Food Safety Summit 2009 Brochure - (Page 4) KEYNOTE SESSIONS TUESDAY, APRIL 28 • 8:00 – 9:00 a.m. POLICY, POLITICS & THE MARKETPLACE: WORKING WITH INDUSTRY & GOVERNMENT TO IMPROVE SAFETY & QUALITY MICHAEL S. KAUFMAN National Restaurant Association, Chairman of the Board, 2008-2009 SPONSORED BY The National Restaurant Association (NRA) considers food safety a top priority for the restaurant industry. Priorities include working to address the challenges of a global food supply, exploring ways to shape policy and create standards as well as promote activities to improve food safety and quality for the food service channel. In the fall of 2008 the NRA approved a newly invigorated and responsive strategic plan that incorporates food safety as major part of this initiative. Mr. Kaufman will be unveiling crucial elements of the plan and how NRA will focus on food safety through a number of strategies that are vital to creating consumer confidence. Michael S. Kaufman is Chairman of the National Restaurant Association Board of Directors, and is co-president of Enovo Restaurant Ventures LLC. Enovo owns, operates and licenses the contemporary American restaurant brand Harry’s Tap Room. Mr. Kaufman is a proven industry leader with a track record of building sales and profits in multi-unit restaurant operations. MICHAEL S. KAUFMAN FOOD SAFETY IS NO ACCIDENT…IT TAKES LEADERSHIP DAVID THENO, PHD Senior Vice President, Quality and Logistics of JACK-in-the-BOX Inc. (retired) David M. Theno maintains that he’s no hero. But for anyone involved with him and Jack-in-the-Box, or who cares about food safety for that matter, might disagree. In September, 2008, Mr. Theno retired from Jack-in-the-Box, Inc. as Senior Vice President and Chief Product Safety Officer. He spearheaded the reversal of the company’s fast-food chain by making it an exemplary proponent of safe-food practices following its now infamous E. Coli outbreak. For his work in food safety, Mr. Theno has received numerous awards and accolades, and his legacy lives on. As a Keynote presenter, Mr. Theno will share insights into his 30+ years in the food industry. He’ll look at decades of perspectives and ask us to think about not only where we have been, but where we are going, how we are going to get there, and why. Leadership is a key skill and it is important to learn better how to work with others to achieve common goals. Understanding leadership is important in the process of looking for answers, because the best systems can only take you so far. Learn from David why the good old days are still ahead of us, and don’t miss this once in a lifetime presentation! DAVID THENO, PHD WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29 • 9:45 – 10:30 a.m. A COLLABORATIVE APPROACH TO GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY DR. DAVID NABARRO Assistant Secretary General and Deputy Coordinator for the High Level Task Force on the Global Food Security Crisis, United Nations SPONSORED BY Today’s global society is facing unprecedented challenges. On the one hand is the need to provide humanitarian efforts that demand urgent food and food-related assistance. On the other, is the need to address soaring food prices, and the availability of a sustainable food supply to feed the world’s growing population. But soaring food prices are a sign of a larger structural crisis that will worsen the global food supply. Dr. David Nabarro was recently appointed the Assistant Secretary General and Deputy Coordinator for the High Level Task Force on the Global Food Security Crisis at the United Nations. He will address the Comprehensive Framework for Action (CFA) and its three-tiered approach to harmonizing regulations and to providing more consistencies in how food moves through the global food system. There is a clear opportunity for international leadership to adopt a strategic stance on key issues such as agricultural trade and market price volatility. Dr. Nabarro is a high-powered Keynoter you won’t want to miss! 4 DR. DAVID NABARRO 2009 Food Safety Summit http://www.beefproducts.com/ http://www.restaurant.org/ http://www.jackinthebox.com/index2.php http://www.thermo.com/foodsafety http://www.un.org/
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