Food Technology Magazine | Innovation

Collaboration + Innovation at IFT FIRST

Energy, insight, cutting-edge science, and lots of networking characterized IFT’s Annual Event and Expo.

By Mary Ellen Kuhn
IFT FIRST 2024

All photos by Axiom Media Group

It would be hard to capture the full scope and scale of IFT FIRST: Annual Event and Expo, which played out for four days in Chicago’s McCormick Place this past July. But here’s a checklist that might help.

  • Did it bring together more than 16,000 engaged attendees from 96 countries eager to exchange ideas, make new contacts, and catch up with longtime business partners and friends? Check.
  • Did it feature hundreds of sessions focused on timely, relevant science of food insights? Check. …
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Mary Ellen Kuhn
Mary Ellen Kuhn is executive editor of Food Technology magazine ([email protected]).