Agenda
Day 1 – Wednesday, May 17
3:30pm – 6:30pm
Grass to Glass Innovator Series
4:00pm – 4:30pm
Opening Session: World-Leading Technological Innovation
Michael Dykes, President and CEO, International Dairy Foods Association
Scott Sexton, CEO, Ever.Ag
4:30pm – 5:30pm
Innovation through Startup Collaborations: Tapping the Agility of Startups to Accelerate Corporate Innovation
Rabobank Foodbytes
5:30pm – 6:30pm
Keynote: Venturing Wheyward to Create Sustainable Innovation
Emily Darchuk, Founder and CEO, Wheyward Spirit
Learn how she is partnering across industries to make food chains more efficient and effective and how collaboration between the dairy industry and entrepreneurs can drive more sustainable innovation from farm to flask.
6:30pm – 7:30pm
Reception
Day 2 – Thursday, May 18
7:30am – 3:30pm
Grass to Glass Innovator Showcase
7:30am – 8:00am
Networking Breakfast
8:00am – 9:00am
The Most Impactful Technologies Dairy Businesses Should Be Using
Boston Consulting Group
9:00am – 10:00am
Successful End-to-End Supply Chain Digitization for Dairy and Beyond
10:00am – 10:30am
Networking Break
10:30am – 11:30am
The Next Generation of U.S. GHG Markets
Moderator: Matt Herrick, Senior Vice President, IDFA
Paul Myer, CEO, Athian
Chris Malone, Head of Field Data Solutions, Indigo
Yet for carbon markets to play their role as a tool for climate mitigation in the United States, there needs to be predictable demand for affordable carbon credits and reliable capital to invest in the capture and measurement of GHG. In essence: A new supply chain is emerging based on a new feedstock—manure. What will the future of renewable energy and carbon markets look like from U.S. dairy’s perspective? In this session, we talk with a leading renewable energy company, a quickly emerging GHG software solutions provider, and one of the nation’s leading carbon marketplace providers on what’s next for GHG markets in the United States.
11:30am – 12:30pm
Futureproofing Cybersecurity in the Dairy Industry
McKinsey & Company
What should management and the board do to prepare in an environment of escalating destructive and disruptive attacks? What are the right questions to ask and what are the red flags to look out for? As cybersecurity regulations increase, so too do the expectations of board members’ familiarity with cybersecurity-related concepts. Yet in an environment of rising inflation and shrinking margins, how do we simultaneously protect and grow our business? This session will review cybersecurity trends, discuss the intensifying threat landscape, and share valuable insights dairy companies can take to “futureproof” their cybersecurity programs.
12:30pm – 1:30pm
Networking Lunch
1:30pm – 2:30pm
Dairy Technologist Panel
Moderator: Tom Wojno, Senior Vice President of Innovation and Member Advancement, IDFA
Richard Scheitler, CIO, Darigold
Meeghan Jones, Director of IT, Cabot Creamery Co-operative
2:30pm – 3:30pm
Fireside Chat: DairyTech 2023 Reflections from a Supply Chain and ESG Innovator
John Church, Former General Mills Supply Chain and Transformation Officer
Duane Banderob, COO, Ever.Ag