Preliminary Agenda
Tuesday, February 27 – Kickoff & Networking Reception
3:30-4:00 pm Registration/ Refreshments
4:00-5:00 pm Welcome & Overview: Perspective on Summit topics to be covered; participants share goals and challenges; Cheryl Perkins, Summit Chair
5:00-6:00 pm Featured Presentation – Food Innovation: Recipes for the Next Decade How technology and social innovations will shape food, wellbeing, and resilience in the next decade; Quinault Childs, Institute for the Future, Food Futures Lab
6:00-7:30 pm Networking Reception
6:15-7:00 pm Fireside Chat – Collaborating with Food Entrepreneurs Cheryl Perkins interviews Jen Faigel, Executive Director and Co-Founder, CommonWealth Kitchen
Wednesday, February 28 – Summit
7:30-8:00 am Continental Breakfast
8:00-8:15 am Overview of the Day: Cheryl Perkins, Summit Chair
8:15-9:15 am Keynote: Macro Trends and Multisensorial Experiences Driving Innovation Across Industries; Karen Stanton, International Flavors & Fragrances
9:15-10:00 am Presentation: Leadership Before Innovation – Four Key Ingredients; Steph Barry, Solatube International, Inc.
10:00-10:30 am Networking & Refreshment Break
10:30-11:15 am Panel: Critical Enablers That Must Be Carefully Managed – Process and Culture; Herman So, Kent Corporation; Dennis Reimer, Midwest Specialty Products; and Mary Witte, Surpless Dunn & Co. Inc.
11:15-12:00 pm Keynote: Bringing Product Sales to New Heights in the Age of Amazon; Rohan Thambrahalli, President and Managing Partner, The Upstart Group
12:00-1:30 pm Luncheon Roundtables
1:30-2:15 pm Presentation: How to Create Insight-Led Growth Opportunities: Finding Unmet Needs, Defining the Right Problem to Solve; Anna Husk, The Clorox Company
2:15-2:45 pm Presentation: The Future of Corporate R&D; Pat Clusman, Innovationedge, LLC
2:45-3:00 pm Networking & Refreshment Break
3:00-3:45 pm Table Exercise: – Table exercise, discussion, coaching
3:45-4:00 pm Summit Wrap-Up: Cheryl Perkins