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Monday, June 8, 2026
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM EASTERN TIME
General Session

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM EASTERN TIME

Food Safety: From Z to Alpha

Speaker: Jason R. Evans, Ph.D – Johnson & Wales University

General

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM EASTERN TIME
General Session

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM EASTERN TIME

Who Doesn’t Get Licensed – and Why.

Moderator: Brad Deacon

Speaker: Brock Flint – FBI

Speaker: Kayla Hostmeyer – FBI

General

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM EASTERN TIME
General Session

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM EASTERN TIME

Break

General

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM EASTERN TIME
General Session

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM EASTERN TIME

De-escalation Strategies for YOU!! Enhancing Safety and Communication in Everyday Living

Speaker: Phillip M. Rutherford – Ohio State Highway Patrol Training Academy

General

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM EASTERN TIME
General Session

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM EASTERN TIME

Wiley Awards Luncheon

General

1:30 PM - 5:30 PM EASTERN TIME
Food Track

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM EASTERN TIME

Cottage Food: How Social Media and Food Freedom Activists Have Changed Our Laws, Impacted Our Food Supply, and Kept Us on Our Toes

Speaker: Alexis Hamilton, Ph.D – Virginia Tech

Speaker: Kurt Rueber – Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals & Licensing

Speaker: Katherine Simon – Minnesota Department of Agriculture

Speaker: Tenesha Stubblefield – Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals, & Licensing

Speaker: Kendall Vela – Texas Department of State Health Services

Food

2:30 PM - 3:00 PM EASTERN TIME

Clean AND Safe? Navigating Clean-Label Formulation Trade-Offs

Speaker: Byron D. Chaves, PhD – Rutgers University

Food

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM EASTERN TIME

Break

Food

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM EASTERN TIME

Everything Is Edible at Least Once, Right?

Speaker: Natashia Swalve – Grand Valley State University

Food

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM EASTERN TIME

From Alert to Action: Strengthening Recall Readiness Through the ByHeart Experience

Moderator: Ellen Buchanan – U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Speaker: William K. Hallman, PhD – Rutgers University

Speaker: Nichole Martz (she/her/hers) – Department of Agriculture Bureau of Food Safety & Laboratory Services

Speaker: Kathleen O'Donnell-Cahill – Wegmans Food Markets

Speaker: Donald A. Prater, DVM – U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Speaker: Summer Williams (she/her/hers) – Georgia Department of Agriculture

Food

1:30 PM - 5:30 PM EASTERN TIME
Produce Track

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM EASTERN TIME

Decoding VAI and OAI: Educating and Understanding Inspection Ratings for Path B and C States

Moderator: Kelly Hughes Thompson – Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry

Speaker: Cynthia White, CDR – U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Produce

2:30 PM - 3:00 PM EASTERN TIME

FDA Core 101

Speaker: Alvin Crosby – U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Produce

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM EASTERN TIME

Break

Produce

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM EASTERN TIME

Building Bridges: FDA and State Collaboration for Understanding Needs, Challenges, and Solutions

Speaker: Alex Goodman – U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Speaker: Travis Goodman – U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Speaker: Benjamin Marshall – U.S. Food and Drug Administration (VIRTUAL)

Produce

5:00 PM - 5:30 PM EASTERN TIME

NASDA Updates

Speaker: Joe Reardon – NASDA

Produce

1:30 PM - 5:30 PM EASTERN TIME
Retail Track

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM EASTERN TIME

Behind the Booth: Regulating Temporary Food Businesses

Moderator: Kyle Walsh (he/him/his) – Pennsylvania Environmental Health Association

Speaker: Vasanthi (Vas) Hofer (she/her/hers) – Maricopa County Environmental Services Department

Speaker: Karin Kasper (she/her/hers) – Franklin County Public Health

Speaker: Tim Tewksbary – Ohio Department of Agriculture

Speaker: Carolyn White, MPH – U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Retail

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM EASTERN TIME

Break

Retail

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM EASTERN TIME

Is Food Safety One Size Fits All? A Comparison of Small vs. Large Brands

Moderator: Autumn Schuck – Association of Food and Drug Officials

Speaker: Carrie Rigdon (she/her/hers) – Association of Food and Drug Officials

Retail

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM EASTERN TIME

Food Safety on the Move – Mobile Food Operations: Aligning Policy, Practice, and Public Health

Moderator: Chris Peasley – Georgia Department of Agriculture

Speaker: Jamie Higley – Ohio Department of Health

Speaker: Amy Hoover (she/her/hers) – Georgia Department of Agriculture

Retail