterns: trends prior to COVID-19’s onset, how eating habits have been disrupted, where it is all headed and what we can take-away as the dairy industry.
Speaker: David Portalatin, Senior Vice President, Industry Advisor, Food and Foodservice, The NPD Group
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Breakfast with U.S. Chamber of Commerce Chief Economist
Hear from U.S. Chamber of Commerce Chief Economist what might lie ahead for the economy and how businesses can stay on the path to recovery. Curtis Dubay, chief economist in the Economic Policy Division at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, tracks the condition of the economy, analyzes the impact of public policy on economic growth, and runs the Chamber’s Chief Economists Committee.
Speaker: Curtis Dubay, Chief Economist, U.S Chamber of Commerce
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Deep Dive – Food as Medicine: Dairy Rx
Dietitians, retailers and health practitioners are already moving forward with “food as medicine”, not for specific diseases but as an initiative to use nutritious food as a “treatment” for improved general health and wellness. What types of foods and health conditions are part of these “prescriptions”? What can the dairy industry do to ensure that dairy products are included?
Moderator: Yin Woon Rani, CEO, Milk Processor Education Program
Speakers: Stephanie K. Goodwin, PhD, MPH, RD, Senior Manager, Government & Industry Affairs, Danone North America
Taylor Newman, PhD, RDN, Director of Nutrition, The Kroger Co.
Lauren Twigge, Founder, Lauren Twigge Nutrition LLC
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