The Food Processing Suppliers Association (FPSA), McLean, Va., announced the general session speakers for the 2015 FPSA Annual Conference taking place March 18-20 at the Omni Resorts La Costa in Carlsbad, Calif.

With the conference theme “Expanding Horizons,” FPSA will open the 2015 Annual Conference with keynote speaker J.B. Bernstein, noted 25+ year veteran of the sports marketing industry and the subject of the 2014 Disney movie, Million Dollar Arm. Bernstein will share with conference attendees the inside story that led him to India in search of new baseball talent and ultimately resulted in the first Indian born men to ever sign pro sports contracts in the United States.

Joining Bernstein on the 2015 program is best-selling author and professor of Innovation and Executive Director of the Berkley Entrepreneurship Center at New York University’s Stern School of Business, Luke Williams. As one of the most respected voices on innovation leadership, Williams will share concepts from his book Disrupt: Think the Unthinkable to Spark Transformation in Your Business with the goal of helping conference attendees to plan and ultimately take advantage of change in the marketplace and in their business.

FPSA will have a special session about ESL/aseptic dairy processing

The dairy track of sessions will include presentations from Steve Goldenstein of Shamrock Foods Company and Jeffrey Andrews of HP Hood, who will both discuss the challenges in ESL and aseptic processing at two of the nation’s leading dairy processors. They will be joined on the program by Michael Brennenstuhl of Cheese & Whey Systems who will share his insights from a career in artisan cheese making.