1:10 – 1:50

Packaging Infestation Resilience Project

Deanna S. Scheff, USDA Research Entomologist Agricultural Research Service

1:50 – 2:30

Hermetic Packaging Integrity Testing 

Bill Burnard

INFICON Inc.- Package Integrity

2:30 – 4:00

Environmental Sustainability in Food Assistance: We All Have a Role.

A panel, moderated by Greg Rulifson, Senior Humanitarian Sustainability Advisor. U.S. AID/ Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance

• Jennifer Phillips, Director of Operations - Edesia Nutrition
• Evan Sieradzki, Co-Lead AIM for Climate - USDA
• Shelee Padgett, Director of Emerging Markets - Sorghum Checkoff

4:00 – 4:15                   Afternoon Coffee/Networking -Tea Break Provided

4:15 – 5:40

Supply Chain as a Supporting Platform for the Effective Programming of Food Assistance.

Moderated by Ruffo Perez

Jamie Fisher, Director, Supply Chain Management, USAID Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance 

Nikita Chandaria, Co-CEO, Ariel Foods, FZE

Dan Webber, Division Chief, Packaged Commodity Procurement Branch, USDA/AMS Commodity Procurement Program

Elizabeth Bontrager, Team Led, BHA/TPQ Nutrition

Claudia MAHER, WFP Food Safety and Quality Officer 

Nick Kharabadze, USDA/FAS Director International Food Assistance Division

5:40 – 5:50 

Wrap up of Second Day

     Ruffo Perez, (BHA/TPQ/PHN) and Quentin Jonhson, Quican Inc.