GFC

June 9th, 2009 - Tuesday

June 10th, 2009 - Wednesday

7:30am to 8 am -  Supply Chain Connections Breakfast (All)
                           - Pick Up Registration Packets (All)

8am to 10 am -  Plenary Session (All)

Welcome - Robin Richardson and Ruby Hollembaek (Global Food Alaska), Joe Austerman - Conference Moderator (State of Alaska)

Global Food Alaska Rally - Jim Jansen, CEO, Lynden, Inc.  

Going Forward - Alaska U. S. Senator, Ted Stevens  Special Recognition and Remarks

Self-Introductions ALL GFA Participants

10:00-10:15  Break
                                            
10:15 - 12:30 - Commercial Buyers Reveal Their Expectations

Commercial food, beverage and bio products buyers introduce the uniqueness of their market channel and company providing insights into what sourcing is 'in their shoes'.  They will address what is important to them in terms of products, species, form, price, packaging, shelf-stability, etc. and what is important from suppliers for their company growth.   They also address how they source in terms of certifications, inspections, distribution, carbon footprint, sustainability, tracing, scorecards, carbon print and more.

Panel: Phillip Oaks, Category Leader, AmazonFresh - Durell Herman, Amazon Fresh (Seafood/Beer and Wine)
Kirsten Robinett, Alaska Airlines, Product Manager, Onboard Food & Beverage Services

Panel: Chris Johnson, Director, Nutrition Services, Matsu School District and President of Alaska School Nutrition Association
Patrick Hoogerhyde, Executive Chef, Executive Chef Brews Brothers LLC and Rob Kinneen, Executive Chef, Orso's


12:30 pm - 1:30  Catered Lunch Buffet

1 to 5pm - Showcase Floor Open For Collaboration And Business
    -1:30 to 2:00 - Product Demonstration  - Safeline (Metal Detection)
   - 2:30 to 3:00 - Product Demonstration  - Carnitech/Marel Food Systems (Filleting)
    -3:30 to 4:00 - Service Demonstration  - WUSATA (Export and Branded Programs)
  
6:00 to 7:00pm Leadership Awards Presentation at Kenai Landing Theater

Special Guest: Deputy Under Secretary, Victor Vasquez, Rural Development
U.S. Department of Agriculture  and Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor, Dave Carey 

Tops of Alaska's food chain.   Winners are announced and presented awards for leadership in
                                          1) manufacturing/processing
                                          2) harvesting/growing Alaska champion
                                          3) for pulling Alaska product into the marketplace.

7:00-9:00pm ALL Alaska Dinner - Sockeye Restaurant (Kenai Landings)
A dinner exclusively for event guests and featuring Alaskan produce, wines, beer, seafood, meat, snack foods, berries, desserts and even Alaskan bottled water. 

June 11th, 2009 - Thursday

7:30am to 8 am -  Supply Chain Connections Breakfast (All)

8am - 9:45  -   Commercial Buyers Reveal Their Expectations

Commercial food, beverage and bio products buyers introduce the uniqueness of their market channel and company providing insights into what sourcing is 'in their shoes'.  They will address what is important to them in terms of products, species, form, price, packaging, shelf-stability, etc. and what is important from suppliers for their company growth.   They also address how they source in terms of certifications, inspections, distribution, carbon footprint, sustainability, tracing, scorecards, carbon print and more.

Panel:  Keith Harris, Purchasing, Whole Foods/Select Fish
Kevin Browning, Director Food Safety & Supply Chain Quality, JR Simplot Co.
Kirsten Dixon, International Culinary Tourism Expert and Owner/Operator, Within The Wild
 

10:00 - 11:15 - Tops Of Alaska's Food Chain - Leadership Panel

It's time to hear from those who have been recognized as leaders in Alaska's food supply chain.  Leaders will introduce their company and what might define them from the rest of the pack and take questions from the audience.

Geoff and Marcy Larson, Founder/Owners, Alaskan Brewing Company
Michael and Dulce East, Kahiltna Birchworks and Alaska Wild Harvest
Bill Webber, Gulkana Seafoods-Direct

11:11 - 12:30 - The Greening Of Alaska’s Wild Seafood Supply Chain – Is It Enough?

Suppliers, supply chain partners and buyers work toward responsible green solutions that grow their collective profits and business and support a triple bottom line of people, planet and profit.   Ben Dipietro, Director of Editorial Production for Intrafish moderates this roundtable where participants get down to business on what steps Alaska’s wild seafood supply chain is taking or should be taking to meet our buyers expectations of a  “green”  fish production and supply chain  now and in the future?  Mitigating green house hases, reduction of carbon footprint, sustainable fisheries and less waste during harvesting, processing, packaging,  and transporting are all becoming part of the supplier’s scorecard.   What are the best “green” practices used or planned for Alaska's rural (or remote) wild fisheries sector?    Are they enough to support a triple bottom line?   This round-table outcome supports a common vision of working together with a framework of green practices to support a strong and sustainable Alaska wild fishery and supply chain.

Panelists:  Mark A. Mohr, Manager, Product Development and Specialty Sales (Cool Chain), Continental Air Cargo
Andy Furner, VP, Marketing and Business Development, Trace Register
Donn Larue, Sr. VP, Carnitech/Marel Food Systems
Bristol Bay Processing Company*

Noon to 1pm - Lunch and Networking

1 to 5pm - Showcase Floor for Sourcing and Collaboration

    1:30 to 2:00 - Product Demonstration - Hi Speed Check Weighing
    2:30 to 3:00 - Product Demonstration -  Professional Foods Group Sourcing Solution
    3:30 to 4:00 - Product Demonstration -  Matrix Bag Systems
                  
    5 to 7pm  - Show breakdown

June 11th, 2009 - Thursday  

Optional

Agri-Tourism/International Culinary Tourism Meeting
 6:00-8:00 PM
Kenai Convention and Cultural Center

Program: Learn more about Culinary/Agri-Tourism and be part of forming an Alaska Area Chapter of the International Culinary Tourism Association. Some of the destinations of this sort being brought on line in Alaska during the 2009 season will be introduced. Special guest: Erik Wolf, Executive Director, International Culinary Tourism Association and Garry Taylor, Director, European Development    Link Here.

June 12th, 2009 - Friday

Optional  Open to GFA Registered.   Interested?  RSVP Here If Not Already Registerd.

9 am to 12:30pm  - Kenai Area Site Visit   Join Kenai Borough Mayor Dave Carey (invited) on a 1/2 day tour that includes site visits to get a feel for the commercial capacity of the area as it applies to food, beverge and agri-products. 

The tour starts with Kenai River Seafoods, a commercial seafood processor, located at the mouth of the famous Kenai River.   See how this premium quality processor receives, processes and distributes its seafood - now with global markets.    The tour then stops at the spectacular Trinity Greenhouse for a "food for our soul" tour.   Meet the owners who are touted by their colleagues as "the best of the best".     Enjoy coffee and smell the roses and then it is on to Alaska Berries where we visit a local farm established to grow berries as an ingredient for other Alaska manufactures and commercial buyers.     Top off the trip with a tour of Kenai River Brewing, one of the many micro-brews now operating on the Kenai Peninsula.