Arun delivers profitable growth through innovation. In his current role at one of the world’s leading dairy groups, he uncovers deep level consumer insights in order to bring new dairy innovations to market.

In past lives as an advertising copywriter and as an innovation consultant, Arun has brought fresh perspectives, ideas and results to some of the world’s leading products and brands. He has travelled around the world in a quest to absorb the diversity that different people, languages and cultures have to offer.

A long-time creativity and innovation practitioner, Arun is guilty of launching Lactofree, the UK’s first fresh, 100% lactose free cow’s milk. In 2007, his consumer and category insights inspired a category rule-breaking new design for standard fresh milk, which was voted Product of the Year 2008 by more than 12,000 British consumers. A multi award winner for marketing and innovation best practice, he was voted “Client of the Year 2008” at the 10th international Food & Beverage (FAB) Awards.

The author of two books, Arun's bylines have appeared in dailies, weeklies and monthlies in India and the UK. He speaks around the world on innovation and consumer connections.

Dr. Miller received her doctoral degree in Nutrition and Biobehavioral Health from Penn State University working with Barbara Rolls, PhD, with a research interest in human eating behaviour, fat intake regulation and body weight regulation. Afterward, she completed a post doctoral fellowship at Harvard Medical School, focusing on adult weight management. Her undergraduate degree is from Juniata Collage, Huntingdon, PA.

Dr. Miller currently directs the clinical nutrition program and nutrition communications for The Hershey Company in Hershey, PA. She works closely with food scientists and marketing professionals to develop health and wellness orientated products. She also collaborates with university based researchers to develop clinical research protocols to provide the evidence base to support the health benefits of such products. Furthermore, Dr. Miller develops information and copy for website communications on nutritional issues, and assists in the overall nutritional communications plan for The Hershey Company.

Previously, Dr. Miller served as Director of Nutrition Communications for the Solae Company, St. Louis, MO. Prior to joining the food industry, Dr. Miller was an assistant professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where she investigated human food intake regulation and obesity treatment.

Paul Isherwood is Director, Innovation & External Networks for GSK Nutritional Healthcare R&D. His main accountabilities include leading the quest for new knowledge of technologies and products from outside the business; and developing the external network to extend the company’s capabilities.

Peter Wennström is a brand consultant with 15 years of experience from a large number of successful added value projects within the areas of food, functional foods and OTC medicine, in Scandinavia as well as in Europe.

Peter has devoted a special interest to the changing conditions for health communication and the role of the brand as a management tool in the “transparent marketplace”. This has resulted in articles and presentations about “science push vs. consumer pull in food and health marketing” and models for strategy and brand development like the “FourFactors” for success in functional foods.

Together with European partners like The Centre for Food & Health Studies, London and GIRA Euroconsultants in Paris, Peter is today involved in projects with the aim to identify and understand how value is created in the consumer market for health.

Peter has a background as a copy director and planning director in Swedish and international advertising agencies, where he worked with clients like Pharmacia & UpJohn (Nicorette, Microlax, Regaine), Skane Dairy (ProViva, Maval/Olibra) Ericsson mobile phones and Compaq computers. This gave an in depth experience of the special challenges in communicating hi-tech products - from functional foods to mobile phones - to consumers.

Peter Wennström Integrated is a network based brand consultancy dedicated to the identification, development and communication of commercial added values for research and technology driven companies in the consumer market, through brand strategies and international concept development. The company is based in Sweden.

Lee Linthicum manages the research programme for the global packaged foods industry at Euromonitor International, which he joined in March 2001.

Euromonitor International is the world's leading consumer market analyst. For more than 35 years, Euromonitor has published internationally respected market research reports, business reference books and online information systems, providing strategic business intelligence for the world’s leading FMCG multinationals.

In his current post, Lee has direct responsibility over the content and quality of Euromonitor’s packaged foods and health and wellness research, which provides strategic analysis of the global market for these two industries and in depth coverage in more than 80 countries worldwide. Before joining the London office of Euromonitor International, Lee worked in Euromonitor’s Chicago office, first as US FMCG Research Analyst and then as Research Manager overseeing FMCG market research for the US, Brazil, and Mexico.

Lee has a degree in Economics (BA with Honours) from the University of Chicago, and has also studied at the London School of Economics.