SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE Sunday, July 15 7 a.m. - 5 p.m. Registration open 8 a.m. - 2 p.m. Section Leadership Forum (invitation only) 8 a.m. - 3 p.m. Division Leadership Teams Meeting 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. IFT Central Booth open 3:30 - 4:20 p.m. IFT Division Competitions and Phi Tau Sigma Awards Ceremony 6 - 7 p.m. Awards Celebration 7 - 8 p.m. Welcome Reception Monday, July 16 6:30 - 8 a.m. Feeding Tomorrow Fun Run + Fitness (registration required) Meet outside main entrance of McCormick Place 6:45 a.m. - 5 p.m. Registration open 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. IFT Central Booth open 9 - 10:15 a.m. The Human Age: Confronting the Innovation Conundrum 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Expo open 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. Storytelling: Innovations from the Far Corners of the Developing World 6 MEAT+ POULTRY / IFT PROTEIN PLANNER 2018 10:30 a.m. - noon Scientific and applied sessions 3:30 - 5 p.m. Scientific and applied sessions 11:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. The Promise of Digital Olfaction: A Demonstration of the Artificial Nose 4:15 - 5:15 p.m. Trailblazer Award and Lectureship: A New Wave of Effective Communications Noon - 2 p.m. Poster sessions Noon - 5 p.m. IFT Career Center Live Networking Event 4:45 - 5:15 p.m. Who's Driving Personalized Nutrition and Why? 6:30 - 8 p.m. New Professionals Mixer 12:45 - 1:45 p.m. Food Technologists Without Borders Panel Tuesday, July 17 2 - 3 p.m. Panel Discussion: The Clash Between Consumer Demands and Responsible Food 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. IFT Central Booth open 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Registration open 3 - 5 p.m. ePoster/Poster sessions 8 - 10 a.m. IFT NEXT Food Disruption Challenge (Daymond John, Shark Tank) 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. IFT NEXT Quickfire Discussions: Global Solutions for Food Security 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. IFT Career Center Live Networking Event