| Date: | Tuesday, 2 June 2026 |
| Venue: | Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), Brunton Ave, Richmond (Melbourne) |
| SESSION 1 | |
|---|---|
| 9:15 am |
Keynote: Unwrapping what comes next Andrew Lawrey, Business Executive Officer - Confectionery and Snacks Oceania, Nestlé Australia |
| 10.00am |
Market Moves 2026 Kate Baker, Consultant, Circana |
| SESSION 2 | |
| 11.00am |
Keynote: The future of taste - Reimagining chocolate experiences Yeting Liu, Vice President, Cacao Coating Centre of Excellence and Customer Innovation & Technical Support AMEA, Barry Callebaut Chocolate Asia Pacific (Singapore) |
| 11.45am |
Where nature meets performance in natural colours for confectionery Jannice Peh, Senior Application Specialist, Oterra (Singapore) & Mette Salling-Mortensen, Marketing Manager ANZ, Oterra |
| 12.30pm |
Innovative confectionery solutions for the future Karen Xu, Technical Support Manager – Confectionery/Snacks, KMC Asia Pacific (China) kindly sponsored by Oxerra |
| SESSION 3 | |
| 2.00pm |
Confectionery packet to a confectionery packet: Closing the loop on soft plastics Darren Thorpe, Managing Director, APR Plastics |
| 2.45pm |
Leveraging AI in food manufacture : Accelerating innovation and ensuring compliance Phillip Wills, Sales Manager – Australia / New Zealand, Centric Software |
| 3.15pm |
Do enjoyable treats fit into modern dietary thinking? Kim Tikellis, Advanced Accredited Practicing Dietitian, Consultant |
| SESSION 4 | |
| 4.30pm |
Navigating a challenging and changing retail environment – an independents view Wayne Harrison, CEO Elect, Ritchies IGA kindly sponsored by Whittaker’s |
ConTech2026 will appeal to a broad range of confectionery and wider food industry professionals, including those in the fields of:
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