JPA 2018 Annual Meeting
 

Program Agenda


Saturday, April 7
3:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Registration Open
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Chair's Reception (All Attendees Welcome)
Sunday, April 8
7:30 am - 6:00 pm
Registration Open
8:15 am - 9:15 am 
Networking Breakfast
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Nutrition Committee
9:00 am - 10:00 am
JPA 101
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Technical Affairs Committee
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Convention Committee 
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Legislative & Trade Initiatives Committee
2:15 pm - 3:00 pm
Leadership Development Committee
3:15 pm - 5:00 pm
JPA General Session
  • 3:15 pm - 3:30 pm: Chair's Welcome
  • 3:30 pm - 3:40 pm: JPA Foundation Update
  • 3:40 pm - 4:10 pm: A Conversation with Paul Rosenthal on Trade in the Juice Industry, Paul C. Rosenthal, JD
  • 4:10 pm - 5:00 pm: Politics and Policy: How Will History Judge Today's Headlines?Mark Shields, Political Columnist and Commentator
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Welcome Reception
Monday, April 9
7:30 am - 12:00 pm
Registration Open
7:30 am - 9:00 am
Networking Breakfast
8:00 am - 9:00 am
Food Chemistry Committee
8:00 am - 9:00 am
Scholarship Foundation Board
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Concord Grape Section (CGS Members Only)
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Past Chairs Meeting
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Associates Advisory Committee
9:30 am - 12:00 pm
Spouse Program (Breakfast and Paint, Sip and Swirl)
9:30 am - 10:30 am
Futures Committee - Update on FCOJ Futures and FundamentalsJohn A. Cox, Jr., Moors & Cabot Investments
10:30 am - 11:45 am
JPA General Session
  • 10:30 am - 10:35 am: Call to Order, JPA Chair
  • 10:35 am - 10:50 am: Food Chemistry Committee: Function and Future, Jeremy Crouse, MBA, PepsiCo/Tropicana
  • 10:50 am - 11:00 am: Treasurer's Report
  • 11:00 am - 11:10 am: Membership Report
  • 11:10 am - 11:45 am: Nutrition and Communications - Mission Nutrition! The Scoop on JPA Research & Communications, Joan Cear, SVP Kellen Communications, and Diane Welland MS, RD
12:00 pm
Lunch on your own
12:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Golf Tournament
12:30 pm - 4:30 pm
2nd Annual JPA Bowling Tournament
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Networking Reception
Tuesday, April 10
8:00 am - 3:30 pm
Registration Open
8:00 am - 9:00 am
Networking Breakfast
8:00 am - 8:50 am
Membership Committee
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Organic Committee - Overview of the USDA National Organic Program, Dr. Paul Lewis, US Department of Agriculture
9:30 am - 10:00 am
Coffee Break
10:00 am - 11:45 am
JPA General Session
  • 10:00 am - 11:00 am: Building Your Brand, Telling Your Story, Protecting Your House, Steve Battista
  • 11:00 am - 11:45 am: Legislative & Regulatory Update: “15 Months Later—Is there Meaningful Regulatory Change at FDA or Just More of the Same?” Martin J. Hahn, JD
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Luncheon with SAK Improv Comedy
1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Strategic Planning Follow-up Session 
(Board of Directors & Committee Chairs invited) 
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Networking Break
3:30 pm - 5:15 pm
JPA General Session
  • 3:30 pm - 4:15 pm: 2018-2019 Global Orange Juice Outlook, a Brazilian Perspective, Andrés Padilla, Food & Agribusiness Research and Advisory, Rabobank International Brasil
  • 4:15 pm - 5:15 pm: Crop Reports
6:30 pm - 10:30 pm
Networking Closing Dinner
Wednesday, April 11
8:00 am - 9:00 am
Grab n' Go Breakfast