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Three days of industry-leading insights
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Full Agenda
7:30am – 9:45am

Networking Breakfast

Location: Business Bay (Emirates Level)
7:30am – 7:00pm

Registration & Information Desk

Location: Dubai Level
Presented By:
The Coca-Cola Company
IFFCO
NCR Corporation
9:45am – 11:45am

General Session

Location: Dubai Ballroom
Be "Inspired"
Speakers:

Paul Brown

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Inspire Brands

Jonathan Maze

Editor-in-Chief
Restaurant Business

High Performance in the Fast Lane with Formula 1 Driver and CEO of McLaren Racing Zak Brown
Speakers:

Zak Brown

Chief Executive Officer
McLaren Racing

Elaine Bowers Coventry

Global Chief Customer & Commercial Officer | Moderator
The Coca-Cola Company

Global State of the Industry

Technomic will provide a current state of the global restaurant landscape including market forecasts and leading chain performance data. The session will explore what’s now and what’s next in global trends and changing consumer behavior and attitudes. 

Speakers:

Jessica Cravero

Vice President, Business Development
Technomic

David Henkes

Senior Principal
Technomic

11:45am – 12:00pm

Networking Break

Location: Dubai Ballroom Foyer
12:00pm – 12:45pm

Innovation Forums (choose 1 of 5)

Option 1
Presented By:
OpenTable
Option 2
Presented By:
The Coca-Cola Company
Option 3
Presented By:
IFFCO
Option 4
Presented By:
Paytronix
Option 5
Presented By:
Posist
12:30pm – 2:30pm

Networking Lunch

1:15pm – 2:30pm

General Networking and Pre- scheduled Meetings

Location: Meetings Marketplace (Emirates Level)
2:45pm – 3:30pm

Innovation Forums (choose 1 of 5)

Option 1
Option 2
Option 3
Presented By:
IFFCO
Option 4
Option 5
3:30pm – 4:00pm

Networking Break

Location: Dubai Ballroom Foyer
4:00pm – 6:00pm

General Session

Location: Dubai Ballroom
Iconic US Brands with a Big Global Presence

Hear from top international presidents giving the initiatives.

Speakers:

Michael Haley

President and Managing Director, International
Inspire Brands

Mike Kehoe

President, EMEA
Subway

Abigail Pringle

President, International and Chief Development Officer
The Wendy's Company

Jonathan Maze

Editor-in-Chief
Restaurant Business

The Digital Kitchen Has Arrived- Time to Get on Board!

The foodservice industry is in the midst of its biggest digital transformation. This requires innovation from every angle of the restaurant that must tie together to offer a complete solution. The presentation will explain how the restaurant industry can effectively digitize their restaurants in order to reduce cost, improve equipment uptime, increase food safety measures, decrease food waste and ensure the highest level of data security and integrity

Speakers:

Phil Radford

Senior Vice President of New Product Development and Innovation
Welbilt

Good Fast Food- The Essentials of Healthy Sustainable Menus
6:00pm – 9:00pm

Reception and Dinner hosted by IFFCO

Location: Pool Deck
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100+Speakers
1,000+Attendees