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Kevin Kantono is a Sensory Scientist in Arla based in the Arla Innovation Center in Aarhus, Denmark. Kevin graduated with his doctorate degree from Auckland University of Technology in New Zealand and now is the principal sensory scientist for Arla's business transformation program Calcium. He's also leading Arla's sensory and consumer science research program in collaboration with local and international universities.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jkevink/

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Julia Tyrpin is the Director of Sensory Science for Griffith Foods North America. She is a seasoned sensory professional with over 30 years' experience in the food industry; with the last 20 focused in Sensory Science. Julia has held sensory roles in CPG companies such as Wrigley and Diageo as well as on the supplier side with Product Dynamics (currently Brisan Group). Her current role at Griffith Foods includes managing sensory teams in Canada, Mexico, and the U.S. that support Griffith Foods in creating seasonings, coating systems, marinades, and sauces across a variety of product categories.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/julia-tyrpin-670635174/

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Michel's career has focused on Consumer & Product Research & Sensory Design. He has held a number of senior research positions in the industry, including Director of Insights & Sensory Design at Danone. He is also a former Head of Product research & Sensory Design capability at Unilever.

Since becoming an Independent Consultant, Michel shared his expertise with research teams around the globe. His focus is to help teams overcome their challenges by bringing an external and creative viewpoint to deliver people and product insights that will drive business decisions and product design.

Michel has been one of the first in the industry to make the Sensory & Consumer Science function an Insights powerhouse. Since the start of his career, he has been a strong advocate for People Centric Innovation projects to launch products that overcome consumer's tension and truly enhance people's lives.

LinkedIn: https://fr.linkedin.com/in/michel-bonnet-2015

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Dr. Thierry Worch, a sensometrician at FrieslandCampina, started life in sensory as a project manager at OP&P Product Research in Utrecht, The Netherlands, before completing his PhD in in collaboration with Pieter Punter, Sébastien Lê, and Jérôme Pagès.

At the end of 2012, Thierry joined Anne Hasted's team at Qi Statistics, where he ran clients' projects and gave diverse trainings. With Qi Statistics, he also continued a long collaboration with EyeQuestion, where he produced the R-routines included in the EyeOpenR software. Pivoting in 2019, Thierry joined the Global Sensory Department of Friesland-Campina, where he provides his expertise in Sensory and Consumer Methods, Sensometrics, and Data Science.

Besides publishing various papers related to Sensometrics, he is also the co-author with Sébastien Lê of "Analyzing sensory data with R," and is currently working on "Introduction to Data Science for Sensory and Consumer Scientists" together with Dr. Julien Delarue and Dr. John Ennis.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/thierry-worch/25/187/b04

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Amy Bowen is director of consumer insights at Vineland Research and Innovation Centre, where she leads a group of industry experts in sensory and consumer science with backgrounds in biology, food science, psychology, oenology, and culinary arts to offer contract and collaborative research services.

Amy's research focuses on understanding the drivers that impact consumer preference and choice for horticultural products to create value-added results that inform breeding program selections, brand development, new variety introductions, and commercialization.

Amy has a PhD in Biological Sciences with a specialization in Plant Science, Oenology and Viticulture from Brock University. She is also a certified sommelier through the Canadian Association of Professional Sommeliers.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amy-bowen-phd-4266257b/

Website: https://www.vinelandresearch.com/

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Lisa Beck, Founder at Insight Factory, believes that genuine curiosity and empathetic interactions lead to an in-depth understanding of consumers. To uncover and explore actionable insights, she strives to interact with consumers in their time and space, researching life as it happens, both in the off-line and on-line world.

Drawing on a unique background in product development, marketing, sensory and consumer insights, Lisa observes consumer behavior, discovers insights and converts those insights into new and improved products and ultimately more profits. Lisa has over 20 years experience at Colgate-Palmolive and over 10 years experience consulting with sensory and consumer insight professionals around the world.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisacbeck

Website: http://www.insightfactoryllc.com/

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Michael Meyners is a Principal Scientist at Procter & Gamble. With a PhD in Statistics, Michael also regularly teaches at the Technical University of Dortmund, Germany. He is a past Chair of the Sensometric Society and serves as Associate Editor of Food Quality and Preference. Michael has numerous publications related to the statistical design and analysis of sensory and consumer data, and provides a wide range of statistical support in his day-to-day work at P&G.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-meyners-9a445017/

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Nimesha Ranasinghe is an Assistant Professor at the School of Computing and Information Science and directs the Multisensory Interactive Media lab at the University of Maine. Nimesha completed his Ph.D. at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, in 2013. Nimesha's research interests include Multisensory Interfaces, Human-Computer Interaction, and Augmented and Virtual Reality. He is well-known for his Digital Taste and Virtual Cocktail inventions and has been featured in numerous media worldwide, including New Scientist, New York Times, Time Magazine, BBC Radio, Discovery Channel, and Reuters. Furthermore, he has published his work in several prestigious academic conferences and journals, including the ACM conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, ACM conference on Multimedia, and Journal of Human-Computer Studies. He has received numerous awards for his research works. In particular, in 2014, his work on Digital Lollipop was selected as one of the world's ten best innovations by the netexplo forum in UNESCO HQ, Paris.

MIM lab: www.mimlab.info

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/nimesha

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Jeanna Isham has 15+ years of audio experience. Starting in film composition and production music, she evolved into the world of sonic branding and sound identities as a creator, strategist and thought leader. Her company, Dreamr Productions, creates audio identities for companies and brands, as well as consults and educates brands and marketers on sound in marketing and its best practices. Jeanna also produces, hosts, and edits the Sound In Marketing Podcast.

Dreamr Productions is a subsidiary of Stage Ham Entertainment LLC, a full service audio/video production company based out of Pasadena, CA.

Course: www.soundinmarketing.com

Website: www.dreamrproductions.com

Blog: https://jeanna-isham.medium.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeannaisham/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Jeanna_Isham

Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-in-marketing/id1467112373

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Dr. Isabelle Lesschaeve is a sensory and consumer scientist with 25+ years of experience. Isabelle held positions with increasing responsibilities in academia and R&D departments in France, Canada, and the US, most recently as the Director of Product Guidance at The Coca-Cola Company.

Isabelle is the author and co-author of 50+ peer-reviewed articles. She excels in and loves designing learning plans to unlock complex questions related to consumer consumption behaviors.

Isabelle pivoted her career recently to focus on two of her passions, wine & education, through InnoVinum, her consulting company. She publishes weekly articles on her website winetasting-demystified.com, and just created an online course platform, InnoVinum Academy, to train wine enthusiasts to taste wine using her sensory science framework.

Website: https://www.winetasting-demystified.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/winetastingdemystified/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ilesschaeve/

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