We are finalizing our program, therefore unconfirmed speakers or topics are marked with an asterisk.
| SUNDAY | EVENT | LOCATION |
| 6:00 PM | Pre-Conference Mixer | Guadalajara Grill |
| 7:00 PM | Live Performance by Mariachi Alma de Jalisco | Guadalajara Grill |
| MONDAY | EVENT | SPEAKER |
| 7:00 AM | Registration/Breakfast | |
| 8:00 AM | Welcome Message | Jeffrey L. Kornacki, Ph.D. and Kevin Lorcheim |
| 8:15 AM | How are Consumers Handling Your Products? Hint: It’s Not How You Think. |
Aaron Lavallee, Office of Public Affairs and Consumer Education, USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service |
| 9:00 AM | Empowering Sanitation: Redefining a Dirty Word | Angela Anandappa, Alliance for Advanced Sanitation |
| 10:00 AM | Break | |
| 10:30 AM | Managing Food Safety and Sanitation in the Digital Age | April Bishop, TreeHouse Foods |
| 11:15 AM | Cleaning Validation, Verification and Monitoring | Duane Grassmann, Nestlé USA |
| 11:45 PM | IzItClean: A New Technology for Cleaning Verification | Yale Lary, Double R Brand Foods |
| 12:15 PM | Lunch | |
| 1:00 PM | The Use of Strain Typing in Environmental Monitoring – Will It Hurt or Help? | Shawn Stevens, Food Industry Counsel |
| 2:00 PM | Resident Strains: Identification, Elimination, and Prevention | Kevin Lorcheim, ClorDiSys Solutions |
| 2:45 PM | Break | |
| 3:15 PM | How Many Samples to Test: Finished Product and Ingredient Testing | Jeffrey L. Kornacki, Ph.D., Kornacki Microbiology Solutions, Inc. |
| 4:30 PM | Foreign Body Identification: Risk Factors and Best Practices | Brian Schaefer, Nestle Quality Assurance Center |
| 5:15 PM | Evening Reception | Sponsored by Food Safety Net Services |
| TUESDAY | EVENT | SPEAKER |
| 7:00 AM | Breakfast | |
| 8:00 AM | Evolution of a Food Safety Program after Contamination | Michele Sayles, Diamond Pet Foods |
| 9:00 AM | Root Cause Investigation Pt. 1 | Jeffrey L. Kornacki, Ph.D., Kornacki Microbiology Solutions, Inc. |
| 10:00 AM | Break | |
| 10:30 AM | Root Cause Investigation Pt. 2 | Jeffrey L. Kornacki, Ph.D., Kornacki Microbiology Solutions, Inc. |
| 11:30 AM | Creating Effective Training Programs | Kathy Knutson, Ph.D., Kornacki Microbiology Solutions, Inc. |
| 12:00 PM | Lunch | |
| 1:00 PM | Spiral Freezers: Their Design, Cleaning, and Treatment | David Vallina, Rich Products |
| 1:45 PM | Ultraviolet Light Disinfection in Food Facilities | Kevin Lorcheim, ClorDiSys Solutions, Inc |
| 2:15 PM | Proactive IPM in a Food Environment | Steve Romero, Industrial Fumigant Company |
| 2:45 PM | Break | |
| 3:15 PM | Microbial Monitoring for Spaceflight Operations | Todd Elliott, NASA’s Johnson Space Center Microbiology Lab |
| 4:00 PM | Non-confirming Enrichments: The Dreaded False Positive | Dr. Alex Brandt, Food Safety Net Services |
| 4:45 PM | Allergen Management through Hygienic Zoning and Sanitation | Duane Grassmann, Nestlé USA |
| WEDNESDAY | EVENT | SPEAKER |
| 7:00 AM | Breakfast | |
| 8:00 AM | Managing Capital Projects with Food Safety in Mind | April Bishop, TreeHouse Foods |
| 8:45 AM | FDA’s Regulatory Updates and Their Industry Impact | Dr. Mickey Parish, FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition |
| 9:45 AM | Break | |
| 10:00 AM | Presentation Title TBD* | Dr. Philip Bronstein, Office of Field Operations, USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service |
| 11:00 AM | How to Ramp Up Your Recall Readiness | Brian D. Eyink, Hogan Lovells |
| 12:00 PM | Closing Remarks and Adjournment | Jeffrey L. Kornacki, Ph.D. and Kevin Lorcheim |
Join us Wednesday afternoon at 1:00 PM for Go Rio River Cruise, an unforgettable way to experience the world-famous San Antonio River Walk. This one-hour narrated boat tour is optional. RSVP is required, as space is limited.