The Food and Drug Law Institute brings together leading food industry professionals for annual Food Week conference February 23-24

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Food and Drug Law Institute (FDLI) will hold its annual Food Week conference at the Renaissance Washington, DC Downtown Hotel February 23-24, 2015. We invite industry professionals to join us for this unique two-day event that will focus on Food Safety and Globalization, as well as Food Advertising, Labeling, and Litigation. FDLI is proud to showcase its Food Week 2015 agenda, featuring panels of experts in the food industry. For more information, please visit our website http://www.fdli.org/foodweek2015.

Day One: Food Safety and Globalization

8:00 AM Registration, Continental Breakfast, Networking

8:55 AM FDLI Welcome and Opening Remarks

    --  Amy Comstock Rick, President & CEO, FDLI

9:00 AM Keynote Address: Food Fraud

    --  John Spink, Director & Assistant Professor, Food Fraud Initiative,
        Michigan State University

10:15 AM FDA and USDA Priorities for 2015

    --  Representatives from the FDA and USDA
    --  Moderated by Jessica Wasserman, Wasserman & Associates

10:45 AM Networking Break

11:15 AM What Companies Can and Should Be Doing to Prepare for FSMA Implementation

    --  Martin Hahn, Partner, Hogan Lovells
    --  Caroline Smith DeWaal, Food Safety Director, Center for Science in the
        Public Interest
    --  Robert Lake, Senior Consultant, EAS Consulting Group, LLC
    --  Lauren Handel, Partner, Foscolo & Handel PLLC

12:30 PM Luncheon - Understanding Science and the Law: A Case Study of "Genetically Modified Organisms"

    --  Adrianne Massey, PhD, Managing Director, Science and Regulatory Affairs,
        The Biotechnology Industry Organization

1:45 PM Foodborne Illness Outbreaks: Investigation and Traceability Tools, Assessment of Changes, Recalls

    --  Ryan Gooley, Recall Consultant, Stericycle
    --  Hilary Thesmar, PhD, Vice President, Food Safety Programs, Food
        Marketing Institute
    --  Smitha G. Stansbury, Partner, FDA & Life Sciences Practice, King &
        Spalding LLP
    --  Eric W. Brown, Ph.D., MSc. Director, Division of Microbiology, Office of
        Regulatory Science, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, FDA

3:00 PM Traceability and the (Global) Supply Chain

    --  Karil Kochenderfer, Principal, LINKAGES

3:45 PM Refreshment and Networking Break

4:00 PM Impact of Globalization on US Food Safety and Nutrition Policy

    --  Michael Roberts, Executive Director, Resnick Program for Food Law and
        Policy, UCLA School of Law
    --  Ricardo Carvajal, Partner, Hyman, Phelps & McNamara, P.C.
    --  Camille Brewer, Director, International Affairs, Center for Food Safety
        and Applied Nutrition, FDA

Day Two: Advertising, Labeling, and Litigation

8:00 AM Registration, Continental Breakfast, Networking

8:55 AM FDLI Welcome and Opening Remarks

    --  Amy Comstock Rick, President & CEO, FDLI

9:00 AM Marketing Trends - How America's Food Choices are Changing

    --  Pam Marone, Director, Regulatory Pharmaceutical and Food Safety, Toxcell
        LLC and Adjunct Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University

9:30 AM Claims: Advertising and Substantiation

    --  Shelly Garg, Associate, FDA Practice Group, Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg
    --  Miriam Guggenheim, Partner, Covington & Burling LLP
    --  Hal Hodes, Staff Attorney, National Advertising Division, Advertising
        Self-Regulatory Council
    --  Moderated by Douglas MacKay, Senior Vice President, Scientific and
        Regulatory Affairs, Council for Responsible Nutrition

10:45 AM Networking Break

11:15 AM Advertising Enforcement

    --  Ronald Rothstein, Partner, Winston & Strawn LLP
    --  William MacLeod, Partner, Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

12:30 PM Networking Lunch

1:45 PM Class Action Litigation

    --  Trent Taylor, Partner, McGuireWoods, LLP
    --  Kara McCall, Partner, Sidley Austin LLP

3:00 PM Networking Break

3:15 PM Advertising Endorsements and Testimonials

    --  Justin Prochnow, Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig, LLP

3:45 PM The Interplay of the FTC, Class Action Cases, and Lanham Act Litigation

    --  Bruce Silverglade, Principal, Olsson Frank Weeda Terman Matz PC
    --  Chris Van Gundy, Partner, Keller and Heckman LLP

About The Food and Drug Law Institute: FDLI is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to providing an innovative, open, balanced exchange of ideas and viewpoints across the field of global food and drug law. FDLI's mission is to provide topical and timely education, training, and publications, foster professional relationships, and to act as a liaison to inform public policy, law, and regulation.

Follow this event on Twitter with #FoodWeek15!

Contact: Laura Brown
Phone: [phone]
E-Mail: [e-mail]

To view the original version on PR Newswire, visit:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-food-and-drug-law-institute-brings-together-leading-food-industry-professionals-for-annual-food-week-conference-february-23-24-300027910.html

SOURCE Food and Drug Law Institute