Agenda

Tuesday, May 28, 2024
Morning Session
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
Tuesday, May 28,2024
Afternoon Session
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
Tuesday, May 28, 2024 Evening Social Event
5:30 pm to 8:30 pm Participant Mixer - Jolly Pumpkin
Meet and network with other conference participants in a relaxed setting.
Wednesday, May 29, 2024
Morning Session
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
Wednesday, May 29, 2024
Afternoon Session
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
Wednesday, May 29, 2024 Evening Social Event
6:00 pm to 8:00 pm “Food Fight!” Exhibition at MSU Museum
Thursday, May 30, 2024
Morning Session
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