In order to protect our planet for future generations, we must change the way we do things today. This seminar will cover the importance of sustainability by focusing on 3 areas: People, Planet, and Prosperity. The presentation is focused on the baking process, as the oven is the largest source of emissions and energy usage, and will detail our approach to reducing costs, energy and emissions in our oven designs.

Learning Objectives

1. Seminar attendees will walk away with a better understanding of ways to make their process more sustainable.
2. Seminar attendees will be able to communicate concrete information with their team on improving their operation into the future.
3. Seminar attendees will understand the different options for baking process efficiency and sustainability, including using automation, convection vs DGF baking, hydrogen gas, electric burners and more.

Presenter
Reading Bakery Systems

Panel
Moderator: Joanie Spencer, Commercial Baking – Avant Media
Panelists: Karen Bornarth, The Bread Bakers Guild of America; Joe Kenner, Greyston Bakery: Ted Castle, Rhino Foods

Panel Information
Thursday, March 2, 2023
9:35am – 10:35am

Session Information
General Session
Thursday, March 2, 2023
9:15am – 10:45am

Session Schedule
9:25am: Business Meeting
9:35am: DEI Workforce Panel Discussion
10:35am: Bread Talk

The ATBI Early Bird Breakfast will feature speaker Dick Beardsley who is one of the world’s most extraordinary, well respected, and compelling motivational / inspirational keynote speakers.  Dick’s inspirational international best selling autobiography Staying the Course, A Runners Toughest Race and the subject of the best selling book Duel in the Sun:  The Story of Alberto Salazar, Dick Beardsley, and America’s Greatest Marathon.  
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Dick has been the  keynote speaker at Fortune 500 companies, non-profit organizations, conferences, conventions, corporate events, fundraisers, galas, sporting events, prisons, schools and drug treatment centers, to name a few.  Anywhere motivation, inspiration and hope is needed.  Dick has spoken to countless number of groups all over the world, ranging in size from 5 people to 15,000 people.

He has a gift of making people laugh, cry and most importantly, think and appreciate life to the fullest, despite any ups and downs that may come along. Your clients will be walked through his exciting highs and his dark valley of despair and through the anguish to that great light of hope and redemption.  Dick’s talks are directly from his heart and are highly inspirational. 

One of Dick’s greatest strengths is his ability to look on the positive side of life.  It has allowed him to overcome multitudes of personal tragedy and helped him become the person he is today.  Dick is a great source of inspiration to all of those who hear him speak.  

With perseverance and courage, your clients will know they can take the next step when they don’t think that they can or have it in them.  They will leave with the ability to believe in themselves and embrace life’s challenges, not matter how daunting.  They will leave inspired and full of hope.  He will bring your listeners to laughter, tears, the pinnacle, the bottom, and back up again.   Dick can communicate to your audience on what it takes to become world class.

For a brief moment in the early ’80s Dick Beardsley became the most famous runner / athlete in the world – by losing a race. In the 1982 Boston Marathon, Beardsley, foiled by a motorcycle that cut him off near the end, finished two seconds behind Alberto Salazar in a contest often called one of the most memorable in marathon history. It was the closest finish ever at the world’s premier marathon, and both runners broke the course and the American records.

Presentation
ATBI Early Bird Breakfast
Thursday, March 2, 2023
7:30am – 9:00am

Dan is the Founder and CEO of Upcycled Foods Inc., the leading innovation platform for upcycled food. The company specializes in using patented technology to create novel ingredients from previously overlooked and undervalued supply chains. In partnership with food makers, we develop new food products and menu items featuring certified upcycled ingredients. Dan was a cofounding officer of the Upcycled Food Association and Upcycled Food Foundation, and can often be seen pioneering the movement on the frontlines. He’s a thought leader on the upcycling food movement, often a featured speaker at industry conferences and sought after by the media. He earned his bachelors from UCLA, where underage home brewing started it all, as well as an MBA in sustainable business from Presidio Graduate School.

Presentation Information
How the Circular Economy Integrates Upcycled Food and Regenerative Agricultural Systems
Thursday, March 2, 2023
11:00am – 11:35am

MBA from EGADE and Industrial Engineer specialized in finance. Responsible for all the renewable energy solutions worldwide in Grupo Bimbo, in charge of making sure the company complies with all regulations in energy matters, and of mixing strategies to optimize the use of energy and minimize costs. Eleven years in Grupo Bimbo, and 9 years of experience in Energy, managing the Wind Farm Piedra Larga since 2012, responsible of the Virtual PPA signed by Grupo Bimbo in the United States, the PPAs signed in Chile, Argentina, and Colombia among others, which made the company 85% Renewable by 2021. In 2018 Grupo Bimbo inaugurated Bimbo Solar, which led by her, involved 30MW of solar rooftops in 96 sites, including the largest rooftop in Mexico with 2.2MW, the largest rooftop in Chile with 2.3MW and the largest one in Peru with 1.1MW. She is leading the way for Grupo Bimbo to become 100% Renewable electricity by 2025.

In 2020 she became Global Head of Net Zero Carbon, with the challenge to take Grupo Bimbo to Net Zero Carbon emissions by 2050.

Recognized 3 years in a row as one of the 30 women committed with the environment in Mexico. Panelist and international speaker for Renewable Energy and Net Zero Carbon.

Presentation Information
Resilience to Reach Net Zero Carbon Emissions by 2050: A Process Every Bakery Must Adopt to Thrive
Thursday, March 2, 2023
2:10pm – 2:25pm

Session Information
Closing General Session
Thursday, March 2, 2023
2:00pm – 3:30pm