This annual event is designed to connect with the right people within the food manufacturing industry. If it’s important to you today, we’ll be explaining, discussing or demonstrating it. Plus you’ll have plenty of time for networking, collaboration and to explore the Expo Hall without the crowds and cavernous halls of national shows.
NEW AND EXPANDED FOR 2014!
- All Industry Centennial Celebration dinner and networking reception on Sunday night
- Manufacturing the Future: A Conference to Explore the Road Ahead (on Tuesday); featuring new and future technologies in manufacturing
- Expanded Taste of the Northwest featuring member processors
- Tuesday lunch AND afternoon reception in the Expo Hall to celebrate 100 years of NWFPA and the Expo
- FREDtalks (Food Research and EDucation) will feature hot topics in 20-minute segments to pack in more content
- Access to resources for small businesses on Wednesday
- International Business Day on Tuesday. Stop by the International Pavilion and see what's NEW!
- More time and places to network with industry professionals
CONFERENCE SESSIONS:
Monday, January 13 – Wednesday, January 15
Focus will be on areas of critical importance to the industry including technical affairs, energy, sustainability, environmental affairs, food safety, government affairs, and business innovation. Back in the Expo Hall Theater will be the popular FREDtalks. FRED (Food Research EDucation) presentations (aka TED Talks) will provide fast-paced learning from leading suppliers in the industry.
All-Industry Centennial Reception and Dinner – Sunday, January 12
2014 is NWFPA's Centennial Anniversary as well as the 100th Annual NW Food Processors Expo and Conference. Sunday evening will feature the 2nd Annual ERI (Education and Research Institute’s) Celebration Reception and a semi-formal Centennial Dinner. This promises to be a very special evening full of wonderful memories and comradery. See our Centennial Dinner webpage for more information coming soon!
EXPO HALL:
The NW Food Processors Expo is the largest regional meeting of food processors and suppliers in North America, attracting industry decision-makers from across the Northwest, Canada and the rest of the United States. Sized just right, Expo is not too big and not too small by design to encourage networking, deliver information resulting in quality leads.