20th - 21st November 2025
Agenda
DAY 1
08:00 - 08:50
REGISTRATION
08:55 – 09:00
CHAIRPERSON’S OPENING REMARKS
09:00 - 09:30
EU coordination in case of foodborne outbreaks
- Human health and economic impact of a (biological) foodborne outbreak might be high;
- Challenging management of (multistate) outbreaks with coordination between risk assessors and risk managers, at national and European level, between private and public sector and between public health and food safety authorities;
- Combining results from analyses including genome sequencing, with epidemiological investigations;
- Preparedness and coordinated communication are key to limit the impact.
09:30 - 10:00
Think Ahead. Think Digitally!
- Digitization journey in Metro Quality
- E2E digitized Quality Management
- Benefits and challenges
10:00 - 10:30
How cleaning validation can help to boost product quality and safety
Cleaning prepares process environment to produce defined food quality. To achieve a consistent outcome, the cleaning process needs to be fit for purpose, each time. Food safety risks and quality targets guide the requirements, not only of the process steps and detergent chemistry selection but also the plant design and layout. The presentation will give examples of practical stumbling blocks that hindered consistent cleaning. It might be worth taking them into consideration when validating cleaning processes.
10:35 - 11:25
COFFEE BREAK
11:30 - 12:00
Revolutionizing Clean: The Science Behind Dry Floor Sanitation
- Introduction – what are dry floor sanitizers and why are they used
- Application – where and how are they applied
- Basic chemistry and formulation
- Efficacy – lab and field
12:00 - 12:30
Trust through the chain: Enhancing food safety and integrity
- Informed by business risk, enabled by supply chain segmentation
- During this session, Kimberly Coffin will present “Trust through the chain: Enhancing food safety and integrity.”
- The talk will delve into the growing complexity of managing food safety and integrity risks in food supply chains, highlighting the growing importance of risk-based supplier segmentation
12:30 - 13:00
Revolutionising Supplier Transparency: The Power of Digital Networks
- Harnessing Digital Networks: Discover how digital networks are revolutionising supplier transparency and traceability, ensuring compliance with food safety standards while accelerating new product development (NPD)
- Data-Driven Efficiency & Sustainability: Explore how real-time data sharing drives operational efficiency, fosters transparency, and supports sustainability goals across the food and beverage sector
- Aligning ESG with Supplier Data: Understand the critical role of integrating ESG metrics with supplier data, ensuring ethical sourcing, regulatory compliance, and improved supply chain visibility
- Risk Mitigation through Continuous Monitoring: Learn how continuous data monitoring and supplier verification can mitigate risks, maintain audit readiness, and strengthen compliance efforts
PLANNED INVESTMENT AREAS
- Sustainable Packaging
- Risk Management
- Quality Assurance Systems
- Aseptic Lines
- Cloud ERP
- Product Inspection & Detection
- Food-grade Robots (Pick & Pack)
- Origin Verification
- Food Ingredients & Flavouring
- Air Purification
- Digital Technology
- Environmental Monitoring
- Sanitation Preventive Controls
- Hygienic Zoning
- Compliance & Regulations
- Sustainability 4.0
- Cold Chain Management
- CGMP
- Food Safety Standards
- Food Supply Chain Traceability/Visibility
- Plant Safety & Inspection
- Big Data & Manufacturing Information
- Manufacturing Automation
- Waste Sanitation
- Waste Water Treatment
- Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP)
- Elemental Analysis
- Microbiology
- Food Sanitation/Hygiene
- Laboratory Analytical Testing
- Food Innovation
- New Product Development
- Certification in food safety, health, environmental and quality management standards
13:05 - 13:55
LUNCH
14:00 – 14:30
Quality 4.0: Amplifying Quality takes more than Technology
- Quality 4.0 roadmap example in beverage industry
- Technologies, Scope and Benefits
- Challenges and Change Management
14:30 – 15:00
Airline Catering: Evolution of Food Safety and Problem Solving
- Introduction to Airline Catering
- Overview of the industry including process steps
- Importance of food safety in airline catering and historical development of food safety
- Airline catering risk assessment
- Implementation of food safety culture at the shopfloor
- Problem solving for customer feedback
15:00 – 15:30
Barilla Q&FS Digitalization Journey with Use Cases
- Why Q&FS does need a Digital transformation?
- Insights and Pitfalls of Digitization
- Change Management for its adoption
- Practical examples
15:35 - 16:25
COFFEE BREAK
16:30 - 17:00
EHS Excellence: The Power of Organisational Alignment
- Our journey to EHS excellence and framework for success
- The 9 Milliken principles of EHS excellence
- Creating a clear leadership vision for ownership for the whole organisation
- Designing ownership into everyday life for all layers of the organisation
- Creating sacred space & time for all layers of your organisation
- Q&A
17:00 - 17:30
Unlocking the Power of Frontline Teams in Manufacturing
- Manufacturing plants that are using manual data collection or systems that are largely unused by the majority of the workforce end up operating in the dark
- Frontline collaboration platforms provide visibility and give your operators the correct tools to become connected workers
- The Connected Worker turns the lights on. It’s amazing what can be achieved when you empower the frontline teams
- Redzone is the #1 connected workforce solution in manufacturing showing an average of 29% productivity improvement across all of the sites that have deployed Redzone
PLANNED INVESTMENT AREAS
- Sustainable Packaging
- Risk Management
- Quality Assurance Systems
- Aseptic Lines
- Cloud ERP
- Product Inspection & Detection
- Food-grade Robots (Pick & Pack)
- Origin Verification
- Food Ingredients & Flavouring
- Air Purification
- Digital Technology
- Environmental Monitoring
- Sanitation Preventive Controls
- Hygienic Zoning
- Compliance & Regulations
- Sustainability 4.0
- Cold Chain Management
- CGMP
- Food Safety Standards
- Food Supply Chain Traceability/Visibility
- Plant Safety & Inspection
- Big Data & Manufacturing Information
- Manufacturing Automation
- Waste Sanitation
- Waste Water Treatment
- Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP)
- Elemental Analysis
- Microbiology
- Food Sanitation/Hygiene
- Laboratory Analytical Testing
- Food Innovation
- New Product Development
- Certification in food safety, health, environmental and quality management standards
17:30 - 18:00
Pushing the innovations boundaries using safe by design concept. Ensuring all food safety hazards are considered
- Taking into account the transition from dairy protein to plant protein from a microbiological perspective
- Deep diving into accessible microbiological predictive models
- Working from an R&D perspective on innovative ingredients
18:05 - 19:00
DRINKS RECEPTION
DAY 2
08:55 – 09:00
CHAIRPERSON’S OPENING REMARKS
09:00 – 09:30
Transformational Leadership - The Key to Advancing Mainstream Food Safety Systems
- True leadership for food safety systems
- The management style that opens doors
- How can we help our teams to stay productive?
- Transformational leadership vs flexible leadership styles
- Transformational leadership tool for an engaged workforce
09:30 - 10:00
Integrating Hygienic Design into the GFSI Standards
- Hygienic Design is important to Food Safety, but underrepresented in the GFSI Standards
- EHEDG has taken initiative to change that – a long-range initiative
- The development of GFSI J1 and J2
- The work with Certification Process Owners
- EHEDG White Paper and Doc58 (Risk Assessment)
- What lies ahead
10:00 - 10:30
Easy sustainability improvements by using what you already have in the compressor room
- Ambitious sustainability targets are difficult to reach without extensive investments into new energy-efficient equipment. Many companies struggle to make enough CAPEX available to modernize manufacturing facilities
- Product safety of compressed air, especially oil-free technologies is imperative for food manufacturing
- Compressed air is one of the easiest places to start saving energy (electricity and gas) and reducing CO2 emissions
10:35 - 11:25
COFFEE BREAK
11:30 – 12:00
Environmental Monitoring Plan: how to maximize its significance in the context of an effective Environmental Management Program
- Environmental Monitoring Plan (EMP) is widely recognized as an essential requisite in the context of the Food Safety Management System applied by the Food & Beverage manufacturing factories
- The set up of a meaningful EMP is not very clear and consequently EMP could lose the main objective achievable by its implementation: provide early warnings of potential microbial contamination of the finished products
- The monitoring of pathogens should always be accompanied by hygiene indicators monitoring
- A proper EMP requires the comprehension of fundamental elements and concepts such as: product proximity, routine and investigative sampling points, sampling points prioritization and frequency, microbiological standard definition, data collection and trend analysis
- EMP must include a clear definition of corrective and preventive actions to be applied in case of any microbiological deviation detected
- The main objectives of a meaningful EMP are the discovery and the removal of any harbourage niche in the production areas as well as the continuous improvement of the control measures applied (e.g. zoning, good hygiene practices etc.) in order to guarantee the food safety of the finished products
12:00 – 12:30
Metal Detection, X-ray Inspection or Both?
- Food manufacturers know the importance of foreign body detection and its removal in the production and packing process to avoid damaging product recalls. As a result, metal detection and x-ray inspection solutions have been widely adopted in the industry as a critical control point.
- In this talk we will discuss how both technologies have their place in the food industry and why combining them could sometimes lead to the best inspection solution.
- From foreign body detection to integrity and completeness checks, we will discuss how the latest innovations in x-ray inspection mean that it is increasingly useful in snack manufacturing, along with updates on new technologies in metal detection.
- We will also explore the commonalities and differences for both technologies as smart inspection solutions and how an integrated solutions approach using either metal detection, x-ray inspection or even both technologies can help food manufacturers to combat rising manufacturing costs.
12:30 – 13:00
Understanding the important of Compressed Air for the Food Industry
- Recognising your compressed air installation
- Guidelines and regulations
- Translation of the guidelines into understandable actionable plans
- Traceability, transparency and trust
- Monitoring and maintenance
PLANNED INVESTMENT AREAS
- Sustainable Packaging
- Risk Management
- Quality Assurance Systems
- Aseptic Lines
- Cloud ERP
- Product Inspection & Detection
- Food-grade Robots (Pick & Pack)
- Origin Verification
- Food Ingredients & Flavouring
- Air Purification
- Digital Technology
- Environmental Monitoring
- Sanitation Preventive Controls
- Hygienic Zoning
- Compliance & Regulations
- Sustainability 4.0
- Cold Chain Management
- CGMP
- Food Safety Standards
- Food Supply Chain Traceability/Visibility
- Plant Safety & Inspection
- Big Data & Manufacturing Information
- Manufacturing Automation
- Waste Sanitation
- Waste Water Treatment
- Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP)
- Elemental Analysis
- Microbiology
- Food Sanitation/Hygiene
- Laboratory Analytical Testing
- Food Innovation
- New Product Development
- Certification in food safety, health, environmental and quality management standards
13:05 - 13:55
LUNCH
14:00 – 14:30
The Profit, The Peril, and the Protection: Driving Food Safety Awareness
- The Role of Data in Predictive Risk Assessment
- Building Partnerships in the Supply Chain
- Quality of Data
- Strategies for Mitigating Risks
- Future Trends in Food Safety
14:30 – 15:00
Open Group Discussion: Cultivating a Sustainable Quality Culture
- How can we implement robust safety protocols across all stages of the production process?
- Advancing real-time monitoring capabilities to mitigate manufacturing risks and contamination
- Assessing the advantages of regular mock recall drills in testing the effectiveness of recall plans
- Improving collaboration with suppliers and farmers to manage quality at the source