7:30-8:30 A.M.
Registration & Continental Breakfast
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8:30-8:45 A.M.
Welcome & Program Overview
Roger Torneden, Director of Business, Management and Legal Programs, UCLA Extension
Anna M. Graves, Conference Chair, Partner and Co-Leader of the Restaurant, Food & Beverage Industry Group, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
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8:45-9:30 A.M.
Economic and Business Forecast for the Restaurant Industry
Speaker: Jerry Nickelsburg, Adjunct Full Professor of Economics and Director UCLA Anderson Forecast, UCLA Anderson School of Management
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9:30-10:15 A.M.
Keynote
Speaker: David Birzon, CEO, Snooze, an AM Eatery
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10:15-10:45 A.M.
Networking Break
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10:45-11:30 A.M.
The Fast Act and Other Legislative Perils
Speaker: Jot Condie, President, California Restaurant Association
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11:30-11:45 A.M.
Break
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11:45 A.M.–1:00 P.M.
Luncheon and Foodmanitarian™ Award Presentation
Foodmanitarian™ Award Presented to Maggie Baird, Founder and President, Support and Feed
Interviewed by: Jason Eisner, Co-Founder of Wolfie's Hot Chicken, Block Party and Party Beer Co.
Award presented by: Roger Torneden, Director of Business, Management and Legal Programs, UCLA Extension
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1:00–1:25 P.M.
Break
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1:25-2:05 P.M.
Conscious Capitalism
Speaker: Safwan Shah, CEO and Founder, PayActiv
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2:00-3:00 P.M.
Digitalization Panel
Speakers: Jill Marchick, VP, Consumer Insights & Business Analytics, Applebee's, Diego Panama, Chief Revenue Officer, Olo, Abhinav Kapur, Founder, Bikky, Ross Epstein, SVP of Product, SafeGraph, Daniel Dreymann, Chief Product Officer, Agot AI
Moderated by: Mike Lukianoff, Data Science Entrepreneur
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3:00-3:25 P.M.
Networking Break
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3:25-4:15 P.M.
Hot Concepts Panel
Speakers: Pinky Cole, CEO/Founder, Slutty Vegan, Kim Malek, Founder and President, Salt and Straw, Peter Phillips, CEO and Co-Founder, Chip City
Moderated by: Mark Leavitt, Co-Managing Partner and Co-Founder, Enlightened Hospitality Investments, Union Square Hospitality
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4:15-5:00 P.M.
Innovation Award Presentation
Innovation Award Presented to Sam Fox, Founder Fox Restaurant Concepts and Author & Edit Hospitality
Interviewed by: Lauren Bailey, CEO & Co-Founder, Upward Projects
Award presented by: Eric A. Bullard, Ph.D., Dean, Division of Continuing Education and UCLA Extension
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5:00-6:30 P.M.
Evening Reception