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Join IFT in New Orleans in 2011
If you thought that this year’s Annual Meeting & Food Expo was exciting, then be sure to join us next year, June 11-14, when we return to New Orleans, Louisiana. World-class cuisine, lively music, and warm hospitality make New Orleans one… Read more
IFT10 Tops 21,000 Registrants
As this year’s IFT Annual Meeting & Food Expo® in Chicago, Ill. draws to a close on Tuesday, July 20, it is obvious from the crowds that roamed the 230,000 net sq ft at Chicago’s McCormick Place Convention Center and the packed Scientific… Read more
New Format for Town Hall Meeting Fosters Discussion
IFT’s annual Town Hall Meeting, held on Sunday, July 18, had a new format this year—one that allowed the members attending to settle in for some robust discussions on issues of importance to the membership. The meeting room for the Town Hall… Read more
Creative Collaboration to Solve Formulation Problems
by Kelly Frederick Among the speakers at this year’s IFT/RCA Culinology presentation, a team consisting of a chef and a food scientist elucidated the benefits of working hand-in-hand to solve formulation problems. The team—Bill Christenson… Read more
Planting Seeds of Innovation
by Mary Ellen Kuhn IFT President-Elect Bob Gravani got the Annual Meeting & Food Expo® off to an inspirational start in a speech on Saturday evening, July 17, calling to mind early food science and technology innovators like Louis Pasteur… Read more
IFT Cares Volunteers Pitch in at Food Depository
by Mary Ellen Kuhn For the third consecutive year, a group of IFT members began their Annual Meeting & Food Expo experience showing lots of heart—and some muscle, too—as volunteers for the IFT Cares philanthropic initiative. This year,… Read more
Exploring Opportunities at the IFT Career Fair
by Kelly Frederick Upon entering the IFT Career Fair, held Saturday, July 17, at McCormick Place in Chicago, two things were immediately obvious. First, the aisles were even more crowded with people waiting to speak to company representatives… Read more
Town Hall Meeting to Feature ‘Information Stations’
by Mary Ellen Kuhn IFT’s Town Hall Meeting will have a new format this year developed to encourage dialogue and to provide plenty of time for question-and-answer exchanges. The meeting will take place from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Sunday, July… Read more
IFT Student Association Activities
by Kelly Frederick As future leaders of IFT and the food science and technology industry, the undergraduate and graduate students of the Institute of Food Technologists Student Association (IFTSA) are an active and important part of every Annual… Read more
