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UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke business schools connect community with food and agribusiness at FoodCon on Dec. 2
(Chapel Hill, N.C.— Nov. 16, 2015) – FoodCon, a conference centered on the food industry and sustainability, will be hosted by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Kenan-Flagler Business School and Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business on Dec. 2 at Duke.
FoodCon speakers will explore topics about food including security, sustainability, venture capital, operations and manufacturing and entrepreneurship in agriculture.
Panelists and speakers include representatives from Fortune 500 companies, local businesses and non-profits as well as area universities.
Keynote speakers include:
- Rob McCuthcheon, ConAgra, president, consumer foods frozen
- Tom McGough, ConAgra, president, consumer foods
- John Foraker, Annie’s Inc., president,
The conference sponsors are BlueCart, FoodLogiQ, International Farming Corp., DuPont and Relay Foods.
FoodCon will take place at Duke’s Fuqua School of Business. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit http://mbafoodcon.com/.
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About the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the nation’s first public university, is a global higher education leader known for innovative teaching, research and public service. A member of the prestigious Association of American Universities, Carolina regularly ranks as the best value for academic quality in U.S. public higher education. Now in its third century, the University offers 78 bachelor’s, 112 master’s, 68 doctorate and seven professional degree programs through 14 schools and the College of Arts and Sciences. Every day, faculty – including two Nobel laureates – staff and students shape their teaching, research and public service to meet North Carolina’s most pressing needs in every region and all 100 counties. Carolina’s more than 308,000 alumni live in all 50 states and 150 countries. More than 167,000 live in North Carolina.
Kenan-Flagler contact: Allison Adams, (919) 962-7235, aadams@unc.edu
Communications and Public Affairs contact: MC VanGraafeiland, (919) 962-7090, mc.vangraafeiland@unc.edu