Hyatt Regency O'Hare
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Nutrition is the key to understanding petfood: the science behind what’s best for companion animals, the key ingredients to meet their nutritional needs and the most beneficial, efficient and cost-effective ways to formulate ingredients into a product that can be processed, packaged and sold.
In this interactive symposium, pet nutrition experts will share their insights during hands-on sessions:
- Ask the nutrition experts: roundtable of nutritionists answering your specific questions
- Basics of feline and canine nutrition
- Key ingredient groups and how they provide nutritional benefits
- Processing considerations for petfood ingredients
- An overview of formulation
This is a “must” event for anyone in the industry who needs to know more about the foundation of all petfood products—nutrition!
Check back frequently as we confirm more speakers and specific topics. Following is the schedule and program to date:
12:00-2:00 pm Registration
2:00-3:00 pm General session: Products and ingredients driving today’s global petfood market—Lee Linthicum, Euromonitor International, shares key nutrition and ingredient trends affecting the development of petfood products.
3:00-3:20 pm Break
3:20-4:35 pm First round of breakout sessions (each an interactive workshop on a key area of nutrition):
- Basics of feline and canine nutrition—Kelly Swanson, PhD, University of Illinois, covers the metabolic similarities and differences of cats and dogs, and how they relate to current nutrient recommendations.
- Key ingredient groups and how they provide nutritional benefits—Sean Delaney, DVM, MS, ACVN, , and Sally Perea, DVM, MS, ACVN, Natura Pet Products, discuss the key ingredient groups for providing essential nutrients and maintaining health in pets, including how to use them in petfoods to provide additional nutritional benefits.
- Processing considerations for petfood ingredients—Galen Rokey, Wenger Manufacturing, reviews major petfood ingredients and how they affect the extrusion process, focusing on processing parameters and their impact on ingredient properties and nutritional contributions.
- Overview of formulation—Andy Watland, Creative Formulation Concepts, provides an overview of key petfood formulation concepts, including a hands-on demonstration on how to use formulation software.
4:40-5:55 pm Second round of breakout sessions (attendees rotate among the four rooms)
6:00-7:00 pm Reception
7:00-8:00 am Breakfast
8:00-8:40 am General session: Regulatory requirements for substantiating nutritional adequacy—David Dzanis, DVM, PhD, Regulatory Discretion Inc., explains the accepted methods for properly substantiating adequacy: formulating to meet established nutrient profiles, conducting feeding trials or using “product family” criteria.
8:40-9:25 am General session: Ask the nutrition experts panel—direct your specific nutrition questions to experts including Greg Aldrich, PhD, Pet Food & Ingredient Technology; Brittany Vester Boler, PhD, University of Illinois; Serge Boutet, Mondou Ltd.; Kerry Cramer, PhD, Trouw Nutrition; and Thomas R. Willard, PhD, TRW Consulting (check back regularly as we confirm more panel members).
9:25-9:50 am Break
9:50-11:05 am Third round of breakout sessions (attendees rotate among the four rooms)
11:10 am-12:25 pm Fourth round of breakout sessions (attendees rotate among the four rooms)
Petfood Workshop offers plenty of opportunities for members of the petfood industry to network, do business, learn from one another and enjoy the company of fellow professionals. Registration includes access to all conference sessions, all breaks and meals (except dinner) and the reception. Don’t miss out--register today! (To pay by check or money order, click here.)
And if you also register for Petfood Forum 2010, you'll save 20%!
To make your hotel registration, contact the Hyatt Regency O'Hare directly (or call +1.800.233.1234 in the US or +1.847.696.1234 from outside the US). Be sure to identify yourself as a Petfood Forum or Petfood Workshop 2010 participant by March 24, 2010, to receive our special group rate. Room availability is limited; reservations will be handled on a first come, first served basis.
NOTE: We have heard some of our exhibitors are being contacted by a group called IEA Event Planning offering special rates on hotel rooms at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare. Petfood Forum has absolutely no affiliation with this group, nor have we ever discussed this arrangement with them; therefore, we do not know if it is legitimate. We strongly recommend booking your hotel room directly with the Hyatt Regency O’Hare.