2009 NBJ Summit Agenda

Calling All Angels. Please join Vitamin Angels along with other leaders and visionaries in our industry, for an intimate and exclusive event to thank and honor the core industry that has supported Vitamin Angels for over a decade. Celebrate the lives of more than 10 million children worldwide you have helped Vitamin Angels serve this year with vital nutrition!

Sponsored by Proprietary Nutritionals, Inc.

Featuring Vitamin Angels

Sponsored by Marine Nutriceutical Corp.

In a time of economic uncertainty, understanding the dynamics of our industry as they relate to consumer discretionary spending, price sensitivity and cost structures are of vital importance. Keep your finger on the pulse with the latest insights and industry intelligence from a variety of expert perspectives both inside and outside the nutrition industry. Panelists will work through the top 10 issues facing the nutrition industry today; and this year's summit will also bring in some valuable wisdom from other industries (e.g. food, pharma and healthcare).

One's resilience - the capacity to respond constructively to adversity - drives one's performance, energy, agility, effectiveness, leadership, happiness and results. AQ is based on the basic premise: If you and your competitors face essentially the same challenges, then those who deal with these the best, win the most. This highly interactive and engaging session will introduce a set of practical tools for leading one's self, one's people, and one's enterprise with uncommon resilience, during increasingly volatile times. NBJ Summit attendees will determine their personal AQ and learn how to apply to the next challenges for competitive gain and improved quality of life.  To take the AQ test, click here www.peaklearning.com/nbjsummit

Sponsored by Medicus Research

Welcome Dinner Sponsored by HerbaKraft, Inc.

Dinner Wine Sponsored by Polyphenolics

The evolution of the U.S. natural health industry is unique, and its history is tightly tied to consumer populism (now called health freedom). So what is the state of natural medicine, nutrition and supplements? Join Loren Israelsen as he delves deep into the delicate balance of consumer freedom, industry responsibility and the role of government. Can we reshape healthcare reform? Do we want to? What is really on the table? Is there real opportunity for change or is this just more of the same?

Sponsored by Goodwin Procter

What opportunities exist for suppliers and manufacturers to innovate in today's supplement industry? Jeffrey Bland, PhD will share lessons learned from storied history as a veteran of innovation in the U.S. nutrition industry.

• What about reimbursement? Has the needle moved on reimbursement?
• What is the FDA stance?
• What about regulations, product quality, truthful claims and labeling?
• Complementary and Integrative medicine, what role to play in national health care?

Sponsored by Corazonas Foods

• What you need to know?
• What works and what doesn't?
• How much to spend and where?
• How to quantify success?

Moderated by Jeff Hilton

Three current topics for discussion will be proposed and voted on by NBJ Summit attendees on site, assuring the most relevant topics in real time.

Sponsored by Cargill

Buses depart from the St. Regis promptly at 2pm.

Large Racing Boat Sponsors: Launch Natural,Poms & Associates, Sabinsa

      

Small Racing Boat sponsors: Chromadex, Natural Health Sciences, National Enzyme Company, TSG Consumer Partners, Vitaquest

    

Spectator Boat Sponsor: Sterling Rice Group

Sponsored by DiCentra

Sponsored by Maypro Industries

Sponsored by Kyowa Hakko USA

How are specialty supplement retailers faring in the current economic conditions?  Vitamin Shoppe’s CEO Tom Tolworthy will shed light on the challenges that supplement retailers are facing from his experiences  on the store floor and in the corporate board room.

• What changes have retail CEOs seen in consumer habits over the past 6-12 months?
• How are sales to consumers changing?  Are they still confused at the shelf?
• What's being done by retail to keep baby boomers as customers?  What's missing on the shelves for this population?
• What about younger generations? How are they buying differently?
• How do you see the role of retail in educating customers changing and what can manufacturer suppliers do to help?
• How can brands cut through the clutter?

Moderated by James Tonkin

Sponsored by Core Naturals

The perspective of the industry's largest distributor, where most products pass through on the way to the shelf, is a unique perspective. As Chairman of UNFI, Michael Funk has been a leader in the nutrition industry for the past 30+ years. His personal account of the industry's early years and subsequent growth will give attendees a new outlook on the current economic challenges and opportunities for market evolution. Michael's closing keynote will leave attendees with a broadened perspective on the nutrition industry, past, present and future.

Sponsored by ZMC-USA

Sponsored by ZMC-USA