IDFA Call for Papers
2009 Meetings
IDFA invites you to submit topic ideas for the 2009 conferences listed below. Each conference link includes a description of the conference, along with links to the 2008 agenda and presentations and an online topic submission form.
The deadline for submitting topic ideas is December 5, 2008. We will contact you by January 2, 2009, if we decide to use your topic for one of our conferences.
If you have any questions, contact Lauren Ledermann, IDFA meetings coordinator, at 202-220-3557 or lledermann@idfa.org.
IDFA invites papers for the following conferences:
2009 Ice Cream Technology Conference
February 26-27, 2009
Phoenix, AZ
IDFA's Ice Cream Technology Conference is the only meeting that focuses specifically on frozen dessert technology. You will join other technical personnel in an interactive and open discussion of the latest technologies and regulatory hurdles of the ice cream industry.
2009 Sustainability Workshop
March 11-13, 2009
Dallas, Tex.
Responding to growing industry interest in sustainable production and products, IDFA has developed a new Sustainability Workshop. The workshop will help members meet the challenges of monitoring and reducing the amount of energy, water and chemicals used throughout each product's lifecycle. Attendees also will hear highlights from successful case studies and review initiatives currently underway in other food industries.
2008 Milk Technology Conference
June 2009
St Louis, Mo.
Milk Tech encourages an open exchange among participants on the technical issues pertinent to the fluid milk industry, such as production and ingredient technologies, product safety and labeling.
2009 Cultured Dairy Products Conference
June 2009
St Louis, Mo.
This specialized conference is designed to provide information specific to the manufacturing and selling of cultured dairy foods. The program will cover marketing, technology, safety and quality issues for all cultured products.