Western Dairy Center Artisan Cheese Symposium, Logan, Utah. Contact Western Dairy Center, 435-797-2106, e-mail: westcent@usu.edu, website: www.usu.edu/westcent.
Feb. 8-9, 2012:
Dairy Plant Food Safety Workshop, Green Bay, Wis. Contact Paxton Syles, IDFA meetings and educational services coordinator, e-mail: psyles@idfa.org, website: https://www.idfa.org/events--trade-show/2012-dairy-plant-form/.
Feb. 8-9, 2012:
I-29 Dairy Conference, Sioux Falls, S.D. Contact: J.W. Schroeder, South Dakota State University Extension dairy specialist, 701-231-7663, website: http://igrow.org/events/i29dairyconference.
Feb. 8-10, 2012:
Western Dairy Center Cheesemaking I Short Course, Logan, Utah. Contact Western Dairy Center, 435-797-2106, e-mail: westcent@usu.edu, website: www.usu.edu/westcent.
Feb. 12-15, 2012:
International Sweetener Colloquium, Orlando, Fla. Contact Patrick Crossen, IDFA meetings assistant and registrar, 202-220-3524, e-mail: pcrosson@idfa.org, website: www.idfa.org/events--trade-show/interactive-event-calendar.
Feb. 21, 2012:
Central Wisconsin Cheesemakers & Buttermakers Association Annual Business Meeting & Banquet, Marshfield, Wis. Contact Jim Mildbrand, e-mail: jim.mildbrand@gmail.com.
Feb. 21-22, 2012:
Dairy Business Association Expansion Symposium, Green Bay, Wis. Contact 920-866-9991.
Western Dairy Center Cheesemaking II Short Course, Logan, Utah. Contact Western Dairy Center, 435-797-2106, e-mail: westcent@usu.edu, website: www.usu.edu/westcent.
ZingTrain Seminar: 12 Natural Laws of Business — Raising Awareness of the ‘Other’ Energy Crisis, Sonoma, Calif. Contact Sheana Davis, 707-935-7960, e-mail: sheana@vom.com, website: www.theepicureanconnection.com.
Feb. 29-March 1, 2012:
Wisconsin Center for Dairy Research and U.W.-Madison Buttermaking Short Course, Madison, Wis. Contact Marianne Smukowski, WCDR, 608-265-6346, e-mail: msmuk@cdr.wisc.edu, website: www.cdr.wisc.edu/shortcourses.
March 2012
March 1-2, 2012:
14th Annual Dairy Ingredients Symposium, San Francisco. Contact Laurie Jacobson, Cal Poly Dairy Products Technology Center, 805-305-5056, e-mail: ljacobso@calpoly.edu, website: www.dptc.calpoly.edu.
March 5-6, 2012:
New York State Cheese Manufacturers’ Association Annual Spring Meeting, Syracuse, N.Y. Contact Janene Lucia, Cornell University, 607-255-2892, e-mail: jgg3@cornell.edu.
March 5-7, 2012:
Michigan State University Artisan Hand-On Basic Cheesemaking Workshop, East Lansing, Mich. Contact Eileen Gianiodis, 517-432-1555 ext. 230, e-mail: gianiod1@anr.msu.edu, website: http://msue.anr.msu.edu/msue/news/item/gouda_news_cheese_making_workshop_slated.
March 5-7, 2012:
World Championship Cheese Contest, Madison, Wis. Contact the Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association, 608-828-4550, website: www.worldchampioncheese.org.
March 6-7, 2012:
Ice Cream Technology Conference, St. Petersburg, Fla. Contact Patrick Crossen, IDFA meetings assistant and registrar, 202-220-3524, e-mail: pcrosson@idfa.prg, website: www.idfa.org/events--trade-show/interactive-event-calendar.
FDA Laboratory Course, Ithaca, N.Y. Contact Janene Lucia, Cornell University, 607-255-2892, e-mail: jgg3@cornell.edu, or Rob Ralyea, Cornell University, 607-255-7643, e-mail: rdr10@cornell.edu, website: http://foodscience.cornell.edu.
March 20-23, 2012:
Cal Poly Dairy Products Technology Center Cheese Short Course I, San Luis Obispo, Calif. Contact Phillip S. Tong (program), 805-756-6102, e-mail: ptong@calpoly.edu, or Laurie Jacobson (registration), 805-305-5056, e-mail: ljacobso@calpoly.edu, website: www.dptc.calpoly.edu.
March 23-25, 2012:
California Artisan Cheese Festival, Petaluma, Calif. Contact: California Artisan Cheese Festival, 707-523-3728, website: www.artisancheesefestival.com.
March 28-29, 2012:
Milk Procurement Workshop, Rosemont, Ill. Contact Patrick Crossen, IDFA meetings assistant and registrar, 202-220-3524, e-mail: pcrosson@idfa.org, website: www.idfa.org/events--trade-show/interactive-event-calendar.
March 28-29, 2012:
Milk Procurement Workshop, Rosemont, Ill. Contact Patrick Crossen, IDFA meetings assistant and registrar, 202-220-3524, e-mail: pcrosson@idfa.prg, website: www.idfa.org/events--trade-show/interactive-event-calendar.
National Restaurant Association Hotel-Motel Show, Chicago. Contact the National Restaurant Association Convention Office, 312-853-2525, website: www.restaurant.org.
May 7-11, 2012:
FDA Advanced Dairy Processing Workshop, Ithaca, N.Y. Contact Janene Lucia, Cornell University, 607-255-2892, e-mail: jgg3@cornell.edu, or Rob Ralyea, Cornell University, 607-255-7643, e-mail: rdr10@cornell.edu, website: http://foodscience.cornell.edu.
May 10-11, 2012:
Dairy Economists and Policy Analysts Workshop, Salt Lake City. Contact Mark Stephenson, director of dairy policy analysis, U.W.-Madson, 608-890-3755, e-mail: wwwmwstephenson@wisc.edu, website: http://dairy.wisc.edu.
May 14-15, 2012:
Western Dairy Center Quality Control Workshop (GMP), Logan, Utah. Contact Western Dairy Center, 435-797-2106, e-mail: westcent@usu.edu, website: www.usu.edu/westcent.
May 14-17, 2012:
3-A Sanitary Standards Inc. (3-A SSI) Education Program and Annual Meeting, Milwaukee. Contact Tim Rugh, 3-A SSI executive director, 703-790-0295, fax: 703-761-6284, e-mail: trugh@3-a.org, website: www.3-a.org.
May 15-16, 2012:
Dairy Accounting & Finance Workshop, Rosemont, Ill. Contact Patrick Crossen, IDFA meetings assistant and registrar, 202-220-3524, e-mail: pcrosson@idfa.org, website: www.idfa.org/events--trade-show/interactive-event-calendar.
Western Dairy Center HACCP Workshop, Logan, Utah. Contact Western Dairy Center, 435-797-2106, e-mail: westcent@usu.edu, website: www.usu.edu/westcent.
May 21-22, 2012:
Western Dairy Center Advanced Sanitation Workshop, Logan, Utah. Contact Western Dairy Center, 435-797-2106, e-mail: westcent@usu.edu, website: www.usu.edu/westcent.
May 21-24, 2012:
IDF Cheese Ripening and Technology Symposium, Madison, Wis. Contact Debra Wendorf Boyke, Wisconsin Center for Dairy Research, 608-219-4115, email: dwboyke@cdr.wisc.edu, website: www.idfcheeseus2012.com.
May 23-25, 2012:
Western Dairy Center Employee Based Food Safety Workshop, Logan, Utah. Contact Western Dairy Center, 435-797-2106, e-mail: westcent@usu.edu, website: www.usu.edu/westcent.
May 30-31, 2012:
Western Dairy Center Statistical Process Control Workshop, Logan, Utah. Contact Western Dairy Center, 435-797-2106, e-mail: westcent@usu.edu, website: www.usu.edu/westcent.
May 30-31, 2012:
IDFA Dairy Sustainability Symposium, Chicago. Contact Patrick Crossen, IDFA meetings assistant and registrar, 202-220-3524, e-mail: pcrosson@idfa.org, website: www.idfa.org/events--trade-show/interactive-event-calendar.
June 2012
June 5-7, 2012:
Western Dairy Center SQF Workshop, Logan, Utah. Contact Western Dairy Center, 435-797-2106, e-mail: westcent@usu.edu, website: www.usu.edu/westcent.
June 10-12, 2012:
IDDBA Dairy-Deli-Bake, New Orleans. Contact IDDBA, 608-310-5000, website: www.iddba.org.
June 19-21, 2012:
French Institute for Agricultural Research, Spray Dry Dairy Products symposium, Saint-Malo, France, website: www.colloque4.inra.fr.
June 20-21, 2012:
IDFA Washington Conference, Washington. Contact Patrick Crossen, IDFA meetings assistant and registrar, 202-220-3524, e-mail: pcrosson@idfa.prg, website: www.idfa.org/events--trade-show/interactive-event-calendar.
June 28-29, 2012:
INTL FCStone 2012 Outlook Conference, Chicago. Website: www.intlfcstone.com.
Cal Poly Dairy Science and Technology Basics for the Farmstead/Artisan Cheesemaker, San Luis Obispo, Calif. Contact Phillip S. Tong (program), 805-756-6102, e-mail: ptong@calpoly.edu, or Laurie Jacobson (registration), 805-305-5056, e-mail: ljacobso@calpoly.edu, website: www.dptc.calpoly.edu.
Sept. 19-21, 2012:
IDFA 2012 Policy & Politics Conference, Washington. Contact Patrick Crossen, IDFA meetings assistant and registrar, 202-220-3524, e-mail: registrar@idfa.org, website: www.idfa.org.
October 2012
October 2012 (dates TBD):
Cal Poly Dairy Technology 101, San Luis Obispo, Calif. Contact Phillip S. Tong (program), 805-756-6102, e-mail: ptong@calpoly.edu, or Laurie Jacobson (registration), 805-305-5056, e-mail: ljacobso@calpoly.edu, website: www.dptc.calpoly.edu.
Oct. 23-24, 2012:
Dairy Plant Food Safety Workshop, New York. Contact Paxton Syles, IDFA meetings and educational services coordinator, e-mail: psyles@idfa.org, website: https://www.idfa.org/events--trade-show/2012-dairy-plant-form/.
September 2013
Sept. 16-18, 2013:
International Dairy Foods Association International Dairy Show, Minneapolis. Contact Robin Cornelison, IDFA trade show director, 202-220-3542, e-mail: rcornelison@idfa.org, website: www.idfa.org.
October 2013
Oct. 14-17, 2013:
Process Expo, Chicago. Website: www.myprocessexpo.com.
October 2015
Oct. 6-9, 2015:
Process Expo, Chicago. Website: www.myprocessexpo.com.