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General Sessions
3:30pm – 6:15pm

Opening General Session

Location: Grand Saguaro Ballroom
Welcome & Live Open with Small Giant Records and BMI featured artist Rozzi Crane
Speakers:

BMI Featured Artist

VP, Industry Relations
BMI

The Curiosity Factor

Our team looks to us for answers. We're told to lead with vision. We're encouraged to set the roadmap and to lead by example. We're experts in the industry, and with experience comes wisdom.

Or does it?  It turns out some of the most innovative leaders in the world don't have THE answers, only questions. These executives don't set the roadmap or claim to be experts; they challenge their team to elevate their game. In a world full of experts, what we need are more visionaries.

In this keynote address, Andrew Davis will reveal the eye-opening power of curiosity. He'll challenge you to invite your team to chase answers. You'll learn the three critical ingredients to earning your employee's attention, and more importantly, you'll uncover the one thing that will transform your leadership style from expert to visionary.

What's the secret? Here's a hint: It's in the box.

Speakers:

Global Marketing Influencer, Former Television Executive and Best Selling Author, "Brandscaping" | Speaker

Presented By:
GetUpside
Using Data-Driven Insights, Analytics and Marketing Campaigns to Capture More Visits

Consumers are faced with endless choices when it comes to dining out. Understanding your customer, their dining behaviors, and the restaurant experience they’re craving is the key to capturing the next visit. From menu preferences to trend forecasting to delivery habits, leveraging the right data can help brands reach the people who matter most to them – their guests. Join Yelp COO Jed Nachman and IHOP President Darren Rebelez as the delve into how they’re successfully using rich consumer insights and real-time feedback to drive guest retention and attract new visits, create breakthrough campaigns, and increase sales. 

Speakers:

Editor-at-Large and Vice President of Content Innovation
Restaurant Business

Chief Operating Officer
Yelp

President
IHOP Restaurants

Presented By:
Yelp
RLC Charity Presentation spotlighting NRAEF ProStart
Speakers:

Chief Executive Officer | Honorary Co-chair
Dine Brands Global, Inc.

Vice President, Industry Relations | Honorary Co-chair
Ecolab

Vice President, Industry Relations & Business Development | Honorary Co-chair
PepsiCo Foodservice

President | Guest Speaker
National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation

Presented By:
Dine Brands Global, Inc.
Ecolab
McLane Foodservice, Inc
PepsiCo Foodservice
An Evening with Magic Johnson

As impressive off the court as on it, Earvin “Magic” Johnson pivoted the discipline, teamwork and leadership he honed as an L.A. Laker and NBA All-Star into an entrepreneurial success story. Since retiring from the NBA, he has morphed into a business powerhouse worth about $1 billion dollars. He has also dedicated his life to leaving a positive impact in underserved urban communities. Having left the basketball court for the boardroom, Johnson parlayed the skills and tenacity he acquired on the court into a winning formula for successful business ventures. Oh, and one of his major investments? Like us, it was restaurants. Pure Magic.

 

Join Winsight's Chris Keating as he interviews one of basketball's legends - just ahead of the Final Four Championship game.

Speakers:

Chairman and CEO, Magic Johnson Enterprises
President of Basketball Operations, Los Angeles Lakers

EVP, Conferences
Informa Connect Foodservice

Senior Vice President, Chief Customer and Business Development Officer
PepsiCo Global Foodservice Division

Presented By:
PepsiCo Foodservice
100+Speakers
1700+Attendees