PROGRAM
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SUNDAY May 2, 2010 |

R&DA “Boot Camp 101”
"Doing Business with the Government"
"Improving Business with the Government"
Mr. Jim Fagan
Executive Director
R&DA
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Fielded Individual Rations Improvement Project
"Unitized Group Rations (UGRs)"
Ms. Meg Aylward
Food Technologist
NSRDEC
&
Ms. Jeannette Kennedy
Food Technologist
NSRDEC
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MONDAY May 3, 2010 |

Welcome & Administration
Mr. James Fagan
Executive Director, R&DA
&
Mr. Ed Manley
R&DA Training Program

Meeting Keynote Address
Mr. Dan Clark
Clark Success Systems
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Session I: Rations Keynote
"Sustaining our Army During a Time of Persistent Conflict"
Mr. John McNulty
Chief Subsistence & Liquids
HQ Department of the Army, G4
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Ms. Kathy-Lynn Evangelos
Executive Assistant
Natick Soldier RD&E Command
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"USDA, AMS Fruit and Vegetable Programs"
Mr. Richard Boyd
Head Defense, Contract Inspection Section
PPB, FV, AMS, USDA
Session II: Government/Military Keynote
LTC Rob Barnes
Director
Joint Culinary Center of Excellence (JCCoE)
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"Food Service and Subsistence Program"
LTC Carlos Sanabria
Director, Food Service & Subsistence
HQS USMC
Session III: Rations Work Group: Part I
Work Group Chairmen:
Mr. Jim Lecollier, DSCP
Mr. Harry Streibich, DSCP
Mr. Gabriel Castillo, The Wornick Company
I: Individual Rations
Ms. Julie Smith, NSRDEC
Mr. Peter Sherman, NSRDEC
Ms. Jeannette Kennedy, NSRDEC
Mr. Jim Lecollier, DSCP
II: USDA Inspections & DSCP Quality Systems and Audits Update
Mr. Gary Walker, DSCP
Mr. Richard Boyd, PPB, FV, AMS, USDA
Ms. Mary Canniff, NSRDEC
III: Military Group and Commercial Rations
"UGR Update: UGR-H&S FY 12 and UGR-A FY11 Menu Changes, As Well as UGR FY Field Testing Planning
Ms. Sue Harrington, NSRDEC
Mr. Harry Streibich, DSCP
Special Session IV: State of the Art Food

"The Spice of Life...Ethnic Food Trends"
Chef Gerard Bertholon
Cuisine Solutions
Session V: Joint Subsistence Operational
Rations Forum & NATO Feeding
Mr. Rick Byrd
Chief, Quality Assurance Division
JCCoE
"Italians vs. Europeans Video"
CMDR Alex Pini
Italian Ministry of Defense
Session V: Exhibition

THIS COMPLETES THE FORMAL SESSIONS FOR THE DAY
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TUESDAY May 4, 2010
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Session VII: Food Service, Packaging, Equipment &
Technology Work Group
Co-Chairs:
Mr. Robert Bernazzani, NSRDEC
Ms. Michelle Richardson, NSRDEC
Dr. Colin Meyer, Cadillac Products
"The Next Step in Food Preservation and Safety"
Mr. Dave Cope
President & CEO
Purfresh, Inc.
"R&DA Projects for the Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Forces Food Service Equipment"
Mr. Robert Bernazzani
Team Leader, SEET, CFD
"Unlocking the Value of Rice Bran"
Mr. Philip Sanders
Vice President of Sales
NutraCea
&
Dr. Gits Prabhu
Food Scientist
Iowa State University
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Session VIII: Key Issues
"Electrolyzed Water-Totally Green Non-Chemical Cleaning, Sanitizing & Disinfecting Technology”
Dr. Glynn Hopkins
Conquest International
"California Almonds, Nutritious, Delicious, and in Demand"
Mr. Richard Waycott
CEO
Almond Board of California
"Envision Industries: Capabilities in Military Food and Packaging”
Ms. Suzy Reber
Envision Industries
Mr. Tom Payne
Thomas J. Payne Market Development
Session IX: R&DA Wounded Warrior Update

Introduction: Mr. Jim Fagan
Executive Director, R&DA
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Mr. Barney Rosner
Chairman Emeritus
R&DA
Mr. Phil Strambler
Director of Marketing
Walter Reed Medical Center
&
SFC Charles Eggleston
Walter Reed Medical Center
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LTC (Ret) Don Vtipil
Vice President
Red Cloud Food Service
Session X: Expert Panel
Panel Members: Representative from the following organizations
Headquarters, Department of the Army
Headquarters, US Marine Corps.
US Army Quartermaster Center and School
US Army Research Center, Natick
Defense Support Center Philadelphia
USDA
VETCOM
Session XI: Rations Work Group - Part II
Work Group Chairmen:
Mr. Jim Lecollier, DSCP
&
Mr. Gabriel Castillo, The Wornick Co.
Session XII: UGR IPT
Moderator: Mr. Harry Streibich, DSCP
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WEDNESDAY May 5, 2010 |
R&DA Golf Tournament
6:45 AM - 7:45 AM Open Range
8:00 AM Shotgun Start
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Special Session: Nutrition IPT
Moderator: Ms. Julie Smith, NSRDEC
"Nutritional Analysis and Labeling IPT"
Ms. Julie Smith
Food Technologies
NSRDEC
Special Session: NATO Rations IPR
This is an open meeting of all interested in support to NATO forces.
Special Session: Rations IPR
This session time is reserved to address nay outstanding issues
in the rations areas which remain previous sessions.