{"65486":{"#nid":"65486","#data":{"type":"event","title":"IFC Center at the Food Logistics Forum","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe American Frozen Food Institute (AFFI) and the Global Cold Chain Alliance (GCCA) announced a new collaborative partnership with the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ifc.scl.gatech.edu\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Integrated Food Chain (IFC) Center\u003C\/a\u003E to provide programming support to the AFFI-GCCA Food Logistics Forum. Co-hosted by AFFI and GCCA, the event will be held 5-7 June 2011 at the Westin Westminster in Denver, Colorado, USA. The Food Logistics Forum brings together frozen food industry leaders from production, foodservice, retail, and third-party logistics (3PL) providers to address the critical issues affecting the cold chain industry today.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe IFC Center is an industry\/academic joint initiative to identify and resolve critical integration issues across the end-to-end food chain. The focus is on designing, analyzing, and continuously improving cold chains for perishable food products. \u003Cstrong\u003EThe IFC Center will present an educational session at the event and will also hold council meetings and provide an overview session of the IFC center during a lunch at the Westin Westminster following the conclusion of Food Logistics Forum\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOnline registration is now open for the Food Logistics Forum. For more information or to register, visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gcca.org\/flf\u0022 title=\u0022www.gcca.org\/flf\u0022\u003Ewww.gcca.org\/flf\u003C\/a\u003E or \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.affi.com\/flf\u0022 title=\u0022www.affi.com\/flf\u0022\u003Ewww.affi.com\/flf\u003C\/a\u003E. Register before 15 April 2011 to obtain an early-bird discount.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECo-hosted by AFFI and GCCA, the event will be held 5-7 June 2011 at the Westin Westminster in Denver, Colorado, USA. The Food Logistics Forum brings together frozen food industry leaders from production, foodservice, retail, and third-party logistics (3PL) providers to address the critical issues affecting the cold chain industry today.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech Integrated Food Chain (IFC) Center to provide programming support to the AFFI-GCCA Food Logistics Forum"}],"uid":"27233","created_gmt":"2011-04-11 08:50:04","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:54:46","author":"Andy Haleblian","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2011-06-05T09:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2011-06-07T16:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2011-06-07T16:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2011-06-05 13:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2011-06-07 20:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2011-06-07 20:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.affi.org\/events\/food-logistics-forum","title":"Visit and register at the conference website."}],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"},{"id":"1243","name":"The Supply Chain and Logistics Institute (SCL)"},{"id":"1250","name":"Center for Health and Humanitarian Systems (CHHS)"},{"id":"1250","name":"Center for Health and Humanitarian Systems (CHHS)"},{"id":"56347","name":"EMIL"},{"id":"57458","name":"ISyE External News"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"12734","name":"AFFI"},{"id":"12731","name":"cold chain"},{"id":"12730","name":"food chain"},{"id":"12733","name":"GCCA"},{"id":"4248","name":"IFC"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1789","name":"Conference\/Symposium"}],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:web@scl.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Eweb@scl.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}