Tuesday, June 6th, 2023 | 1:00 PM ET

With an evolving technology landscape, it can be difficult to discern what’s best for your business. One way for protein companies to remain competitive is through technology that identifies opportunities for growth, enhances sustainability efforts, and enables agility. In this session, industry technology leaders from Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Infor will share what exactly Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) technologies are and how food processing companies are leveraging these technologies through: 

  • Increasing production yields 
  • Supporting sustainability efforts for managing and optimizing waste 
  • Improving profitability  

Join us to discover how these technologies are poised to help protein companies meet consumer demands, learn success stories of how AI and ML are used for continuous improvement efforts, and how these technologies can take your business to the next level.  

 

Thank You to Our Generous Sponsor:

The meat industry is uniting for the future by committing to the Protein PACT, which provides robust metrics for continuous improvement in food safety, among other operational areas. 

Mikael Bengtsson
Mikael Bengtsson
Infor
Strategy Director, Food & Beverage
Mikael is responsible for the food and beverage industry and solutions strategy at Infor North America. His focus is to provide thought leadership in how technology can address current challenges within the food and beverage industry and provide business benefits to Infor customers. Mikael has more than 20 years of experience from business and technology consulting and with a special focus on the food and beverage industry.

Sandeep Anand
Sandeep Anand
Infor
Senior Director Applied Science
15+ years of experience in managing high performance decision science teams responsible for building scalable AI/ML solutions. Experience in solutions around yield/scrap, supply chain improvements and smart asset management strategies.

Kevin McCurdy
Kevin McCurdy
AWS
Global Partner Leader – Consumer Goods
Kevin E. McCurdy is Global CPG Segment Lead – APN for AWS responsible for identifying and engaging relationships with strategic ISV and SI Partners for the AWS Global CPG Vertical. Prior to that he served as Vice President, Demand Signal Management at E2open, Inc. He was Co-Founder and Vice President of Strategic Accounts for Orchestro, Inc. which was acquired by E2open. He has leg engagements with leading CPG companies including: The Coca-Cola Company, General Mills, Kellogg’s, PepsiCo, Newell Brands, Scott’s-Miracle Gro, Unilever, Kimberly-Clark, and Kraft-Heinz.