JPA 2018 Fall Business Meeting
 
Agenda

NOTE: Meeting attendees are welcome to attend all agenda events, including committee meetings. Don’t know what to attend? See any JPA Staff member onsite for assistance.

Sunday, November 4, 2018
3:00 pm - 5:00 pmRegistration/Check In
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm Organic Committee
  • Organic Certification Process and Global Market Overview
    Vincent Morel, ECOCERT

3:30 pm - 4:30 pm Membership Committee
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm Scholarship Foundation Board
5:00 pm - 5:30 pm Associates Advisory Committee
6:00 pm - 7:30 pmWelcome Reception
 
Monday, November 5, 2018
7:15 am - 8:30 am Networking Breakfast
8:00 am - 9:00 am Futures Committee
  • Overview of the Costa Rica Citrus Industry
    Alexander Odio, Tampa Juice Service, Inc.

8:00 am - 9:00 am Food Chemistry Committee
8:00 am - 12:00 pm Registration/Check In
9:00 am - 11:00 am Technical Affairs Committee
  • FSMA Intentional Adulteration/ Food Defense Rule
    Debby Newslow, D.L. Newslow & Associates

9:30 am - 10:30 amNetworking Break
11:00 am - 12:30 pmCrop Reports
  • US Apple
    Tom Hurson, TreeTop Inc.
  • South American Apple: Apple Juice Concentrate (AJC) South America Outlook
    Renzo Yaconi, Doehler Juice Solutions
  • China Apple: 2018 China Apple Juice Concentrate - Updates
    Michael Choi, Zhonglu America
  • US Citrus
    (TBA)
  • JPA Crop Report: Concord Grape Presentation
  • Steve Cockram, Growers' Co-op Grape Juice Company

12:30 pm - 1:45 pm Luncheon
  • Thirst for Growth: Juice Consumption Trends in the U.S.
    Gary A. Hemphill, Managing Director of Research, Beverage Marketing Corporation

1:45 pm - 2:15 pmNetworking Break
2:30 pm - 4:30 pm General Session
  • Remarks from the Chair
    Andy Taylor, JPA Chairman
  • Election of New Directors
  • Washington Update
    Veronica Colas, Hogan Lovells US LLP, JPA Counsel
  • Trade Policy in the Trump Administration: The Long and Winding Road
    Paul Rosenthal, Kelley Drye Warren, JPA Trade Counsel
  • JPA’s Sip Smarter Program
    Anna Sczepanski, Olya Ryabinina & Diane Welland, MS, RD, Kellen Communications

4:45 pm - 5:30 pm Convention Committee
6:30 pm - 9:30 pm Networking Dinner
 
Tuesday, November 6, 2018
8:00 am - 9:00 am Networking Breakfast
8:30 am - 10:30 am Legislative & Trade Initiatives Committee
11:00 am - 1:00 pm Board of Directors