2026 Agenda

Sunday, March 22

10:00 – Optional Tour – Mekong Delta

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)

7:30 – Earlybird Networking Coffee

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

9:30 – Jim Sutter, USSEC

9:45 – Shinsuke Yamada, Yamada Foods

10:00 – Tell Us About Your Company Part I

10:15 – Matt Tripodi, Euromonitor

10:45 – Paul Newnham, SDG2 Advocacy Group – Beans Is How

11:15 – Tell Us About Your Company Part II

11:45 – Korea Fisheries & Agriculture

12:00 – Lunch

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 – Jin Yoon, JINHWA FOOD

15:30 – Networking Break & Visit Exhibitors

16:00 – Tell Us About Your Company Part IV

16:30 – Contracting for Success & CBOT

17:00 – End of Day 1

18:00-20:00 – Gala Dinner

Tuesday, March 24

6:30 – Earlybird City Walk (Meet in Lobby)

7:30 – Earlybird Networking Coffee

9:00 – Welcome Day 2 – Randy Duckworth, U.S. Identity Preserved Alliance

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

10:00 – Yamada Spire

10:45 – Philipp Fritschi, Buhler Group

11:15 – Dr. Dziedzic Krzysztof, Buckwheat Researcher

12:00 – Lunch

13:00 – Tell Us About Your Company Part V

13:30 – Tetrapak

14:00 – The Future of Plant-Based Milks Panel

14:30 – Govind Dudhani, India Buckwheat Market Overview

15:00 – Raquel Hansen, What Are IP Crops and Why Do They Matter?

15:30 – Transportation Panel

16:00 – End of Day 2