Food Marketing Conference Agenda

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Tuesday, March 30

9 to 11:30 a.m. | Conference check-in

Pick up your conference badge in the lobby of the Radisson Plaza Hotel.

10:15 to 11 a.m. | Student-only session

To be announced

11:00 to 11:45 a.m. | Welcome lunch

Lunch will be served in the Radisson Plaza Hotel.

12:00 to 12:10 p.m. | Conference kickoff

Speaker: Dr. Russell Zwanka, director of the food marketing program at Western Michigan University

12:10 to 12:30 p.m. | Keynote speaker

To be announced

12:30 to 1:05 p.m. | Panel

To be announced

1:05 to 1:25 p.m. | Keynote speaker

To be announced

1:25 to 1:55 p.m. | Networking break

To be announced

1:55 to 2:15 p.m. | Keynote speaker

To be announced

2:15 to 2:50 p.m. | Panel

To be announced

2:50 to 3:10 p.m. | Keynote speaker

To be announced

3:10 to 3:40 p.m. | Networking break

To be announced

3:40 to 4:15 p.m. | Panel

To be announced

4:15 to 4:35 p.m. | Keynote speaker

To be announced

4:35 to 5:00 p.m. | Keynote speaker

To be announced

5:00 to 7:00 p.m. | Opening night reception

To be announced

Wednesday, March 31

7:30 to 8:30 a.m. | Breakfast

Breakfast will be served in the Radisson Plaza Hotel.

8:30 to 8:50 a.m. | Food marketing update and awards

Speaker: Dr. Russell Zwanka, director of the food marketing program at Western Michigan University

8:50 to 9:10 a.m. | Keynote speaker

To be announced

9:10 to 9:45 a.m. | Panel

To be announced

9:45 to 10:20 a.m. | Panel

To be announced

10:20 to 10:50 a.m. | Networking break

10:50 to 11:25 a.m. | Panel

To be announced

11:25 to 11:40 a.m. | Keynote speaker

To be announced

11:40 a.m. to noon | Keynote speaker

To be announced

Noon | Closing lunch

Lunch will be served in the Radisson Plaza Hotel.