The American Palm Oil Council will host the 7th annual Global Oil and Fats Forum on Sept. 29 and 30 at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center, National Harbor, Md.
Malaysian Palm Oil Council CEO Tan Sri Dr. Yusof Basiron will give the welcome address, and Malaysia's minister of plantations industries and commodities, Tan Sri Bernard Dompok, will give the opening address. Speakers from around the world and experts in their field will cover a range of topics during the two-day forum, including emerging market trends, rising food prices and food insecurity worldwide, the high and low of commodity prices, challenges for trans fat reformulations, challenges for biofuel, passage of new legislation affecting food and energy, and the changing dynamics affecting the oils and fats market.
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