Opportunity: Educational sessions

Align your brand with trending industry topics by underwriting one or more of our many education sessions. This year’s SupplySide West & Food ingredients North America education program covers the hottest topics like sports nutrition, the microbiome, trends in supplements or food & beverage, functional ingredients, sustainable packaging and more.

Learning power hour sessions:

1-hour sessions crafted to provide rich learnings in a condensed timeframe.

Wednesday, October 30, 2024 | 9-10am

• Food and beverage trends: Demystifying the science (in partnership with Food ingredients North America)
• Unleashing the untapped potential of pet supplements
• Unwrapping sustainability: Mastering eco-friendly packaging
• AI-powered precision: Revolutionizing supplement supply chain and formulation

Thursday, October 31, 2024 | 9-10am

• Personalized nutrition: Crack the food code of nutrigenomics (in partnership with Food ingredients North America)
• Navigating the sustainability minefield: Challenges and solutions for natural products (in partnership with Food ingredients North America)
• Supplement delivery systems: Where technology and demographics have a party
• Good clinical trial design: Inclusivity as axiom

Price: $5,000

Education sessions:

Deep dive into various nutrition topics and get empowered with practical knowledge to navigate the complexities of modern wellness during our 2-hour sessions.

Monday, October 28, 2024 | 2-4pm

• Ingredient claims and legal flames: An interactive workshop to dodge regulatory heat
• Active nutrition category updates: The regulatory, market and scientific landscape of products and ingredients
• Healthy aging: The biology, chemistry and technology of adding quantity and quality years
• Conquer food and beverage science challenges: From fortification to food safety (in partnership with Food ingredients North America)

Tuesday, October 29, 2024 | 9-11am

• Microbiome market madness: Opportunities, innovations and insights
• Ladies be (getting stronger, talking about menopause and spending money on health) (in partnership with Women in Nutraceuticals)
• The science behind functional beverages: Innovate and differentiate next-gen drinks (in partnership with Food ingredients North America)
• Supplements 101: An exploration of dietary supplement foundations

Price: $7,000

Knowledge and networking sessions:

These 1-hour 45-minute education sessions are followed by a 60-minute happy hour Q&A/networking.

Tuesday, October 29, 2024 | 1-3:45pm

• After 30 years of DSHEA, the question is: What now?
• Functional mushrooms: Sources, standards, species and science
• Formulating with functional ingredients: How to make health taste good (in partnership with Food ingredients North America)
• Pulse check: Uncovering supplement consumer insights and trends

Price: $8,500

*These date/times are subject to change. Any changes will not negate the agreement.*

Sponsorship deliverables:

• Underwriter logo recognition on signage promoting the education sessions
• Underwriter logo recognition on signage in the education session room
• Underwriter has the opportunity to provide literature or promotional items to be distributed in the education session room
  • Underwriter is responsible for bringing the items and the set-up/removal of them as well as any shipping and/or material handling fees
  • Item must be pre-approved by SupplySide show management
  • If the product is food or beverage, it must be single-serve and approved sample size (2 oz. for food and 4 oz. for beverage). Sponsor must complete and submit food & beverage sampling authorization form
• Verbal recognition of underwriters at beginning of session
• Underwriter receives two (2) complimentary passes for company representatives to attend the education session 
• Underwriter to receive list of session participants post-show with complete contact information 
  • Sponsorship program must be paid in full before lead delivery begins

Marketing inclusions:

• Underwriter mentioned in write-ups on appropriate health & nutrition brand websites
• Underwriter logo recognition within the schedule on the show website
• Underwriter logo recognition in email promotions to pre-registered & potential participants including other relevant show information
• Underwriter logo recognition in daily schedule emails sent to registered participants during the show including other relevant show information
• Underwriter logo recognition in a pre-show social media post on SupplySide social channels 
• Underwriter logo recognition in the schedule within the mobile app