| Program Overview (all times are EST) Tuesday, October 21, 2025 3:00 pm: Registration desk opens 3:30 pm: Welcome & Opening Keynote - Accelerating F&B Product Development using AI: Dairy, confectionary and other applications - Vinay Indraganti, innov8 NXT 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm - Graduate student posters; Networking reception
Wednesday, October 22, 2025 9:00 am: Morning sessions AI-powered Dashboards and Chatbots for Food, Nutrition, and Health - Saurabh Mehta, Cornell Harnessing AI in Lipid Nutrition - Rinat Ran-Ressler, Nestle Health Science Investment Trends: AI and Other Technologies that Improve Food and Nutrition - Stu Strumwasser, Green Circle Capital Partners AI Application to Food Safety: from the Lab to the Real World - Martin Wiedmann, Cornell Food Safety Data Sharing and Analytics: Insights from Food Industry Leaders - Renata Ivanek, Cornell 12:00 pm: Lunch 1:30 pm Afternoon sessions: HyperBrix: An AI-Enhanced Hyperspectral Imaging Approach for Non-Destructive Brix Prediction in Grapes - Jinhong Yu, Cornell Systems Engineering, Sensors, and AI for Improvement of Specialty Crops Yield and Disease Management - Katie Gold and Yu Jiang, Cornell
Download a more detailed copy of the current agenda and speaker biographies at this link.
Travel Guidance: We are pleased to offer attendees a discounted room rate at the nearby Homewood Suites by Hilton Ithaca, located 36 Cinema Drive, Ithaca, NY 14850, USA. Rooms may be booked directly via the hotel's website. Additional hotel options and other travel guidance on flights, campus parking, etc. can be found in our visitor travel information, downloadable here.
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