[Iefac.list] Virtual Conference on Food Supply Chain Disruptions during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons Learned and Future Implications

[Marufuzzaman, Mohammad]

Dear Colleagues,

Please consider attending this virtual conference (free registration) and share your valuable experiences. Thank you.

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>From farm to table, global food supply systems have seen unprecedented disruptions due to COVID-19 and has left us with important questions. How did COVID-19 impact labor, processing, logistics, and consumer behavior during COVID-19? What lessons did we learn? What are the pressing areas of research required to aid the food supply chain?

To answer these questions, the Food and Agriculture Collaboratory for Transforming Supply (FACTS) group at Mississippi State University invites you to attend our cutting-edge interactive WebEx conference Thursday, March 18, 2021 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. (CST). We are hosting a panel of five global food system experts representing the Produce, Meat, Dairy, and Food Retail industries, as well as the USDA.

Conference information: www.dafvm.msstate.edu/facts-conference<http://www.dafvm.msstate.edu/facts-conference>

Who Should Attend: Stakeholders in the food supply chain.  Academicians in the areas of Industrial Engineering, Computer Science, Food Science, Livestock & Dairy, Poultry, Commodity Crop and Produce, Agricultural Economics, Economics, and Business. Government officials assisting the food industry through these difficult times.

Free Registration: https://www.tfaforms.com/4880977 Deadline midnight March 17, 2021

Honored Speakers:
Dr. Ashley Peterson, senior vice president of Scientific and Regulatory Affairs, National Chicken Council, Washington D.C.
Phil Plourd, president of Bliming and Associates, Madison, Wisconsin.
Sammy Duda, president of Duda Farm Fresh Foods Inc., and a corporate senior vice president of A. Duda & Sons Inc., Salinas, California.
Tom Madrecki, vice president of supply chain and logistics for the Consumer Brands Association, Arlington, Virginia.
Dr. Robbin Shoemaker, national program leader for economics in the Institute of Food Production and Sustainability at National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Washington, D.C.

We encourage you to share this program with your colleagues so that we can have active dialogue a we discuss the challenges in our food supply chain.

FACTS information: https://www.dafvm.msstate.edu/wearefacts
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Food Supply Chain Disruptions during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons Learned and Future Implications
Thursday, March 18, 2021 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. (CST)
Please join Food and Agriculture Collaboratory for Transforming Supply (FACTS) for a virtual conference online through WebEx.
Five experts discuss the impacts and future implications of COVID-19 on multiple food supply chains.
To register please go to www.tfaforms.com/4880977<http://www.tfaforms.com/4880977>  and visit www.dafvm.msstate.edu/facts-conference<http://www.dafvm.msstate.edu/facts-conference>  for more information.
Mississippi State University is an equal opportunity institution.
For disability accommodation, please contact Dr. Kalyn T. Coatney at 662-325-7983 or k.coatney at msstate.edu<mailto:k.coatney at msstate.edu> .
This meeting is funded by Oak Ridge Associated Universities.

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Maruf

Mohammad Marufuzzaman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering,
Mississippi State University
Email: maruf at ise.msstate.edu<mailto:mm2006 at msstate.edu>
Phone: (662)325-7216
Website: http://maruf.ise.msstate.edu<http://maruf.ise.msstate.edu/>


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