Webinar - An Hour with Brad McKay

Webinar: An Hour with Brad McKay

Canadian Institute of Food Science and Technology and Food in Canada , Canada's food and beverage processing magazine, have partnered to deliver a webinar to CIFST members and stakeholders every Wednesday from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. EST.

The Future of Food Manufacturing Post Covid – the Long View

With the world’s population expected to grow by 2 billion people by 2050 we will need new and innovative means of safely producing, manufacturing and delivering food in manner that is still environmentally sustainable.

The COVID19 pandemic has created new ways of working and has accelerated others already in progress. This talk will look at food manufacturing over the next 30 years and take you to a world where by 2050 our society, our eating habits and our means of acquiring food will be very different and manufacturing likely not recognizable as it currently is.

Join us as our Speaker shares his thoughts and perspectives around:

• The Future of Food 
• Food Manufacturing technologies available today and some we have not yet thought of, and the
• Potential impact on our ability to manufacture an ever-increasing amount of nourishing food without destroying the planet.

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Our Speaker:

Brad McKay

Brad McKay is former Chief Executive Officer of Healthcare Food Services, a leading Canadian marketer of nutritious prepared meals for the healthcare sector. Prior to this he was Vice President Ingredients and Export for Parmalat Canada and before that held progressively senior positions at Procter & Gamble, Kraft/Nabisco and Novartis Pharmaceuticals. Brad is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Food Processing Skills Canada and the Yves Landry Foundation.