Please keep in mind, the Conference schedule is subject to change.
*Monday’s events are for IACM members only
| 12:30 – 1:30 pm | IACM Synthetic Color Committee Meeting |
| 2:00 – 3:00 pm | IACM Natural Color Committee Meeting |
| 3:30 – 5:00 pm | Annual Business Meeting |
| 6:00 – 8:00 pm | Member Appreciation Dinner |
| 8:30 – 9:00 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 – 9:15 am | President’s Welcome |
| 9:15 am – 12:15 pm | Post Midterm Brief – Impact on Food Policy Speakers to be Announced Impact of U.S. Trade Policy on Global Natural Color Supply Speakers to be Announced Communicating Science in the Age of AI Elisabeth Anderson, MSU CRIS |
| 12:15 – 1:15 pm | Lunch Sponsored by ADM |
| 1:15 – 5:15 pm | Trends, Tensions & Tradeoffs: What’s Shaping the Way America Eats Wendy Reinhardt Kapsak, MS, RDN, International Food Information Council (IFIC) An Overview of FDA’s Petition Process & the Role of FCC in Protecting the Integrity of Food Colors Bhakti Petigara Harp, U.S. FDA & Tongtong Xu, Food Chemicals Codex at U.S. Pharmcopeia Bringing New Colors to Market in the EU Speaker to be Announced Codex and JECFA as Tools for Global Harmonization of Color Additive Regulations Speakers to be Announced |
| 5:30 – 7:30 pm | Innovation Showcase & Networking Reception Sponsored by Food RGB |
| 8:00 – 9:00 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 – 9:15 am | Executive Director’s Welcome |
| 9:15 am – 12:45 pm | Color Additives in the Crosshairs: Emerging Legal Challenges in the U.S. Market John Cox, IACM The Economics and Supply Chain Implications of Color Reformulation Speakers to be Announced Innovation Under Pressure – the Future of the Global Color Additives Industry Speakers to be Announced |
| 12:45 pm | Adjourn Conference Box Lunch Provided |