PROGRAM
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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
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MONDAY October 25, 2010 |
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Welcome & Administration
8:15 A.M.
Grand Ballroom
Mr. James Fagan
Executive Director, R&DA

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Session I: Government/Military Keynote
CMDR Thomas Dailey
Director, Navy Food Services
Session II: Keynote Addresses
Regency Ballroom
"Rock Solid Leadership"
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
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
Mr. John McNulty
Chief Subsistence & Liquids
HQ Department of the Army, G4
"DSCP/DLA Updates"
"Mr. Tom Daley"
Deputy Director
DLA Troop Support
Hawthorne L. "Peet" Proctor, US Army (Retired)
46th Quartermaster General
Session V: Rations Keynote
CW5 David Longstaff
Food Advisor
ARCENT
"Department of the Army CONOPS Menu"
Mr. David Sherriff
Chief, CSPD
JCCoE
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.
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TUESDAY October 26, 2010
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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
Mr. Jim Fagan
Executive Director
R&DA
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Mr. Sankar Sewnauth
President/CEO
CDS/Unistel
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“Comments & Observations”
Mr. Barney Rosner
Chairman Emeritus
R&DA
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"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
Ms. Danielle Anderson, US Army Natick Soldier Center
Ms. Jacquie LeBlanc, US Army Natick Soldier Center
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
Mr. Rick Byrd
Chief, Quality Assurance
JCCoE
Special Session XV: The Executive Directors’ Question and Answer Session
Special Session: Rations Special Session
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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
COL (Ret) Ales Komar
University of Defence, Czech Republic
***THIS CONCLUDES OUR FORMAL PROGRAM ***