PROGRAM 

SUNDAY

October 24, 2010

R&DA “Boot Camp 101”

 

"Doing Business With the Military"

Mr. Jim Fagan

Executive Director

R&DA

 

"Family of Unitized Group Rations (UGRs)"

Ms. Sue Harrington

Combat Rations Team

US Army Natick Soldier Center

 

"Family of Individual Combat Rations"

Ms. Judy Aylward

Combat Rations Team

US Army Natick Soldier Center

 

 

 

MONDAY

October 25, 2010

Welcome & Administration

8:15 A.M.

Grand Ballroom

 Mr. James Fagan

Executive Director, R&DA

 Session I: Government/Military Keynote 

 

“US Navy Subsistence Program”

CMDR Thomas Dailey

Director, Navy Food Services

 

 

Session II: Keynote Addresses

Regency Ballroom

 

 

"Rock Solid Leadership"

http://robincrow.com

Mr. Robin Crow, Author, Speaker, Entrepreneur

Dark Horse Recording

 

 

Session III: Rations Work Group

Regency Ballroom

 

  

I: Military Group and Commercial Rations

 

“Group Rations Field Test Updates and Improvements Program”

Ms. Sue Harrington, US Army Natick Soldier Center

 

"Group Rations/Commercial Contract/Acquisitions News"

Mr. Harry Streibich, DLA Troop Support

 

 

II: Inspections, Product Specifications &

Quality Systems/Audits

 

“Rations Inspections & News Updates”

Ms. Donna Burke-Fonda, USDA

 

"Product Specifications Update"

Ms. Mary Nash, US Army Natick Soldier Center

 

"Quality Audit Results"

Mr. Gary Walker, DLA Troop Support

 

 

III: Military Individual Rations

 

“Individual Rations Field Test Update and Improvements Program”

Ms. Jeannette Kennedy, US Army Natick Soldier Center

 

“Individual Rations Contracts/Acquisitions News”

Mr. James Lecollier, DLA Troop Support

 

 

Session IV: Meeting Keynote

 

"US Army Updates"

Mr. John McNulty

Chief Subsistence & Liquids

HQ Department of the Army, G4

               

 

"DSCP/DLA Updates"

 "Mr. Tom Daley"

Deputy Director

DLA Troop Support

               

 

 

"The Afghan Front Video"

Hawthorne L. "Peet" Proctor, US Army (Retired)

46th Quartermaster General

  

 

Session V: Rations Keynote

 

 

AOR/Theater Update"

CW5 David Longstaff

Food Advisor

ARCENT

               

 

"Department of the Army CONOPS Menu"

Mr. David Sherriff

Chief, CSPD

JCCoE

               

 

"Somalia Country"

Mr. Tom Payne

Military Consultant

Thomas J. Payne Market Development
 

 

Session VI: Keynote Address:

Science & Technology 

 

"Use of Chorine Dioxide Gas As An Antimicrobial Agent For Foods and Food Contact Surfaces"

Dr. Richard Linton

Professor of Food Safety

Purdue University

 

“LC Omega-3 Oils: Delivery Systems for Food and Supplement Applications”

Dr. Ernesto Hernandez

Director, Process Development

Omega Protein, Inc.

 

“MRE Rations In All-Polymeric Pouches”

Mr. Tom Dunn

Director, Product Development

Printpack, Inc. 

                                          

 

TUESDAY

October 26, 2010

 

 

 

SESSION VII: Keynote Address:

Science & Technology

 

“Microwave Sterilization, A Potential Technology For MREs”

Dr. Juming Tang

Washington State University  

 

 

Session VIII: Food Service, Packaging, Equipment &

Technologies Work Group 

 

"Foreign Comparative Testing for Novel Meat Processing: Osmo Foods"

Dr. Tom Yang, Sr. Food Technologist

US Army Natick Soldier Center

 

A Heating Hydrating Combat Ration  (HHYCOR) Pouch

Mr. Brandon Scheckel

 Mainstream Engineering Corp.

 

"Innovative Ration Processing Via Super Critical Carbon Dioxide (SCCO2)"

Dr. Tom Yang, Sr. Food Technologist

US Army Natick Soldier Center

 

“The Role of Government/Academic/Industrial Consortia in Fostering Innovations in Food Processing”

Dr. C. Patrick Dunne, Sr. Science Advisor

US Army Natick Soldier Center

  

Session IX: Wounded Warrior Update

                                                                                                                                                                

 

"R&DA Efforts Review"

Mr. Jim Fagan

Executive Director

R&DA

_______

 

“Warrior SALUTE”

Mr.  Sankar  Sewnauth

 President/CEO

CDS/Unistel

_______

 

“Comments & Observations”

Mr. Barney Rosner

Chairman Emeritus

R&DA

 

&

 

"Til The Last Shot's Fired, Trace Adkins, 1st. Lt. Andrew Kinard, West Point Glee Club"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ge9zXIQq5HI

LTC (Ret) Don Vtipil

Vice President

Red Cloud Food Service

   

 

Session X: NATICK Updates 

 

 

"CRT Formation and Mission (To Include PIT Formation)"

Mr. Robert Trottier, US Army Natick Soldier Center

 

" Lightweight and Compostable Fiberboard for Military Ration Packaging"

Ms. Jason Niedzwiecki, US Army Natick Soldier Center

 

"PORT Update"

Ms. Danielle Anderson, US Army Natick Soldier Center

 

"Update on Quality Kinetics"

Ms. Jacquie LeBlanc, US Army Natick Soldier Center

 

"Candwich Technology Update"

Ms. Michelle Richardson, US Army Natick Soldier Center

  

 

Session XI: Industry Innovations

and Key Updates

 

  

"CDS/Unistel and The Military Market"

MG (Ret) Robert Mixon

General Manager

CDS/Unistel

 

"ZENATEK: Meeting The Needs of the Food Industry"

Mr. Ennio Zanotti

President & CEO

ZENATEK

  

Special Session XII: The Army's Nutrition

 Initiative 2011

 

"Nutrition Update"

  "Menu Standards"

Mr. Rick Byrd

Chief, Quality Assurance

JCCoE

 

 

Special Session XV: The Executive Directors’ Question and Answer Session

 

 

 

Special Session: Rations Special Session

 

 

 

 

                    

WEDNESDAY

October 26, 2010

 

 

 Session: Rations Review Session

"Understanding Military Rations"

Mr. Jim Fagan

Executive Director

R&DA

 

Session: Understanding the Government Decision Process

"Understanding Government Decision Making"

Mr. Jim Fagan

Executive Director

R&DA

 

Session:  Other Military Updates

"Food Service Trends"

COL (Ret) Ales Komar

University of Defence, Czech Republic

 

 

***THIS CONCLUDES OUR FORMAL PROGRAM ***