Please note the program may still be subject to some changes. Most food experts would agree that if you want to see where the food industry is going to be in North America five years out then visit Europe! Join us as we cross Europe with leading food industry experts -- touring, attending presentations, and witnessing the latest trends in food firsthand. Our tour will take us to the following places: Paris France, Saturday, October 21 - Tuesday October 24 to attend SIAL, the world's largest food and beverage trade exhibition in 2006, as well as Carrefour the largest retailer in Europe, and Packforum, a Cryovac's customer care centre designed to bring players in the food industry together to create innovation. For more details click here. Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Tuesday October 24 - Wednesday October 25. The Dutch are the world's third largest food exporters and spend more money per capita on food R&D than any country in the world. Plus they are the masters of logistics and intensified food production. We will visit the Aalsmeer Flower Auction, investigate the latest in greenhouse technology with Van Van der Hoeven, attend an enlightening presentation at Unilever (one of the world's largest consumer goods companies) and visit Albert Heijn B.V one of the largest food retailers in the world.. For more details click here. London, U.K, Thursday October 26 - Friday October 27. You will spend two days with Dr. David Hughes who is one of the world's leading food experts. Davis will provide you an in-depth presentation of the UK food industry and then tour you around some of the UK's leading food retailers and food markets including Tesco, Sainsbury's, Waitrose and Marks & Spencer. We will also examine in-depth the Ready Meal market with Charlie Bigham, Founder of Bighams one of London's leading chilled ready meal companies and attend a presentation about key exporting strategies from Mr. Patrick Davis, the former Chief Executive of "Food from Britain". For more details click here.