Join Us at the 2015 IFT Annual Meeting
GHI WORKING GROUPS & GENERAL MEETING
Sunday, July 12  |  12:00 - 2:00 pm
Chicago, Illinois US
Hyatt Regency McCormick
Room: Hyde Park B

GHI Vice President Larry Keener will lead a GHI General Meeting at the 2015 Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) Annual Meeting & Expo, in Chicago, Illinois, USA. The meeting will take place on Sunday, 12 July in meeting room Hyde Park B at the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place, which is connected to the convention center.


WORKING GROUP PRE-MEETING   

This year, GHI is offering its members, and in particular its Working Group members, time to meet with each other prior to the general membership meeting. Working Group chairs and members will meet in room Hyde Park B from 12:00 - 12:30 pm, to discuss ideas and plan activities. The GHI General Meeting will immediately follow, and time is allotted to report on these pre-meeting discussions.  

 

GHI GENERAL MEETING AGENDA

The meeting is free and open to all IFT conference participants, irregardless of membership in GHI. The preliminary topics will include: 

  • GHI officers and tasks report, Larry Keener and Huub Lelieveld
  • GHI Ambassadors report, Larry Keener
  • Working Group reports, WG Chairs
  • Training and education, Rick Stier
  • Publications/books, Julie Larson Bricher
  • Communications, Julie Larson Bricher
  • GHI-Financials update, Larry Keener and Huub Lelieveld
  • General discussion and new business
11-14 July 2015
McCormick Place South
Chicago, IL USA

Visit the IFT website to register and find out more about 2015 education, events and expo!
 Download a Map to Meeting Room Hyde Park B

The Hyatt Regency Hotel is connected to McCormick Place South. Download a PDF of the map that will take you to Room Hyde Park B.
Questions?
Feel free to contact either Julie Larson Bricher or
Larry Keener via email for details.
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If you are a chairperson or member of a GHI Working Group and you will be attending the IFT Annual Meeting in Chicago, please let us know.

Email:
Julie Larson Bricher by July 1
for more information.

ABOUT THE GLOBAL HARMONIZATION INITIATIVE
Founded in 2004 as a joint activity of the US-based Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) International Division and the European Federation of Food Science and Technology (EFFoST), the Global Harmonization Initiative (GHI) is a network of scientific organizations and individual scientists working together to promote harmonization of global food safety regulations and legislation. For more, please visit our website at www.globalharmonization.net