IAFNS is member-focused and member-led. We actively seek to serve our members and our community. Our Annual Meeting is set to ensure that we are meeting your needs - by offering a hybrid event.
Attending conferences can serve to advance knowledge, build community and be a source of new contacts and ideas. While the 9 to 5 of presentations and discussion is important, professionals also value the 5pm to 9pm of dinners with colleagues and friends afterwards.
But the post-COVID era has challenged meeting planners as they face choices in how to balance in-person with online attendance, set fair prices for both, and grapple with the additional level of complexity of organizing for both in-person and remote attendance options.
This often involves extensive audiovisual and computer technology, set ups and tear downs, and monitoring functions in real time to respond to access challenges. Engagement must include opportunities for both in-person and online attendees. The experience needs to work for both.
As we plan our upcoming June 4-5, 2024, IAFNS Annual Summer Science Symposium we are mindful of your needs and are committed to offering both in-person and online options. While some extra planning is required, it seems the surest way to share and mobilize knowledge and provide networking opportunities for those in the food and beverage ecosystem. This gathering of scientific and regulatory experts is sure to keep you informed and up to date on issues relevant to your work.
With a focus on mobilizing knowledge, IAFNS’ staff is curating sessions on artificial intelligence, low- and no-calorie sweeteners, toxic metals in foods, food processing, science communications and more. Maintaining an online option extends the reach of our science and addresses our obligation to share and engage across the ecosystem. As a public meeting, we are working to ensure that science and evidence informs decisions by all - not just those who can travel and afford a trip.
Whatever option is best suited to you, please join us. Leaders and experts will converge to tackle critical issues shaping the food and beverage ecosystem.
Register today and gain actionable insights.
Questions? email us at [email protected].
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