Please keep in mind, the Conference schedule is subject to change.
Only confirmed sessions are listed; check frequently for updates.
*Tuesday’s events are for IACM members and invited guests only
| 1:00 – 2:30 pm | Synthetic Color Committee Meeting |
| 2:30 – 3:00 pm | Break |
| 3:00 – 4:30 pm | Natural Color Committee Meeting Featuring Shayla West-Barnette of FDA on Color Additive Petitions |
| 6:00 pm | Members Networking Event @ Bowlero |
| 8:00 – 9:00 am | Breakfast (sponsored by Doehler) |
| 9:00 – 9:15 am | President’s Welcome Sue Ann McAvoy, Sensient |
| 9:15 am – 11:50 pm | Morning Sessions Communicating Science to a Conscious Consumer: Navigating Misinformation on Social Media Veronica Jaramillo & Priscilla Leftakis, The Food Truth Project The Delaney Clause: How it Impacts Regulatory Policy and Pathways to Change Joanna Drake, IACM Food for Thought: Creating a Zeitgeist Effect to Influence State Legislative & National Impacts Dan Colegrove, Prism Group & Mara Burr, Consumer Brands Association |
| 12:00 – 1:30 pm | Food for Thought: Jeffersonian Style Lunch featuring discussions of color industry headwinds (sponsored by The Coca-Cola Company) |
| 1:40 – 5:00 pm | Afternoon Sessions The Impact of UPFs on Food Colors Mimi Bonnett, Innova Market Insights Similarities and Differences in Technical Reviews of Color Additives by FDA, EFSA, and JECFA Mary Murphy, Exponent Supply Chain Sustainability – A Look Through the Lens of the Color Value Chain Erin McVeigh, Anthesis Food Policy and Regulatory Trends Eric Edmunds, The Acheson Group (TAG) |
| 6:00 – 7:30 pm | Onsite Networking Reception |
| 8:00 – 8:45 am | Breakfast |
| 8:45 – 9:00 am | Executive Director’s Welcome Sarah Codrea, IACM |
| 9:00 – 11:30 am | Biotechnology Symposium Is Precision Fermentation the Future of Food Color? Patrick Collopy, Chromologics & Ricky Cassini, Michroma Consumer Acceptance of Biotech Ingredients Tony Pavel, Keller and Heckman LLP US & EU Regulatory Perspective on BE and Novel Ingredients Brian Sylvester, Perkins Coie & Hannah Lester, Atova Regulatory Consulting |
| 11:30 am – 12:15 pm | Closing Session Updates from FDA: New Human Foods Program and Post Market Process Kristi Muldoon Jacobs, U.S. Food & Drug Administration |
| 12:15 pm | Adjourn Conference |
| 12:30 – 1:30 pm | Box Lunch/Members Meeting (IACM members and invited guests only) |