🐾Petfood Forum Events

Ready to initiate or expand your internationalization efforts? Get details on joining the Interzoo Pavilion next April in the post below! #petfoodforum Petfood Forum is excited to continue our partnership with Interzoo and Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft Zoologischer Fachbetriebe GmbH (WZF) for the support of pet food industry growth.

What do your peers say about Petfood Forum? 🗣️ "Petfood Forum is really a great event to meet the industry overall, catch up on innovation, (and) make new connections. Most importantly as an associate, I can play an active role, drive change and share best practices thanks to the collaboration with the Petfood Alliance." --Bruno CHAUVET, Global S&T Program Lead, Mars Pet Nutrition ⏰ Best pricing ends this month! Sign up early for 2025: https://lnkd.in/gWpMRMNy April 28-30, 2025 | Kansas City, MO, USA #petfoodforum

ENTRIES CLOSE DEC 31: Finish your undergraduate or graduate pet food research academic abstract for an oral presentation or research poster in the Future of Petfood Pavilion next April! Details and requirements at the link in first comment. ⬇️ Past presenting schools include: Auburn University, Cardiff University / Prifysgol Caerdydd, Cottey College, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Kansas State University, University of Guelph Represent your school in 2025! #petfoodforum #research #universityresearch

TOMORROW! Join the next Petfood Forum: Ask the Pet Food Pro session on Thursday, December 12! Register: https://lnkd.in/gc2kc22S Unlock the potential of freeze-dried pet food: A practical guide for manufacturers Tomorrow! - Thursday, December 12, 10 a.m. CT Join Matt Graunke, sales and marketing manager at Parker Freeze Dry, as he breaks down everything you need to know about the freeze-drying process and why it’s gaining traction in the pet food industry. Bring your freeze-dry questions to this FREE informal Zoom meet up! Presented by Petfood Forum and sponsored by Parker Freeze Dry, a division of ProForm Fabrication, LLC. #petfoodforum

"You get to ask questions that you might not be able to get (to) just over an email." -- Suzy Badaracco, president, Culinary Tides, Inc. Thanks for the feedback, Suzy-- we agree! Attending Petfood Forum connects you to so many pet food industry experts, enabling extended conversations and questions for the ideas and takeaways that make a real difference to your pet food company. Ready to join Suzy and nearly 4,000 more pet food industry pros next April? Check out attendee info here + best rates in effect now: https://lnkd.in/gMMuns6S #petfoodforum

📢 Attention Petfood Forum 2025 Exhibitors 📢 Exhibitor Badge registration opened on 11/27 with the main point of contact receiving a welcome email with instructions. Super Early Bird Rates expire on December 31st, with rates going up on January 1st 2025. If you have NOT received your welcome email: 1) check your spam/junk folder and 2) reach out to exhibitorinfo@wattglobal.com to have the information resent to you. Thank you! 🐾Petfood Forum Events

NEXT WEEK! Join the next Petfood Forum: Ask the Pet Food Pro session on Tuesday, December 17! Register: https://lnkd.in/ggp6mpDU ➡️ How to reduce pet food drying energy usage and carbon emissions 📅 Tuesday, December 17, 10 a.m. CT Dave Carney, Area Sales Manager-NAM-Petfood & Aquafeed, Bühler Group Animal Feed, will discuss different approaches to reducing emissions while lowering conveyor dryer operational costs. Bring your questions to this FREE informal Zoom meet up! Presented by Petfood Forum and sponsored by Bühler Group #petfoodforum #sustainability #emissionsreduction

➡️ Interzoo, Petfood Forum strengthen partnership ⬅️ Interzoo-organizer WZF and WATT Global Media intensify their collaboration until 2028, providing innovative platforms for international networking in the pet food industry. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gDf-9JYx Pictured: Steve Akins (WATT Global Media/Petfood Forum) and Dr. Rowena Arzt (WZF/Interzoo). Source: Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft Zoologischer Fachbetriebe GmbH (WZF) The most significant events of the companies’ cooperation will be the Interzoo Pavilion at Petfood Forum 2025 (April 28-30) and 2027 (April 26-28) in Kansas City, Missouri, U.S., as well as the Petfood Forum Europe, which will take place in 2026 and 2028 on the day prior to Interzoo in Nuremberg, Germany. Petfood Forum details: https://lnkd.in/gppsHmp2 #petfoodforum #interzoo

Petfood Forum 🔥 Hot Topic: Consumer Priorities & Economics How pet owners balance balance brand loyalty, ingredient transparency and budgeting without compromising their pets’ well-being. ⬇️ Read more at the link in the first comment. Featured in this article: Kathy Risch, SVP with Acosta Group Lindsay Beaton, editor of ✅ Petfood Industry Author: Alyssa Gunn (Hardt) | Image: iStock #petfoodforum #consumertrends

2025 PETFOOD FORUM KEYNOTES ANNOUNCED Macroeconomist and leadership expert will headline next April. ⬇️ Read more at the link in first comment. Ernie Tedeschi, director of economics, The Budget Lab at Yale Law School, will kick off the morning session on Tuesday, April 29 during his presentation “Macro-economic outlook and what it means for pet food companies and pet owners.” On Wednesday, April 30, Michael Allison, CEO of the The Adversity Academy Leadership Development Co., will deliver a message designed to help leaders during his opening session, “Break the bottle: How to shatter limiting beliefs and achieve peak performance in pet food development and marketing.” #petfoodforum