Program Agenda

Sessions marked with ** below are for Milling Members only.
All other sessions are open to all attendees and are included in your event registration. Please click on each session title for more details. All times are listed in EST.  

Name Description Time Speakers
Friday, April 21, 2023
Strategic Planning Task Force Meeting

By invitation only.

8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Registration

Visit the registration table during the hours of 8:00am - 5:00pm to pick up your registration packet and name badge.

8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday, April 22, 2023
Registration

Visit the registration table during the hours of 8:00am - 5:00pm to pick up your registration packet and name badge.

8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
**Technical Committee Meeting

Pre-Registration required, Milling Members only. Lunch included. 

8:30 AM - 1:30 PM
**Supply Chain Committee / Sustainability Working Group

Milling Members only.

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Welcome Reception 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
**Corn Division Member Dinner

Pre-Registration and payment required; for Corn Milling Members only.

7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Sunday, April 23, 2023
**Corn Division Hot Breakfast

A hot breakfast will be served from 8:45am - 9:15am, Corn Division Members only.

8:45 AM - 9:15 AM
**Corn Division Meeting 9:15 AM - 10:20 AM
Meetings Committee Meeting

By Invitation Only.

10:30 AM - 11:20 AM
**Oat Division Meeting

Milling Members only; lunch included.

11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Oat Milling Session

Speakers and Topics Include:

Oat Outlook - Randy Strychar, Oat Information

Prairie Oat Growers Association Update - Shawna Mathieson, The Prairie Oat Growers Association

Canadian Update - Olivier Lavigne-Lacroix, Canadian Millers Association

FDA’s “healthy” claim: Past, Present, Future - Amy Loew, General Mills

Oat Beverage Outlook - Oatly

2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Spring Conference Reception & Dinner

Business Casual Attire.

6:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Monday, April 24, 2023
Hot Breakfast

Spouses and guests are welcome.

7:30 AM - 9:00 AM
General Session

Speakers and Topics Include:

Energy Markets - Brian Habavich, Constellation Energy

Life Cycle Analysis in the Milling Industry - Stefan Prockl, Bühler Management AG

NAMA Update - Kim Cooper and Molly Miller, NAMA

Sustainability: What Do Consumers Want - Susannah Enkema, Shelton Group

Organic and Non-GMO Markets - Ryan Koory, Mercaris

KSU Update - Kerry Wefald, Kansas State University Foundation

 

8:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Golf Tournament

Pre-registration required and payment required.

Shotgun start, lunch included.

1:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Networking Reception 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Tuesday, April 25, 2023
Hot Breakfast

Spouses and guests are welcome.

7:30 AM - 8:30 AM
**Wheat Division Meeting 7:45 AM - 8:45 AM
Wheat Milling Session

Speakers and Topics Include:

Global Wheat Markets - Matt Murphy, The Andersons

Canadian Wheat Markets - Scott Krakar, London Agricultural Commodities, Inc.

Biotech Wheat - Alexandre Garcia, Bioceres Crop Solutions

Soft Wheat Panel 
Patrick Deppa, Soft Wheat Merchant, Ardent Mills
Jay McAllister, Director of Grain Trading, Mennel Milling
Andrew Rutter, General Manager, Bartlett Milling Company

9:00 AM - 11:00 AM