Agenda
7:30 am to 8:30 am | Breakfast and Registration |
8:30 am to 9:00 am | Welcome and Opening Remarks Jenny Carter-Johnson, MSU College of Law |
9:00 am to 9:30 am | Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)-Michigan Response Abigail Hendershot, Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy |
9:30 am to 10:30 am | Panel 1 - The Future of Forever Chemicals that Affects the Global Food Chain James Aidala, Bergeson & Campbell PC Christine Blackledge, MSU College of Law Martin Holle, MSU Institute for Food Laws and Regulations Cheryl Murphy, MSU Fisheries and Wildlife Tony Spaniola, Great Lakes PFAS Action Network |
10:30 am to 11:00 am | Break |
11:00 am to 11:45 am | Plenary 1 - Exploring Pesticide Related Risks Cailin Dendas, As You Sow |
11:45 am to 12:45 pm | Lunch |
1:00 pm to 1:45 pm | Plenary Speaker 2 - Climate Change and Resilience Farming Michael Kotutwa Johnson, University of Arizona |
1:45 pm to 2:45 pm | Panel 2 – Environmental Advertising in the Food Industry Joe Belsito, Amway J. Kathleen Bond, Keller & Heckman Melanie Glover VacaGuzman, Perrigo Co |
2:45 pm to 3:15 pm | Break |
3:15 pm to 4:00 pm | Plenary Speaker 3 - Sustainability of Cell Cultured Meat |
4:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Panel 3 – Food Packaging Laws - Possible Future Developments P. Vincent Hegarty, MSU College of Law Martin Holle, MSU Institute for Food Laws and Glenford Jameson, G.S. Jameson and Company George Misko, Keller & Heckman |
5:30 pm to 8:30 pm | Participant Mixer - Jolly Pumpkin Meet and network with other conference participants in a relaxed setting. |
8:00 am to 9:00 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am to 9:15 am | Welcome and Recap Jennifer Carter-Johnson, MSU College of Law |
9:15 am to 10:00 am | Keynote-FDA Douglas Stearn, FDA |
10:00 am to 11:00 am | Panel 1 Discussion - Chevron Deference Discussion Glen Staszewski, MSU College of Law |
11:00 am to 11:30 am | Break |
11:30 am to 12:15 pm | Panel 2 - Hemp Law/CBD Impact on Food Industry Marne Coit, Coit Consulting LL.C. Joel Chappelle, Food Industry Counsel LL.C. Dan Barnhizer, MSU College of Law |
12:15 pm to 1:15 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm to 2:15 pm | Plenary 1 - “Safer Not to Know?”: A Case Study of a Larger Challenge in AI Technology Governance Carrie Alexander, University of California, Davis |
2:15 pm to 3:00 pm | Plenary 2 - Proposition 12 and Impact on Food Around the Country David Favre, MSU College of Law |
3:00 pm to 3:15 pm | Break |
3:15 pm to 4:15 pm | Panel 3 - Food Fraud John Spink, MSU |
6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | “Food Fight!” Exhibition at MSU Museum |
8:00 am to 9:00 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am to 9:15 am | Welcome and Recap Jenny Carter-Johnson, MSU College of Law |
9:15 am to 10:00 am | Plenary 1 Jessica O’Connell, Covington |
10:00 am to 11:00 pm | Plenary 2 - Regulatory Gap in Plant-Based Foods |
11:00 am to 11:15 am | Break |
11:15 am to 12:00 pm | Keynote 2 - Food Counterfeiting-Ecommerce Kari Kammel, MSU |
12:00 pm to 1:30 pm | Lunch |
1:45 pm to 2:30 pm | “Democratizing Food Safety: A Citizens’ Right of Action.” Neal Fortin, MSU Institute of Food Laws and Regulations |
2:30 pm to 3:15 pm | Cottage Law Food and Informal Markets: Community Food Systems for Entrepreneurship to Livelihood Karen Fifield, MSU Extension Mary Morris-Donaldson, MSU Extension |
3:15 pm to 4:00 pm | Plenary 5-Food Fraud Detection Bartek Rajwa, Purdue |