Presentations

This year's annual conference featured speakers addressing issues currently impacting all aspects of the manufactured dairy products industry. Session speakers presented an informative mix of technical and marketplace issues, providing a cutting edge platform that met member's objectives.

As ADPI's commitment to provide a strong, effective voice for the manufactured dairy products industry, we are pleased to provide this year's speeches and presentations online for the next 90 days.

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 Monday, April 26th

• Dairy Market Outlook
  • Mark Voorbergen, Rabobank International - Europe - Download Now
  • David McGowan, Fonterra - Download Now
  • Phil Plourd, Blimling & Associates - Download Now 
  • Mike McCully, Kraft Foods - Download Now

• Ed Wallace 
  • Author
  • Founder and Chief Relationship Officer, The Relational Capital Group
  • "Business Relationships That Last" - Download Now

• Brian Rittgers 
  • Director of Dairy Business Unit, Elanco Animal Health
  • "Food Economics and Consumer Choice: Technology's Role in the 21st Century" - Contact directly at RITTGERS_BRIAN@LILLY.COM

Butter Industry Session: "Servicing The Market for Butterfat"

• Dave Stiefer 
  • Director of Special Projects, U.S. Dairy Export Council
  • "Global Milkfat Market" - Download Now

• Laura Gottschalk 
  • U.S. Manufacturing and Ingredient Marketing, U.S. Dairy Export Council and Dairy Management Inc.
  • "Insights on Domestic Milkfat Channels" - Download Now

• Irv Holmes 
  • President and CEO, Challenge Dairy Products
  • "Selling the Product: Capitalizing on Dairy Farmer Investment" - Download Now

• Lavonne Dietrich 
  • Vice President International and Ingredient Sales, Dairy Farmers of America, Inc.
  • "Selling Against Tough Global Competition" - Download Now

Tuesday, April 27th

• Donna Berry 
  • Product Development Editor, Dairy Foods
  • "Innovative New Products Debut via Social Media" - Contact directly at donnaberry@dairy-foods.com

• Chad Mitchell 
  • Principal Analyst, Forrester Research 
  • "Social Media's Transformative Effect on Your Marketing Strategy" - Download Now

• Harish Damodaran 
  • Agri-Business Journalist, The Hindu Business Line
  • "India's Dairy Industry at a Crossroad: A Current View of the World's Largest Milk Producer" - Download Now

• Cleveland Marsh 
  • Assistant to the Deputy Administrator for Commodity Operations
  • "CCC Surplus Report" - Download Now

• Richard Mann, Esq.
  • Keller & Heckman, LLP
  • "Washington Regulatory Report" - Download Now

• Tage Affertsholt 
  • 3-A Business Consulting
  • "International Trends in Whey and Dairy Ingredients" - Download Now

• Rick Berman 
  • Executive Director, Center for Consumer Freedom
  • President, Berman & Company
  • Contact directly at http://www.bermanco.com/contact-us/ 

For more information regarding the ADPI/ABI Annual Conference, contact ADPI at (630) 530-8700 or by email at info@adpi.org