ausdrinks

Program & Registration

13-14 August 2012Sebel Albert Park

Melbourne, AustraliaVersion 1 - amended with orange

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WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND?ausdrinks brings together the domestic beverage industry for a range of networking and information gathering opportunities including a world class two day conference program with exciting key note speakers and social engagement platforms and an unique business to business interface via the ‘table top’ exhibition space.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?ausdrinks is aimed at key decision makers in the non-alcoholic beverage industry who want to challenge the way they approach business and meet and network with like-minded people. The program addresses issues that have a direct impact on the beverage industry, be they related to production, technical issues, marketing, health and wellness or regulatory affairs.

Conference Program

Day One MOnDay 13th august 2012

0830 table top display hall opens, breakfast served in display hall

0900 - 0910Conference Welcome Geoff Parker, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Beverages Council

0910 - 0945 Official Conference Welcome

Keynote & Plenary sessions: session Chair: geoff Parker

0945 - 1030Keynote address: Big Fat Beat up – the power of the obesity lobby Louise Staley, Director, Food and Environment Unit, Institute of Public Affairs

1030 - 1100 Beverage Break - exhibition area

1100 - 1145Plenary: Consumer Pull & social Media; Sally Loane, Director, Media & Public Affairs; Coca-Cola Amatil Limited

1145 - 1230Plenary: Do australians Want australian? Ian Harrison, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Made Campaign Ltd

1245 - 1330 Lunch - exhibition area

COnCurrent sessiOns. You will be given the opportunity to choose which session you wish to attend during the registration process

ConcurrentSessions

sessiOn a – the PLantsession Chair: Kim staples

sessiOn B – the MarKetsession Chair: Dilip ghosh

1330 - 1415Food safety update: Beverages Gary Kennedy, Proprietor, Correct Food Systems

Consumer & innovation trends in Beverages: Future implications for australia; Daniel Bone, Consumer Insights Director, Datamonitor Katrina Diamonon, Senior Analyst, Consumer Markets, Datamonitor

1415 - 1500

Packaging insights and resource recoveryAndrew Lawrence, General Manager Sales & Development VISY Plastics

an integrated approach to a Clean Label Geoff Drewar, Senior Scientist Regulatory & Standards, Sanitarium Health Food Company

1500 - 1530 Beverage Break – exhibition area

1530 - 1615

australasian Bottled Water institute training WorkshopKim Staples, Health and Regulatory Affairs Manager, ABWI

‘antioxidant’ and ‘natural’: Controversies in Food and Beverage industries Dilip Ghosh, Director, NutriConnect

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Conference Program day 1 cont/day 2

1615 - 1700

(australasian Bottled Water institute training Workshop continuedKim Staples, Health and Regulatory Affairs Manager, ABWI)

CeO suMMit session Chair: geoff ParkerA panel of CEOs discuss in a question and answer session topics of maintaining our workforce; and strategies in preparing for the future

Panellists: Martin Cole Chief, Food and Nutritional Sciences Division, CSIROKatie saunders General Manager of the Golden Circle Business Unit, H.J. Heinz Australiaian harrison Chief Executive Officer, Australian Made Campaign LtdJonathan Moss Chief Executive Officer, Frucor Australia

DAY 2 tuesday 14th august – the global Push

0800 exhibition area opens - Breakfast is available

0900 - 0910Conference Welcome and Open Geoff Parker, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Beverages Council Ltd

Keynote & Plenary sessions: session Chair: geoff Parker

0915 - 1015Keynote address: state of the nation Peter Anderson, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry

1015 - 1045 Beverage Break – exhibition area

1045 - 1145Plenary: regulatory horizons Steve McCutcheon, Chief Executive Officer, FSANZ

1145 - 1230 Plenary: Carbon tax (tBa)

1230 - 1330 Lunch – exhibition area

COnCurrent sessiOns. You will be given the opportunity to choose which session you wish to attend during the registration process

ConcurrentSessions

sessiOn a – the FOrMuLatiOnsession Chair: Kim staples

sessiOn B – the BeyOnDsession Chair: geoff Parker

1330 - 1415

Fresh thinking in Juice innovation Jonathon Middis, General Manager – Research and Development, HJ Heinz

Looking Further with export Christopher Buck - Owner of Export, R & D Economic Consultancy Practice, Australia Export & Industrialisation Advisory Co, Neil Covey - Neil Covey & Associates Pty Ltd, Australian Export Industry Advisory Committee

1415 - 1500alternative sweeteners, Obesity and Consumer Perspective John Jones, Proprietor, Energize Health

regulatory Frameworks on health Claims and science substantiation: an Overview of asia-Pacific region Dilip Ghosh, Director, NutriConnect

1500 - 1530 Beverage Break – exhibition area

1530 - 1615

health Claims; innovation and the Future; Janine Waller, Group Nutrition Manager - Regulation and Strategy, Lion

‘antioxidant’ and ‘natural’: Controversies in Food and Beverage industries Dilip Ghosh, Director, NutriConnect

1615 - 1700

Private LaBeL PaneL session Chair: Dilip ghoshA panel of stakeholders in the private label market will answer questions relating to the evolving role of private label in our industry, and for the future.

Panellists:Courtney sullivan Associate Director; Head of Qualitative Research Australia, The Nielsen Company Kylie Couper BCM Impulse Snacks & Beverages, GROCERY ColesMartin green President of the Private Label Manufacturers Association Australia/New Zealandangela McDougall Policy Advisor, Choice

For further information please contact:

Australian Beverages Council LtdLevel 1, 6-8 Crewe Place Rosebery NSW 2018 Australia

Ph: +61 2 9662 2844 • Fax: +61 2 9662 2899Email: info@australianbeverages.org www.australianbeverages.org

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