The California Dairy Innovation Center Sets 2024 Educational Schedule
The California Dairy Innovation Center (CDIC) will host a conference in February that will focus on the topic of sustainability. Additionally, the organization in 2024 will offer a series of eight workshops that offer hand-on training.
The Dairy Products Processing and Packaging Innovation Conference returns to Shell Beach, Calif., February 27-29. The conference will feature presentations on packaging innovation by McKinsey & Company and dairy industry leadership panels. This year’s program will focus on sustainability advances at the dairy plant level and throughout the supply chain.
An overview of the program and speakers is available at: https://dairy.calpoly.edu/short-course-symposia. Registration is available at: https://calpoly.irisregistration.com/Site/Dairy-Innovation-Conference-2024. The CDIC is collaborating with Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo to organize this event, with support from the Pacific Coast Coalition, Dairy Management Inc., and the California Dairy Research Foundation.
Additionally, the CDIC will offer eight workshops and hands-on training programs in 2024. The first short course, “Coffee, Tea, and Creamers: The Science and Art of Milk Ready-to-Drink Beverages” will focus on beverage formulation, and will be held January 16-17, at Chapman University in Orange, Calif.
This new course will feature presentations by product development experts. The course will include hands-on training, demonstrations, and ample networking opportunities. There are no prerequisites required for this course, which is ideal for marketing personnel, as well as for entrepreneurs and established beverage processors. Registration is open at www.chapman.edu/coffeeteacreamers.
A variety of advanced and expanded learning opportunities will be available throughout the year, including:
- Hispanic and Mediterranean Cheeses, March 26-27, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
- Dairy 101 and Value-Added Milks, April, final date and location to be confirmed
- Advanced Unit Operations and Dairy Economics, May 14-15, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
- Fermented Milks, Yogurts & Probiotics, June 20-21,, UC Davis, Davis
- Advanced Cheesemaking, July 16-17,, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
- Innovation Workshop and State of the Industry, September 12, Fresno State
