Luncheon Keynote:

• Thomas Parkinson, Founder and CTO, Peapod

New Growth Trends in the Food Economy

• Bob Goldin, Executive Vice President, Technomic
• Cathy Jaros, Managing Director - Chicago, Amherst Partners LLC
• Marc Schulman, President, The Eli's Cheesecake Company
• Arthur Velazquez, President and CEO, Azteca Foods, Inc.

Ingredient Innovations:

• David Bardach, Sr. Director, Breakthrough Innovation, Kraft Foods, Inc.
• Britt Burton-Freeman, Director of Health Promoting Foods, National Center for Food Safety & Technology at IIT
• Joseph Slawek, Founder, President and CEO, FONA International
  
• Greg West, President, National Pasteurized Eggs, Inc.

Innovative Business Models:

• Eric Fosse, Founder and CEO, HomeMade Pizza Company
• Alexis Leverenz, Owner, Kitchen Chicago
• Julia Stamberger, Cofounder and President, GoPicnic, Inc.
• Seattle Sutton, Founder, Seattle Sutton's Healthy Eating

To Package, Preserve, and Protect:

• Matt Botos, Food Safety and Security Consultant
• Terry Harris, Managing Partner, Chicago Consulting
• Brandon Sarmas, Managing Partner, Sarmas Group, LLC
• Dr. Charles Sizer, Founder, Pilot Aseptic, LLC

Getting on the Shelf:

• George Aspland, Cofounder and CEO, ReTel Technologies
• Bill Bishop, Chairman, Willard Bishop
• Brian Crummy, Founder, Crummy Brothers
• Daphne Mazarakis, Founder and President, Tula Foods

Growing Global:

• Jim Borsum, Partner, A.T. Kearney
• Jake Elster, Crop to Cup
• Jerry Hagedorn, CFO - North America, Barry Callebaut
• Mike Thompson, President and CEO, Fair Oaks Farms, LLC

Sourcing Local and Going Organic:

• Darlene Knipe, Marketing Specialist and Cofounder, Illinois MarketMaker
• Scott Mandell, CEO, President and Cofounder, Enjoy Life Foods
• Carrie Nahabedian, Executive Chef and Co-Owner, NAHA
• Jim Slama, President and Founder, Sustain and FamilyFarmed.org

Investing in Food Businesses:

• Richard Boos, Vice President, Arbor Investments
• Jude Conway, Partner, Hopewell Ventures
• Jim Schultz, Managing Partner, Open Prairie Ventures
• Andy Whitman, Managing Partner, 2x Consumer Products Growth Partners

Building a Food Brand:

• Arsen Avakian, Cofounder and CEO, Argo Tea 
• Paul Earle, Founder and Managing Partner, Papilion LLC
• Michelle Hayward, President, Bluedog Design, LLC
• Manny Valdes, President and CEO, Frontera Foods