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#RootsInnovate2017
September 25th - 26th

DAY 1    Monday, September 25th, 2017

7:00 AM

  • Registration Check-In  

  • Breakfast

8:00 AM

  • Nuts and Bolts: Fresh Ideas for Managing Labor Laws, Tipping, Minimum Wage Insurance and Shortages

8:55 AM

  • The Road Less Traveled: Inventive Ways Chefs Are Diversifying Their Careers    

9:50 AM

  • Fine Casual: What to Retain and What to Discard to Maintain an Elevated Dining Experience In a More Relaxed Environment

10:45 AM

  • She Will Rise: The Challenges and Rewards of Being a Female Leader

​11:30 AM

  • The Culinary Vegetable Institute Presentation

11:45 AM

  • Lunch: Food: The Root of All Medicine  

1:00 PM

  • Oh, Canada! Northern Culinary History and Innovation

1:55 PM

  • Neurogastronomy: The Science of Flavor

2:50 PM

  • The Art of the Meal: Ingenious New Plating Ideas

3:45 PM

  • Keynote: Dr. Timothy Ryan              

4:30 PM

  • Special Presentation

5:00 PM

  • Cocktails & Mocktails

  • Group photo          

6:00 PM

  • Dinner: Tradition Meets Innovation        

DAY 2    Tuesday, September 26th, 2017

8:00 AM

  • Registration Check-In    

  • Farmers Market

  • Breakfast             

9:00 AM

  • Food as Medicine: Healing Yourself One Bite at A Time

9:55 AM

  • Happy Workers, Thriving Company: Rethinking Sustainability in the Workforce

10:50 AM

  • Diaspora: The Influence of One Nation upon Another and How It Drives Innovation

11:45 AM

  • Drink Your Veggies: Fresh Ideas for Vegetable Beverages

12:30 AM 

  • Closing Remarks

12:40 PM

  • Lunch: Veg Centric Farmers Market        


Agenda, Topics and Times are Subject to Change.

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