GFSI Conference 2024 | Global Food Safety Initiative | 7 April 2024 | Swissôtel The Stamford, 2 Stamford Rd, Singapore 178882

The annual rendezvous for everyone involved in advancing food safety and consumer trust worldwide.
The annual three-day GFSI Conference will be held and will bring the worldwide food safety community to reaffirm their strength and continuous collective drive to address industry challenges. Top food sector leaders, technology experts, and policymakers will take to the stage for a deep dive into breakthrough approaches that build out food safety capability all along the supply chain.

Food safety experts agreed that now more than ever, those tackling food safety must find new ways to reach the mission of ‘safe food for everybody’. Join a global conversation, that includes over 1,000 decision-makers from around the world!

2024 Speakers

Adam Zamorski
Director of Global Quality Auditing, Mondelēz International

Anne Gerardi
GFSI Senior Manager, The Consumer Goods Forum

Bobby Krishna
Senior Food Safety Specialist, Food Safety Department, Dubai Municipality

Boris Bolshchikov
Head of Food Safety Science and the Global Food Safety Center, Mars Incorporated

Cameron Scadding
Founder & Managing Director, Source Certain

Cédric Dever
Director, Sustainability, The Consumer Goods Forum

Chong Nyet Chin
Director of Food Safety & Quality, FairPrice Group

Christine Schindler
Co-Founder and CEO, PathSpot

Cindy Jenks
General Manager, Pick n Pay

Cliona Murphy
Consultant, Senior Business Leader & Board Director

Cronan McNamara
Founder & CEO, Creme Global & Adjunct Professor, University College Dublin (UCD)

Dave Crean
Director, STRIDE Food R&D Consultancy Ltd.

David Lovell
Director Regulatory Compliance, DSL Consulting

David Schmitt
Subject Matter Expert, Testo

Deirdre Ryan
Director of Quality Assurance and Sustainability, Bord Bia – the Irish Food Board

Diego Varela Maino
Director, Chilean Food Safety and Quality Agency, ACHIPIA

Dirk Van de Put
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Mondelēz International

Donald Prater
Acting Director, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Dr. Amy Khor
Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment, Ministry of Transport, Republic of Singapore

Dr. Francesco Branca
Director, Department of Nutrition and Food Safety, World Health Organization (WHO)

Dr. Li Dan
Assistant Professor, Department of Food Science & Technology, National University of Singapore

Dr. Lone Jespersen
Principal and Founder, Cultivate SA

Dr. Markus Lipp
Senior Food Safety Officer, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

Dr. Martin Wiedmann
Gellert Family Professor in Food Safety, Cornell University

Dr. Miao Guo
Food Safety and Quality Assurance Director, Great China Region, PepsiCo

Dr. Rob Donofrio
Chief Science Officer, Neogen

Dr. Susan Matthews
Director, Future Forward Strategies Ltd.

Eduardo Martinez Debeza
Head Quality Assurance International, Restaurant Brands International

Erica Sheward
Director of the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI), The Consumer Goods Forum

Esther Diaz
GFSI Consultant, LatAm, The Consumer Goods Forum

Francisco Diez-Gonzalez, Ph.D.
Director and Professor, Center for Food Safety, University of Georgia

Gary Loh
Founder & CEO, DiMuto

Geert Van Kempen
Head of Food & Beverage, Strategy, Veeva

Gerben Steggink
VP Quality and Food Safety Specialized Nutrition Unit, Danone

Hannes Pouseele
Global Solutions Architect for Data and Genomics, bioMérieux

Howard Poopola
Vice President - Corporate Food Safety, Quality and Regulatory Compliance & GFSI Steering Committee Co-Chair, The Kroger Co.

Imro Birtantie
Head of Nestlé Quality Assurance Center Zone AOA and GCR, Nestlé

Isabelle Kumar
Presenter and Journalist - Moderator

Jim Dodds
Chief Executive Officer, Safe Food Production Queensland

John A. Hanlin, Ph.D.
Vice President, Research, Development & Engineering, Ecolab

John Field
Chief of the Chemical Health Hazards Assessment Division, Packaging and Contaminants, Health Canada / Government of Canada

Julian M. Cox
Associate Dean (International - Emerging Markets), Faculty of Engineering, University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney)

Julieta G. Austria
President & Owner, Blue Macay Food Manufacturing Corp.

Jyoti Bhasin
Managing Director, NSF APAC

Kaye Burgess
Senior Research Officer and Principal Investigator, Teagasc Food Research Centre - Food Safety Department

Kelvin Chen
Head of QA & GFSI China Steering Committee Co-Chair, M Commerce Group and Wumart Tech Group

Kimberly Coffin
Supply Chain Technical Director, LRQA

Kshitij Godbole
Vice President Quality, Regulatory Affairs, and Sustainability, Suntory Beverage & Food Asia Pacific

Kyaw Thu Aung
Branch Head, National Centre for Food Science, Singapore Food Agency

Lalaina Randriamanantsoa
Senior Technical Manager, GFSI, The Consumer Goods Forum

Lisa Kiribathgoda
Technical Marketing Manager, MSD Animal Health

Mark A. Fryling
Vice President, Global Food Safety and Quality & GFSI Steering Committee Co-Chair, General Mills

Mary Weaver Gertz
Chief Food Safety & Quality Officer, Yum! Brands, Inc.

Max Teplitski, Ph.D.
Chief Science Officer, International Fresh Produce Association

Mick McDonald
Senior Director Corporate Q&FS Center of Expertise, Mars, Inc.

Mihalis Papakonstantinou
Head of Data Services Team, Agroknow

Natalie Dyenson
Chief Food Safety & Regulatory Officer, International Fresh Produce Association (IFPA)

Nicola Colombo
Global Head, SGS DIGICOMPLY

Nigel Sutton
Special Keynote Speaker - Director, Creative Learning and Audience Engagement, NDS Productions

Patrick Ulloa
Export Development Manager, Cherry Growers Australia

Patrick Wall
Professor of Public Health, University College Dublin

Peter Carter
General Manager – Public Policy & Government Engagement, GS1 Australia

Phil Webster
Partner, Arthur D. Little Limited

Rachel Downey
Head of Food Safety & Quality, Bulla Dairy Foods

Richard Khaw
Deputy Director, School of Applied Science, Nanyang Polytechnic

Ricky Lin
CEO & Founder, Life3 Biotech

Robert Scharff
Professor, Department of Human Sciences, The Ohio State University

Roy Kirby
Partner, FoodsafERM

Sean Summers
Group CEO, Pick n Pay

Steve Wearne
Director, Global Affairs, UK Food Standards Agency and Chairperson, Codex Alimentarius Commission, Food Standards Agency & Codex Alimentarius Commission

Susanne Garcia-Schauermann
Senior Vice President Quality Assurance, Food Safety, Scientific and Regulatory Affairs, Mondelēz International

Tobias Matt
Director of Product Management, Testo

Tony Poulsen
Regional Director, Operations and M&A, Asia, Rentokil Initial

Tsutomu Okubo
Senior Manager, GFSI Japan, The Consumer Goods Forum

Vikas Gupta
President and Global Head - R&D, Tata Consumer Products

Vipul Chawla
Group CEO, FairPrice Group

Wai-Chan Chan
Managing Director, The Consumer Goods Forum

Zoltan Syposs
Senior Vice President, Chief Quality, Safety and Environment (QSE) Officer, The Coca-Cola Company

2024 Sponsors and Partners

DIAMOND SPONSORS:
• Biomerieux
• Merieux NutriSciences
• Ecolab
• GS1
• Neogen
• NSF
• Rentokil Initial
• Veeva

CONFERENCE SPONSORS:
• Pathspot
• Pepsico
• Trustwell

LOCAL PARTNERS:
• Singapore
• Singapore Exhibition & Convention Bereau

PARTNER:
• MSD