National Food Policy Conference 2013

36^th Annual National Food Policy Conference

April 15-16, 2013

Capital Hilton Hotel, Washington, DC

2013 Food Policy Conference Conference Program

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(Note: not all panelists submitted presentations or prepared written remarks)

Monday, April 15, 2013

Facilitated Discussion: The Future of Food Shopping

Susan Borra, Senior Vice President, Communications and Marketing, Food Marketing Institute (presentation)
Brian Lang, Supermarket Campaign Director, The Food Trust (presentation)
Jennifer Harris, Director, Marketing Initiatives, Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity, Yale University (presentation)
Kate Weigle, Senior Vice President & Group Head, Food and Nutrition, Edelman (presentation)

Panel 1: Is Nutrition Research Keeping Pace with Policy and Consumers?

Linda Van Horn, Professor of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine (presentation)

Panel 2: The Food Safety Modernization Act – Debating the Produce Safety Proposal

Ariane Lotti, Assistant Policy Director, National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (presentation)

Panel 3: Waste Not, Want Not – Addressing the Problem of Food Waste

Jeanne Von Zastrow, Senior Director of Sustainability and Industry Relations, Food Marketing Institute (presentation)
Jean Schwab, National Food Recovery Initiative, Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery, Environmental Protection Agency (presentation)

Panel 1: Improving the Regulation of Food Additives

Dennis M. Keefe, Director, Office of Food Additive Safety, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration (presentation)
Tom Neltner, Director, Food Additives Project , The Pew Charitable Trusts (presentation)

Panel 2: The Impact of Droughts, Floods, and Other Disasters on our Food Supply

Chandler Goule, Vice President of Government Relations, National Farmers Union (presentation)

Panel 3: The Impact of Changing Animal Welfare Standards

Gail Golab, Director, Animal Welfare Division, American Veterinary Medical Association (presentation)

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Facilitated Discussion: Communicating about Food Issues in the Age of Social Media

Benjamin Chapman, Assistant Professor, Department of 4-H Youth Development and Family & Consumer Sciences, North Carolina State University (presentation)
Linda W. Eatherton, Partner, Director Global Food & Nutrition Practice, Ketchum (presentation)
Kent Jarrell, Executive Director, Litigation and Crisis Communication, APCO Worldwide (presentation)

Panel 1: Priority-Setting in a Time of Reduced Resources

Clay Ramsay, Research Director, Program on International Policy Attitudes, University of Maryland (presentation)