Keynote
April 13, 2005
Kathleen Eisenhardt, Professor of Management, Stanford
University
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Panel
#1: End-Users
Moderated by
Curt Miller,
Supervisor, Eastern European Operations
Cooperative Business International, Inc.
Will Duensing, Director, Quality
Assurance and Technical Services, Bunge Milling
Corn quality attributes of importance to the corn dry
miller, can be encouraged throughout the grower base by
several different strategies.
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David Bossman, Executive Director,
American Feed Industry Association
David will talk about the Feed Industry's needs with respect
to quality attributes. He will provide insight into how
the industry as buyers values grain quality and what they
need from their suppliers. More...
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Jeff Norman, Corn Procurement
Manager, Tate & Lyle
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Eduardo de la Fuente, Director
of Quality Control, Maseca
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Panel #2: Grain Handlers and Producers
Lynn Clarkson, President, Clarkson Grain Company,
Inc.
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Dale Crawford, Illinois Soybean Association
"Soybean Quality Rewards
Program"
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Chuck Cawley, Illinois Farm Bureau
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Larry Groce, Sales and Marketing
Advisor, Premium Ag Products, LLC
"Opportunities and Challenges
in the Production of IP Grains"
Premium Ag Products, LLC (PAP) is a northeast Missouri
farmer-owned value-added ag company specializing in identity
preserved (I.P.) grain production. More...
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Panel #3: Seed Companies
Moderated
by Randy Nelson, USDA-ARS, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Pradip Das, Director, Crop Analytics,
Monsanto Co.
Pradip will discuss the applications of advanced analytical
technologies and quality assurance practices to build,
track and extract value as the seeds and grains move through
the product delivery pipeline. More...
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Peter Coaldrake, Director, Grain
and Nutritional Sciences, Maize Development, Pioneer Hi-Bred
Int'l, Inc., A DuPont Company
New technologies are being rapidly integrated into
the development of corn and soybean products.
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John A. Schillinger, President,
Schillinger Seed & CEO, Heartland Fields, LLC
"Selecting and Aligning New
Soy Grains for Diverse Food Applications"
There are significant differences among soy grains
for functionality as related to efficiency in processing
and in food formulation applications. More...
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Thomas P. Redick, Attorney, United
Soybean Board
"Identity Preservation and
'Due Care' in the Coming Age of Traceability"
Thomas will give an overview of how compliance
with identity preservation standards translate into liability
protection when "trace-back" occurs for particular
genetic events, and discuss case studies in which companies
got it right (or failed to follow good practices and incurred
liability). More...
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Panel
#4: Testing Equipment and Informatics
Moderated by
Dirk Maier, Purdue University, NC-213
Jan-Ake Persson, Global Grains
Manager, Foss
Jan-Ake will be speaking about trust in measurement. Establishing
systems to increase confidence in measurement for payment
purposes. More...
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Jerry Halterman, Managing Director,
GeoVeritas
Jerry's focus is on geospatial analysis which provides
for unique insight into the interaction between genetics,
environment and management. More...
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Ching-Hui Tseng, QTA Technical
Manager, Cognis
The QTA® (Quality Trait Analysis) system is an internet-enabled
FT-NIR
analysis service that characterizes value-added traits,
establishes
traceability of crop products along the supply chain and
provides a unique
centralized database tool for grain management. More...
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Fred Roth, Director of Business
Development, Agris Corp., given by Ron Leiker
AGRIS Corporation, a part of Deere & Co., has for
over 20 years produced, installed and supported accounting
and ag-operations specific software at both retail and
enterprise level organizations in the production inputs,
agronomy and elevator sector. More...
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Dave Crompton, President, OPIsystems,
Inc.
Dave will explain the OPI StorMax grain and commodity
storage management system.
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Richard Dempster, Director, Product
and Technological Development, American Institute of Baking
Richard’s research into new uses of NIR technology
has shown predicting the quality attributes for wheat
is possible.
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Case Studies: Views from the Frontlines
New IP Models in Action
Moderated
by Tony DeLio, Associate Vice Chancellor and Director
of Business Development for the University of Illinois
at Champaign-Urbana
Dan Kallestad,
CEO, Cerys Systems, Inc.
"Visualizing a New Paradigm
for Quality-Conscious Market Channels."
Dan Kallestad will present a commercially viable
concept of monitoring and maintaining quality from harvest
to processor or final consumer. More...
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Wade Ostrander, Field Agent, North Kansas City Missouri,
National Starch and Chemical Company
Wade will be discussing High Extractable Starch Corn.
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Paul Smolen, Bunge
Paul will talk about trust between farmer suppliers and
soybean end-users. Specifically, how trust systems deliver
quality, reduce risks, and stay competitive. More...
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Panel
#5: Facilitating International Trade
Moderated
by Lowell Hill, Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign
Steve Tanner, Director of Technical
Services, GIPSA, FGIS, USDA Technical Center
Steve will discuss the latest technologies employed by
FGIS as the focus on calibration and lab approval. More...
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Kent Sisson, Assistant Deputy
Administrator for Marketing, FAS, USDA
Kent will discuss the issues related to facilitating
trade in a rapidly changing market - the role of FAS,
USDA and industry cooperators in servicing customers overseas.
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Dennis Thompson, CEO, Illinois
Crop Improvement Association, Inc.
Dennis will talk about quality assurance strategies for
extended market channels, from seed to consumer. More...
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Dave Shipman, Deputy Administrator,
GIPSA, FGIS, USDA, given by Steve Tanner
Dave will talk government oversight and responsibility
in verifying product attributes and process. More...
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Juan Batista, Agrifood Quality
Director, Agrifood Health and Quality National Service,
Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Fishery and Food,
Argentina
Juan will talk about alternative models for government
agencies and private firms in monitoring and validating
quality and export markets. More...
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Keynote April 15, 2005
"The Frontier of Food Traceability:
Flowers Foods and Wal-Mart"
Jimmy Woodward, CFO & Senior VP, Flowers Foods
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Ken Parnell, Vice-President Meat,
Seafood and Deli, Wal-Mart (retired)
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