The Federation of Bakers’ annual conference will take place on Wednesday 20 May 2009 at the Dorchester Hotel, London. The speakers in the morning session are John Cridland, deputy director-general of the CBI; Dr Susan Jebb, head of human nutrition research from the Medical Research Council; and Scott Clarke, bakery category director at Tesco. A panel debate will include Jebb and Clarke, along with Paul Molyneux, quality director of Hovis, and NFU president Peter Kendall.

Lunch at the event will include a special guest speaker - Tim Smith, chief executive of the Food Standards Agency.