Full Schedule
Tuesday, June 9: Operations & Strategic Planning
2:00 PM EDT Planetary Health From the Ground Up: How and what we eat can affect our health and our ability to endure a pandemic
Walter Willett M.D., Dr. P.H., is Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School
2:35 PM EDT The Future Trend Landscape: Changes, Ideas, Tools, and Data
Mike Kostyo, Trendologist, Datassentials
3:00 PM EDT Panel Discussion – How Operators and Supply Chain can Support Each Other and Rebuild and Reshape our Foodservice
- Moderator: Marie Molde (Client Solutions, Datassential)
- Panelist: Perry Miele (President of Nestlé Professional)
- Panelist: Phil Kafarkis (President, Specialty Food Association)
- Panelist: Greg Keller (Senior Vice President of Sales, Sysco)
Wednesday, June 10: Health & Wellness, Culinary & Safety
2:00 PM EDT Kumble R. Subbaswamy, Chancellor, University of Massachusetts
2:05 PM EDT How COVID Disrupted the Food Supply Chain
Eric Decker, Professor and Head of the Department of Food Science, University of Massachusetts
2:20 PM EDT Supporting Health and Wellness in the New Normal
Lisa Eberhart, Director of Nutrition Services, Menu Analytics
2:35 PM EDT Culinary Innovation: How we offer amazing food while meeting the new health and safety guidelines
- Van Sullivan (Executive Director, Stony Brook University)
- Alexander Ong (Director of Culinary Excellence, University of Massachusetts)
3:15 PM EDT Panel Discussion: Prepare your Dining Operations for Reopening
- Moderator: Marie Molde (Client Solutions, Datassential)
- Panelist: Jeffrey Palmer (Director of Dining, UC San Diego)
- Panelist: Rafi Taherian (Associate Vice President for Yale Hospitality)
- Panelist: Garett DiStefano (Director of Dining, University of Massachusetts, Amherst)
Thursday, June 11: Communication & Storytelling
2:30 PM EDT Storytelling Soundbites in a Post-COVID-19 World
Bonnie Powell (Director of Communications for Bon Appétit Management Company)
3:00 PM EDT Online Ordering during a Pandemic
- Speaker: Zia Ahmed (Senior Director, Dining Services, The Ohio State)
- Speaker: Robert Holden (Associate VP, Auxiliary Services, University of Georgia)
- Speaker: Ben Anderson (Head of Industry Relations, GrubHub)
4:00 PM EDT Student Panel Discussion: Expectations for Reopening
- Moderator: Marie Molde (Client Solutions, Datassential)
- Panelist: Anna Margaret Clyburn (Rice University, History & French Studies Major, Class of 2021 )
- Panelist: Bryan Weintraub (Cornell University, Hotel Administration Major, Class of 2021)
- Panelist: Jordan Jones (University of California, Santa Barbara)
- Panelist: Erielle Warshowsky (University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Psychology Major, Class of 2022)
- Panelist: Megan Remer (University of Michigan, Public Health in Nutritional Sciences & Dietetics Major, 2nd Year Masters)
- Panelist: Jemark Earle (McGill University, Faculty of Law Major, Class of 2022)
- Panelist: Jordan Jones (Cell and Development Biology Major, Class of 2021)