#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.