Juice Summit 2024

16 & 17 October 2024

Antwerp, Belgium

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About the Juice Summit

Since the first edition in 2013, the Juice Summit provides a global forum for knowledge sharing and a unique networking opportunity for all fruit juice industry players to shape the future of the sector.

With record participation year after year, the conference guarantees the presence of renowned industry experts who are active on both the European and the international juice scene.

The next Juice Summit will take place on 16 & 17 October 2024 at the Hilton Antwerp (Groenplaats 32, 2000 Antwerp).

We hope to see you there!

If you have any questions about the event, do not hesitate to reach out to the organisers at [email protected].

Speakers 2023 – Previous Edition

With a degree in electrical engineering Francesco Faella began working for Tetra Pak in Modena in 1995 within Research & Development. After a few years in Tetra Pak USA he returned to Italy to take up the role as Product Portfolio Director for Europe & Central Asia. Between 2016 and 2018 he was Managing Director of Tetra Pak Southeast Europe, 2018 to 2020 Managing Director of Tetra Pak Italy and July 2020 to November 2021 Managing Director of Tetra Pak South Europe.

In November 2021 he took up his present role as Vice President Ambient Packaging Solutions at Tetra Pak headquarters in Modena, Italy.

He is married with two children and enjoys outdoor sports and travelling.

Jane has worked in the financial markets industry for over 25 years. For many years Jane has made regular appearances on both business and mainstream TV and radio channels including Bloomberg, BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 5, BBC World TV and radio, Sky news and Channel 4 news. She has also had many articles published by the financial press including the FT, Reuters, CITYAM and consumer magazines such as Shares.

Jane has both a BA and an MSc in Economics. Before joining Rabobank in 2010 Jane worked as an economist and a fund manager and then as a FX Strategist at Barclays Capital.

Rogier Smeets is the Chief Executive Officer, Europe at Tropicana Brands Group. In this role, Rogier oversees all Europe operations and functional teams including commercial, finance, supply chain and HR.

Rogier joined Tropicana Brands Group from Upfield, the world’s largest plant-based consumer packaged goods company, where he held several leadership positions including Chief Growth Officer and President, Europe. Prior to Upfield, Rogier spent 14 years building his career at Unilever in various marketing and commercial functions across Europe, US and Asia.

Rogier holds a Master of Science in Business Administration from the Erasmus University of Rotterdam. He resides in the Netherlands with his wife and three children and considers himself a sports fanatic who enjoys playing tennis and going for a run.

Tatiana Campos

Executive Director, IFU - International Fruit & Vegetable Juice Association

Tatiana Campos is an international and governmental relations professional with nearly 20 years of experience in bridging the gap between companies, governments, institutions, and sectors. Throughout her career, she has successfully guided over 200 companies in their market access projects, collaborating with entities and governments from Brazil, Germany, Belgium and Switzerland. Currently serving as the Executive Director of the International Fruit and Vegetable Juice Association (IFU), Tatiana leads IFU’s global mission to advocate for the production and consumption of fruit and vegetable juices worldwide. Before joining IFU, Tatiana held the position of Institutional Relations Director of CitrusBR, the Brazilian orange juice industry association.

Tatiana’s international dedication has led to notable achievements, including being an invited participant in the United States Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) and mentoring for the Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) Women SMEs Accelerator Program in Africa. In addition, Tatiana is an active member of Women Inside Trade (WIT) and has previously served as a member of the BRICS AgriBusiness Working Group, further contributing to her commitment to advancing global trade, gender equality and agriculture.

Tatiana holds a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations from the University of São Paulo (USP), an MBA in Foreign Trade and International Business from Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV-SP), and has completed a 6-month internship at FREIE Universität Berlin’s Political Science Department. She is fluent in English, German, and Portuguese, and possesses advanced Spanish skills along with basic French proficiency.

Dino Cardelli

Principal, The Procurement Framework & Supply Chain Company LLC

Dino Cardelli is a highly experienced Fortune 500 Supply Chain and Purchasing Professional with over 35 years of Juice, Ingredient and Agronomic expertise. Fluent in Spanish, Dino has successfully managed strategic, operational, tactical, and indirect procurement initiatives throughout his career. Having worked with Best-In-Class companies such as Sun Orchard Juicery LLC, Pepsico Foods, The Coca-Cola Company, Tropicana, Dole and many others, Dino’s experience as a grower, processor, and C-Level executive provides a strong base for his Executive Leadership, Speaking and Mentoring. He has lived, worked, and managed projects in over 50 countries, making him a valuable resource for organizations seeking global insights. His most recent position was the VP Supply Chain and Procurement at Sun Orchard Juicery LLC.

He is the Principal of The Procurement Framework & Supply Chain Company LLC in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. His company provides supply chain and procurement consulting, education, interim staffing and coaching.

Dino holds two degrees from the University of Florida: BS in Agribusiness with a focus on Entomology and Plant Production and Master Degree in Agribusiness.

Kees Cools

President, IFU - International Fruit & Vegetable Juice Association

Kees Cools has been a member of IFU`s executive committee since 1998. Currently, he is IFU`s President and allows the members to take advantage of his long expertise in the food and beverage market where he started to work after studying business administration.

Today as a senior advisor to the board of the Döhler Group, Kees is continuing to support the company`s business unit Fruits & Vegetables for which he was previously responsible. In the past and still today, his position and activities put him in close and frequent contact with key people in the global ‘’Juice‘’ world, involving raw material producers, Juice beverage bottlers and consumer & retail marketing specialists and many more international stakeholders.

Francesco Faella

Vice President - Packaging Ambient Solutions, Tetra Pak

In November 2021 he took up his present role as Vice President Ambient Packaging Solutions at Tetra Pak headquarters in Modena, Italy.

He is married with two children and enjoys outdoor sports and travelling.

Jane Foley

Senior FX Strategist/Head of FX Strategy, Rabobank

Jane has both a BA and an MSc in Economics. Before joining Rabobank in 2010 Jane worked as an economist and a fund manager and then as a FX Strategist at Barclays Capital.

David Fox

Founder & Managing Director, Juicehedge Ltd.

David has worked in the fruit juice industry now for 25 years, spending part of that time with both Cargill and Citrosuco in a number of global commercial management functions. During this period he has been based out of the UK, the Netherlands, Germany and Austria.

In 2017 David founded the company, Juicehedge, which has developed a number of commercial risk management tools and solutions for fruit juice industry companies situated at different points, all across the supply chain.

David also chairs the BFJA – the UK fruit juice association and has done so since 2007.

In his spare time David is a keen cyclist and triathlete participating regularly in a number of both long and short distance race events.

Dr. David Hammond

Fruit juice and Autenticity Expert, Eurofins

Been active in the fruit juice field for nearly 40 years. For the last 17 years with Eurofins and prior to that working at the central research centre of Cadbury Schweppes. I am the past chair of the IFU methods of analysis commission and the Code of practice expert group. I represent IFU at many Codex committees to present and represent the interests of the world fruit juice industries in these fora. I sit on the UK DEFRA’s committee for methods of analysis.

Monica Harting Pfeifer

Public Affairs Manager, REMONDIS Recycling

Monica Harting studied process engineering in Hamburg, Germany. She first worked in the automotive industry, implementing development processes and sustainability projects. An additional MBA allowed her to further pursue the idea of combining sustainability with economics, which was useful when she worked in the renewable energy sector. In the last 6 years she focussed on waste management, having worked with teams in different European countries to optimize waste management strategy and develop new recycling processes. At REMONDIS she supports the goal of achieving more circular economy for plastics throughout the entire value chain and different industry sectors. She works with industry associations and represents plastic recyclers in forums, such as PRE, PETCORE, BDE/FEAD or DIN/ISO. As REMONDIS has a vast portfolio of plastic recycling capacities including PET, PP, HDPE, LDPE and technical plastics and covers all services in the waste value chain such as collection, sorting, DRS and R&D, she is able to have a multilateral view on current (legislative) developments.

Hiram Herver

Europe Manager, DOLE Specialty Ingredients

Hiram Herver has operated in the Fruit and Vegetables industry for more than 10 years with a vast experience across multiple markets and focus in EU, he provides commercial leadership in his current role as Manager of DOLE Specialty Ingredients, DSI -Europe.

At DSI, Hiram manages IQF, Concentrates and Beverages from DOLE B2B and the division of specialty ingredients, overseeing operational teams including supply chain, customer service, finance and driving projects for innovations at DSI EU. Hiram is an effective and professional business developer with passion for creating structural changes to continue improving professionally and personally.

Prior to DOLE, Hiram has a background as Director of a family owned company in Mexico, Inverafrut, which maintained the 1^st place as exporter of Mexican limes for the 8 years that he held different executive roles, academically Hiram has University degree in International business and various specialized courses including entrepreneurship in emerging economies by Harvard university. In his personal time Hiram enjoys traveling, hiking, and eating in the company of his wife and dog.

Combined with his interest in cultures and languages, Hiram considers his hunger for knowledge and inquisitiveness the key in success for managing business.

José Jordão

President, AIJN - European Fruit Juice Association

José Jordão is a board member of Sumol+Compal, SA (S+C). This is the holding company of Sumol+Compal Marcas which is the outcome of a merger between two of the most important Portuguese soft drinks companies. Both shared more than 50 years of existence.

From the outset of Sumol+Compal Marcas in 2009 through February 2017 José was responsible for strategy, marketing and innovation at the company’s four-member Executive Committee. His current role at the holding company is the strategic management of S+C.

Prior to the merger, at Compal he served in a variety of positions since he joined the company in 1992. Throughout the years, he was in charge of marketing, domestic and international sales.

José holds a degree in Economics and a Bachelor of Business Administration from ISE and ISCTE University of Lisbon.

Let us make sure that the introduction of the Report touches on the most important issue for the Fruit Juice industry, ie. the FJM Program which constitutes a critical effort of this industry in rebalancing the conversation and finding again an indispensable path of sustainable growth. In the now second year of this program we will start emphasizing the role of science in supporting the messages for key stakeholders.

Philipp Lehner

CEO, ALPLA Group

Philipp Lehner has been CEO of the ALPLA Group since 2021. As a member of the third generation of the owner family, Philipp places emphasis on the legacy built up by his predecessors, but is also keen to ready ALPLA to make the most of opportunities outside of its core business. He firmly believes plastic is an important piece of the mosaic when it comes to increasing global prosperity. He also sees it as the ideal packaging material for reducing carbon emissions.

Philipp studied at the European Business School London and at Nanjing University, after which he worked at HIG Capital as a Business Development Associate. He subsequently obtained an MBA from Harvard Business School. He joined the ALPLA Group in 2014, where his roles have included President of ALPLA North America. He subsequently served as CFO, before becoming the Group’s CEO.

Philipp lives in Hard, is married and has two children.

Linda Lichtmess

Insights Consultant, Euromonitor International

Linda is a Consultant at Euromonitor International with a focus on the beverage industry. Based in Düsseldorf, Linda has worked for Euromonitor since 2019, specialising in food and drinks.

Linda is the project lead for Euromonitor’s global soft drinks research. She is particularly interested in how sustainability is changing the industry, impacting consumer behaviour and innovation.

Linda has presented at various events such as the ISM Cologne 2021 and the German Coffee Association. She has been quoted in the Handelsblatt and by the BBC.

Julia Luscher

Vice President – Marketing, Tetra Pak

As Global Vice President of Marketing, Julia leads a multicultural and multidisciplinary team that works in close collaboration with some of the biggest food and beverage brands in the world to identify market growth opportunities, develop unique food and beverage product and formulation concepts, and bring new products to the market.

Part of the company since 2000, Julia has held a variety of leadership roles in disciplines ranging from human resources and operations to sales and marketing.

Currently based in Modena (Italy), she holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration and management from Michigan State University.

Klaudija Milos

Business Director Food Enzymes, AB Enzymes

In her role as Business Director at AB Enzymes, Klaudija leads all activities related to Fruit and Vegetable Processing.

Klaudija began her journey in 2001, developing products and applications for the fruit juice industry. Since then, she has worked in various sectors within the food and animal feed industries, with a primary focus on enzymes, their technological advancements, and in particular their industrial implementation and use. Sustainability has been a significant driving force behind her work, motivating her to explore novel enzyme applications.

Klaudija is passionate about developing new products and contributing to a more sustainable future, including upcycling industrial side streams and optimizing the nutritional value of products. Her work has involved collaboration with global industry leaders, who are also part of this event.

AB Enzymes, with a history dating back to 1934 when it launched the first product for this industry, remains committed to its legacy of industry development and innovation. As a testament to this commitment, Klaudija continues to drive forward the company’s mission to be the global partner for enzyme products and deliver trusted solutions for current and future generations.”

Renata Neperus

Senior Manager Advocacy & Regulatory Affairs, Elopak

Renata Braga Neperus has a legal background and a passion for packaging and sustainability. Born in Brazil and in living in Sweden for the last 10 years, Renata has over 16 years of experience in legal, policy and sustainability matters in Europe and Latin America. While passionate about sustainability, Renata has a broad experience on matters as advertisement, food & product safety, intellectual property, and renewable energy. Renata has 8 years of experience in packaging, and joined Elopak in 2021, as Senior Manager Advocacy & Regulatory Affairs and part of the Corporate Sustainability Team.

Renata leads Elopak’s advocacy efforts and represents Elopak at trade associations such as AIJN, Europen, and is a member of the Board of Directors of ACE, the Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment, the European platform focused on advocacy and communication regarding sustainable attributes of beverage cartons. Renata also coordinates Elopak’s efforts at 4evergreen, a cross-industry alliance of over 100 members representing the entire lifecycle of fibre-based packaging in which experts share knowledge to develop tools and guidelines for an even more sustainable fibre-based packaging sector.

Renata is happily married and has a daughter. Renata enjoys connecting with others and spending time in nature.

Weitze Ooi

Managing Director, Dole Specialty Ingredients

Weitze Ooi is driven by passion to create a circular economy and has 15+ years of experience in the Agriculture and Food Industry, working in the domains of trading, corporate strategy, factory supply chain operation, profit improvement project, innovation, business development and M&A. Weitze founded Dole Speciality Ingredients (DSI), a new corporate venture focusing in Zero Fruit Waste mission by upcycling fruit side streams and waste streams from farms and manufacturing sites into high value specialty ingredients, e.g. Enzyme, extracts, seed oil, fibre and others. Besides, Weitze also heads the Global B2B business in Dole that manages ingredient business exporting to over 50 markets.

Prior to Dole, Weitze spent several years working as food commodity trader in Itochu Corporation in Japan. When he worked in Itochu Corporation, he was also one of the key members that pursued and completed Dole Business acquisition project ($1.7 Billion) in 2013 and set up the headquarter of Dole in Singapore.

Justine Pradels

Sustainability & Technical Affairs Manager, AIJN – European Fruit Juice Association.

Justine Pradels, AIJN’s Sustainability & Technical Affairs Manager is a Franco-American graduate in European Affairs who is passionate about European environmental politics. After obtaining her master’s degree from Sciences Po Lille (France), Justine moved to Brussels to work for the European Parliament. She became an expert in interinstitutional relations, she gained deep understanding of the European Parliament’s functioning and she developed robust knowledge of the European legislative cycle.

Justine’s AIJN journey began in 2021. She built the foundations for AIJN’s Sustainability Roadmap project by compiling, analysing, and assessing the impact of every single existing and upcoming EU-level sustainability legislation that has an influence on the fruit juice industry. Her pioneering work on sustainability in the juice sector, her coordinating role in the AIJN Sustainability Expert Group and her expertise on European legislation resulted in Justine becoming one of the fruit juice industry’s most knowledgable and trusted sustainability professionals. As the representative of a truly global value chain, Justine believes that the juice sector is in a unique position to address sustainability on a wider scale and make an impact. For this reason, she is committed to fostering multi-stakeholder collaboration within the industry and beyond.

On top of her sustainability work, Justine is also responsible technical affairs at AIJN. Focusing on the composition, quality and authenticity of fruit juices, it is Justine’s duty to maintain the 27 Reference Guidelines under the AIJN Code of Practice and to coordinate the AIJN Technical Committee’s scientific experts from among the AIJN membership.

Gijs Rotmans

Head of Juices Platform EMEA & APAC - Louis Dreyfus Company

Gijs graduated in Law and Business Administration at Erasmus University in Rotterdam. He spent several years working in the chemical industry in Spain and Mexico.

Gijs joined the juice industry’s workforce almost two decades ago, working in several roles. He is currently responsible for the EMEA and APAC region of LDC’s juice division. He is also member of the SGF Administrative Council.

Gijs lives in Rotterdam with his family, but his work is based in Geneva, Switzerland.

Carrie Ruxton

Science Director, Fruit Juice Science Centre

Dr Carrie Ruxton is a dietitian and nutrition consultant who has been working with the fruit juice industry for more than 15 years. In 2020, she was instrumental in creating the Fruit Juice Science Centre which has the goal of communicating science and evidence about the role of fruit juices in the diet to consumers and key opinion leaders. Dr Ruxton also publishes scientific articles, appears in print and broadcast media regularly, and contributes her expertise to projects across the wider food industry, including for dietary supplements, tea, eggs, dairy foods, functional ingredients, and healthy snacks.

Rogier Smeets

Chief Executive Officer, Europe, Tropicana Brands Group

Dr. Joachim Tretzel

President, SGF - Safe Global Fair

Chemist, Research and Development at Döhler GmbH since 1990.

Born 12^th, September 1951. Married, two children.

Studies of chemistry and medicine at University of Würzburg.

1980 – 1990 Manager in the F+E-Management, Technical Marketing and Production for AKZO Fibers & POLYMERS in Germany and the Netherlands, as well as General Management of the Enzyme Division of RÖHM, Darmstadt.

Bruno Van Gompel

Managing Director, VGV

Bruno has a deep, end-to-end understanding of what it takes to develop, produce and distribute consumer products. He combines this with a passion for sustainability and circularity. He holds a Master of Science in Chemistry and Food Industry and started his professional career as production manager at BP Chemicals, Union Carbide and Dow Chemicals.

In 1993 he joined Coca-Cola, where, over more than 27 years, he acquired practical and strategic knowledge about product development, scientific and regulatory affairs, operations, supply chain and marketing. He worked across multiple geographies in Europe, Middle East and Africa.

Until recently he was VP Technical, Innovation and Supply Chain for Western Europe and responsible for the Sustainable Packaging Office for the Coca-Cola in Western Europe. His experience in packaging and supply chain combined with his ability to develop and implement an effective, integrate sustainability strategy resulted in defining, meeting and even exceeding many bold, external commitments. Bruno has many years of experience as board member of several European Associations including PETCORE (PET value chain), EPBP (Plastic Bottle Platform) and AIJN (Fruit Juices).

Currently Bruno is Managing Director of VGV Management Services assisting companies and industry associations to establish and reach their sustainability and innovation goals.

Dr. Uta Verbeek

Managing Director, meyer.science GmbH

Dr. Uta Verbeek is a licensed pharmacist with a doctorate in pharmacology and toxicology. She has been the Managing Director of meyer.science GmbH for more than 10 years and advises companies in the food, cosmetics and consumer goods industries.

Focal points of her consultancy are amongst others: development of new products in consideration of all relevant legal and regulatory aspects, conduction of authorisation procedures for e.g. food additives, food enzymes, novel foods, and health claims, check of conformity and risk analysis of food contact materials and consumer goods, performance of scientific risk assessments (e.g. for pesticide residues & contaminants) and crisis management.

Annette Wagner

Winner of the Quality Juice Foundation Award

Annette holds a B.Sc. in Food Science (Hohenheim University), a M.Sc. in Oenology (Gießen University) and is currently finishing her PhD under supervision of Prof. Ralf Schweiggert at Geisenheim University. Her investigations dealt with fruit juices and purees produced either under oxygen exclusion with an innovative spiral filter press or with conventional pressing systems. She sought to extend our knowledge on the interactions of presumably health-promoting compounds like anthocyanins and polyphenols with oxygen, sugar, pH and ascorbic acid under practically relevant conditions. In addition, such practically relevant interactions of aroma compounds with oxygen were in focus of her work, which delved mostly into blackcurrants and red-fleshed apples.

Agenda 2023

18:00 - 22:00

Registration

Hilton Antwerp

19:00 - 00:00

Welcome Cocktail Reception & Networking Evening

Hilton Antwerp

08:00 - 13:30

Registration

08:30 - 08:50

Welcome Address

, President, AIJN - European Fruit Juice Association

08:50 - 09:05

AIJN Lifetime Achievement Award to Mr. Richard Hartinger Sr.

, President, AIJN - European Fruit Juice Association

09:05 - 09:45

Keynote address - A Macro-Economic Outlook

, Senior FX Strategist/Head of FX Strategy, Rabobank , President, AIJN - European Fruit Juice Association

09:45 - 11:25

SESSION 1 | Market & Trends

, Executive Director, IFU - International Fruit & Vegetable Juice Association

The Global Juice Report: A Market Overview in 2023 , Insights Consultant, Euromonitor International

The Future of Juice , Vice President – Marketing, Tetra Pak

Introducing the Fruit Juice Science Centre , Science Director, Fruit Juice Science Centre

Q&A

11:25 - 12:10

Juice Break & Networking

12:10 - 13:25

SESSION 2 | Supply chain, Logistics & Demand

, Founder & Managing Director, Juicehedge Ltd.

Juice Procurement , Principal, The Procurement Framework & Supply Chain Company LLC

The Orange Market , Head of Juices Platform EMEA & APAC - Louis Dreyfus Company

The Pineapple Market , Managing Director, Dole Specialty Ingredients , Europe Manager, DOLE Specialty Ingredients

Q&A

13:25 - 14:30

Lunch Break & Networking

14:30 - 15:30

SESSION 3 | Sustainability & Packaging

, Managing Director, VGV

AIJN's Net-Zero Roadmap , Sustainability & Technical Affairs Manager, AIJN – European Fruit Juice Association.

Panel Discussion , Vice President - Packaging Ambient Solutions, Tetra Pak , Public Affairs Manager, REMONDIS Recycling , CEO, ALPLA Group

15:30 - 16:30

SESSION 4 | Innovation in Technology

Sponsored by

Introduction , President, SGF - Safe Global Fair

Reduced Sugar Fruit Juices - An overview , Fruit juice and Autenticity Expert, Eurofins

Enzymes – The catalysts of Transformation; Innovating the future in Fruit and Vegetable Processing for enhanced Quality and Sustainability , Business Director Food Enzymes, AB Enzymes

Contaminants - New developments on EU level , Managing Director, meyer.science GmbH

QJF Award Ceremony with a short presentation by the Awardee , President, SGF - Safe Global Fair , Winner of the Quality Juice Foundation Award

16:30 - 16:45

IFU Awards

16:45 - 17:15

CEO’s Limelight

, Chief Executive Officer, Europe, Tropicana Brands Group , President, AIJN - European Fruit Juice Association

17:15 - 17:30

Closing & End of the Conference

, President, IFU - International Fruit & Vegetable Juice Association

19:00 - 00:00

COCKTAIL & 10th Anniversary Reception

Attendees

The Juice Summit organized by and for the juice industry offers a maximum of networking opportunities. Hereunder the list of key industry players that attended the Summit last years and the highlighted companies have confirmed their participation to the Juice Summit 2023. Click on the letters to make the list appear. If you would like to have more information on the companies who have registered thus far, please click on the highlighted area, which will take you directly to their website.