Welcome to the new Petfood Forum website!

Bookmark this site for everything you've ever wanted or needed to know about any of the exclusive, premier Petfood Forum conferences. Here you'll find information about the annual US event, including Petfood Forum 2013 and Petfood Workshop, the in-depth, hands-on symposium following it.

October 1, 2012
Petfood Forum 2013 will be held at the Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center Hotel.
Petfood Forum 2013 will be held at the Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center Hotel.

Bookmark this site for everything you've ever wanted or needed to know about any of the exclusive, premier Petfood Forum conferences. Here you'll find information about the annual US event, including Petfood Forum 2013 and Petfood Workshop, the in-depth, hands-on symposium following it. The theme for Petfood Workshop in 2013 is World of Ingredients.

This site is also your portal to all international Petfood Forum conferences, including Petfood Forum China, debuting this October in Shanghai, and Petfood Forum Asia, held earlier this year in Bangkok, Thailand, and scheduled there again for 2014. You can also get information about Petfood Forum Europe, held at least every four years (with more frequency and new dates and locations to be announced soon).

Be sure to add the new Petfood Forum site to your favorites list!

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