The American Society of Baking (ASB) will hold BakingTech 2016—the “Best Week in Baking”—Feb. 28 to March 1 at the Hilton Chicago in Chicago. According to ASB chairman Ramon Rivera, Bimbo Bakeries USA, Horsham, PA, no other industry meeting has as many baker and allied attendees, networking opportunities or technical sessions that provide industry best practices attendees can put to work as soon as they get home.
The theme of this year’s conference is “Growth Through Innovation.” Industry keynote speakers William Toler, president and CEO of Hostess Brands LLC, Kansas City, MO, and Kat Cole, group president of FOCUS Brands Inc., Atlanta, and former president of Cinnabon Inc., will talk about innovations in production, marketing and distribution that led to growth in their market segments.