Opening Dinner and Charitable Endeavour Awards

The FEA Industry Conference Opening Dinner ensures that the conference starts with a bang. The Opening Dinner sees the presentation of the Charitable Endeavour Awards, a presentation from this year’s chosen charity, and the Charity Raffle, where all prizes are donated by conference attendees.

Industry update and global trends
Michael Jones, Editor, Foodservice Consultant Magazine

Front of House Design Trends - How restaurant design is going to change over the next decade and its impact on light and heavy equipment requirements.
Claire Smith, ABDA Design 
Tansin Blankley, ABDA Design

Kitchen and FOH technology in use
Mark Reynolds, Regional Executive Chef Levy UK and Chair of the Craft Guild of Chefs

Morning Keynote
Dr Peter Stadelmann, CEO, Rational UK

Food to go trends
Matt Cundrick, Founder, FTG Navigator

AI from an operator’s perspective
Tim Davies, CEO, Projekt Rising 

Ethics, policy, governance and regulation – understanding how to use AI
Chang Ge, Head Lecturer at Lincoln University 

How Google is using AI?
James Shaw, Global Programs Design Lead, Google

AI Panel Session
Chaired by Tim Davies
Panellists: Chang Ge, James Shaw, Emanuela Delgado

Motivational session
Eddie ‘the Eagle’ Edwards