April 27-29, 2009
Meadowlands Exposition Center
Secaucus, New Jersey

Three-Day Education Program Set For SupplySide West 2005

October 3, 2005
For Immediate Release

Contact: Amy Sharman
Marketing and Communications Manager
Virgo Publishing
(480) 990-1101, ext. 1543; asharman@vpico.com

PHOENIX -- Virgo Publishing announced the details of the Education Program to be offered at SupplySide West, Nov. 9 to 11 at The Venetian & The Sands Expo in Las Vegas. The Education Program is sponsored by Cognis Nutrition & Health and features accomplished researchers, top government officials and industry leaders.

"Cognis Nutrition & Health is proud to again sponsor the educational sessions at SupplySide West," said Dave Eckert, vice president for Cognis Nutrition & Health. "This is an incredible opportunity for our industry colleagues to come together and hear from distinguished speakers representing virtually every aspect of our businesses. As a leading supplier, we work with companies worldwide and understand the need to keep current on science and regulatory news. Keeping up can be a challenge given everyone's busy schedules, so the SupplySide show education program makes it easy for all of us to learn from leaders in their fields."

Highlights include:
John Hathcock, Ph.D., to Present on Vitamin E Safety
The Council for Responsible Nutrition's vice president of international and scientific affairs will discuss clinical trials, meta-analyses and risk assessment for vitamin E.

Office of Dietary Supplements, National Institutes of Health to Give Three Seminars
Academic and government experts will examine how clinical trials help evaluate the safety and efficacy of dietary supplements. The value of conducting clinical trials; designing trials to test a hypothesis; differentiating between different types of studies (intervention studies vs. observational studies); appropriate selection of test materials and study subjects; interpreting study findings; and funding clinical trials will be discussed. Representatives from the Office of Dietary Supplements, National Institutes of Health (NIH), University of California at Los Angeles, The Wake Forest & Brigham and Women's Center for Botanical Lipids, National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, and Center for Food Science and Applied Nutrition at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will present.

Mark Blumenthal to Examine Herb Science and Public Perceptions
Blumenthal will give an update on herb and phytomedicinal clinical trials and analyze corresponding media accounts. Also, the media's tendency to focus on negative outcomes of research and its impact on public perceptions will be critically reviewed and evaluated.

New Consumer Research Released by The Natural Marketing Institute (NMI)
Steve French will unveil newly released data from NMI's annual consumer research study, The NMI Health & Wellness Trends Database (HWTD) - now with seven years of trends based on the results of more than 15,000 consumers.

Virgo's Jon Benninger to Moderate Retailer Panel
Benninger will host a candid conversation with top retailers and discuss the roles and relationships manufacturers and ingredient suppliers have in successful product sales. High-level speakers from Vitamin Shoppe, Nutrition House--Canada's largest retail chain--and Nutrition Cottage will participate in the discussion.

State-of-the-Industry Double Session to Provide Key Updates
Current issues facing ingredient suppliers, natural- and healthy-product manufacturers and marketers will be addressed in a double session moderated by Marc Ullman, partner at Ullman, Shapiro & Ullman. Regulatory issues, government enforcement, GMPs consumer concerns, media attention and more will be addressed by American Herbal Product Association's Michael McGuffin, National Nutritional Food Association's David Seckman and Council for Responsible Nutrition's Steven Mister.

Additional organizations presenting at the SupplySide West event include Adams Harkness Inc., AIBMR Life Sciences Inc., Albion Advanced Nutrition, A.M. Todd Co., Bastyr University, The Hartman Group, Indian Health Foods and Dietary Supplements Association, Sabinsa Corp., U.S. Department of Agriculture and more.
A complete list of speakers and seminars is available at www.supplysideshow.com.

The SupplySide West exhibit hall will have more than 730 booths. More information about SupplySide West 2005, including registration and an exhibitor listing, is available at www.supplysideshow.com, or by calling Virgo Publishing at (800) 454-5760 or (480) 990-1101.

Virgo Publishing produces the SupplySide Trade Shows and Conferences, the Focus on the Future Executive Conference and Retreat, and the online training Web site nutrilearn.com; and publishes Natural Products Industry INSIDER and HSR: Health Supplement Retailer magazines.
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