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Spring 2007 International Exchange Forum Schedule
Sunday |
Time |
Speaker |
| Pick up at Tours. Transfer to Domaine Beauvois | 1:00 | |
| Check in, welcome buffet. Free time to enjoy the surroundings | 2:00-5:00 | |
| Welcome remarks | 5:00-5:15 | Amanda Archibald |
| Food around the world for kids. What's new on kids' menus and supermarket shelves around the world for kids. | 5:15-6:30 |  Mintel Group |
| Welcome reception | 6:30-7:00 | |
| Dinner | 7:00-9:00 | |
Monday—U.S. Perspectives |
Time |
Speaker |
| Breakfast | 7:30-8:30 | |
| AM focus: Community & Kids | ||
| It takes a community to raise healthy kids—motivating parents to embrace food choice, lifestyle and curricula change in schools. | 8:30-9:30 | Tom Commeret, MA, Principal, MA Marblehead Community Charter Public School, MA |
| Creating schools and communities in which kids can make healthy choices—overview of U.S. research, community interventions, successes and challenges. | 9:30-11:00 | Jeanne Goldberg, PhD Friedman School of Nutrition Science, Tufts University |
| Break | 11:15-11:15 | |
| Healthful Food Choices, and Their Influence School and Home Environments | 11:15-12:30 | Leslie Lytle, PhD, University of Minnesota, Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health |
| Round table/Q&A | 12:30-1:00 | |
| Lunch | 1:00-2:15 | |
| PM Focus Observations and Education | ||
| Keynote U.S. From sweet to ripe peach—using "live food tools" to encourage change in kids' food choices. | 2:15-3:30 | Chef Deborah Madison |
| Break | 3:30-3:45 | |
| Children, Food Choice, School Lunch and the Possible | 3:45-4:45 | Kate Adamick, JD, President, Food Systems Solutions, LLC, NYC |
| Round table/discussion for afternoon sessions. Thoughts for the day. | 4:45-5:15 | |
| Free time | 5:15-7:15 | |
| Dinner | 7:15-9:15 | |
Tuesday—French Cultural Experiences |
Time |
Hosted by Field to Plate |
| Breakfast | 7:30-8:30 | |
| Depart for Chateau Usse (Sleeping Beauty Castle) | 9:00 | |
| Lunch in Tours | 12:15-1:45 | |
| Visit to Chenonceaux | 2:30-4:00 | |
| Town of Amboise and Cellar Duhard for private wine tasting | 4:30-6:30 | |
| Stroll around Amboise. Dinner on your own in the town. | 8:00-9:30 | |
Wednesday—French Food Perspective |
Time |
Speaker |
| Depart for Chateau la Verie, Challans | 7:30-10:30 | |
| Visit to goat cheese producer: comparative tastings from young to old. | 11:30-11:45 | Mr Grondin, Challans, France |
| Tour of high school kitchen, cafeteria. Overview of foodservice operation. Eat school lunch. Q&A with chef and foodservice director. | 12:30-2:30 | Chef Bouzard, Executive Chef |
| Private Supermarket Tour and Tastings—HyperU, France. Special focus: Childrens' products, nutrition education and outreach. | 3:00—5:00 | Senior regional manager, HyperU France |
| Check in and free time at Chateau la Verie, Challans | 5:00—7:00 | |
| Aperitif and presentation: Shopping for food in France—perspectives from the French consumer. | 7:00-7:30 | Mr Christian Imbert |
| Dinner | 7:30-9:00 | |
Thursday—French Perspective |
Time |
Speaker |
| National nutrition policy and intervention in France: What works, what does not, and what's the future? | 8:30-10:00 | Anne Tallec, MD, Co-author French National Nutrition Policy |
| Break | 10:00-10:15 | |
| Changing the way children eat and live, one community at a time: Success stories from the French multi-city childhood obesity prevention program (EPODE). | 10:15-12:15 | Sandrine Guinot, PhD, EPODE Program Director, Paris |
| Roundtable/QA | 12:15-12:45 | |
| Lunch | 12:45-2:00 | |
| Creating and marketing healthful food products—a French food manufacturer's perspective. | 2:00-3:15 | Mme Bidan, Director of Nutrition, Fleury-Michon, France |
| Break | 3:15-3:30 | |
| Nutrition education for children, schools and the public—local and regional approaches in France. | 3:30-4:30 | Karine de Saint-Michelle, Director, Food Quality Institute, Vendee, France |
| Q&A | 4:30-5:30 | |
| Free time | 5:30-7:00 | |
| Dinner | 7:00-9:00 | |
Friday—School Lunch—French Perspective |
Time |
|
| Tour regional food market, Challans | 8:00-9:00 | |
| Transfer to school district in Nantes (Vertou) | 9:00-10:00 | |
| Tour of school dining facility and kitchen. Operations overview. | 10:00-11:30 | School District Foodservice Director |
| Observe dining facility during school lunch and discussion with foodservice director | 11:30-12:00 | |
| Participate in school lunch. Q&A with foodservice director. | 12:00-1:30 | |
| Meeting and interview with members of French press: impressions of visit. (optional) | 1:30-2:30 | Members of local and regional press |
| Formal reception with mayor of Vertou | 2:30-3:30 | Mayor and elected staff of town of Vertou |
| Roundtable and closure | 3:30-4:30 | |
| Transfer to Nantes rail station or airport | 4:30-5:00 | |
Weekend in Paris (optional and post-conference) |
Time |
Speaker |
| Friday | ||
| Arrive in Paris | 7:30 | |
| Dinner and evening on your own | ||
| Saturday—AM Choose: | 9:00 AM | |
| 2.5 hours | ||
| Treasures of the Louvre | ||
| Walking Tour—Passy (Chic Paris) | ||
| Walking Market and Gourmet Food Tour | ||
| Sunday—AM Choose: | 9:00 AM | |
| Musee Marmottan-Monet | ||
| Walking food tour. Lunch with at restaurant with chef | ||
| Walking Tour—Monmartre (Paris' last village) |
schedule is subject to change
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