Speeches

Speeches are also available from 2009, 2008 , 2007 and 2006.

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Latest Speeches and Presentations

10 June 2010

Campden Day Lecture: Food in the Future

Speech by Ross Warburton, President of the Food and Drink Federation at the Campden Day Lecture 2010. Read the full speech.

Download Ross Warburton's speech: Food in the Future - pdf | 81kb

29 April 2010

Guideline Daily Amounts Adopters Forum 2010: Bringing GDAs to Life in Your Business

The Forum is a yearly event organised by the Food and Drink Federation to review where we are in terms of discussions around nutrition labelling and a timely opportunity to consider how the debate might further develop both at EU and UK level.

Speaker Presentations

Melanie Leech, Director General, Food and Drink Federation: Where are we now? - Policy Developments in the UK - pdf | 75kb
Lisa McCooey, Director of Communications, CIAA: The CIAA GDA Scheme: successes and key challenges ahead - pdf | 661kb
Tanya Footman, Head of Nutrition, Unilever UK and Ireland: Bringing GDAs to Life: a manufacturer's perspective - pdf | 1.4Mb
Karen Tonks, Nutritionist, Tesco: Bringing GDAs to Life: a retailer's perspective - pdf | 3.5Mb

22 April 2010

SFDF / IFST / REHIS Symposium 2010 – The Future of Food: understanding the importance of technology options

Over 95 representatives from the food and drink industry, government, regulators and other key stakeholders attended the SFDF 8th Annual Symposium on 22 April 2010 in Edinburgh.

Hosted in conjunction with the Institute of Food Science and Technology and The Royal

Environmental Health Institute of Scotland, it lived up to expectations by setting the scene in helping to identify solutions to the pressures facing the future of the industry

View symposium presentations.

21 April 2010

FDF President's Dinner

The President's dinner was attended by key stakeholders, opinion formers, politicians and senior figures from across the food and drink business. This year's guest speaker was Dennis Turner, Chief Economist for HSBC.

View Ross Warburton's speech: Time to stop taking us for granted - pdf | 96kb

18-19 March 2010

BCCC Technology Conference 2010: Looking forward to sweet success

For over 55 years the BCCC Annual Conference has brought together food scientists and technologists, new product development experts, engineers, production and marketing executives.

The 57th Annual Conference was entitled Looking Forward to Sweet Success, with sessions covering Food Chain Issues, Waste & Sustainability, Ethical Sourcing, Ingredients & Nutrients and Legal & Consumer Pressures.

View BCCC conference speeches and presentations.