PROGRAM
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SUNDAY May 22, 2011 |

R&DA “Boot Camp 101”
"What is Appropriate for the Military"
"Understanding Government Decision Making"
Mr. Jim Fagan
Executive Director
R&DA
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"Family of Unitized Group Rations"
Ms. Sue Harrington
Sr. Food Technologist
Natick Soldier RD&E Center
"Individual and Assault Rations"
Ms. Jeannette Kennedy
Food Technologist
Natick Soldier RD&E Center
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MONDAY May 23, 2011 |

Welcome & Administration
Mr. James Fagan
Executive Director, R&DA
Session I: Food Service, Packaging, Equipment & Technology Work Group
Session II: Feeding Our Allies
CAPT (Navy) Alex Pini
Italian Ministry of Defense
CMDR Pál Stenberg
Norwegian Defence Logistics Organization
Ms. Edith Jutras
Combat Rations Programme Director
Department of National Defence, Canada
Session III: Chef's Presentations

Chef Gerard Bertholon
Cuisine Solutions
Chef Robert LaFond
JTM Food Group
"Navy Training With An Impact: In The Galley, On The Job"
Chef Craig O'Brien
Quantum Foods
Session IV: Corporate Updates
Mr. Brad Reddersen
President & CTO
SIRA Technologies
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Mr. Mark Matlock
Executive VP of Sales
AMP Corp.
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"Benefits of the AbilityOne Program"
Mr. Thomas Black
Niche Product Development Manager
National Industries for the Blind (NIB)
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Mr. Dan McCluskey
Director, Government Business Development
Manitowoc Foodservice
Session V: R&DA Wounded Warrior Update

Introduction: Mr. Jim Fagan
Executive Director, R&DA
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Mr. Jim Fagan
R&DA
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Mr. Jack Maas
JTM Food Group
R&DA Vice President, Wounded Warrior
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Mr. Phil Strambler
Walter Reed Medical Center
&
LT Denis Olivero
Warrior Transition Brigade
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Mr. Barney Rosner
Chairman Emeritus
R&DA
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"Letters From Home"
LTC (Ret) Don Vtipil
Vice President of Military Sales
Red Cloud Food Service
Session VI: Exhibition

THIS COMPLETES THE FORMAL SESSIONS FOR THE DAY
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TUESDAY May 24, 2011
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Session VII: Rations Keynote
Mr. Ray Miller
Deputy Director, Subsistence
DLA Troop Support
Mr. Robert Trottier
Team Leader, Combat Rations
Natick Soldier RD&E Center
Ms. Mary Canniff
Team Leader, FEST
Natick Soldier RD&E Center
COL Robert Webb
Portfolio Director
US Army Public Health Command
Session VIII: Meeting Keynote
Ms. Pegine Echevarria
Website: http://pegine.com
Session IX: Rations Workgroup
I: Military Individual Rations
“Assault, Special Purpose Ration Improvements,
News Update”
Ms. Julie Smith
Natick Soldier RD&E Center
“MRE Field Test Update and Ration Improvement Program”
Ms. Jeannette Kennedy
Natick Soldier RD&E Center
“Individual Rations Contracts/Acquisitions News”
Mr. Jim Lecollier
DLA Troop Support
II: USDA Inspections & DSCP Quality Systems & Audits
“Rations Inspections & News Update”
Mr. Michael Lynch
USDA
“Rations Quality Systems News”
Mr. Kenneth Lee
DLA Troop Support
“Rations Samples Evaluation Process”
Ms. Jill Bates
Natick Soldier RD&E Center
III: Military Group and Commercial Rations
“UGR-E and H&S Rations News Update”
Ms. Meg Aylward
Natick Soldier RD&E Center
“UGR-A and B Rations Field Test Updates and Improvements”
Ms. Sue Harrington
Natick Soldier RD&E Center
“Group Rations/Commercial Contracts/Acquisitions News”
Mr. Harry Streibich
DLA Troop Support
Session X: Government/ Military Keynote
LTC Ross Johnson
Director, JCCoE
Mr. Chuck Girard
Deputy Director
USMC Food Service
Session XI: Key Issues
"JCCoE Quality Assurance Update"
Ms. Beverly Hamlette
Quality Assurance Specialist, Field Feeding.
JCCoE
"Challenges in Mobilizing For Combat"
Mr. Franco Zanotti
CEO & President
ES-KO International
Session XII: Rations Review Session
Mr. Jim Fagan
Executive Director
R&DA
Session XII-R:: Rations Special Session
By Invitation Only
Session XIII: Understanding the
Government Decision Process
Session XIII-R: Closed UGR IPT
THIS CONCLUDES THE SESSIONS FOR TODAY
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WEDNESDAY May 25, 2011 |
R&DA Golf Tournament
LaPlaya Country Club
8:00 A.M.
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NATICK MEETING: Nutritional Analysis &
Labeling IPT
THIS CONCLUDES OUR FORMAL PROGRAM