IBIE - The Retailer's Guide to IBIE - July 2022 - 34

IBIEDUCATE
9:45 AM - 10:45 AM
Taking the Mystery and Stress out of
Managing Commodity and Ingredient
Costs Through Objective Price Risk
Management Methods
Speakers: Christopher Kristufec, Director of
Commodities and Energy, Trilateral Inc.
Room: W307-308 | Price: $30 if purchased as
a single session; or included in the Super Pass
Volatile and unpredictable commodity and
ingredients prices make solid risk management
expertise critically important for the baking
industry.The volatility in prices for inputs such
as wheat flour, vegetable oil and natural gas
have baking industry buyers scrambling for
coverage and trying to control margins.
The purpose of this session is to provide
insights and methods to reduce the variability
of input costs and reduce the stress of
managing markets. This includes learning
how to objectively evaluate market risk and
making effective strategy decisions with a
goal of being proactive, not reactive, in one's
business. Proactive decision making enables
the business to be in an offensive versus
defensive mode, which is inherently more
profitable.
Topics to be covered:
* Why do markets confuse most of the people
most of the time? and How to avoid being
the sheep
* Interpreting the personality of the markets -
patterns, themes and direction
* Identifying what valuable insights can be
drawn from market data when managing
price risk
* Using both fundamental and technical
analysis for pricing/hedging decisions and
timing
* Techniques to initiate positions and/or
make position adjustments in changing
market conditions
We will conclude with perspectives on current
flour and veg-oil markets.
Audience: All Audiences
Track: Business Acumen
9:45 AM - 10:45 AM
Technology in Our Phones but Not Our
Food? Earning Acceptance in Food
Innovation for a Sustainable Future
(Repeat)
Speaker: Roxi Beck, Consumer Engagement
Director, The Center for Food Integrity
Room: W313 | Price: $30 if purchased as a
single session; or included in the Super Pass
Food companies are under increasing pressure
to provide food produced more sustainably
to meet consumer preferences and ambitious
global sustainability goals. To achieve those
global goals, the food industry looks to
farmers who rely on technology like precision
agriculture and gene editing - innovations
that can enhance nutrition and ingredient
attributes, and help improve soil and water
health while producing climate-smart crops
to combat climate change and its impact on
global food security. These advances can
help meet the growing demand for food
while making agriculture and the food system
more sustainable. However, innovation must
be embraced by consumers and the food
system to achieve its potential. In this session,
Roxi Beck with The Center for Food Integrity
(CFI) highlights the latest technologies, new
research detailing why consumers accept or
reject food and agriculture technology, and
specific approaches to gain acceptance for a
more sustainable future.
Audience: All Audiences
Track: Sustainability
9:45 AM - 11:45 AM
What's in the Batter? Ingredients to
Attract, Motivate & Retain Top Talent
Speaker: Chason Hecht, CEO, Retensa
Room: W311-312 | Price: $30 if purchased as a
single session; or included in the Super Pass
On top of everything else, the global
pandemic we all experienced is transforming
the workplace. As we recover from the
initial economic crisis, skilled workers are
now harder than ever to keep, let alone
find. Continually changing variables of an
unpredictable environment, make employee
retention, engagement and attraction
challenging, even for the best of employers.
How do you find skilled laborers and once
found, ensure they stay? With demand for
labor high, it is imperative employers focus
their efforts toward attracting, recruiting and
retaining skilled workers.
Audience: Retail - Sales and Marketing
Track: Workforce
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