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Sponsors & Exhibitors We thank our sponsors and exhibitors for their ongoing support INC BOCA RATON CONGRESS Preliminary Program www.nutfruitcongress.org 7:00 AM 8:30 AM Continental Breakfast Delegates Only Grand Ballroom & Grand Lawn 7:00 AM 6:00 PM Congress Registration Conference Center 8:30 AM 5:30 PM Booth Exhibition Royal Palm Ballroom 8:30 AM 5:30 PM All-day Coffee Sponsored by Besana Group Royal Palm Ballroom 8:30 AM 5:30 PM MEETING AREA Sponsored by Balsu Addison Ballroom & Spanish Terrace 8:30 AM 9:30 AM ALMONDS Round Table Chaired by Mark Jansen, Blue Diamond Growers, USA Grand Ballroom 9:30 AM 10:15 AM KEYNOTE SPEAKER > Dr. Oz “Issues Communicating the Message of Health” Grand Ballroom 10:15 AM 11:00 AM SCIENTIFIC SEMINAR Chaired by Pino Calcagni INC Scientific and Government Affairs Committee Guest Speaker: Dr. Vicki McWilliam, Royal Children’s Hospital, Australia Grand Ballroom 11:00 AM 12:00 PM DRIED APRICOTS, FIGS & DATES Round Table Chaired by Riccardo Calcagni, Besana Group, Italy Grand Ballroom 12:00 PM 12:30 PM PINE NUTS Round Table Chaired by Dan Phipps, Red River Foods Inc., USA Grand Ballroom 12:30 PM 1:00 PM BRAZIL NUTS Round Table Chaired by Edward Danon, Voicevale, UK Grand Ballroom 1:00 PM 2:30 PM BUFFET WORKING LUNCH Sponsored by Almond Board of California Grand Ballroom & Grand Lawn 2:30 PM 4:00 PM GLOBAL INTER-BOARD COOPERATION SUMMIT Chaired by Antonio Pont Estate II & III 6:00 PM 8:00 PM WELCOME COCKTAIL Sponsored by California Prune Board Cloister Garden & Garden Pool Tuesday 21 9:00AM – 6:00PM Congress Registration Conference Center Wednesday 22 8:00AM – 6:00PM Congress Registration Conference Center Thursday 23 Friday 24 Saturday 25 6:45 AM 7:30 AM HEALTHY WALK Sponsored by Maestro Nut Boca Raton Resort & Club 7:00 AM 8:30 AM Continental Breakfast Delegates Only Grand Ballroom & Grand Lawn 7:30 AM 6:00 PM Congress Registration Conference Center 8:30 AM 5:30 PM Booth Exhibition Royal Palm Ballroom 8:30 AM 5:30 PM All-day Coffee Sponsored by Setton Pistachio of Terra Bella Royal Palm Ballroom 8:30 AM 5:30 PM MEETING AREA Sponsored by Balsu Addison Ballroom & Spanish Terrace 8:30 AM 9:30 AM WALNUTS Round Table Chaired by John Aguiar, Mariani Nut Company, USA Grand Ballroom 9:30 AM 10:15 AM NUTRITION SEMINAR Chaired by Prof. Jordi Salas-Salvadó INC World Forum for Nutrition Research and Dissemination Guest Speaker: Prof. Linda Tapsell, Senior Professor of School of Medicine, University of Wollongong, Australia Grand Ballroom 10:15 AM 11:00 AM MACADAMIAS Round Table Chaired by Lizel Pretorius, Macadamias South Africa, South Africa Grand Ballroom 11:00 AM 11:45 AM KEYNOTE SPEAKER > Mr. Hamdi Ulukaya “Doing well by being good” Grand Ballroom 11:45 AM 12:15 PM PEANUTS Round Table Chaired by Patrick Archer, American Peanut Council, USA Grand Ballroom 12:15 PM 1:15 PM PISTACHIOS Round Table Chaired by Mia Cohen, Setton Pistachio of Terra Bella, Inc., USA Grand Ballroom 1:00 PM 2:30 PM BUFFET WORKING LUNCH Sponsored by Turkey Promotion Group Grand Ballroom & Grand Lawn 7:00 PM 10:00 PM BUFFET CASUAL DINNER: THE HAVANA NIGHT Sponsored by Wonderful Pistachios & Almonds Boca Beach Club Shuttle buses depart from Boca Raton Resort from 6:30pm to 7:30pm Maestro Nut 7:00 AM 8:30 AM Continental Breakfast Delegates Only Grand Ballroom & Grand Lawn 7:30 AM 2:00 PM Congress Registration Conference Center 8:30 AM 5:30 PM Booth Exhibition Royal Palm Ballroom 8:30 AM 5:30 PM All-day Coffee Sponsored by Blue Diamond Growers Royal Palm Ballroom 8:30 AM 5:30 PM MEETING AREA Sponsored by Balsu Addison Ballroom & Spanish Terrace 8:30 AM 9:15 AM ANNUAL REPORT AND AWARDS New Chairman Ceremony • Excellence in Research Award > Prof. Linda Tapsell • Excellence in Gastronomy Award > Chef Andrew Roenbeck • Innovation Award Grand Ballroom 9:15 AM 10:15 AM HAZELNUTS Round Table Chaired by Ahmet Bilge Anbarlilar, Balsu Gida, Turkey Grand Ballroom 10:15 AM 10:45 AM KEYNOTE SPEAKER > Brad Rose “Changing the Conversation: How New Technology is Shaping Marketing and Consumer Insights” Grand Ballroom 10:45 AM 11:45 AM DRIED CRANBERRIES, RAISINS/SULTANAS/ CURRANTS, PRUNES Round Table Chaired by Brad Schuler, Sunsweet Growers, USA Grand Ballroom 11:45 AM 12:45 PM CASHEWS Round Table Chaired by David Rosenblatt, The Richard Franco Agency, USA Grand Ballroom 12:45 PM 1:15 PM PECANS Round Table Chaired by Steve Zaffarano, Diamond Foods/National Pecan, USA Grand Ballroom 1:00 PM 2:30 PM BUFFET WORKING LUNCH Sponsored by Turkey Promotion Group Grand Ballroom & Grand Lawn 6:30 PM 7:30 PM GALA COCKTAIL Grand Lawn 7:30 PM 12:00 AM GALA DINNER & DANCING Sponsored by Chilean Walnut Commission Grand Ballroom Individual Golden Nut Award > Mr. Bert Steir Corporate Golden Nut Award > COSTCO VISYS PRECISION SORTING Maestro Nut VALLEY MACADAMIAS SALES LTD
