Gathered from our events, conferences and forums, these presentations come from knowledgable industry professionals on a wide variety of topics relevant to our membership.
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Conducted by the Alberta Food Processors Association (AFPA) in collaboration with MNP and funded by EMC. Intended to provide insights into the present landscape of the Alberta food & beverage sector, including federal and global dimensions.
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Essential strategies for food entrepreneurs to refine their brand identity, understand their target audience and effectively communicate their unique value proposition.
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How to protect your brand, reputation and the consumer by taking the necessary steps to detect potential problems before consumer consumption.
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What are the latest tastes and trends in the food & beverage industry? What foods resonate currently with the consumer? What good food makes for a good mood?
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Explore the basics of brand building: what is a brand, the power of brands, how do you build a brand, the power of purpose, the three hurdles and the power of consistency.
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Cyberattacks are under-reported and can be devastating to a business’ bottom line and its reputation with far-reaching consequences. Learn how to plan and prepare for a likely eventuality.
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Automating your administrative tasks and digitizing your paperwork can save you hours every day in your food safety operations. Put your energies where they can be used the best.
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Learn about current and upcoming labelling standards for ingredients, what constitutes significant nutrition and how to indicate it and new requirements for front-of-pack labelling.
Presenters
Jill Binder
Food Safety Systems
Prior to founding FSS, Jill worked for over 10 years as a food safety specialist in meat, bakery and a variety of other food commodity industries which gave her extensive experience in quality, food safety, program building and employee training. Jill really enjoys the challenge of helping companies start their food safety programs from scratch and assisting facilities in improving their existing programs. She has a hard work ethic, values clients’ time, has the ability to see the big picture, and at the same time, knows where the details need to be. Although she doesn’t have a creative bone in her body, Jill can “MacGyver up” solutions to challenging situations.
Danni Kneeland
Food Safety Systems
Danni spent eight years in a variety of food safety roles in the food industry prior to establishing FSS with Jill. Danni has extensive knowledge and hands-on experience in all aspects of food safety. She is a natural trainer and is passionate about teaching; in fact, she facilitates all our certified training programs. Danni strives to ensure effective communication with all clients, especially when coaching food safety professionals to become masters of their jobs, and helping them to build and manage sustainable programs. She is a great project manager, and has lead many companies to successfully attain GFSI certification even when “starting from scratch.”
Christine Couvelier
Culinary Concierge
Christine is passionate about food. With over 40 years of experience as an executive chef and culinary trendologist she has become a sought-after consultant in the world of food. Her exceptional ability to predict culinary trends, understand consumer thinking, and translate these concepts into actionable business strategy has made her a global leader in the industry. Christine is a global voice of sustainability, food waste and circular economy. Throughout her career Christine has worn many hats and worked with a wide range of businesses – creating award-winning private-label product development for gourmet and grocery stores or large food producers, to inspiring the next generation of culinary professionals at culinary schools and guiding innovative foodpreneurs as well as designing future-focussed centres for innovation.
Tanguy Etoga
Normex
With two decades of expertise as a food safety consultant, Tanguy founded Normex in 2018, addressing the inefficiencies and complexities of traditional paperwork systems in the food safety sector. His vision was to create a more streamlined, efficient approach, especially beneficial for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Normex automates and simplifies food safety tasks and operations, incorporating features such as document management, traceability, supplier management, hazard analysis, quality management, and health & safety management. This innovation has not only improved operational efficiency by 30 per cent but also led to substantial yearly savings for its users that can reach $25,000. For food safety professionals and executives, Normex is not just a tool but a transformative solution, streamlining processes and ensuring compliance with utmost efficiency.
Bruce Marshall
Nutrilytical
Bruce is a food scientist and graduate of the University of Saskatchewan. His early career spanned laboratory, R&D, and production technology roles with pharmaceutical and confectionery multinationals. Since 2005, he has been based in Calgary as a consultant to many food processors with a major focus on nutrition labelling and retail food packaging regulations.
Bryce McKenzie
AdFarm
Bryce is the Director of Strategy at AdFarm, one of North America’s largest marketing agencies that is 100% focussed on agriculture. Bryce has a background in agriculture, having worked on his family farm and in the agriculture services industry in Southern Alberta. He uses this first-hand knowledge, along with more than 12 years of marketing and communications experience, to assist AdFarm clients in developing their marketing communications strategies and building enduring brands.
Mohit McLaren
SGS
Mohit is a results-oriented industry professional with 15+ years of insightful experience in North American and international markets in the food, pharmaceutical, and industrial sectors. He provides solutions to organizations to mitigate risks in their supply chains, implement better and more efficient processes, address stakeholder concerns and accomplish sustainability goals at all maturity levels.
Mike Nunn
TLC Solutions
Mike is CEO of TLC Solutions, a leading business technology (BizTech) company focused on helping their clients discover “technolojoy” and how it can unleash operational efficiencies, competitive advantage, increased security, culture elevation, and profit growth. Whether it’s cybersecurity, cloud migrations, day-to-day BizTech support, or building custom software automations for your business and beyond, TLC Solutions delivers technolojoy. In 2022 Mike joined TLC Solutions after spending 20 years in manufacturing where he held key leadership positions in leading manufacturing companies and was an active member in the BC food & beverage sector. His expertise in LEAN as a certified blackbelt, culture and KPI (keeping people inspired), and process optimization has enabled him to drive efficiency and productivity improvements on a large scale. Outside of his professional achievements, Mike is committed to creating pathways for giving back to the community and having a positive impact on the environment.
Tricia Ryan
Food Biz Mentoring
Progressive experience in marketing and communications with a focus on the FCPG food & beverage industry. With a unique blend of creativity and innovation, she has the ability to uncover opportunities and promote products within restrictive legislative guidelines while connecting with niche target audiences. Tricia has been the executive director of GBC First and a lead researcher at Niagara College’s Food & Wine Institute where she has assisted over 900 SMEs moving from concept to commercialization. By building on her category management and strategic alliance skills, Tricia has delivered inspirational programs that have been modelled by the global partners of the organizations she has worked with.
