2026 Agenda

Sunday, March 22

18:00 – Opening Reception – Song Bar on the 40th Floor (Tropical Business Casual)

Monday, March 23

6:30 – Power Hour City Walk (Meet in Lobby)

8:00 – Earlybird Networking Coffee

9:00 – Welcome Day 1, Bryan Severs, U.S. Identity Preserved Alliance

9:30 – Jim Sutter, USSEC

9:45 – Shinsuke Yamada, Yamada Foods Co., Ltd. (Japan)

10:00 – Tell Us About Your Company I

10:30 – Matt Tripodi, Euromonitor

11:00 – Paul Newnham, SDG2 Advocacy Group – Beans Is How

11:30 – Jin Yoon, Jinhwa Food, Jinhwa F.I., Kims F&D (Korea)

11:45 – Tell Us About You and Your Company II

12:00 – Lunch (Saigon Ballroom)

13:00 – Tell Us About Your Company Part III

13:30 – Tate Jeffries, WISHH

14:00 – Edil Vidal Torres, NCI

14:45 – U.S. IP Growers Panel

15:15 – Networking Break

15:45 – Tell Us About You and Your Company IV

16:15 – Contracting for Success & CBOT Panel

16:45 – End of Day 1

18:00 – Gala Dinner (Saigon Ballroom)

Tuesday, March 24

6:30 – Power Hour City Walk (Meet in the Lobby)

8:00 – Early Bird Networking Coffee

9:00 – Welcome, Randy Duckworth

9:15 – Hans Eisenbeis, The Non-GMO Project

10:00 – Bich Tram Huynh, Yamada Spire

10:30 – Tom Slunecka, NovelSoy

10:45 – Philipp Fritschi, Buhler Group

11:15 – Dr. Dziedzic Krzysztof, Buckwheat Researcher

12:00 – Lunch (The Strand)

13:00 – Tell Us About Your Company Part V

13:30 – Scarlett Nguyen, USSEC

14:00 – A.C. Nielsen

14:30 – Govind Dudhani & Palak Periwal, India Buckwheat Market Overview

15:00 – Networking Break

15:30 – Raquel Hansen, What are IP Crops and Why Do They Matter?

16:00 – Transportation Panel

16:30 – Closing Comments

16:45 – End Day 2