September 11 - 12, 2019
The MGM / National Harbor
THE OFFICIAL ANNUAL EVENT OF
THE NATURAL PRODUCTS ASSOCIATION
GROWING YOUR BUSINESS. GROWING THE INDUSTRY.
Main Show Sponsors:
EVENT OVERVIEW:
Offering two days of industry-driven, educational sessions, workshop programming, case studies and interactive discussions. Plus, there will be ample time for networking and benchmarking. The Big Natural will bring together industry leaders, innovators and government officials who will share insights that will educate, empower and spark innovative ideas to drive the industry forward.
INCLUDED AS PART OF YOUR EVENT EXPERIENCE :
- Complimentary attendance to the main conference session
- Advance access to the attendee list so your time on-site can be maximized
- 5+ hours of built-in time for networking and making one-to-one connections
AN INDUSTRY EVENT UNLIKE ANYTHING YOU’VE ATTENDED BEFORE. THE BIG NATURAL WILL OFFER :
- Industry-specific educational sessions developed by you to address your most pressing business and regulatory concerns as an industry
- Executive-level speakers who will provide in-depth discussion of real-world challenges/issues as well as practical lessons you can take back to your company and implement across your operations
- Focus on business innovation, finance, investment and global market opportunities relevant to the natural products space
- Breakout sessions that will explore discrete issues faced by business unit and department heads spanning regulatory, compliance, legal, marketing and business functions
“The accelerating pace of science-based innovation, particularly in the area of improving athletic performance with natural products and nutrients is very compelling for the consumer. These innovations provide a strong platform for brand marketers to capitalize on and to help grow their businesses. The Big Natural proved to be the place where natural products executives meet to move our business – and the entire industry forward.”
JOE WEISS, PRESIDENT | NUTRITION 21
Early Bird Pricing
For information on discount opportunities contact NPA at (202) 223-0101
$750
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
Open to both NPA Members and Non-Members, The Big Natural will attract a diverse cross-section of senior executives spanning the C-suite as well as department leadership within the Retail, CPG, Natural, Health Foods, Supplements and Investment sectors with budget and/or human capital responsibility in the following areas:
- Strategy & Product Development
- Legal, Regulatory & Compliance
- Digital Initiatives, Branding, Marketing and Advertising
- Merchandising, Distribution & E-Commerce
- Analytics and Big Data
- Customer Experience and Customer Service
- Business Development & Finance
- Quality & Scientific Affairs
AGENDA
*click to see session descriptions
7:45 am
Check-in
Check-in
Program Start: 7:45 am
Program End: 8:45 am
MGM Entrance
7:45 am
Breakfast Buffet
Breakfast Buffet
Program Start: 7:45 am
Program End: 8:45 am
Bellagio Hallway
8:50 am
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Program Start: 8:50 am
Program End: 9:00 am
Mark LeDoux – Natural Alternatives International, Inc.
Bellagio Full Room
9:00 am
Legislation and Regulatory Reform in the Natural Products Industry
Legislation and Regulatory Reform in the Natural Products Industry
Program Start: 9:00 am
Program End: 10:00 am
Bellagio Full Room
9:00 am
A Quarter Century of DSHEA
A Quarter Century of DSHEA
Program Start: 9:00 am
Program End: 9:30 am
Mark LeDoux – Natural Alternatives International, Inc.
Bellagio Full Room
9:30 am
The Next 25 Years for the Supplement Industry
The Next 25 Years for the Supplement Industry
Program Start: 9:30 am
Program End: 10:00 am
Jim Emme – NOW Foods
Joe Weiss – Nutrition 21, LLC
Bellagio Full Room
10:00 am
Consumer Confidence and Safeguarding the Food and Supplement Supply Chain
Consumer Confidence and Safeguarding the Food and Supplement Supply Chain
Program Start: 10:00 am
Program End: 10:50 am
Bellagio Full Room
10:00 am
Safeguarding the Nation’s Food Supply (with a focus on dietary supplements)
Safeguarding the Nation’s Food Supply (with a focus on dietary supplements)
Program Start: 10:00 am
Program End: 10:15 am
Lowell Schiller – FDA
Bellagio Full Room
10:15 am
SSCI Part 1: Nora Dowell – International Vitamin Corporation
SSCI Part 1: Nora Dowell – International Vitamin Corporation
Program Start: 10:15 am
Program End: 10:30 am
Bellagio Full Room
10:30 am
SSCI Part 2: Aaron Secrist – NOW Foods
SSCI Part 2: Aaron Secrist – NOW Foods
Program Start: 10:30 am
Program End: 10:45 am
Bellagio Full Room
10:45 am
Questions and Answers: Full Panel
Questions and Answers: Full Panel
Program Start: 10:45 am
Program End: 10:50 am
Bellagio Full Room
10:50 am
Break
Break
Program Start: 10:50 am
Program End: 11:20 am
Bellagio Hallway
11:20 am
Claims and Advertising for Natural Products
Claims and Advertising for Natural Products
Program Start: 11:20 am
Program End: 12:20 pm
Bellagio Full Room
11:20 am
Substantiating Your Claims: Rich Cleland – FTC
Substantiating Your Claims: Rich Cleland – FTC
Program Start: 11:20 am
Program End: 11:55 am
Bellagio Full Room
11:55 am
Achieving Successful Outcomes and Hallmarks of Quality Clinical Trials: Najla Guthrie – KGK Science Inc.
Achieving Successful Outcomes and Hallmarks of Quality Clinical Trials: Najla Guthrie – KGK Science Inc.
Program Start: 11:55 am
Program End: 12:10 pm
Bellagio Full Room
12:10 pm
Questions and Answers: Full Panel
Questions and Answers: Full Panel
Program Start: 12:10 pm
Program End: 12:20 pm
Bellagio Full Room
12:20 pm
Everything You Need to Know About Intellectual Property and Patent Reform
Everything You Need to Know About Intellectual Property and Patent Reform
Program Start: 12:20 pm
Program End: 1:20 pm
Kevin Bell – Porzio, Bromberg & Newman, P.C.
Bellagio Full Room
1:30 pm
Lunch with Special Guest Mat Fraser Interview
Lunch with Special Guest Mat Fraser Interview
Program Start: 1:30 pm
Program End: 2:30 pm
MGM Grand Ballroom
2:40 pm
New Dietary Ingredient Notifications Panel Conversation
New Dietary Ingredient Notifications Panel Conversation
Program Start: 2:40 pm
Program End: 3:40 pm
Steve Tave – FDA
Daniel Fabricant, Ph.D. – Natural Products Association
Mark LeDoux – Natural Alternatives International, Inc.
MGM Grand Ballroom
3:50 pm
Legislative Update on the Natural Products Industry
Legislative Update on the Natural Products Industry
Program Start: 3:50 pm
Program End: 4:20 pm
Conor Sheehey – The Office of Senator Tim Scott
Stephen Northrup – Rampy Northrup
MGM Grand Ballroom
4:30 pm
Sports Nutrition and Probiotics
Sports Nutrition and Probiotics
Program Start: 4:30 pm
Program End: 5:15 pm
MGM Grand Ballroom
4:30 pm
Tailored Probiotic Strains for the 21st Century Athlete Dr. Martin Kullen – Danisco USA Inc. DBA DuPont N&H
Tailored Probiotic Strains for the 21st Century Athlete Dr. Martin Kullen – Danisco USA Inc. DBA DuPont N&H
Program Start: 4:30 pm
Program End: 4:45 pm
MGM Grand Ballroom
4:45 pm
Creating Novel Probiotics from Athlete Microbiomes Jonathan Scheiman, Ph.D. – FitBiomics
Creating Novel Probiotics from Athlete Microbiomes Jonathan Scheiman, Ph.D. – FitBiomics
Program Start: 4:45 pm
Program End: 5:00 pm
MGM Grand Ballroom
5:00 pm
New Dietary Ingredient Notifications for Probiotics: Genomic Sequencing for Identity
New Dietary Ingredient Notifications for Probiotics: Genomic Sequencing for Identity
Program Start: 5:00 pm
Program End: 5:15 pm
Amy Smith, Ph.D. – Danisco USA Inc. DBA DuPont N&H
MGM Grand Ballroom
5:20 pm
Creating a Substantiation File for Your Claims
Creating a Substantiation File for Your Claims
Program Start: 5:20 pm
Program End: 5:50 pm
MGM Grand Ballroom
5:20 pm
Writing Structure Function Claims from your Competent and Reliable Scientific Evidence
Writing Structure Function Claims from your Competent and Reliable Scientific Evidence
Program Start: 5:20 pm
Program End: 5:35 pm
Marc Ullman – Rivkin Radler, LLP
MGM Grand Ballroom
5:35 pm
What You Should Have in Your Substantiation File
What You Should Have in Your Substantiation File
Program Start: 5:35 pm
Program End: 5:50 pm
Najla Guthrie – KGK Science Inc.
MGM Grand Ballroom
6:00 pm
PAC Reception with John Riggins
PAC Reception with John Riggins
Program Start: 6:00 pm
Program End: 7:30 pm
Balcony
7:30 pm
Dinner
Dinner
Program Start: 7:30 pm
Program End: 9:30 pm
MGM Grand Ballroom
7:00 am
Breakfast
Breakfast
Program Start: 7:00 am
Program End: 7:50 am
MGM Grand Ballroom
8:00 am
New Frontiers in Probiotic Dietary Supplement Research
New Frontiers in Probiotic Dietary Supplement Research
Program Start: 8:00 am
Program End: 8:50 am
MGM Grand Ballroom
8:00 am
Microbiome Project
Microbiome Project
Program Start: 8:00 am
Program End: 8:20 am
Dr. Charles Budinoff – Danisco USA Inc. DBA DuPont N&H
MGM Grand Ballroom
8:20 am
Claims: Steven Shapiro – Rivkin Radler, LLP
Claims: Steven Shapiro – Rivkin Radler, LLP
Program Start: 8:20 am
Program End: 8:40 am
MGM Grand Ballroom
8:40 am
Questions and Answers: Full Panel
Questions and Answers: Full Panel
Program Start: 8:40 am
Program End: 8:50 am
MGM Grand Ballroom
9:00 am
Sports Nutrition Supplements at the Training Table
Sports Nutrition Supplements at the Training Table
Program Start: 9:00 am
Program End: 9:30 am
MGM Grand Ballroom
9:00 am
Gel Energy for Collegiate and Professional Athletes (Dragon Gel, Drexel, Philadelphia Union)
Gel Energy for Collegiate and Professional Athletes (Dragon Gel, Drexel, Philadelphia Union)
Program Start: 9:00 am
Program End: 9:20 am
Nyree Dardarian, MS, RD, CSSD, FAND, LDN – Drexel University
MGM Grand Ballroom
9:20 am
Questions and Answers: Full Panel
Questions and Answers: Full Panel
Program Start: 9:20 am
Program End: 9:30 am
MGM Grand Ballroom
9:30 am
Break
Break
Program Start: 9:30 am
Program End: 10:00 am
Main Corridor
10:00 am
Tariffs
Tariffs
Program Start: 10:00 am
Program End: 10:45 am
Jon Gold – National Retail Federation
MGM Grand Ballroom
10:45 am
Legality of CBD and Pathways to Market
Legality of CBD and Pathways to Market
Program Start: 10:45 am
Program End: 12:00 pm
MGM Grand Ballroom
10:45 am
Background on How We Got Where We Are Aaron Secrist – NOW Foods
Background on How We Got Where We Are Aaron Secrist – NOW Foods
Program Start: 10:45 am
Program End: 11:05 am
MGM Grand Ballroom
11:05 am
Moving Forward Stephen Northup – Rampy Northrup
Moving Forward Stephen Northup – Rampy Northrup
Program Start: 11:05 am
Program End: 11:25 am
MGM Grand Ballroom
11:25 am
Moving Forward Trent Duffy – HDMK
Moving Forward Trent Duffy – HDMK
Program Start: 11:25 am
Program End: 11:45 am
MGM Grand Ballroom
11:45 am
Questions and Answers: Full Panel
Questions and Answers: Full Panel
Program Start: 11:45 am
Program End: 12:00 pm
MGM Grand Ballroom
12:10 pm
Lunch
Lunch
Program Start: 12:10 pm
Program End: 1:10 pm
MGM Grand Ballroom
1:10 pm
Trends in Sports Nutrition Products
Trends in Sports Nutrition Products
Program Start: 1:10 pm
Program End: 1:50 pm
Mark LeDoux – Natural Alternatives International, Inc.
MGM Grand Ballroom
2:00 pm
NDI Notifications
NDI Notifications
Program Start: 2:00 pm
Program End: 2:40 pm
MGM Grand Ballroom
2:00 pm
Navigating Your Ingredient onto the Market Marc Ullman – Rivkin Radler, LLP
Navigating Your Ingredient onto the Market Marc Ullman – Rivkin Radler, LLP
Program Start: 2:00 pm
Program End: 2:10 pm
MGM Grand Ballroom
2:10 pm
What Clinical Studies You Need for NDI Safety James Akingbasote, Ph.D. – KGK Science Inc.
What Clinical Studies You Need for NDI Safety James Akingbasote, Ph.D. – KGK Science Inc.
Program Start: 2:10 pm
Program End: 2:20 pm
MGM Grand Ballroom
2:20 pm
NDIs as Intellectual Property/Enforcement to Increase Submissions
NDIs as Intellectual Property/Enforcement to Increase Submissions
Program Start: 2:20 pm
Program End: 2:30 pm
Kevin Bell – Porzio, Bromberg & Newman, P.C
MGM Grand Ballroom
2:30 pm
Questions and Answers: Full Panel
Questions and Answers: Full Panel
Program Start: 2:30 pm
Program End: 2:40 pm
MGM Grand Ballroom
2:45 pm
Venture Capital
Venture Capital
Program Start: 2:45 pm
Program End: 3:45 am
MGM Grand Ballroom
2:45 pm
How Do Supplement and Nutrition Companies Attract Capital? David Thibodeau – Wellvest Capital
How Do Supplement and Nutrition Companies Attract Capital? David Thibodeau – Wellvest Capital
Program Start: 2:45 pm
Program End: 3:00 pm
MGM Grand Ballroom
3:00 pm
Capital for CBD Companies David Thibodeau – Wellvest Capital
Capital for CBD Companies David Thibodeau – Wellvest Capital
Program Start: 3:00 pm
Program End: 3:15 pm
MGM Grand Ballroom
3:15 pm
Getting the Company Off the Ground in the Digital Age Adel Villalobos – Lief Organics
Getting the Company Off the Ground in the Digital Age Adel Villalobos – Lief Organics
Program Start: 3:15 pm
Program End: 3:30 pm
MGM Grand Ballroom
3:30 pm
Questions and Answers: Full Panel
Questions and Answers: Full Panel
Program Start: 3:30 pm
Program End: 3:45 pm
MGM Grand Ballroom
3:45 pm
Closing Remarks
Closing Remarks
Program Start: 3:45 pm
Program End: 4:00 pm
Mark LeDoux – Natural Alternatives International, Inc
MGM Grand Ballroom
“The Big Natural presents timely information that is highly relevant to our business, and directionally of use as we look to the future. Our attendees share their learnings with internal stakeholders so Bodybuilding.com can better capitalize on opportunities that will impact our top and bottom lines.”
JOHN VENARDOS, VICE PRESIDENT, REGULATORY AFFAIRS | BODYBUILDING.COM
VENUE
101 MGM National Ave,
Oxon Hill, MD 20745
A discounted room block has been secured for guests of NPA’s The Big Natural at MGM National Harbor.
Rooms are available starting at the rate of $249/night (single occupancy) + applicable resort fees and taxes.
To receive our preferential rate, please reserve your room by calling the MGM National Harbor at (844) 646-6847