Special Session: AIB International - Developing the Next Generation of Food Safety Professionals

Companies are struggling to fill food safety and quality positions. Long-serving food safety professionals are retiring, while recent college graduates find little appeal in taking these positions. Salaries aren’t competitive with industries like tech, the necessary qualifications are increasing, and auditing has a “bad rap” for being boring.

In this presentation, Jason Dorsey, President of the Center for Generational Kinetics will examine how the industry can attract desperately needed talent and how leaders can leverage intergenerational dynamics to create a workplace that will engage and retain employees over the long haul.  Jason will also lead a fireside chat with universities; certification program owners; food companies and service providers (AIB International) to reveal how to reduce the knowledge gap between college programs and industry requirements through innovative mentorship and apprenticeship programs, leverage technology to increase interest and awareness, and drive collaboration between industry organizations.

Session participants will benefit from Dorsey’s generational insights and walk away with concrete actions that will help them turn the tide and successfully develop the next generation(s) of food safety leaders.