| SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9 |
| 3:00 - 5:00
pm |
Registration |
| |
| SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10 |
| 9:00 am - 4:00 pm |
Spouse Event -- Bisbee/Tombstone with lunch
at the Copper Queen Hotel |
| 12:00
Noon |
Golf Tournament
(Spouses are welcome to
play) |
10:00
am - 12:30 pm
and 5:00 - 8:00 pm |
Registration |
| 6:30
- 8:00 pm |
“A Taste of the Southwest” Reception
| |
| |
| MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11 |
| 7:30
am - 12:00 Noon |
Registration |
| 9:00
am - 4:00 pm |
Spouse Event -- Biosphere 2 |
| 8:00
- 9:30 am |
Session I -- Keynote Breakfast and
Address |
| |
Speaker: |
Jim
Kolbe (R-AZ) (Invited)
U.S. House of
Representatives
Washington, DC |
| 9:30
- 10:45 am |
Session II -- Outlook for World and U.S. Sweetener
Markets
Join industry experts for an examination of
sugar and corn sweetener markets. Discussion will touch on the
contributing factors to the most volatile domestic sugar
market in decades. |
| |
Moderator: |
John
Love, Specialty Crops Analyst
World Agricultural Outlook
Board
USDA
Washington, DC |
| |
Speakers: |
Tom
Earley, Executive Vice President
Promar
International
Alexandria, VA
John Stansfield
Louis Dreyfus Company
London,
England |
| 11:00
am - 12:15 pm |
Session III -- Pass Through – Myth or
Reality?
How much do ingredient costs, such as sugar
prices, generally affect the price of sugar containing
products? How do other costs (energy, labor, etc.) interplay
with ingredient costs in the food industry? Is the
“pass-through” issue a valid or misleading consumer
issue? |
| |
Moderator: |
Don
Westfall, Vice President
Promar
International
Alexandria, VA |
| |
Speaker: |
Lee
McConnell, Director, Commodities
Bloomer Chocolate
Company
East Greenville, PA
Jeffrey Perloff, Professor of Agricultural &
Research Economics
University of California at
Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
Jack Roney, Director of Economics & Policy
Analysis
American Sugar Alliance
Arlington,
VA |
| 2:00
- 5:00 pm |
Tennis Tournament |
| |
| TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12 |
| 8:00
am - 5:00 pm |
Registration |
| 9:00
- 4:00 pm |
Spouse Event -- Noagles - South of the Border
Tour and Lunch |
| 9:15
- 10:15 am |
Session IV -- General Session
Mexico’s chief
trade negotiator describes the latest state of play in
U.S.-Mexico economic relations, and then discusses Mexico’s
overall trade and economic objectives in the larger context of
WTO, FTAA, and other regional and bilateral
talks. |
| |
Presider: |
Janet
Nuzum, Vice President and General Counsel
International
Dairy Foods Association
Washington, DC |
| |
Speaker: |
Dr.
Luis de la Calle, Deputy Secretary for International Trade
Negotiations (Invited)
Ministry of Economy
Mexico City,
Mexico |
| 10:30
am - 12:00 Noon |
Session V -- Trade Disputes: Will they ever be
resolved?
Mexican access to the U.S. sugar market; HFCS
exports to Mexico, stuffed molasses; sugar-containing
products...is there ever an “end” to sweetener trade disputes?
Get the current status of these disputes, as well as the
prospects and timetables for ultimate resolution. Learn how
dispute settlement rules, tariff reclassification decisions,
and other policy actions can affect the rules of trade and
what is offered in the market place. |
| |
Moderator: |
Janet
Nuzum, Vice President and General Counsel
International
Dairy Foods Association
Washington, DC |
| |
Speakers: |
Ms.
Sharon Sheffield
Office of Agricultural Affairs
Office
of the U.S. Trade Representative
Washington, DC
Mr. Jim Horvath, President & CEO
American
Crystal Sugar
Moorhead, MN
Jose Pinto, Vice Chairman, International Affairs
Mexican Sugar Chamber and CEO of Grupo Beta San
Miguel
Mexico City, Mexico
Kyd Brenner, Interim Director, Corn Refiners
Association
DTB Associates, LLP
Washington, DC
Sarah Fogarty, Director, International Trade
Grocery
Manufacturers of America
Washington, DC
|
| 12:00
Noon - 1:00 pm |
Buffet Lunch and Awards Ceremony |
| |
Presider: |
Randy
Green, President
Sweetener Users Association
Washington,
DC |
| 1:30
- 2:30 pm |
A Look at New Sweetened Products
You will be
shown the latest sweetened product introductions. Find out
which products are headed for success and which could
translate into profits. |
| |
Speaker: |
Chris
Wolf, Vice President/Managing Director, Kenetica
Noble
& Associates
Chicago, IL |
| 2:30
- 3:30 pm |
Concurrent Session VII-A -- Obesity: Is the Food and
Beverage Industry Part of the Problem or Part of the
Solution
Obesity is a growing public health problem.
Learn what public policy makers, activists, educators and
health proffesionals are doing, how the media is covering the
issue, and the risks and opportunities for the food and
beverage industry. |
| |
Speaker: |
Dick
Elder, Senior Director, ACTIVATE
International Food
Information Council Foundation
Washington, DC |
| |
Concurrent Session VII-B -- Corn Sweeteners:
Assessing Progress Along the Road to Recovery
If the
HFCS war with Mexico is resolved, we could be potentially
exporting south leaving a very limited capacity domestically.
What does it mean for dextrose, glucose and
ethanol? |
| |
Moderator: |
Tom
Earley, Executive Vice President
Promar
International
Alexandria, VA |
| |
Speaker: |
John
Cropley, Senior Economist
LMC Sugar & Sweeteners
Research Team
New Orleans, LA |
| 3:30
- 4:30 pm |
Concurrent Session VIII-A -- Global Sugar
Reform
What are the prospects for reform of sugar
policies in the U.S., the EU, and other key countries? Does it
all hinge on the new WTO negotiations launched in Doha? Learn
what the Global Alliance for Sugar Reform is, who’s behind it,
and how it is pressing around the globe for reform of sugar
policies. |
| |
Moderator: |
Peter
Buzzanell, Executive Director
Peter Buzzanell &
Associates
Reston, VA |
| |
Speakers: |
Roberto Jaguaribe, Minister-Counsellor
Embassy of
Brazil
Washington, DC
Warren Males, General Manager, Trade &
International Affairs
Queensland Sugar Ltd.
Brisbane,
Australia |
|
Concurrent Session VIII-B -- The Shape of the White
Sugar Industry
The last several years of the domestic
white sugar industry has been fraught with ownership change as
well as further consolidation. Learn from industry experts
what the future will bring and what the past has taught
us. |
| |
Moderator: |
John
Yonover, Vice President Sales
Indiana Sugars, Inc.
Gary,
IN |
| |
Speakers: |
Jerry
Coleman, Vice President, Marketing
Monitor Sugar
Bay
City, MI
Brian O'Malley, President
Domino Foods
Yonkers,
NY
Dirk Swart, Vice President, Sales &
Marketing
Industrial Products
United
Sugars
Bloomington, MN
Steve Vuilleumier, Sr. Vice
President
McKeany-Flavell
Oakland, CA |
| 4:30
- 5:45 pm |
Session IX -- Congressional Staff Panel Happy
Hour
Sugar Policy became a contentious focal point in
the 2001 Farm Bill discussions. While the future is hard to
predict, the fact remains control of the House and Senate are
up for grabs and election year politics will be a recurring
theme throughout 2002. What will Congress do next? Can the
sugar industry expect peace and harmony? Enjoy a drink and
join key congressional staffers in a casual setting for their
candid views on a range of topics likely to be addressed in
the coming months. |
| |
Moderator: |
Dave
Juday, Sugar Analyst
World Perspectives Inc.
Berryville,
VA |
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Panelists: |
(panelists have been invited) |
| 6:30
- 10:00 p.m. |
“Desert Divine” Reception and
Dinner |
| |
| WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13 |
| 8:00
- 9:30 a.m. |
Session X -- Administration of the Sugar Program
Today
Hear from informed panelists about opportunities
and challenges facing sugar producers and sugar users
operating under the current rules. |
| |
Moderator: |
Frank
Day, Sugar Procurement manager
Hershey Foods
Corp.
Hershey, PA |
| |
Panelists: |
Richard Harshman
Marketing Consultants Group,
Inc.
Chicago, IL
Nick Kominus, President
U.S. Cane Sugar Refiners’
Association
Washington, DC
Jack Roney, Director of Economics & Policy
Analysis
American Sugar Alliance
Arlington, VA
Joe Talley, Vice President, Finance
American Crystal
Sugar Company
Moorhead, MN |
| 9:30
- 11:00 am |
Session XI -- Sugar Policy: Will it ever
change?
“The more things change, the more they stay the
same” is how one sugar lobbyist described the 2001 sugar
policy debate. In the last 20 years, the industry has
experienced significant sugar policy swings in Congress, but
real reform toward more open markets remains elusive. What
does the future hold? Will markets force policy changes or
will policies shape markets? Join representatives of the
government and sweetener industry as they provide their
predictions for 2002 and beyond. |
| |
Moderator: |
Burleigh Leonard, President
Leonard &
Co.
Arlington, VA |
| |
Speakers: |
Randy
Green, President
Sweetener Users Association
Washington,
DC
Kevin Price, Director of Government Affairs
American
Crystal Sugar Company
Moorhead, MN
Fowler West
Everglades Trust Fund
The Washington
Group
Washington, DC |
| 11:00
am |
Adjournment |
|
| Special Events for Spouses |
| Sunday, February 10 |
| 9:00
am - 4:00 pm |
Bisbee/Tombstone with Lunch at the Cooper Queen
Hotel
You will visit the old mining town and artists'
enclave known as Bisbee and take a tour of the deep shafts of
the Copper Queen Mine. Next it's on to Tombstone, where Doc
Holliday and Wyatt Earp shot it out. You'll enjoy shopping and
a lunch at The Copper Queen Hotel. |
| 12:00
Noon |
Golf Tournament (registrants &
spouses) |
| 6:30
- 8:00 pm |
“A Taste of the Southwest”
Reception
|
| |
| Monday, February 11 |
| 8:00
- 9:30 am |
Breakfast and Keynote Address
| |
| 8:00
am - 1:00 pm |
Biosphere 2
You'll take an educational and
exciting trip into Biosphere 2, the largest man-made, self
sustaining ecosystem ever built.
| |
| 2:00
- 5:00 pm |
Tennis Tournament (registrants &
spouses)
| |
| |
| Tuesday, February 12 |
| 9:00
am - 4:00 pm |
Nogales - South of the Border Tour and
Lunch
You’ll go 60 miles south of Tucson to Old
Mexico—Nogales, Sonora, Mexico where you’ll enjoy the culture,
people and shopping. You’ll also visit Tubac, a colorful
artist colony and enjoy a scrumptious lunch at El
Greco. |
| 12:00
Noon - 1:00 pm |
Buffet Lunch and Golf and Tennis Awards
Ceremony |
| 6:30
- 10:00 pm |
“Desert Divine” Reception and
Dinner |
| |
| Wednesday, February 13 |
| 8:00
- 9:30 am |
Breakfast and General
Session |
