General Sessions
The Effects of Changing Consumer Behavior on the Manufacturing Sector
James Russo, Vice President, Marketing, The Nielsen Company

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Spice Sourcing
Paul Kurpe, Vice President, Elite Spice, Inc.

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Economics of Korean Food and Agriculture: Potentials for Market Development
Hyunok Lee, PhD, Agricultural Economist, University of California, Davis

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Sustainable Production and Consumption: What Does it Mean for You?
Carol Kramer-LeBlanc, PhD, Director, Sustainable Development, Office of the Chief Economist, USDA

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Partnering with ARS to Transfer Technologies to the Private Sector
Dave Nicholson, JD, PacWest Coordinator, Office of Technology Transfer, USDA-ARS

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Saint Gobain’s Commitment to Sustainability
Steven Rhea, Senior Vice President, Saint-Gobain Containers

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California Agricultural Water Practices
Daniel Merkley, Director of Water Resources, California Farm Bureau Federation

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Food Safety Sessions
Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT): A Supply Chain Security Program
Lloyd “Pete” Peters, Corporate Security Manager, ConAgra Foods, Inc.

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SQF…Where Everyone is Heading!
Gary Smith, Technical Director, Safe Quality Food Institute

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Downy Mildew Summit
Introgressive Breeding of Cucumber Lines with Resistances to Downy Mildew through Alien Translocation Approach
Dr. Jin-Feng Chen, State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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Search for Cucumbers with High Resistance to Downy Mildew
Dr. Todd C. Wehner, Dept. of Horticultural Science, NC State University
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How Downy Mildew Travels and How to Keep it at Bay
Dr. Gerald Holmes, Ext. Plant Pathologist, NC State University
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Downy Mildew in Michigan: Combining Laboratory and Field Tactics
Dr. Mary Hausbeck, Plant Pathology, Michigan State University
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