PROGRAM
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SUNDAY June 1, 2008 |
R&DA “Boot Camp 101”
3:30 P.M – 5:00 P.M.
Orchid Ballroom 3-4
"Placing Items In The Marketplace"
Mr. Jim Fagan
Executive Director
R&DA
“Fielded Individual Ration Improvement Project”
Ms. Judy Aylward
Sr. Food Technologist
Natick Soldier RD&E Command
Ms. Sue Harrington
Sr. Food Technologist
Natick Soldier RD&E Command
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MONDAY June 2, 2008 |
Welcome & Administration
8:30 A.M.
Royal Palm 4
Mr. James Fagan
Executive Director, R&DA
Meeting Keynote Address
8:35 A.M.
Royal Palm 4
"Sustaining Americas Army- The Strength of the Nation"
Mr. Thomas Edwards
Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff, Deputy G-4
Senior Executive Services, SES-5
TOPIC: MILITARY RATIONS
Session I: Rations Keynote
9:10 A.M.
Royal Palm 4
LTC David Allen
Director of ACES
ACES
Mr. Gerry Darsch
Director, Combat Feeding
Natick Soldier RD&E Command
"Fiscal Reality & Its Implication for the Army"
Mr. John McNulty
Chief Subsistence & Liquids
HQ Department of the Army, G4
Session II: Rations Work Group: Part I
10:20 A.M.
Royal Palm 4
Work Group Chairmen: Mr. Jim Lecollier
DSCP
&
Mr. Gabriel Castillo
The Wornick Company
I: Individual Rations Issues
“2008 MRE Field Test and Ration Improvement Program”
Ms. Judy Aylward
Sr. Food Technologist
Natick Soldier RD&E Command
“Special Purpose Ration Improvements”
Ms. Vicki Loveridge
Sr. Food Technologist
Natick Soldier RD&E Command
“Individual Rations Contracts/Acquisitions Update”
Mr. Jim Lecollier
Chief, Individual Rations Branch
DSCP
II: Quality Systems, Audits, and Specifications Update
Mr. Richard Boyd
Head, Defense Contract Inspection Head
USDA
“Rations/Components Specifications Information”
Ms. Mary Canniff
Food Technologist
Natick Soldier RD&E Command
III: Group Rations Issues
“Group Rations Contracts/Acquisitions Update”
Mr. Harry Streibich
Chief, Group Rations
DSCP
Ms. Sue Harrington
Sr. Food Technologist
Natick Soldier RD&E Command
Session III: Quality Summit 2008 & Joint Subsistence Operational Rations Forum
12:00 NOON
Royal Palm 4
Ms. Jeannette Kennedy
Food Technologist
Natick Soldier RD&E Command
Ms. Loraine Salerno
Chief, Quality Assurance Division
ACES
Session IV: Corporate Updates
12:40 P.M.
Royal Palm 4
Mr. Barney Guarino
President & CEO
Tempra Technology
"Whole Grains for Better Health"
Ms. Joni Huffman
Director of Business Development
ConAgra
"Utilizing DoD E-Beam Technology to Address Food Safety Issues"
Mr. Harlan Clemmons
President & CEO
SADEX Corporation
Mr. Richard Ballard
CEO
CRB Group
Session V: Exhibition
1:15 PM-4:00 P.M.
Vista Ballroom
THIS COMPLETES THE FORMAL SESSIONS FOR THE DAY
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TUESDAY June 3, 2008
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Session VI: R&DA Wounded Warrior Update
8:00 A.M.
Royal Palm 4
Introduction: Mr. Barney Rosner
Chairman Emeritus, R&DA
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“ Wounded Warrior WRMC Update”
Mr. Phil Strambler
Walter Reed Medical Center
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LTC (Ret) Don Vtipil
Vice President
Red Cloud Food Service
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Mr. Barney Rosner
Chairman Emeritus, R&DA
Session VII: Government / Military Keynote
9:00 A.M.
Royal Palm 4
LTC Carlos Sanabria
HQS USMC
“Supporting the Soldier in Harm’s Way”
CW4 Jacob Dingle
US Central Third Army
Special Session VIII: State of the Art Food
10:20 A.M.
Royal Palm 4
“Avantages of Pasteurization in Food Products”
Chef Gerard Bertholon
Cuisine Solutions
Session IX: Food Service, Packaging, Equipment & Technology Work Group – Part I
11:00 A.M.
Royal Palm 4
Co-chairs: Ms. Vicki Loveridge, NATICK
Dr. Colin Meyer, Cadillac Products
“Science and Technology Initiative in Food Safety”
Ms. Betty Davis
Team Leader
Natick Soldier RD&E Command
“Shelf Stability Study of Various Almond Forms”
Ms. Jeannette Kennedy
Food Technologist
Natick Soldier RD&E Command
Mr. Guangwei Huang
Sr. Manager
Almond Board of California
Session IX: Food Service, Packaging, Equipment & Technologies Work Group – Part II
1:15 PM
Royal Palm 4
Co-chairs: Ms. Vicki Loveridge, NATICK
Dr. Colin Meyer, Cadillac Products
“Feeding the Italian Armed Forces: Mission Impossible?”
Commander Alessandro Pini
Italian Ministry of Defense
"Economic Innovative Technology in Bakery Operation"
CAPT Tomas Beza PhD, Department of Material & Services Faculty
University of Defense-Czech Republic
&
MSc. Pavlina Vasicka, Department of Material & Services Faculty
University of Defense-Czech Republic
“CFD Efforts to Improve Transport of Meals and Water in Theatre”
Mr. Robert Bernazzani
Team Leader, SEET
Natick Soldier RD&E Command
Session X: Rations Work Group – Part II
2:00 PM
Royal Palm 4
Work Group Chairmen: Mr. Jim Lecollier
DSCP
&
Mr. Gabriel Castillo
The Wornick Company
THE PRIME VENDOR TRACK
Subsistence: DSCP Prime Vendor Program
8:30 AM – 4:00 P.M.
Royal Palm 2-3
Moderator: DSCP Prime Vendor Program
Mr. Frank Bankoff
CONUS Prime Vendor Directorate
THIS CONCLUDES OUR FORMAL PRIME VENDOR
SESSIONS FOR TODAY
