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| 10:00 am – 12:00 pm | IACM Board of Directors Meeting (Board members only) |
| 12:30 – 2:00 pm | IACM Synthetic Color Committee Meeting (members and invited guests only) |
| 2:30 – 4:00 pm | IACM Natural Color Committee Meeting (members and invited guests only) |
| 4:30 – 5:30 pm | IACM Annual Members Meeting (members and invited guests only) |
| 6:30 – 9:00 pm | IACM Member Networking Event (members and invited guests only) |
| 7:30 – 8:30 am | Breakfast | Sponsorship Opportunity |
| 8:30 – 8:45am | Conference Welcome | Bobby Gruber, IACM President |
| 8:45 – 9:30 am | The Role of JECFA for CCFA | Angeliki Vlachou, FAO |
| 9:30 – 10:15 am | The Role of FCC in Protecting the Integrity of Natural Food Colors | Drs. Tongtong Xu and Eric Schwartz, Food Chemicals Codex at U.S. Pharmacopoeia |
| 10:15 – 10:45 am | Break | Sponsorship Opportunity |
| 10:45 – 11:30 am | New Approaches to Tox Testing | Dr. Thomas Hartung Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing |
| 11:30 am – 12:15 pm | Colorful Communications in Food Science | Dr. Taylor C. Wallace Think Healthy Group & George Mason University |
| 12:15 – 1:30 pm | Lunch | Sponsored by Vivify |
| 1:30 – 2:15 pm | FDA Safety Assessments of Natural Extracts Used as Color Additives | Dr. Danica E. DeGroot U.S. Food and Drug Administration |
| 2:15 – 3:00 pm | A Colorful World: New Product Innovation Trends in Food Colors | Tom Vierhile, Innova Market Insights |
| 3:00 – 3:30 pm | Networking Break | Sponsored by ADM |
| 3:30 – 4:15 pm | Inclusion of Colors in Flavor Development Process | Jennifer Elegbede, Lycored |
| 4:15 – 5:00 pm | Color of Change – How Natural and Product Claim Litigation is Evolving | Joanna Drake, IACM General Counsel |
| 6:00 – 8:00 pm | Networking Reception | Sponsorship Opportunity |
| 7:30 – 8:30 am | Breakfast | Sponsored by Doehler |
| 8:30 – 8:45 am | Welcome Remarks | Sarah Codrea, IACM Executive Director |
| 8:45 – 9:30 am | Natural Color Trends, Market Needs and Gaps | Dr. Deepti Dabas, ADM |
| 9:30 – 10:15 am | Biomanufacturing the Future of Colorants | Ricky Cassini, Michroma |
| 10:15 – 10:30 am | Networking Break | Sponsorship opportunity |
| 10:30 – 11:15 am | The Psychology of Food Choices | Dr. William Hallman, Rutgers |
| 11:15 – 11:45 am | How the Color Industry Can Evolve Over the Next 50 Years | IACM Board of Directors |
| 11:45 am | Adjourn Conference Grab & Go Lunch | |