Presidents Conference 2012

11/05/2012 Printable agenda

7:00 am - 8:00 am	Breakfast
8:00 am - 8:10 am	Welcome
8:10 am - 9:00 am	Opening Keynote Speaker Mark W. Johnson, Co-Founder and Senior Partner, Innosight Mark Johnson, expert on business model transformation, best-selling author and co-founder of Innosight, will show you how to envision and create new growth, manage transformation and achieve renewal through business model innovation.
9:00 am - 9:20 am	Revolutionizing Foodservice Business Models Bill Hale, Founder, Hale Group Bill Hale, will lay the foundation for the current foodservice landscape, which will set the framework for the following panels on foodservice business model transformation.
9:20 am - 11:30 am	Panels The foodservice channel is changing. How will our business models change with it? Hear from three industry leading panels from each of the foodservice communities – operators, distributors and manufacturers – as they explore answers to these questions.
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm	Lunch
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Golf/Networking
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm	Afternoon Breakout Session Mark W. Johnson, Co-Founder and Senior Partner, Innosight
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm	All-Industry Reception and Annual IFMA Educational Foundation Silent Auction

11/06/2012 Printable agenda

7:00 am - 8:00 am	Breakfast
7:15 am - 7:45 am	GS1 Update
8:00 am - 8:25 am	Sparkplug/Presidents/Key Person Awards
8:25 am - 8:50 am	Update on Cutting-Edge Initiatives
8:50 am - 9:30 am	Global Economic Outlook Rudy Lohmeyer, A.T. Kearney, will deliver the annual real-time analysis of global trends and conditions.
9:30 am - 10:15 am	All-Industry Panel A panel of leading operators, manufacturers and distributors will provide answers to the tough questions everyone has been asking.
10:45 am - 11:30 am	Closing Keynote Speaker Lon B. Southerland, Senior Director of Global Food and Beverage, Marriott International Lon Southerland, will share his real-life experience as the change agent of disruptive innovation in the creation and program rollout of Marriott’s new Courtyard brand.
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm	Tuesday Afternoon Business Session Rudy Lohmeyer, from A.T. Kearney, will continue his discussion from earlier in the day. This will also provide you the opportunity to ask specific questions, regarding our industry or even your organizations own situation.
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Golf/Activities/Networking
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm	50th Annual Grand Banquet Reception
8:00 pm - 9:30 pm	50th Annual Grand Banquet Reception and Distributor Awards