KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS
The 2010 Summit program includes 2 dynamic keynote addresses from an Industry and Government perspective.
Michael R. Taylor, JD, U.S. FDA
Food Safety and the FDA
Mr. Taylor will discuss current activities underway at the FDA and provide information about the significance and importance of these activities to various sectors of the food spectrum.
About Michael R. Taylor
Mike Taylor joined FDA on July 6, 2009, as Senior Advisor to the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, with responsibility for overseeing the planning and implementation of food safety reform at FDA. From June 2000 until joining FDA, Mr. Taylor worked in academic and research settings as a research professor at The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, a professor at the University of Maryland’s School of Medicine, and a senior fellow at Resources for the Future.
Mr. Taylor has served in government as Administrator of USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (1994-1996), Deputy Commissioner for Policy at the Food and Drug Administration (1991-1994), and FDA staff lawyer and Executive Assistant to the FDA Commissioner (1976-1981). In the private sector, he established and led the food and drug law practice at King & Spalding (1981-1991 and November 1996-September 1998) and was Vice President for Public Policy at Monsanto Company (October 1998-January 2000).
Mr. Taylor has served on several National Academy of Sciences committees studying food-related issues. Until joining FDA, he was a senior fellow with The Partnership to Cut Hunger and Poverty in Africa and a board member of Resolve, Inc. and the Alliance to End Hunger. Mr. Taylor received his law degree from the University of Virginia and his B.A. in political science from Davidson College.
Mike Robach, Vice President, Corporate Food Safety and Regulatory Affairs, Cargill, Inc.
Global Food Safety Systems
As a Keynote presenter, Mr. Robach will discuss the strategic importance of global systems and the need for harmonization of food safety standards. He’ll look at the global challenges surrounding the changing regulatory landscape and the consequences to trade and food security.
