Day One

  Day One: Wednesday 15th February, 2012    

08.30 Registration and Welcome Coffee
09.15 Welcome Address from the Chair

Jim Begg, Director General, Dairy UK, UK

  2012 Dairy Outlook 
09.25 Analysing the Consumer Demand for Dairy 

Hamish Renton, Managing Director & Board Member, Jack Renton & Milk Link, UK

09.55 Assessing New Dairy Product Launches and Successes within the Industry

Mark Whalley, Research Analyst, Datamonitor, UK

10.25 Questions
10.40 Networking Refreshments
  Promoting Dairy: Post Health Claims
11.10 Quantifying the Effects of Health Claim Rejections on Dairy Promotional Power

Sebastian Romero Melchor, Managing Partner,  Food Law Consultants, Belgium

11.40 PANEL DISCUSSION: What Now? How can the Dairy Sector Move on Post Health Claims? 

Mareike Preller, Senior Officer Nutrition Policies,  European Dairy Association, Belgium

Dr. Javier Morán, Socio Director, Food Consulting, Spain

Félix Sancho, Nutrition, Scientific & Regulatory Affairs Director

Kraft Foods Europe, Switzerland

Guy Valkenborg, Chairman, European Advisory Service, Belgium

12.10 Questions
12.25 Lunch
  Promoting the Established Benefits of Essential Nutrition in Dairy Products 
14.00 CASE STUDY: Vitamin D for Dairy Enrichment 

Doug Brown, Global Marketing Manager – Dairy Segment and Fat-Soluble Vitamins, DSM Nutritional Products, Switzerland

14.30 Omega-3 

Kathy McNab, Senior Director Europe, Ocean Nutrition Canada Ltd., Canada

15.00 Questions
15.15 Networking Refreshments
  Capitalising on “Soft Claims” in the Dairy Sector
15.45 Health and Wellbeing in the Dairy Sector: How to use this to your Brand’s Advantage 

Neal Cavalier-Smith, Lead Strategist, Healthy Marketing Team, UK

16.15 The European Health Claim Regulation and How to Manage your Brand: A Consumer Perspective in Health and Wellbeing Dairy 

Philipp Siebrecht, Group Brand Manager Wellbeing, Emmi,Switzerland

16.45 Questions
17.00 Closing Remarks from the Chair
17.10 Cocktail Reception