Sweets & Snacks Expo Supplier Showcase | May 17 – 18 | Indianapolis, Indiana
Share Your Expertise at Supplier Showcase
Ingredients are evolving. Technology is advancing. Manufacturing and supply chains are changing. If you have a solution, innovation, or insight that can help confectionery and snack companies work smarter, solve challenges, and prepare for what’s next, we want to hear from you.
We’re looking for experts who can bring actionable insights, new thinking, research or real-world examples — not a sales pitch.
Why Speak?
- Reach the Right Audience. More than 1,600 industry professionals visit Supplier Showcase, putting your expertise in front of confectionery and snack manufacturers and decision-makers.
- Expand Your Visibility. Selected speakers and sessions are promoted to more than 50,000 industry contacts before, during, and after the Expo.
- Receive Two Complimentary Expo Registrations. Get two Expo registrations, valued at up to $4,400, with access to Supplier Showcase, the show floor, special events and education sessions.
What We’re Looking For
We’re looking for supplier-side expertise and solutions that help confectionery and snack manufacturers improve how products are formulated, produced, packaged and brought to market.
Bring us your best thinking in:
- Ingredients & Formulation: Ingredient innovation, functionality, reformulation, flavors, colors, textures and alternative ingredients
- Packaging & Materials: Packaging innovation, materials, sustainability, labeling, efficiency and new technologies
- Manufacturing & Equipment: Processing and production technologies, equipment innovation, automation, robotics, quality and efficiency
- Supply Chain, Sourcing & Logistics: Ingredient and material sourcing, procurement, transportation, warehousing, resilience and cost management
- Technology, Data & AI: Practical applications that improve R&D, production, forecasting, quality, maintenance, operations and supply chain
- Food Safety, Regulatory & Compliance: Emerging requirements, food safety, traceability, labeling and other regulatory changes affecting manufacturers and suppliers
- Workforce & Operational Excellence: Labor challenges, training, productivity, safety and solutions that improve plant performance
Have a different supplier-side idea? Pitch it.
If your expertise can help confectionery and snack manufacturers solve an operational challenge, improve efficiency or prepare for what’s next, we want to hear it.
What to Expect
- Presentation: 30-40 minutes
- Location: Supplier Showcase at Sweets & Snacks Expo
- Availability: Speakers must be available during Supplier Showcase programming until session schedules are confirmed.
- Support: An NCA staff liaison will help you prepare for your session.
- Travel: Speakers are responsible for their own airfare and hotel.
Ready to share your expertise?
Submit your proposal by Friday, October 16.
Selected speakers will be notified via email in January.
Questions? Contact Nicholas Brown.
