2009 IFT Annual Meeting & Food Expo
As reported in Prepared
Foods’ July 2009 editorial, the annual Institute of Food
Technologists (IFT) Meeting & Food Expo gathered more than 14,000 food
professionals in Anaheim in June, a 10% increase in attendance compared to both
the 2008 IFT Expo in New Orleans and the last IFT show held in Anaheim (in
2002). To see a brief overview of trends, type in: “Continuing Trend Education”
(with quotes) in the search field at www.PreparedFoods.com.
Kicking off the event, the keynote session focused on the topic that permeated
the show floor: the economy. Todd Buchholz, a Harvard University economist and
author of Market Shock: 9
Economic and Social Upheavals That Will Shake Our Financial Future,
and Jeffrey Rosensweig, Ph.D., a CNN financial commentator and author of
Winning the Global Game: A
Strategy for Linking People and Profits, discussed the current
state of the economy and its impact on the food industry.