April
April 2: Executive breakfast with Jurgen Schreiber, Chairman & CEO of Shoppers Drug Mart.
April 3: POPAI U On the Road, Shopper Marketing with Stephane Drouin, Toronto. Visit www.popai.com
April 3-5: PMA Consumer Trends 08: A Produce Solutions Conference, Newport Beach, CA. Visit http://www.pma.com/psc/
April 3-6: Canadian Health Food Association’s Expo West, Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre, Vancouver. Visit www.chfa.ca.
April 4-6: Toronto Wine and Cheese Show, International Centre, Mississauga, ON. Visit http://www.internationalcentre.com/index.php/events/124
April 8-10: Biofuel Summit & Expo for Sustainable Biomass, St. Petersburg, Russia. Visit www.biofuelsummit.info
April 9-11: CIES IT Conference, Barcelona, Spain. Visit www.ciesit.com.
April 9-11: World Retail Congress 2008, Centro de Convenciones
Internacionales de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. Visit www.worldretailcongress.com
April 9: PAC National Education Certificate Course, Hilton Montreal Airport Hotel. Topics: Corrugated, Compression Strength, Packaging Machinery, Planning a Production Line, Distribution Packaging and Packaging & the Law. Montreal, QC. Contact Mary-Ann Gryn at 514-990-0134 or E Mail: quebec@pac.ca
April 9: Retail Council of Canada’s Retail Human Resources Conference, Toronto Congress Centre, Toronto. Visit www.retailcouncil.org.
April 12-15: NARMS Spring Conference, Willamsburg Lodge, Williamsburg, Va. Visit www.narms.com/confcenter/ To register as a media/ association participant, please call (1-888-52-NARMS) or email kmckenzie@narms.com indicating your interest in registering.
April 15: Beth Goldstein of Marketing Edge Consulting Group will lead a session targeting merchandising service organizations (MSO’s) in “A Customer-Focused Approach: The So What Factor in Effective Sales Presentation” 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m
April 15 : Good Food Festival, International Centre, Hall 5, Mississauga, ON. Visit http://www.goodfoodfestival.com
April 15: Min Day Digital Media Summit, Grand Hyatt, NYC. Visit http://mail.accessintelemail.com/c.html?rtr=on&s=9ij,y85p,fb8,4ou,kshh,2f10,24q7
April 16-17: KioskCom 2008, Mandalay Bay Resort, Las Vegas, Nev. Visit www.kioskcom.com.
April 14-16: National Frozen & Refrigerated Foods Association’s 2008 Retail Executive Conference, Tempe, Ariz. Visit www.nfraweb.org.
April 16-17: The Digital Signage Show, Mandalay Bay Convention Centre, Las Vegas, NV. Visit www.thedigitalsignageshow.com
April 17-19: 25th Edition of Macfrut, For further information: Cesena Fiera +39 0547-317435, Fax: +39 0547-318431,E-mail: info@macfrut.com, Web www.macfrut.com
April 16-18: RFID Conference Live! 2007, 6th Annual Conference and Exhibition, Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort, Orlando, Fla. Visit www.rfidjournal.com/events/.
April 22: CIES Food Safety Japan Meeting, Palace Hotel, Tokyo, Japan.
April 23: Longo's Executive Trade Breakfast, The Old Mill Inn and Spa, 21 Old Mill Road, Toronto. Visit http://www.fcpc.ca/events/current/042308.html
April 23-24: Biofuel Summit & Expo for Sustainable Biomass, Madrid, Spain. Visit www.biofuelsummit.info
April 23-25: SIAL Montreal 2008, Palais des congrès de Montreal, Montreal, Que. Visit www.sialmontreal.com or tel. 514-289-9669.
April 24: Supply Chain: Risk, Recall & Regulation in Canada, The Old Mill Inn and Spa, 21 Old Mill Road, Toronto. http://www.fcpc.ca/events/current/042408.html
April 24: Guelph Food Technology Centre, AGM, John D. Coyne, Unilever Canada Inc. will be a keynote speaker, Holiday Inn Guelph. Visit http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/hi/1/en/hotel/yguca?_requestid=389651
April 24: CIES Food Safety China Meeting, Purple Mountain Hotel, Shanghai, China.
April 25-27 : Good Food Festival Market, International Centre, Mississauga, ON. Visit http://www.internationalcentre.com/index.php/events/129
April 25-27 : Direct Energy Centre, Halls A, B and Heritage Court,Exhibition Place, Toronto. Visit www.greenlivingshow.ca
April 24-30: interpack 2008, Processes and Packaging, Dusseldorf Trade Fair Centre, Dusseldorf, Germany.
April 25-27: The Good Food Festival and Market, International Centre, Mississauga, ON. Visit www.goodfoodfestival.net.
April 26-29: All Things Organic Show, McCormick Place, Chicago. Visit www.organicexpo.com/07/public/enter.aspx or Contact Lisa Bell 303-527-0203, lisa@crescendocom.com
April 27-28: CFIG’s Grocery Showcase West, 19th Annual Spring Conference and Trade Show, Vancouver Convention & Exhibition Centre, Visit www.cfig.ca
April 27-29: Global Food & Style Expo 2008, NASFT’s 10th Spring Fancy Food Show, McCormick Place, Chicago. Visit http://www.specialtyfood.com/do/fancyFoodShow/Register
April 27-29: Global Food and Style Expo, McCormick Place, Chicago. Visit www.nasdatradeshows.org
April 29: 31st Annual General Meeting and Conference of the Canadian Pallet Council, Westin Bristol Place Hotel, Toronto. E-mail info@cpcpallet.com
April 30: Food Safety Forum 2008, TBD Visit www.foodsafetyforum.ca
April 30-May 2: CFO SUMMIT 2008, Ritz Carlton Georgetown, Washington, DC. For more information contact NRF at 202-783-7971 or email kohutc@nrf.com
May
May 1-15: National Fair Trade Weeks 2007, “Fair Trade Works! Ten Years of Changing Lives.” Visit TransFair Canada at www.transfair.ca for more information.
May 2-4: Independent Food Brokers (IFBA) Top to Top Conference, Caesar’s Palace, Las Vegas. Visit http://www.narms.com/toptotop/
May 3-6: FMI’s Supermarket Pharmacy Conference, Mandalay Conference Centre/Luxor Hotel, Las Vegas, NV. Visit http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/jilAevBgfgeVjFCibGwJlVrF
May 4-6: Bakery Showcase 2008, Toronto Congress Centre. Visit <http://www.baking.ca/> .
May 4-7: The FMI Show and Marketechnics, Mandalay Bay Convention Center, Las Vegas. Visit www.fmi.org.
May 5-6: Supply Chain & Logistics Association Canada, Creating a Resilient Supply Chain, Paramount Conference & Event Venue, Vaughan, ON. Visit http://www.sclcanada.org/index.php
May 6-7: PAC National Education Certificate Course, Hilton Montreal Airport Hotel. Topics: Corrugated, Compression Strength, Packaging Machinery, Planning a Production Line, Distribution Packaging and Packaging & the Law. Montreal, QC. Contact Mary-Ann Gryn at 514-990-0134 or E Mail: quebec@pac.ca
May 7: MVI Fifth Annual Shopper Forum, Cracking the Code of Shopper Marketing: The Evolution of a Core Competency, Chicago. Visit www.MVI-Worldwide.com/Events/
May 7-10: ALIMENTACAO-International Food Exhibition
May 12-14: 32nd National Nutrient DataBank Conference, Ottawa, ON. Visit www.healthcanada.gc.ca/32nndc
May 14-16: Canadian Produce Marketing Association’s 83rd Annual Convention and Trade Show, Telus Convention Centre, Calgary, AB. Visit www.cpma.ca.
May 19-21: IFE Poland Expo XXI, International Food, Drink, and Hospitality Exhibition, Warsaw’s International Exhibition Centre, Warsaw, Poland. Visit www.ifepoland.com
May 20-22: All Candy Expo, McCormick Place, Chicago, Ill. Visit www.allcandyexpo.com
May 21-25: Thaifex—World of Food Asia, Impact Exhibition Center, Bangkok, Thailand. Visit www.worldoffoodasia.com.
May 24- 26: National Grocery Conference, presented by CCGD and FCPC, Victoria Conference Centre, Victoria, BC. Visit www.ccgd.ca
May 27-29: ECR Europe Forum and Marketplace, Berlin. Visit http://forum.ecrnet.org
May 25-27: 2008 Canadian Institute of Food Science and Technology/ Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Conference, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. Visit <http://www.cifst.ca/>
May 27-28: PLMA’s “World Private Label” International Trade Show, to be held in Amsterdam at the RAI Exhibition Centre. Contact Leonique White at info@plma.nl or visit www.plmainternational.com
May 27-30: IFAVA International Fruit and Vegetable Summit, Paris, France. Visit www.fruitandvegsummit.com
May 29: Golf with Sports Superstars. Friends of We Care Superstars Golf Classic in support of sending Easter Seals kids to camp, Lionhead Golf & Country Club, Brampton, ON. For more info contact: erogers@friendsofwecare.org
May 30- June 1: World Tea Expo, Mandalay Bay Convention Centre, Las Vegas, NV. Visit www.worldteaexpo.com.
June
June 1-3: IDDBA’s Dairy-Deli-Bake 2007, New Orlean, LA.
Visit www.iddba.org or tel. 608-238-7908.
June 2-4: MVI Mid-Year Forum, Hilton Boston Logan Airport, Boston. Visit www.MVI-Worldwide.com/MYF
June 3, 4: PAC National Education Course. Essentials of Sustainable Packaging. Hilton Montreal Airport Hotel. Montreal, QC. Contact Mary-Ann Gryn at 514-990-0134 or E Mail: quebec@pac.ca
June 3-5: 2008 Consumer 360 Conference, The JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort and Spa, Pheonix, AZ. Visit http://www.consumer360.com/overview.html.
June 4-6: POPAI Leadership Conference, Philadelphia, PA. For registration information contact Lynn Goldberg at 703.373.8804 or lgoldberg@popai.com. For detailed conference information, go to http://www.popai.com, and click on North America/Education&Certification/Industry Leadership Conference.
June 4-5: GFTC Reducing our Footprint Sustainability Tools for the Food Industry, Pearson Centre, Brampton, ON. Visit http://www.gftc.ca/coursereg/details.cfm?id=124
June 16-17: Digital Signage Summit Technology, Las Vegas Hilton. Visit http://strategyinstitute.com/061608_dsts/dsp.php
June 16-18: Food Industry Sustainability Summit, Hyatt Regency, Minneapolis, Minn. Visit http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/jilAevBgfgeVjKCibGwJLwox
June 17-18: GFTC 4th Annual Food Safety Summit, The Old Mill Inn and Spa, Toronto. Visit http://strategyinstitute.com/061708_fss4/dsp_detail.php
June 17-19: MVI Mid-Year Forum, The Westin Park Central, Dallas.
June 18-20: CIES World Food Business Summit, Munich, Germany. Visit www.ciesnet.com or e-mail summit@ciesnet.com.
June 29: Canadian Breakfast at the IFT ANNUAL MEETING, New Orleans, Visit www.ift.org
June 29- July 1: NASFT’s 53rd Summer Fancy Food Show, Jacob K. Javits Center, New York. Visit http://www.specialtyfood.com/do/fancyFoodShow/Register
July
August
August 6-8: All About Food Expo, International Food, Beverage and Technology Exhibition, Hall 7, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.
August 10-14: Canadian Gift and Tableware Association’s Fall Gift Show, Toronto International Centre, Toronto Congress Centre. Visit www.cgta.org
August 12: 10th Annual Macdonald Cussons Braund Charity Golf Tournament, Carrying Place Golf & Country Club, Kettleby, Ont.
Contact Grover Braund at 416-707-7619 or E-mail golfpro-6559@rogers.com
August 18: Packaging Material Performance & Foods, Guelph Food Technology Centre, Guelph, Ont. Visit http://www.gftc.ca/coursereg/details.cfm?id=36
August 19-20: Canadian Food Regulations Course, Guelph Food Technology Centre, Guleph, Ont. Visit http://www.gftc.ca/coursereg/details.cfm?id=56
August 21-23: North American Meat Processors Association’s Center of the Plate Training, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Neb. Contact Ann Rasor Wells 866-734-9407 or arasor@namp.com.
August 28-30: Sial Mercosur and Argentine Supermarketing Meetings, International Food and Beverages Show, La Rural Fairground, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Visit www.sialmercosur.com.ar
September
September 3-5: World Of Food China 2008, Shanghai New International Exhibition Centre Shanghai, China. Visit www.worldoffoodchina.com.
September 12 – 14: PAC National Conference. Green… Packaging Today for Tomorrow. Château Frontenac. Quebec City, QC. Contact Mary-Ann Gryn at 514-990-0134 or E Mail: quebec@pac.ca
September 22: 6th Annual Canadian Association of Food Banks Golf Tournament Organized by the Ontario Food Brokers Association sponsored by Canadian Grocer. Contact Doug Cussons – DGC Sales & Marketing Inc. 905-836-1207 Cellular: 647-405-0555 dgcussons11@rogers.com or Katharine Schmidt – Canadian Association of Food Banks – 416-203-9241 katharine@cafb-acba.ca
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