2012 Annual Meeting
The 2012 Annual Meeting will be held March 6 - 9,
2012 at the Drury Plaza Hotel on the Riverwalk in San Antonio, Texas.
2012 IFTPS Pre-Conference Symposium
Container Integrity and Spoilage Investigation
Tuesday: March 6, 2012
Symposium Chair: Pamela Hardt-English, PhF Specialists, Inc.
7:30 Registration & Refreshments
8:10 Welcome & Introduction
Pamela Hardt-English, Symposium Chair
Ian Britt, Executive Director
8:30 Key Note Address: Recent Developments in Food Containers
Technology
Joe Marcy, Head of Food Science Dept, Virginia Tech University
9:15 Regulatory Aspects of Integrity of Food Containers
Brian Hendrickson,
Consultant/Adjunct Faculty, Purdue
University
10:00 Refreshment/Networking Break
10:30 Achieving and Maintaining Double Seam Integrity
David Lesley,
Ball Corporation
11:15 Detection Systems for Container Integrity
Michael
Mierjeski, TeleDyne Taptone
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Pouches for Packaging Thermally Processed Foods
Bud Strassheim, SoftCan Technology
1:45 Plastic Packaging Materials: Thermal Processing Challenges
Martin Geithmann, Plastic Technologies, Inc, PTI
2:30 Refreshment/Networking Break
2:45 Evaluation of a non-destructive high voltage leak detection
(HVLD) technique
for the inspection of hermetically sealed
packages
Yoon Song, FDA
3:15 Container Integrity for Paper Based Packaging Material for
Thermally
Processed Foods
Michael Bolstridge, Tetra Pak
4:00 Spoilage investigation for Low-Acid Thermally Processed Foods
Nina Parkinson, State of California
4:45 Panel Discussion
5:15 Adjourn
2012 IFTPS Conference - March 7-8, 2012
Responsibilities of Thermal Processing Specialists
Conference Program Chair: Khalid Abdelrahim, Nestlé USA
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
7:30 Registration & Refreshments
8:00 Welcome & Introduction
Khalid Abdelrahim, Program Chair
Ian Britt, Executive Director
8:15 Therm-Pedia Literature Repository
John Duff, Windridge Sensors and Nathan Anderson, FDA
8:30 Pouch Seal Quality Tests: Airborne Ultrasound versus Traditional
Testing
Approaches
Oliver Stauffer, Packaging
Technologies and Inspection (PTI)
9:15 Thermal processing of acidified foods: pH 4.1 to 4.6
Fred Breidt,
USDA/ARS
10:00 Refreshment/Networking Break
10:30 Fundamental Aspects of Spoilage Investigation: The case for
Acid/Acidified
Beverages
Margarita Gomez, Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc
11:15 Nearing the End of the 40-Year Hold Tube: Filler Time for
Multiphase
Aseptics
Josip Simunovic,
NC State University
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Basic Consideration for Aseptic Process Design: Non-Newtonian
Fluids
Dominick Damiano, Nestlé Product Technology Center
1:45 Ball Formula Method vs. General Method – What’s the Big Deal?
Layne Martin, Hormel Foods Corporation
2:30 Refreshment/Networking Break
3:00 Update on Canned Foods Regulations from FDA
Nate Anderson,
FDA
3:45 Technical Committee Meetings
5:00 Reception and Suppliers’ Exhibits
Thursday: March 8, 2012
7:45 Refreshments
8:00 Annual General Meeting
9:10 Technical Committee Reports
9:30 Charles R. Stumbo Student Paper
9:45 Refreshment/Networking Break
10:00 News from USDA
John Filus,
USDA-FSIS
10:30 The Real Purpose of the Institute
Gerald
Bee,
Founder of IFTPS
11:15 LACF Process Authority - Role Model for Implementing Food
Safety Plans
David Bresnahan,
Kraft Foods Global, Inc.
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Application of Thermal Processing Discipline to Control
Salmonella in Low-moisture Foods
David Anderson, Del Monte Foods
1:45 Food Safety Modernization Act: An Update for the Industry
Glenn Black,
Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA)
2:30 Refreshment/Networking Break
2:45 High Pressure Processing for Pasteurization and Sterilization of
Value
Added Foods
V.M (Bala) Balasubramaniam,
The Ohio State University
3:30 Use of Ohmic heating in aseptic systems: Performance
Advantages and Product
Quality
Luca Belletti, Rossi Catelli & Isabelle Beckerich
4:15 A Glimpse into the Future: Data acquisition technology-
Efficiency improvement,
Better Quality and Easier
Regulatory
Compliance
Chris Hough, TMI USA INC.
5:00 Adjourn
2012 IFTPS Aseptic Symposium - March 9, 2012
Current Topics in Aseptic Processing
Symposium Chair: Nate Anderson, FDA
8:00 Welcome & Introduction
Nate Anderson, IFTPS Symposium and Aseptic Committee Chair
Ian Britt, IFTPS Executive Director
8:10 Thermapedia
Ferhan Ozadali, Ocean Spray
John Duff, Windridge Sensors
9:00 Aseptic Process Design Considerations: Lessons from the
Pharmaceutical
Industry
John Miles, MicroThermics
9:50 Break
10:20 Faults! and Alarms! and Interlocks! Oh my!
Craig Reinhart, Tetra Pak, Inc.
11:10 Aseptic Processing of Multiphase Foods: Equipment, Process
Design
and
Validation Considerations
K.P. Sandeep,
NC State
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Contributors to Spoilage in Flexibles
Ken MicNerski, Sealed Air Cryovac
1:50 An Overview of Root Causes and Troubleshooting Procedures
for Spoilage
Diagnosis
Hanno Geissler and Boris
Bönigk, SIG Combibloc, Inc.
2:20 Wrap-up
Nate Anderson, FDA
2:30 Adjourn
Location and Lodging
The conference will be held at the Drury Plaza Hotel - San Antonio Riverwalk,
105 South St. Mary's Street, San Antonio, Texas.
The hotel has set aside a block of rooms at the rate of $144.99 single, $154.99
double including a buffet breakfast, evening receptions, internet, 60 min of
long
distance calls. Make your room reservations directly with the hotel (1 800
325 0720 or online at www.druryhotels.com and quote
group number
2113686). Please identify your attendance at the
IFTPS event.
The cut-off date for discounted rates is February 15, 2012.
Guarantee your reservations in order to be assured of the lower room rate.
Conference Dress: Business casual
Suppliers Exhibit
Limited tabletop display space will be available for suppliers during the
conference reception from 5 to 7 PM on Wednesday March 7. For more
information please email info@iftps.org or call 519 824 6774.
Registration and Fees
The conference registration fee provides lunch and refreshments both days,
complimentary refreshments at the reception and all conference materials. Cost
of the hotel accommodations and other meals are not included. All payments
are in US dollars.
Conference
Members $475.00
Non-members-$525.00
Student Members-$100.00
Student Non-members-$125.00
Pre-Conference Symposium
Members-$250.00
Non-members-$275.00
Student Members-$50.00
Student Non-members-$75.00
Post-Conference Aseptic Symposium
Members-$250.00
Non-members-$275.00
Student Members-$50.00
Student Non-members-$75.00
Retired Members are one-half the industry rate.
Guest Lunch and Reception Tickets
Tickets for spouses and guests attending lunches or the reception will be
available at a charge of $20.00 per event.
Annual Membership Dues
Annual membership renewals of $60 USD are due January
1, 2012. If convenient, you may include your payment with your registration
to ensure that you receive the member registration rates.
Online Payment
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Payment by Fax or Mail
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