IFT Annual Meeting & Food Expo 2021

Alongside with the exhibition, we can enjoy a comprehensive educational program can you recommend us an event or session in particular?

Featured Sessions will explore today’s public perceptions and misconceptions toward food and science:

• Jacques Rousseau, professor and chair of the Academic Freedom Committee at the University of Cape Town and founder and chairperson of the Free Society Institute will share his perspective on the reasons why people fear innovation and how to better equip consumers with the scientific knowledge and resources to assist them in making more informed decisions.

• Bev Postma, PhD, an international policy specialist and Executive Director of Food Industry Asia will discuss the rise of the “pseudoscientist” in a world of digital media and its larger cultural implications.

• Ben Goldacre, epidemiologist, and author of the bestselling book, Bad Science will charge through the history and magic of evidence-based science, using examples of bad science... to explain how good science really works and show the ways in which evidence can be distorted.

• And wrapping up will be the Consumer Panel. There's no doubt the clean label trend is impacting the food industry, so you'll hear directly from the consumers. This session will feature original data presented by Paul Metz of C+R Research followed by a panel of Chicagoland consumers who will reveal their opinions about products currently on the shelves, and what they'd like to see in the future.

Give us some reasons why we cannot miss IFT.

• Gain technical and applied food science knowledge – choose from among 100+ best-in-class education sessions
• Connect with the who’s who in food science – exchange insights with more than 23,000 food professionals and super-charge your professional network
• Discover the latest global trends and the newest innovations – discover unique consumer and market trend pavilions, explore the latest scientific developments, and experience the science in action on the expo floor
• Identify new suppliers and meet with current ones – choose from among more than 1,000 exhibiting companies, showcasing the newest products in the food arena

Finally, can you give us some participation results from the last edition?

IFT Results:

• Number of Registrants: 23,000+
• Number of Countries Represented: 84
• Number of Student Registrants: 1,692
• Number of Booths Contracted: 2,600
• Number of Exhibitors: 1,225
• Number of Scientific Sessions: 113
• Number of Poster Presentations: 1,215
• Number of Speakers: 429

Discover the latest trends, the newest products, and the most recent innovations driving food science on July at IFT Food Expo, where professionals from all around the world meet to experience the industry's largest collection of ingredients, equipment, processing, and packaging suppliers under one roof.

We have interviewed the organizers and now we can show you all the novelties for IFT next edition that this year will take place in Chicago.

The novelties of IFT15:

The Protein Experience:

• The experience will feature and dimensionalize the latest research on how protein-based foods are transformed once in the body and how it breaks down. It is a full sensory experience that allows participants to see, touch, taste, smell and explore elements of next generation food trends that will impact the food industry. The Experience will have four zones: Zone 1 – Mastication and the Sensory; Experience Zone 2 – The Stomach Experience; Zone 3 – The Intestines Experience; Zone 4 – How will Science Inform Innovation through Wellness.

Top Sessions:

• FutureFood 2050: The Art of Producing a Science-Based Documentary

• CEO Panel - Is Big Food, Bad Food?

• Women in Food Science Business Panel

• General Session: Futurist Mike Walsh

Featured Lectures:

• Culturing Meat Outside of the Animal

• Therapy for Gastrointestinal Microbiome-Associated Diseases Requires Dietary Diversity

For sessions, we have our new online Session Planner now available on the IFT15 web site and where you can search through all our sessions including our Featured Lectures.

Four Reasons to Visit the Food Expo:

1. Gain technical and applied food science knowledge – choose from among 100+ best-in-class education sessions

2. Connect with the who’s who in food science – exchange insights with more than 20,000 food professionals and super-charge your professional network

3. Discover the latest global trends and the newest innovations – discover unique consumer and market trend pavilions, explore the latest scientific developments, and then experience the science in action on the expo floor

4. Identify new suppliers and meet with current ones – choose from among more than 1,000 exhibiting companies

Statistics from 2014:

• At last year’s IFT event in New Orleans, more than 16,500 people from 85 countries registered for the event.