Overview
Agenda
| April 18, 2023 | Event | Speaker | Location |
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| 8:00am - 8:30am | Networking Breakfast | ||
| 8:30am - 8:45am | Welcome Remarks | ||
| 8:45am - 9:30am |
General Session: FDA Policies on Food Standards and Labels: A Historical Perspective
The FDA has been using food standards for over eight decades to address evolving public concerns about food safety, quality and health; yet, since the 1970s, the agency has largely turned away from setting standards and instead has focused on informative labels, such as Nutrition Facts and ingredients statements, as its primary tool for shaping food markets and ensuring consumers are properly informed. In this talk, Dr. Frohlich explains the history behind this “informational turn” in food politics, and what it means for government-mandated food standards today. </br> Speaker: <b>Xaq Frohlich</b>, Assistant Professor of History of Technology, Auburn University
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| 9:30am - 10:15am | General Session | ||
| 10:15am - 10:45am |
Networking Break
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| 10:45am - 11:30am | Ice Cream Tech: Concurrent Session | ||
| 10:45am - 11:30am | Yogurt & Cultured: Concurrent Session | ||
| 11:30am - 12:15pm | Ice Cream Tech: Concurrent Session | ||
| 11:30am - 12:15pm | Yogurt & Cultured: Concurrent Session | ||
| 12:15pm - 1:30pm |
Networking Lunch
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| 1:30pm - 2:15pm | Ice Cream Tech: Concurrent Session | ||
| 1:30pm - 2:15pm | Yogurt & Cultured: Concurrent Session | ||
| 2:15pm - 3:30pm |
Innovative Ice Cream Flavor Contest, Part I: Most Innovative Flavor and Most Innovative Novelty
Taste the latest and most interesting flavors and novelties and vote for your favorites of 2023. In Part I, attendees will judge for the Most Innovative Ice Cream Flavor and the Most Innovative Ice Cream Novelty Product currently in the market.
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| 3:30pm - 4:15pm | Ice Cream Tech: Concurrent Session | ||
| 3:30pm - 4:15pm | Yogurt & Cultured: Concurrent Session | ||
| 4:15pm - 5:00pm |
Innovative Ice Cream Flavor Contest, Part II: Most Innovative Prototype Flavor
Part II of this year’s Innovative Ice Cream Flavor Competition is devoted to the Prototype Ice Cream Flavor category. Entries are new products that are not yet in the market. Come taste and judge the samples for yourself and help choose the winner.
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| 5:30pm - 7:00pm |
Networking Reception
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| April 19, 2023 | Event | Speaker | Location |
| 8:00am - 8:30am | Networking Breakfast | ||
| 8:30am - 9:15am | General Session | ||
| 9:15am - 10:00am | General Session | ||
| 10:00am - 10:30am |
Innovative Cultured Dairy Product Contest
Taste the latest new products — including cultured milk, yogurt, sour Cream, cottage cheese, and dips — and vote for your favorites. Winners will be featured in an upcoming edition of Dairy Foods magazine.
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| 10:30am - 11:00am | Networking Break | ||
| 11:00am - 11:45am | Ice Cream Tech: Tech Talks | ||
| 11:00am - 11:45am | Yogurt & Cultured: Concurrent Session | ||
| 11:45am - 12:30pm | Ice Cream Tech: Tech Talks | ||
| 11:45am - 12:30pm | Yogurt & Cultured: Concurrent Session | ||
| 12:30pm - 1:30pm |
Lunch & Presentation of Innovative Ice Cream & Cultured Products Awards
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| 1:30pm - 2:15pm | Ice Cream Tech: Concurrent Session | ||
| 1:30pm - 2:15pm | Yogurt & Cultured: Concurrent Session | ||
| 2:15pm - 3:00pm | General Session |
General Session: FDA Policies on Food Standards and Labels: A Historical Perspective
Xaq Frohlich
Xaq Frohlich joined Auburn University’s Department of History in the fall of 2017. His research focuses on the historical intersections of science, law, and markets, and how the three have shaped our modern, everyday understanding of food, risk, and responsibility. His work explores questions relating to consumerism and the changing relationships between the state, experts, and the public in the production of everyday knowledge: how do we “know” what we know about food and its relation to health? In what ways has our informational environment for food changed with the industrialization of food production and retailing?
Frohlich is currently completing a book manuscript, From Label to Table: Regulating Food in the Information Age, which explores the history of efforts by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to manage food markets through the regulation of food labels in the second half of the twentieth century. The book explores the evolving policy debates between government officials, food industry representatives, consumer advocacy groups, and medical professionals over what kinds of expert information should the public, or even does the public need to know about the foods American consumers purchase at the supermarket.
Frohlich earned his PhD in history, anthropology, and STS at MIT in 2011. He was a 2016–2017 visiting fellow at the Institute for Historical Studies in the Department of History at the University of Texas at Austin, a Fulbright scholar in Spain, a visiting professor at the University of Vienna and Paris Dauphine University, and a postdoc at KAIST in South Korea. He teaches the Technology & Civilizations I & II core sequence and also teaches courses on food and power, the intersections of science, technology and the law, and the history of business and capitalism.
Networking Break
Networking Lunch
Innovative Ice Cream Flavor Contest, Part I: Most Innovative Flavor and Most Innovative Novelty
Innovative Ice Cream Flavor Contest, Part II: Most Innovative Prototype Flavor
Networking Reception
Innovative Cultured Dairy Product Contest
Lunch & Presentation of Innovative Ice Cream & Cultured Products Awards
All Times Central
Registration
Registration fees for the Ice Cream Technology Conference are based on your company's IDFA membership status. For more information about membership, please email membership@idfa.org.
Q: Registration Substitutions
Registration is non-transferable from one company to another; however, substitutions within companies are welcome at any time. Please email registrar@idfa.org if you would like to make a registration substitution.
Q: Registration Cancellation Policy
Registration cancellations received in writing will be accepted prior to March 21, 2023 for a full refund, minus a $75 processing fee. Cancellations received after March 21, 2023, will be eligible for a 50 percent refund, less the processing fee. Your registration fee is non-refundable after April 4, 2023. Substitutions may be made without penalty. All cancellations and substitutions must be received in writing at registrar@idfa.org.
Q: News Media
Credentialed members of the news media are welcome to register at a special rate by contacting mherrick@idfa.org. News media must present credentials to qualify.
Questions: If you have questions or need assistance with the registration process, please contact IDFA at (202) 737-4332 or registrar@idfa.org.
Innovative Flavor Contest
This popular competition offers the opportunity for ice cream and frozen dessert makers, as well as flavoring suppliers, to showcase their latest ice cream flavors and novelties.
All conference attendees are invited to submit one entry to compete in each of the three categories:
- Most Innovative Ice Cream Flavor
- Most Innovative Ice Cream Novelty
- Most Innovative Prototype Ice Cream Flavor
Awards will be given for first-, second- and third-place winners in each category, judged by conference attendees, and winners will be featured in an upcoming edition of Dairy Foods magazine.
To submit an entry, complete the contest entry form no later than April 4, 2023. Please contact vpender@idfa.org with any questions.
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Guidelines for Contest Submissions
- A company representative must register for the Ice Cream Technology Conference to participate.
- Limit of one (1) entry per company, per category.
- Please plan for your product submission to arrive between April 13 and April 17. If your product is received after April 17, we cannot guarantee that your entry will be included in the contest.
- Please send the equivalent of at least one (1) gallon of ice cream per category entry. For ice cream novelties, please send at least twenty-four (24) pieces for each entry.
- The ice cream MUST be in an unmarked container, except for the lid.
- Novelties should use plain wrappers, if possible. The lid or the outside of the novelty box MUST have the company name and the flavor.
- Be sure to pack the shipment well, wrapping each container in bubble wrap or paper to help protect it from damage during the extreme cold temperature of the dry ice.
- The box MUST be clearly marked "Must Be Kept Frozen" and "IDFA Ice Cream Contest".
- A shipping label will be provided – please complete and attach the label to your shipped box(es).
- Once the product is shipped, email vpender@idfa.org with the information below. If you do not email the required information, we cannot guarantee that your entry will be included in the contest.
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- Tracking number
- Arrival date
- Submission name and product type
- Company contact attending the conference
Hotel
Austin Marriott Downtown
The Ice Cream Technology Conference and the Yogurt & Cultured Innovation Conference will be co-located at the Austin Marriott Downtown in Austin, Texas. You may make your hotel reservations online or directly with the hotel by calling 800-627-7468. When calling, please refer to the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) to receive the special room rate of $339 per night plus applicable taxes. The deadline to secure a room is March 24, 2023. We have reserved a large block of rooms, but once all the rooms have been booked, we cannot guarantee that additional space will be available.
Book OnlineSpeakers
Xaq Frohlich
Assistant Professor of History of Technology, Auburn University
Xaq Frohlich
Xaq Frohlich joined Auburn University’s Department of History in the fall of 2017. His research focuses on the historical intersections of science, law, and markets, and how the three have shaped our modern, everyday understanding of food, risk, and responsibility. His work explores questions relating to consumerism and the changing relationships between the state, experts, and the public in the production of everyday knowledge: how do we “know” what we know about food and its relation to health? In what ways has our informational environment for food changed with the industrialization of food production and retailing?
Frohlich is currently completing a book manuscript, From Label to Table: Regulating Food in the Information Age, which explores the history of efforts by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to manage food markets through the regulation of food labels in the second half of the twentieth century. The book explores the evolving policy debates between government officials, food industry representatives, consumer advocacy groups, and medical professionals over what kinds of expert information should the public, or even does the public need to know about the foods American consumers purchase at the supermarket.
Frohlich earned his PhD in history, anthropology, and STS at MIT in 2011. He was a 2016–2017 visiting fellow at the Institute for Historical Studies in the Department of History at the University of Texas at Austin, a Fulbright scholar in Spain, a visiting professor at the University of Vienna and Paris Dauphine University, and a postdoc at KAIST in South Korea. He teaches the Technology & Civilizations I & II core sequence and also teaches courses on food and power, the intersections of science, technology and the law, and the history of business and capitalism.
Sponsors
The Ice Cream Technology Conference delivers high value and an opportunity to engage with more top-level decision makers than ever before — including executives, plant managers, regulatory compliance personnel, product development specialists, research and development professionals, quality assurance staff, plant engineers, and operations personnel.
Sponsorship is one of the best ways to brand your organization as a thought-leader and to highlight your commitment to advancing the dairy industry. IDFA offers a variety of sponsorship opportunities.
Please contact mlembke@idfa.org for more information.
