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NBJ Summit 2024

NBJ Summit 2024
Terranea Resort
Rancho Palos Verdes,CA
JULY 25-27, 2024

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Monday, July 29
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
One-on-One Business Networking Meetings
  • Monday, July 29:  8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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Monday, July 29
10:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Golf
  • Monday, July 29:  10:00 AM - 12:30 PM
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Monday, July 29
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Networking and Leather Branding
  • Monday, July 29:  12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
  • Room:  The Links, Terranea Golf Course
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Monday, July 29
1:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Golf
  • Monday, July 29:  1:00 PM - 3:30 PM
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Monday, July 29
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Opening Reception
  • Monday, July 29:  5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
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Tuesday, July 30
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
Breakfast
  • Tuesday, July 30:  7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
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Tuesday, July 30
7:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Specialty Coffee Station
  • Tuesday, July 30:  7:00 AM - 11:00 AM
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Tuesday, July 30
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
One-on-One Business Networking Meetings
  • Tuesday, July 30:  8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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Tuesday, July 30
8:00 AM - 8:40 AM
Opening Remarks
  • Tuesday, July 30:  8:00 AM - 8:40 AM
Co-Chair(s)
Bill Giebler
Content & Insights Director
Nutrition Business Journal
Co-Chair(s)
Jessica Rubino
Vice President of Content
New Hope Network
Co-Chair(s)
Tom Aarts
President
Nutrition Business Advisors, LLC
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Tuesday, July 30
8:40 AM - 9:40 AM
Katie Goodman: Adapting to Thrive in Today’s Business Landscape
  • Tuesday, July 30:  8:40 AM - 9:40 AM
What do improv and business have in common? As an executive coach, author, director, filmmaker and award-winning comedian, Katie Goodman will share unique perspectives on navigating inter-personal relationships, volatile marketplace dynamics and unexpected obstacles that every leader faces daily. Inspire yourself and your teams to rethink how you achieve your...
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Keynote
Katie Goodman
Executive Coach, author, director, fimmaker, award-winning comedian
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Tuesday, July 30
9:40 AM - 10:10 AM
Refreshment Break and Book Signing
  • Tuesday, July 30:  9:40 AM - 10:10 AM
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Tuesday, July 30
10:10 AM - 10:50 AM
State of the Industry: NBJ Data & Trends Overview
  • Tuesday, July 30:  10:10 AM - 10:50 AM
In this perennial favorite NBJ Summit session, view industry trends and market dynamics by the numbers with Nutrition Business Journal’s renowned market-sizing data. In the session that sets the table for the rest of the Summit, NBJ Content & Insights Director Bill Giebler and NBJ Market Research Analyst Erika Craft...
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Co-Chair(s)
Bill Giebler
Content & Insights Director
Nutrition Business Journal
Speaker
Erika Craft
Market Research Analyst, Nutrition Business Journal
New Hope Network
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Tuesday, July 30
10:50 AM - 11:20 AM
Unlocking AI for Business Growth
  • Tuesday, July 30:  10:50 AM - 11:20 AM
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Tuesday, July 30
11:20 AM - 11:50 AM
Industry Leaders Leveraging AI for Business Success
  • Tuesday, July 30:  11:20 AM - 11:50 AM
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Tuesday, July 30
11:50 AM - 12:15 PM
Amazon Amplified: Creating Market Integrity in the U.S.’s largest E-Commerce Marketplace
  • Tuesday, July 30:  11:50 AM - 12:15 PM
Amazon is the most visible purveyor of fraudulent and counterfeit dietary supplements. But it’s complicated, the e-commerce giant is also the country’s largest reseller of quality supplements. While many of the challenges our industry is experiencing on Amazon are unique to dietary supplements, many are not. Ramping up in 2024,...
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Tuesday, July 30
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
Lunch
  • Tuesday, July 30:  12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
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Tuesday, July 30
1:15 PM - 1:35 PM
State of the Industry: M&A and Financial Markets Overview
  • Tuesday, July 30:  1:15 PM - 1:35 PM
Speaker
William Hood
Managing Director & Founding Partner
William Hood & Company
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Tuesday, July 30
1:35 PM - 2:05 PM
State of the Industry: M&A in Women's Health
  • Tuesday, July 30:  1:35 PM - 2:05 PM
Moderator
Jill Staib
Managing Director and Founding Partner
William Hood & Company
Speaker
Michael Satow
Co-Founder and CEO
Bonafide Health
Speaker
Tobe Cohen
EVP & President, Specialty Brands
Pharmavite
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Tuesday, July 30
2:05 PM - 2:20 PM
DSHEA 30-Year Anniversary Video
  • Tuesday, July 30:  2:05 PM - 2:20 PM
Hear from the people who helped make DSHEA a reality and get perspective on where it stands 30 years later. Has it stood the test of time? Has the industry lived up to its promise?...
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Tuesday, July 30
2:20 PM - 2:45 PM
DSHEA Opening up DSHEA: a Fireside Chat
  • Tuesday, July 30:  2:20 PM - 2:45 PM
DSHEA may be the best thing that could have happened to the industry in 1994, but 30 years later some argue it needs to evolve. In this session, we hear from two voices who believe the Act needs an update and industry resistance to change is doing a disservice to...
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Moderator
Rick Polito
Editor-in-Chief, Nutrition Business Journal
New Hope Network
Speaker
Steve Mister
President and CEO
Council for Responsible Nutrition
Speaker
Mr.  Todd A. Harrison Esq.
Partner and Co-Chair of FDA Group
Venable LLP
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Tuesday, July 30
2:45 PM - 3:30 PM
DSHEA 30-Year Anniversary: the Next Generation
  • Tuesday, July 30:  2:45 PM - 3:30 PM
Lessons learned from the passage of DSHEA still resonate today, but whether those lessons fit the challenges of 2020s is far from clear. Expect a spirited conversation about whether the effort and ideas that led to DSHEA’s can apply to what people are trying to do for Hemp CBD and...
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Speaker
James Schmachtenberger
Co-Founder & CEO
Neurohacker Collective
Speaker
Loren Israelsen
Founder and President
UNPA
Speaker
Rend Al-Mondhiry
Partner
Amin Wasserman Gurnani, LLP
Moderator
Rick Polito
Editor-in-Chief, Nutrition Business Journal
New Hope Network
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Tuesday, July 30
3:30 PM - 3:45 PM
Content Remarks, Housekeeping & Event Announcements
  • Tuesday, July 30:  3:30 PM - 3:45 PM
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Tuesday, July 30
3:45 PM - 4:30 PM
Workshops: Writing the supplement industry’s next chapter
  • Tuesday, July 30:  3:45 PM - 4:30 PM
This year’s DSHEA milestone provides the unique opportunity to reflect on the supplement industry’s progress over three decades. But our work is far from done. Join the NBJ Summit team and industry experts for a dynamic working session that will explore quality, transparency, consumer awareness and more. You’ll walk away...
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Tuesday, July 30
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Welcome Reception
  • Tuesday, July 30:  6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
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Tuesday, July 30
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Welcome Dinner Featuring NBJ Awards
  • Tuesday, July 30:  7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
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Tuesday, July 30
9:00 PM - 11:00 PM
PQAA
  • Tuesday, July 30:  9:00 PM - 11:00 PM
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Wednesday, July 31
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
Breakfast
  • Wednesday, July 31:  7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
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Wednesday, July 31
7:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Specialty Coffee Station
  • Wednesday, July 31:  7:00 AM - 11:00 AM
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Wednesday, July 31
8:10 AM - 6:00 PM
Catalina Island Excursion
  • Wednesday, July 31:  8:10 AM - 6:00 PM
Catalina Island Excursion Location: Bus Departure from Executive Lot (front of Terranea valet) Sponsors: Ferry Ride to Catalina: Kyowa Hakko USA Lunch Wednesday on Catalina: NOW Foods Water Sports: PLT Health Solutions Zipline: Gelita AGENDA 8:10 AM: Depart from hotel 8:40 AM: Arrive at Ferry, Check-in 9:00 AM: Depart for Catalina Island 10:30 AM: Arrive at Catalina Island 11:00...
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Wednesday, July 31
9:00 AM - 5:30 PM
One-on-One Business Networking Meetings
  • Wednesday, July 31:  9:00 AM - 5:30 PM
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Wednesday, July 31
9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Dosha Type Testing & Networking Gathering
  • Wednesday, July 31:  9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Facilitator
Joshua Barr
Sound Medicine Practitioner
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Wednesday, July 31
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Terranea Resort Activities
  • Wednesday, July 31:  12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
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Wednesday, July 31
6:45 PM - 7:45 PM
NBJ Summit Lifetime Achievement Award Reception
  • Wednesday, July 31:  6:45 PM - 7:45 PM
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Wednesday, July 31
7:45 PM - 10:00 PM
NBJ Summit Lifetime Achievement Award Dinner
  • Wednesday, July 31:  7:45 PM - 10:00 PM
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Thursday, August 01
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
Breakfast
  • Thursday, August 01:  7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
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Thursday, August 01
7:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Specialty Coffee Station
  • Thursday, August 01:  7:00 AM - 11:00 AM
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Thursday, August 01
8:00 AM - 8:15 AM
Opening Remarks and Awards Videos
  • Thursday, August 01:  8:00 AM - 8:15 AM
Co-Chair(s)
Bill Giebler
Content & Insights Director
Nutrition Business Journal
Co-Chair(s)
Jessica Rubino
Vice President of Content
New Hope Network
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Thursday, August 01
8:15 AM - 9:15 AM
Leading with Love: Keynote with Marcus Buckingham
  • Thursday, August 01:  8:15 AM - 9:15 AM
Workplace satisfaction is too infrequently discussed in terms of love. We are more likely to “love” a TV show or a taco or a pair of shoes than a job—the love for which is riddled with asterisks and exceptions. Yet love plays among the greatest predictors of workplace retention, performance,...
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Keynote
Marcus Buckingham
Researcher, NYT Best-Selling Author, and Founder
The Strengths Revolution
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Thursday, August 01
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
One-on-One Business Networking Meetings
  • Thursday, August 01:  9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
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Thursday, August 01
9:15 AM - 9:25 AM
Women’s Health Data Snapshot
  • Thursday, August 01:  9:15 AM - 9:25 AM
From hormonal health to healthy aging and sports nutrition, the women’s health category is booming. But what do today’s numbers tell us about its future? During this data-packed quickfire presentation, we provide a snapshot of growing categories and key opportunities. ...
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Co-Chair(s)
Bill Giebler
Content & Insights Director
Nutrition Business Journal
Co-Chair(s)
Jessica Rubino
Vice President of Content
New Hope Network
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Thursday, August 01
9:25 AM - 9:50 AM
A Conversation with The Vitamin Shoppe President Muriel Gonzalez
  • Thursday, August 01:  9:25 AM - 9:50 AM
What does one of the most influential supplement retailers in the U.S. predict for the future of nutrition? During this exclusive fireside chat with Muriel Gonzalez, you’ll glean never-before-shared insights from The Vitamin Shoppe’s consumer research, including what women really want, plus unpack what the supplement-industry can learn from the...
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Moderator
Jessica Rubino
Vice President of Content
New Hope Network
Speaker
Muriel Gonzalez
President
The Vitamin Shoppe
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Thursday, August 01
9:50 AM - 10:15 AM
Insights into the women’s health revolution with Dr. Pamela Peeke
  • Thursday, August 01:  9:50 AM - 10:15 AM
During this fast-paced discussion, one of today’s leading integrative health experts Dr. Pamela Peeke, MD will captivate the NBJ Summit community with her new perspectives on optimization. A cultural shift has cracked open the dialogue around often ignored women’s health issues; as a result, the dietary supplement industry has an...
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Moderator
Jessica Rubino
Vice President of Content
New Hope Network
Speaker
Pamela Peeke
Physician & CEO
Peeke Performance Center for Healthy Living
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Thursday, August 01
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM
Refreshment Break and Book Signing
  • Thursday, August 01:  10:15 AM - 10:45 AM
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Thursday, August 01
10:45 AM - 11:30 AM
The science and innovation behind today’s ‘She-conomy’
  • Thursday, August 01:  10:45 AM - 11:30 AM
The boom in women’s health products is supported by an increasing number of women-led marketing, science and innovation teams. During this insightful panel, we showcase three of the powerful voices behind today’s top women’s health and dietary supplement companies as they reveal hoe thry’re ensuring that their companies authentically connect...
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Speaker
Andrea Donsky
Co-Founder & CEO
Morphus
Speaker
Jessica Mulligan
Co-Founder
Winged Nutrition
Moderator
Jessica Rubino
Vice President of Content
New Hope Network
Speaker
Meeta Kratz
Global Vice President, Product Management & Marketing
Lonza Capsule & Health Ingredients
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Thursday, August 01
11:30 AM - 11:40 AM
NBJ Ayurvedic Data Snapshot
  • Thursday, August 01:  11:30 AM - 11:40 AM
Ayurveda, a system of traditional medicine native to India, has various uses and treatments but is rooted in the natural and holistic approach to healing the physical and mental bodies. Within the last decade, ayurvedic herbs such as turmeric and ashwagandha have grown more popular in the dietary supplement market...
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Speaker
Erika Craft
Market Research Analyst, Nutrition Business Journal
New Hope Network
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Thursday, August 01
11:40 AM - 11:55 AM
Sound Medicine
  • Thursday, August 01:  11:40 AM - 11:55 AM
‘The medicine of the future will be frequency medicine’. ― Albert Einstein Why does a baby’s cry instantly flood a mother’s body with a myriad of stress hormones? How can a song on the radio stir up powerful emotions, from joy to anger, regret to desire? Why does sound itself evoke...
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Facilitator
Joshua Barr
Sound Medicine Practitioner
Facilitator
Kulreet Chaudhary, M.D.
Neurologist, neuroscientist, author, Ayurvedic Medicine and Sound Medicine Expert
Dr. Kulreet Chaudhary
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Thursday, August 01
11:55 AM - 12:20 PM
Finding Connection through Ayurveda
  • Thursday, August 01:  11:55 AM - 12:20 PM
Connection: without it, newborns die; adults numb themselves; relationships dissolve; companies crumble. Mother Theresa said, “In the West there is a loneliness, which I call the leprosy of the West. In many ways, it is worse than our poor in Calcutta.” How do we cure our leprosy of disconnection? In...
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Speaker
Kulreet Chaudhary, M.D.
Neurologist, neuroscientist, author, Ayurvedic Medicine and Sound Medicine Expert
Dr. Kulreet Chaudhary
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Thursday, August 01
12:20 PM - 12:45 PM
Takeaways and talking points: Summit 2024
  • Thursday, August 01:  12:20 PM - 12:45 PM
Summit exists as conversations that may begin with panels and keynotes sessions but continue in the hallways, over dinner and, yes, at the bar. This is a chance to share those conversations and speaking directly to your colleagues and the Summit team about the issues, the highlights and what you...
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Co-Chair(s)
Jessica Rubino
Vice President of Content
New Hope Network
Moderator
Rick Polito
Editor-in-Chief, Nutrition Business Journal
New Hope Network
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Thursday, August 01
12:45 PM - 1:00 PM
Closing Remarks, Survey and Highlight Video
  • Thursday, August 01:  12:45 PM - 1:00 PM
Co-Chair(s)
Bill Giebler
Content & Insights Director
Nutrition Business Journal
Co-Chair(s)
Jessica Rubino
Vice President of Content
New Hope Network
Co-Chair(s)
Tom Aarts
President
Nutrition Business Advisors, LLC
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Thursday, August 01
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Closing Lunch
  • Thursday, August 01:  1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
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Thursday, August 01
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Closing Celebration
  • Thursday, August 01:  2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
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