| 8.00 am | Registration & Trade Exhibition Session |
| 8.30 am | Reconnect Breakfast proudly sponsored by the Ai Group Apprentice & Trainee Centre |
| SESSION 1 | MOVING ON |
|---|---|
| 9.25 am | CHAIR: Sacha King, Ai Group Confectionery Sector Technical Committee Chair and Manager, Scientific Affairs & Regulatory Affairs ANZ, Mondelēz International |
| 9.30 am |
OFFICIAL OPENING Tim Piper AM, Head of the Ai Group Confectionery Sector & Head of Ai Group in Victoria |
| 9.45 am | Today’s top 10 trends in confectionery Irene Kersbergen, Senior Insights & Innovation Manager APAC, Innova Market Insights (INDONESIA) kindly sponsored by Oterra Australia |
| 10.15 am |
KEYNOTE PRESENTATION Bouncing back by looking back |
| 11.00 am | Energy Break proudly sponsored by GELITA Australia & Trade Exhibition Session |
| SESSION 2 | JUMPING AHEAD |
|---|---|
| 11.40am | CHAIR: Josh Hemelaar, Ai Group Confectionery Sector Technical Committee and Head of Asia Pacific, Business Unit Nutrition and Health Ingredients, GELITA Australia |
| 11.45 am |
KEYNOTE PRESENTATION Responding to the modern chocolate consumer |
| 12.15 pm |
Sensory marketing and online food choices |
| 12.45 pm | Powered by technology : digital product labels Marcel Sieira, Chief Customer Officer, GS1 Australia kindly sponsored by GS1 Australia |
| 1.00 pm | Presentation of the Sollich Award |
| 1.15 pm |
Lunch in the trade exhibition area proudly sponsored by MPD Dairy Products |
| SESSION 3 | ONWARD AND UPWARD |
|---|---|
| 2.25 pm | CHAIR: Kim Tonnet, Program Lead, Scientific & Regulatory Affairs, Mars Wrigley Australia |
| 2.30 pm | Bouncing back from Australia’s commodity boom Tim Kane, Program Lead, Agricultural Forecasting and Policy, The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) |
| 2.55 pm | Leading in sustainability - emerging trends, insights and how to capture the opportunities Olivia Tyler, Managing Director ANZ, Edge Environment |
| 3.30 pm | Transitioning to a circular economy Richard Smith, Sustainability Director, Amcor Flexibles Asia Pacific kindly sponsored by Amcor |
| 4.00 pm | Energy Break proudly sponsored by Australian Blending Company & Trade Exhibition Session |
| SESSION 4 | CHALLENGE THE THINKING! |
|---|---|
| 4.40 pm | CHAIR: Tim Piper AM, Head of the Ai Group Confectionery Sector & Head of Ai Group in Victoria |
| 4.45 pm |
KEYNOTE PRESENTATION Sweet Revelations : Collaborating for opportunitiesJohn Cheng, Managing Director, Innovate 360 (SINGAPORE) kindly sponsored by the Victorian Government, Department of Jobs, Precincts & Regions |
| 5.15 pm | Rethinking the confectionery industry - an outsider’s view Nick Hazell, Founder & CEO, v2food |
| 5.45 pm | Wrap-up |
| 6.00 pm | Session close |
| 6.15 pm | Pre Dinner Drinks proudly sponsored by The Manildra Group |
| 8.00 pm |
ConTech Dinner proudly sponsored by The Manildra Group |
| Guest speaker: Anthony Lehmann (Lehmo) introduced by Murray Newman, National Sales & Marketing Manager, Manildra Group |
ConTech2022 will appeal to a broad range of confectionery and wider food industry professionals, including those in the fields of:
Jennifer Thompson
Email: jennifer.thompson@aigroup.com.au
Phone: 03 9867 0181
Mobile: 0418 223 170
