Join Us In-Person for the Food Industry’s Most Comprehensive Legal and Regulatory Conference

Attend ACI’s 7th Annual Advanced Summit on Food Law – Regulation, Compliance, and Litigation and obtain the tools and techniques you need to meet the legal and regulatory challenges which the food industry is now facing as well as anticipating.

We have designed this 2023 program to help you prepare for the future by examining current controversies, benchmarking existing strategies, and analyzing critical areas for innovation.

Now more than ever before, the industry needs to be extremely conscious of its next chapter— which not only included plant-based foods, but now cell-cultured animal products as well.

This last year has brought many changes in the food industry as a whole; from a new FDA of “healthy,” to a pathway for brand-new game-changing products in cell-cultured meats, and several significant guidance documents. ESG obligations continue to be of prominence, as do finding solutions for ongoing supply chain disruption, and the use of new media including the Metaverse in advertising.

For all these reasons and more, you need to attend this year’s event. Come and join us to learn from and network with key legal, regulatory, and compliance stakeholders at our highly anticipated food law reunion of the year.

Session Highlights for 2023 will focus on:

» The FDA’s proposed rule on “Healthy,” as well as recent guidances on plant-based milk, traceability, and allergens

» Cell-cultivated meats and major advancements in technology in the food industry

» ESG in the food industry

» Class-Action and Prop 65 activity as well as new Prop 12 concerns

» The evolution of food advertising

» Best practices for recalls

REGISTER TODAY ĉ Food and Beverage Industry:

» In-House Counsel with Responsibilities for Corporate Law, Litigation, Regulation, Advertising, and Promotion

» Compliance and Government Affairs Officers and Executives

» Safety and Quality Officers and Managers

» Nutrition and Labeling Directors and Executives

» Regulatory Affairs Officers and Executives ĉ Law Firm Attorneys for Food and Beverage Industry whose Practices Focus on:

» FDA/Food Law

» Advertising and Promotion

» Litigation

Co-Chairs:

Nicole Nice

Assistant General CounselFood Law MARS Inc. (Denver, CO)

In-House Insights:

Katherine Armstrong

Deputy Director, National Advertising Division BBB National Programs (Washington, DC)

Leigh Barcham Senior Counsel, Product Regulatory & Government Affairs US Foods Inc. (Washington, DC)

Jeff Brams Chief Innovation & Legal Officer Garden of Life LLC (Jupiter, FL)

Law Firm Insights:

Alex Beroukhim Partner Arnold & Porter (Los Angeles, CA)

Steve Blonder Principal Much Shelist, P.C. (Chicago, IL)

Katie Bond Partner

Lathrop GPM LLP (Washington, DC)

Maile Gradison Partner Hogan Lovells LLP (Washington, DC)

Sascha Henry Partner

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP (Los Angeles, CA)

Tony Pavel

Deputy General Counsel, Global Food Law Perfect Day (Berkley, CA)

Government Insights:

Janell R. Kause

Senior Advisor for Risk Assessment

U.S. Department of Agriculture (Washington, DC)

Melissa Card-Abela Senior Regulatory Counsel Whole Foods Market (Austin, TX)

Christian Flinn Policy Associate Plant Based Food Association (Los Angeles, CA)

Cindy Kruger Legal Senior DirectorFood Safety & Regulatory PepsiCo Inc. (Woodbridge, CT)

Mark Leonard General Counsel Sunsweet Growers Inc. (Sarcramento, CA)

Bob Hibbert Senior Counsel Wiley Rein LLP (Washington, DC)

Andrew Lustigman Partner Olshan, Frome, Wolosky LLP (New York, NY)

Emily Marden

Senior Counsel - Food, Drug, and Medical Device Sidley Austin LLP (Palo Alto, CA)

Katia Merten-Lentz Partner Food Law Science & Partners (Brussels, BE)

Amy Mudge Partner Baker & Hostetler LLP (Washington, DC)

Mary Spurney

Sr. Associate General Counsel Sargento Foods Inc. (Plymouth, WI)

Sarah Sunday Assistant General Counsel, Head of Food Law Group Nestle USA (Arlington, VA)

Steve L. Taylor, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Food Science & Technology Co-Director, Food Allergy Research & Resource Program University of Nebraska-Lincoln (Lincoln, NE)

Jessica O’Connell Partner

Covington & Burling LLP (Washington, DC)

Rachael Dettmann Spiegel Partner Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP (Minneapolis, MN)

Ashish Talati Partner Amin Talati Wasserman, LLP (Washington, DC)

Suzie Trigg

Partner, Co-Chair - Food, Beverage and Restaurant Practice Group Haynes & Boone LLP (Austin, TX)