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Ice Cream & Cultured Innovation Conference

Ice Cream & Cultured Innovation Conference

April 1, 2025 - April 2, 2025

Fort Lauderdale, FL

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Join us at the Ice Cream & Cultured Innovation Conference, the premier gathering for ice cream, yogurt, and cultured dairy leaders! This reimagined event delivers cutting-edge insights on emerging market trends, food safety, labeling, and technical advancements. Dive into dynamic discussions, hands-on sessions, and exclusive product tastings. Don’t miss the Innovative Flavor and Product Competitions, celebrating the future of ice cream and cultured dairy. Network with industry trailblazers and gain tools to stay ahead. Be inspired, innovate boldly, and transform your products and processes!

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Meet the Nelson-Jameson team attending

Lisa Schulz

Director of Category Strategy - Direct Products

Agenda

April 1, 2025

Breakfast

8:00am - 8:30am    

Welcome Remarks
8:30am - 8:45am 

General Session - Gaining Inspiration from Here and Abroad: Keep Ice Cream and Cultured Dairy Part of the Conversation with Today’s Evolving Consumers with Donna Berry 8:45am - 9:30am    

General Session Fireside Chat - Training the Next Generation of Innovators with Loren Ward, Samuel Alcaine, PhD  
9:30am - 10:15am    

Networking Break
10:15am - 10:45am    
Sponsored By: Denali® Ingredients

Ice Cream Concurrent Session - Innovative Colors as Solutions to Regulatory Pressure
10:45am - 11:30am    

Yogurt & Cultured Concurrent Session - Transforming Yogurt: Improving Nutritional Quality for an Enhanced Snacking Experience
10:45am - 11:30am

Ice Cream Concurrent Session - Crafting the Guilt Free Indulgence Through Ingredient and Product Innovation in Frozen Desserts with Kaavya Rathnakumar, PhD, Biqing (Jasmine) Wu, PhD, Aditya Sharma    
11:30am - 12:15pm    

Yogurt & Cultured Concurrent Session - The Future of Cottage Cheese Production with Byron Ba, PhD    
11:30am - 12:15pm   

Lunch 
12:15pm - 1:30pm 

General Session - Making it Lactose Free: Opportunities and Challenges for Ice Cream and Cultured Dairy with Eric Hallstead    
1:30pm - 2:15pm    

Innovative Ice Cream Flavor Contest, Part I: Most Innovative Prototype Flavor
2:15pm - 3:30pm    

 Ice Cream Concurrent Session - Listeria: Why It’s a Persistent Challenge Requiring Persistent Solutions with Samantha Bolten, PhD    
3:30pm - 4:15pm   

Yogurt & Cultured Concurrent Session - Prebiotic & Probiotics: Health & Wellness Opportunities for Cultured Dairy with Junrui Cheng, PhD    
3:30pm - 4:15pm    

Innovative Cultured Dairy Product Contest
4:15pm - 5:00pm    

Networking Reception
5:30pm - 7:00pm    

 

April 2, 2025

Breakfast

8:00am - 8:30am    

General Session - Unlocking the Potential of the GLP1Landscape with Stephen Cobbe, Sarah Miller
8:30am - 9:15am      

 General Session - Flavor Innovation in Dairy: Drive Consumer Appeal Through Flavors for Mood, Season or Moment
9:15am - 10:00am    

Innovative Ice Cream Flavor Contest, Part II: Most Innovative Flavor and Most Innovative Novelty
10:00am - 10:30am    

Networking Break
10:30am - 11:00am    

General Session - Vanilla: There’s Nothing Plain About It with Darian Rottman
11:00am - 11:45am        

Ice Cream Concurrent Session - Packaging Prototypes
11:45am - 12:30pm    

Yogurt & Cultured Concurrent Session - Trends in High Protein Yogurt with Olivia Finer  
11:45am - 12:30pm      

Lunch
12:30pm - 1:30pm    

Ice Cream Concurrent Session
1:30pm - 2:15pm

Yogurt & Cultured Concurrent Session
1:30pm - 2:15pm    

General Session - Research to Reality: Translating Innovative Concepts into Real World Value with Samuel Alcaine, PhD, John Renye Jr., PhD, Omid McDonald, Emily Darchuk
2:15pm - 3:00pm    

 

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