Tuesday, September
16, 2008
|
4:00PM |
Registration (until 7:00pm) |
Wednesday, September
17, 2008
|
7:30AM |
Registration (until 5:00pm) |
|
8:30AM |
Welcome
and Introductory Remarks |
|
Session 1
Global Citrus and Processing Industry |
|
9:00AM |
The Citrus
Industry in India |
|
9:45AM |
Costa Rica
– An Update |
|
10:20AM |
Break |
|
10:35AM |
Citrus
Production and Utilization in China |
|
11:15AM |
Citrus
Processing in Latin America |
|
Session 2
Marketing and Consumer-driven Trends |
|
1:30PM |
European
Marketing Focus |
|
2:15PM |
Trends in
Nutritional Ingredients for Beverages |
|
2:50PM |
Break |
|
3:15PM |
The
Science Behind the Superfruits |
|
3:50PM |
Sustainability and the Citrus Industry |
|
4:25PM |
FL Section
IFT 2008-09 Schedule |
|
6:00PM |
Networking
Reception (until 7:00pm) |
Thursday, September
18, 2008
|
Session 3
Processing and Technology Updates |
|
8:30AM |
State Test
House Updates for 2008-09 |
|
9:05AM |
State of
Florida Industrial Energy Forecast |
|
9:40AM |
Nanotechnology and the Food Industry |
|
10:15AM |
Break |
|
10:35AM |
New
Debittering Technologies |
|
11:10AM |
OJ Outlook |
|
Session 4
Processing By-Products and Ingredients |
|
1:30PM |
Bioenergy:
Separating Science from Politics |
|
2:05PM |
Citrus
Oils: The Regulatory Horizon |
|
2:40PM |
Break |
|
3:00PM |
By-product
System Sanitation |
|
3:35PM |
Import
Testing of Ingredients and Food Products |
|
4:10PM |
Awards
Ceremony |
|
6:30PM |
Dinner &
Entertainment (until 8:30pm) |
Friday, September 19,
2008
|
Session 5
Citrus Industry Challenges and Solutions |
|
7:45AM |
Breakfast |
|
8:30AM |
The
Greening Situation – Review and Update |
|
9:05AM |
Mechanism
for the Release of Genetically-modified Citrus |
|
9:40AM |
Labor
Supply and the Florida Citrus Industry |
|
10:15AM |
Mechanical
Harvesting and Abscission |
|
11:00AM |
Adjourn |
