2016 Round Table Meetings

January 6-8, 2016………………………………………………….
Marriott Starr Pass Resort. Tucson, AZ

The Future of Agriculture Trade

The Future of Trade
J.B. Penn, Deere and Company
Former  Senator Mike Johanns, Secretary of Agriculture,  2005-2007

NAFTA 20+ Years On
Former USTR Ambassador Clayton Yeutter (video)
Peter McPherson, Association of Public and Land-grant Universities
Mike Gifford, Canadian Agricultural Trade Policy Advisor
DanBerman, USDA Foreign Agriculture Service, retired

Breaking Down Trade Barricades
Joe Glauber, International Food Policy Institute

Trans-Pacific Partnership & Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
Stefan Tangermann, University of Gottingen
Ambassador Darci Vetter, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative

Protecting Intellectual Property Rights and Trade
Thomas Redick, Global Environmental Ethics Counsel, LLC
Eric Solovy, Sidley Austin, LLP
Matt O’Mara, Biotechnology Industry Organization

The Long-Term Outlook on Immigration, Labor & Trade
Patrick O’Toole, Family Farm Alliance
Thomas Nassif, Western Growers Association
Jim Walker, University of Wisconsin

June 8-10, 2016 …………………………………………………………………………………..
Seelbach Hotel, Louisville, KY

Consumer Trends Shaping the Future of Agriculture & the Food System
Keynote Address: Jason Lusk, Oklahoma State University

Demographic & Social Influences on Consumer Trends in Food and Nutrition
Beth Johnson, Food Directions, LLC
Larry Kaagan, Kaagan Research Assoicates

Technology and the Consumer
Gregory Jaffe, Center for Science in the Public Interest
Tina May, Hampton Creek Foods

Reshaping the Food/Health Nexus
Jerome Lyman, McDonald’s Corporation, retired
John Bohannon, Science magazine/University of California, Berkley
Michel Nischan, Wholesome Wave

Food Foresight
Kerry Tucker, Nuffer, Smith, Tucker
Martha Roberts, University of Florida
Corny Gallagher, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Larry Kaagan, Kaagan Research Associates
Dan Dooley, New Current Water and Land, LLC
Teresa Siles, Nuffer, Smith, Tucker

Understanding and Responding to the Rapidly Evolving Impact of Consumer Trends on the Food System
Klaas Martens, Lakeview Organic Grain
George Hoffman, Restaurant Services Inc.
Cheryl Queen, Compass Group