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Printing quality labels in-house for cost-saving, prototyping and compliance
Tuesday, March 9, 2021
2-3pm ET
Sponsored by
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Andrew Moore
product manager, Epson America
Andrew Moore is a Product Manager at Epson America, Inc. Since 2004, he has worked in the label industry for Label Printer OEMs, including 10 years with Epson. He holds a BS in Business from Arizona State University, and an MBA from University of Phoenix.
Andrew Moore
product manager, Epson America
Andy Scherz
senior product manager, Epson America
Andrew V. Scherz is a Senior Product Manager at Epson tasked with developing the market for on demand industrial color label printers. Andy is a veteran of the industrial label printing market with over 22 years’ experience most recently at Epson and before that at Printronix as Director of Product Marketing. He holds a bachelor’s of science in electrical engineering and a master’s in business administration, both from California State University, Long Beach.
Andy Scherz
senior product manager, Epson America
Elizabeth Sinclair
director of marketing, Seagull Scientific’s BarTender®
Elizabeth Sinclair is the director of marketing for Seagull Scientific’s BarTender® enterprise labeling software. She works with end users and industry groups in sectors such as food, chemical, pharma, medical devices and healthcare, helping them enable consumer confidence, supply chain efficiencies and regulatory compliance through Auto-ID and labeling technology, including barcode and RFID. She attended the University of Washington, and holds a certificate in strategic marketing management from the school’s Foster School of Business.
Elizabeth Sinclair
director of marketing, BarTender® by Seagull Scientific
SupplySide Sponsored Intensive: Responsible Packaging
Wednesday, March 10, 2021
11:35am - 12:30pm ET
Each month, the Sponsored Intensives focus on a specific industry topic, highlighting ingredient suppliers or service providers from the SupplySide community, what makes them unique, the stories behind what they do, and why they’re relevant to your product development goals. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to learn about some of the hottest ingredients or trends shaping our industry and how they could fit into your product strategy. Join us to participate in live Q&A’s and networking.
In order to pave the way for a sustainable future, it’s critical to address the world’s packaging problem, particularly related to the plastics plaguing our planet. Innovative materials and supply chain collaborations are providing unique solutions that leverage sustainable materials to both protect the environment and preserve product quality. During this day of learning, we’ll highlight some of the most promising packaging solutions and how brands can make responsible packaging a key component of their sustainability roadmap.
Session Schedule:
11:40am – 12:00pm EST – How desktop color labeling can improve your packaging process now!
Presented by: Epson
12:05 – 12:25pm EST Prevalent trends in sustainable packing, from post-consumer resins and bioresins to source-reduction
Presented by: Alpha Packaging
Sponsored by
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Andy Scherz
senior product manager, Epson America
Andrew V. Scherz is a Senior Product Manager at Epson tasked with developing the market for on demand industrial color label printers. Andy is a veteran of the industrial label printing market with over 22 years’ experience most recently at Epson and before that at Printronix as Director of Product Marketing. He holds a bachelor’s of science in electrical engineering and a master’s in business administration, both from California State University, Long Beach.
Andy Scherz
senior product manager, Epson America
Marny Bielefeldt
Vice President of Marketing, Alpha Packaging
Marny Bielefeldt is Vice President of Marketing for Alpha Packaging, a manufacturer of plastic bottles and jars for the nutritional supplement, personal care, pharmaceutical and household chemical industries. Alpha has been a pioneer in manufacturing rigid containers from recycled materials and other sustainable resins to meet the performance and environmental objectives of its customers.
Bielefeldt has over 20 years experience as a marketer of plastic packaging for consumer products companies, and serves as Alpha’s “green packaging” expert. In this role, she works with distributors, retailers and consumer products companies to help them evaluate various ways to make their packaging more sustainable. She is also responsible for overseeing Alpha’s Vitality Index, which is an internal tracking mechanism used to measure how Alpha’s new products and sustainability initiatives contribute to the company’s growth.
Prior to joining Alpha Packaging, Bielefeldt was Senior Vice President of MediaCross, Inc., an advertising and marketing agency that specializes in branding programs for business-to-business clients. The scope of projects she has managed include public relations and marketing, brand strategy, interactive, direct marketing and trade advertising.
Marny Bielefeldt
vice president of marketing, Alpha Packaging
Achieving sweetness naturally
Thursday, March 18, 2021
1-3pm ET
As consumers become more health-conscious, they are increasingly changing the way they eat and drink, often eschewing foods and beverages high in sugar and artificial sweeteners. However, launching or reformulating food and beverage products to appeal to these changing consumer dynamics requires more than simple sugar reduction. From formulation considerations to ingredient options, labeling and claims, selecting the right path can lead to market success. This session will cover:
- The latest data on consumers’ desire to reduce their consumption of sugar and artificial sweeteners, their reasons for doing so, and which kinds of natural sweeteners/solutions they prefer;
- Popular natural sweeteners, up-and-coming sugar alternatives, and the science behind using these ingredients;
- How CPG brands have formulated (or reformulated) their products to meet this demand.
Chair: Alex Smolokoff, associate editor, Informa Markets
Content Partner
Underwritten by
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Deana Karim
ceo and founder, Good Dees
Deana Karim is a first-generation Middle Eastern who is currently residing in New York City. Karim is CEO/Founder of Good Dee’s, carrying a full line of baking mixes, free of gluten, soy, dairy, wheat, and added sugar. Deana proves that health-conscious living and decadent indulgence really do mix!)
Deana Karim
ceo and founder, Good Dees
Arthi Padmanabhan
market research manager, New Hope Network
Arthi Padmanabhan supports natural products brands, investors, and other industry professionals with consumer research and market intelligence. She began her career in a sensory lab where she trained taste testers and performed research in support of novel food ingredient development but ultimately shifted out of the lab and into consumer product testing and insights roles before landing on New Hope Network’s NEXT Data & Insights team.
Arthi Padmanabhan
market research manager, NEXT Data & Insights
Karly Viole
brand & marketing manager, Halo Healthy Tribe
Karly Viole is the Brand & Marketing Manager of Halo Healthy Tribes. As a health and wellness enthusiast who specializes in branding, marketing, and sales, Karly has developed 10 years of expertise within the natural food industry. Her passion for companies with shared values drives her motivation in taking natural food start-ups to international success.
Karly Viole
brand & marketing manager, Halo Healthy Tribe
Rachel Zemser
food scientist, A La Carte Connections
Rachel Zemser is a certified food scientist and independent consultant in the San Francisco bay area. A corporate food scientist turned consultant, she helps entrepreneurs understand the ins and outs of the food industry and provides the technical assistance they need in bringing their product to market. A trade show junkie, she attends as many ingredient shows as possible to ensure she is always up to speed on innovative flavor trends, and ingredients.
Rachel Zemser, CFS, CCS, MS
founder and owner, A La Carte Connections
Washington Watercooler
Tuesday, March 30, 2021
2-2:45pm ET
- Personnel changes under the new Biden administration
- FDA’s uptick in enforcement with its recent sweeps on COVID-19 and depression claims
- The status of FDA’s warning letter announcing N-acetyl-cysteine (NAC) is not a dietary ingredient
- Prospects for CBD legislation in the new Congress
PRESENTED BY
The sweet spot for healthy indulgence—Formulating no sugar added ice cream
Tuesday, April 13, 2021
2-3pm ET
Sponsored by
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Danielle Wedral Licata
market development manager, Jungbunzlauer
Danielle Wedral Licata is a Market Development Manager at Jungbunzlauer. She has over a decade of experience working with the food and beverage industry. Previously she focused on quality assurance and spoilage detection and now specializes in market development and applications innovation to satisfy the market’s constant evolution.
Danielle Wedral Licata
market development manager, Jungbunzlauer
Olena Ursolov
project manager, Jungbunzlauer
Olena Ursolov is a Project Manager at Application Technology Center at Jungbunzlauer. She has over ten years of experience with research, development and applications in the beverage industry.
Olena Ursolov
project manager, Jungbunzlauer
Ensuring supply chain transparency and stability
Thursday, April 22, 2021
1-3pm ET
- When brands need to diversify their supply chain to mitigate potential disruptions
- How brands can ensure their supply chain can withstand disruptions caused by natural disasters, pandemics, etc.
- Strategies to maintain supply chain transparency to ensure ingredients remain unadulterated and produced in humane, fair conditions
Chair: Alex Smolokoff, associate editor, Informa Markets
Speaker information coming soon…
Content Partner
Functional Beverage Bootcamp
Thursday, May 20, 2021
1-3pm ET
- The current and future state of the global functional beverage market
- Factors driving product innovation and opportunities in five booming categories: brain health, immunity, gut health, weight management and heart health.
- Considerations for formulating with functional ingredients such as botanicals, adaptogens, proteins.
- CPG roundtable focused on how they are navigating unprecedented turmoil caused by COVID-19 and how it’s affected future product development, acceleration or deceleration.
Chair: Judie Bizzozero, editor in chief, Informa Markets
Speaker information coming soon…
Content Partner
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