IC-FOODS INAUGURAL CONFERENCE

Program

DAY 1, Monday, November 7, 2016

10:00 am Welcome and Opening Keynote

Welcome:
Matthew Lange, University of California Davis
Speaker:
Parag Chitnis, National Institute of Food and Agriculture, United States Department of Agriculture

10:30 am Plenary Panel 1: Food Industry Vision for the
Internet of Food

Speakers:
Brad Fenwick, Elsevier;
Harold Schmitz, Mars Incorporated
Michiel Bakker, Google Food Services
Patrick Schwientek, Bayer Crop Science
Scott May, Givaudan
Shitij Chabba, DSM Nutritional Products

12:00 pm Lunch starts

12:15 pm Lunchtime Demo A: Demonstrating the power of ontologies and linked data
Introduction:
James Quinn, UC Davis

Speaker:
Jans Aasman, Franz, Inc

1:00 pm Plenary Panel 2a: Government Agency sponsored Ontologies and Databases for Ag, Food, & Biology

Speakers:
Valeria Pesce, United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (UN FAO) (Session leader)
John Finley, National Program Leader for the Human Nutrition research in the USDA- ARS
Naomi Fukagawa, USDA Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center
Patrice Buche (R), INRA Food Technology department
Suzanna Lewis, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Tom Baker (R), Independent FAO consultant; Architect of the Global Agricultural Concept Scheme (GACS)

2:15 pm Plenary Panel 2b: University and NGO-Sponsored Ontologies and Databases for Ag, Food, and Biology

Speakers:
Clement Jonquet, University of Montpellier; Developer of AgroPortal
Cristina Perez, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Damion Dooley, University of British Columbia; Developer of FOODON ontology
Duccio Cavalieri (R), University of Florence
Marie Angelique Laporte, Bioversity International; Developer of the Crop Ontology
Pankaj Jaiswal, Oregon State University; Planteome co-founder

3:45 pm Break

4:00 pm Plenary Panel 3: Intellectual Property in the Burgeoning Internet of Food Speakers: - Mackenzie Smith, UC Davis University Librarian (session leader) - Gail Clement, Head of Research Services, Caltech Library - Cheryl Washington, Chief Information Security Officer at University of California, Davis - Michael Wolfe, Scholarly Communication Officer at the University of California, Davis


5:15 pm Walking tour of the Robert Mondavi Institute


5:45 pm Intro to Ontology via Wine Tasting in the Dark

Experience leaders:
Hoby Wedler, Francis Ford Coppola Winery
Matthew Lange, University of California Davis


7:00 pm Break


7:15 pm Hackers & Code Spring

Location: Sofia’s Thai Kitchen, 129 E Street, Davis


DAY 2: Tuesday, November 8, 2016


7:30 am Continental Breakfast

8:00 am Keynote — California Secretary of Agriculture, Karen Ross

8:30 am Plenary Panel 4: Computational Modeling of Food Systems, Food, and Biomolecules

Speakers:
John Ingram, Oxford University (Session leader)
Casey Hoy, Ohio State University
Justin Siegel, University of California Davis
Nick Holden, University College Dublin
Roger Boulton, University of California Davis
Steven Lord, Oxford University
Pier Luigi Buttigieg (R), Max Planck

10:15 am Breakout PanelS

  • Session 1 Track A: Field, Landscapes, Farm

Speakers:
Patrick Huber, Information Center for the Environment and Agricultural Sustainability Institute at UC Davis
Sonja Brodt, University of California Sustainable Agriculture Research and Extension Program
Sejal Patel, Renewable Resources Group, LTD
Darren Drewry, Carbon Cycle and Ecosystems Group, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

  • Track B: Processing, Food Components, and Structure

Speakers:
Ned Spang, Food Science and Technology Department & Center for Water-Energy Efficiency, UC Davis
Daniela Barile, UC Davis Food Science and Technology
Maria Marco, UC Davis Food Science and Technology
Gail Bornhorst, Food Science & Technology and Biological & Agricultural Engineering, at UC Davis

  • Track C: Ag and Food Production Policies and Programs

Speakers:
Asha Bobb-Semple, Global Environment Facility
Kristy Levings,, AgStart , Yolo County Department of Agriculture, & Chowdown Farm
Nicole Rogers, Sacramento Farm-to-Fork
Christine Roehrer, Global Environment Facility

11:15 am Workshops Round 1 /
Follow to each session of Breakout Panel 1

12:30 pm Recap and Lessons Learned

1:00 pm Lunch starts

1:15 pm Lunchtime Demo B: Douglas Gayeton and the Lexicon of Sustainability


2 pm Breakout Panels, Session 2

  • Track A: Postharvest and Supply Chain

Speakers:
Nat Springer, University of Minnesota Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering (Session Leader)
Irwin Donis-Gonzalez, UC Davis Biological and Agricultural Engineering
Jayson Simmons, Operations Manager of Woodspur Farms, LLC
Susan Evans, International Consultant, Chair, "The Future of Urban Food"

  • Track B: Food Habits and Health Outcomes

Speakers:
Molly Maloof, MD; Physician and Director of Clinical Strategy
Aifric O'Sullivan, UC Dublin School of Agriculture & Food Science and Institute of Food & Health
Ameer Taha, UC Davis Food Science and Technology
Ayaz Hyder, Division of Environmental Health Sciences and Translational Data Analytics, Ohio State University
Kevin Laugero, USDA ARS Western Human Nutrition Research Center
Louis Grivetti, UC Davis Department of Nutrition

  • Track C: Nutrition and Health Policies and Programs

Speakers:
Amber Stott and Erika Dimmler, U.S. Project Manager, Jamie Oliver Food Foundation
Marc Lubell, UC Davis Department of Environmental Science and Policy and Co-Director of the Center for Environmental Science and Behavior
Patricia Crawford, Nutrition Policy Institute (NPI), UC Division of Agiuculture and Natural Resources
Ruthi Solari, Founder & Executive Director, SuperFood Drive


3:00 pm Workshops Round 2 /
Follow to each session of Breakout Panel 2


4:15 pm Recap and Lessons Learned


4:45 pm Poster Session + Walking Reception


6:15 pm TRAVEL TO RUSSELL RANCH – CATCH BUS IN FRONT OF CONFERENCE CENTER\


6:30 pm “Election Night Hootenanny”

Dinner at the Russell Ranch Sustainable Agriculture Facility (+ live music & entertainment)


8:30/9:00 pm TRAVEL BACK TO CONFERENCE CENTER FROM RUSSELL RANCH

(Multiple trips, if needed)


DAY 3: Wednesday, November 8, 2016

8:00 am Continental Breakfast

8:30 am Plenary Panel 5: Ontology-Enabled Technologies for Food, Sustainability, and Health

Speakers:
Nick Anderson, UC Davis Health Center
Ben Good, The Scripps Research Institute - Developer of Gene Wiki in Wikidat
Chris Baker, CEO, IPSNP Computing Inc
Kevin Brown, CEO and Co-founder, Innit Inc
Zina Amenta, air of Computer Science at UC Davis
Soren Solari, Founder and CEO – Simigence
Nina Amenta, hair of Computer Science at UC Davis
Susana Crespo, Esri

9:45 am Break

10:15 am Plenary Panel 6: Entrepreneurs in Food and Tech

Speakers:
Rob Trice, Founder, The Mixing Bowl Hub (Session leader)
David Sypnieski, Founder and CEO of Athena Intelligence
Drew Zabrocki, CEO and Founder of Centricity Global
Elliott Grant, CEO, ShopWell
Raja Ramachandran, Co-founder, ripe.io
Sara Roversi, Director, Future Food Institute
Will Fertman, Co-founder and CEO, The Monger

11:45 am Recap, Poster Awards, and Official Conference Closing

12:45 pm Break

1:00 pm Luncheon meeting: Partnership building & consortium development

Location: Robert Mondavi Institute