Enjoy a morning of golf on the picturesque fairways of the Wildfire Golf Club. This is the perfect opportunity to continue building business relationships while practicing your swing. After the tournament, enjoy lunch with your fellow golfers.

7:15am - 8:15am: Check-in, breakfast and warmup
8:30am: Tournament begins (Shotgun Start)
Following Tournament - Lunch
6:30pm: Results and awards will be available at the RLC Product Gallery

Two different hikes will be offered by our professional guides: one for the more fitness-oriented hiker seeking a unique outdoor workout and one for the more leisurely hiker looking for an up close and personal tour of the desert's beauty. 

7:30am - 8:00am: Check-in and breakfast at Saguaro Ballroom Foyer
8:00am: Bus departure from the Sunset Terrace (outside of Saguaro Ballroom)
8:00am - 10:30am: Hiking
11:00am: Arrive at JW Marriott Desert Ridge

Climb on board in an open-air Jeep and experience the beauty and serenity of Arizona's Sonoran Desert on this guided tour. Learn about the spectacular trails from a genuine cowboy guide.

7:30am-8:00am: Check-in and breakfast at Saguaro Ballroom Foyer
8:00am: Bus departure from the Sunset Terrace (outside the Saguaro Ballroom)
8:00am - 10:30am: Jeep Tour
11:00am: Arrive at JW Marriott Desert Ridge

Test your racing skills at Octane Raceway and zoom in your very own go-kart at up to 45 miles per hour. Will you have the fastest time on the track? Enjoy some friendly competition and get to know your fellow racers.

7:30am - 8:00am: Check-in and breakfast at Saguaro Ballroom Foyer
8:00am: Bus departure from the Sunset Terrace (outside the Saguaro Ballroom)
8:30am - 10:30am: Octane Raceway Experience
11:00am: Arrive at JW Marriott Desert Ridge

Always wanted to experience skydiving but too afraid to make the jump? There's no airplane, no parachute and no jumping required! Join us at Scottsdale's indoor skydiving facility and cross skydiving off your bucket list!

7:45am - 8:15am: Check-in and breakfast at Saguaro Ballroom Foyer
8:15am: Bus departure from the Sunset Terrace (outside the Saguaro Ballroom)
8:45am - 10:45am: iFly experience
11:00am: Arrive at JW Marriott Desert Ridget

Test your sharpshooting ability at the Scottsdale Gun Club, the largest public indoor shooting range in the United States with state-of-the-art features, including user-friendly touchscreen control panels and a 360-degree rotating target system.

9:00am - 9:30am: Check-in and breakfast at Saguaro Ballroom Foyer
9:30am: Bus departure from the Sunset Terrace (outside the Saguaro Ballroom)
10:00am - 11:30am: Range time
11:30am - 12:00pm: Awards presentation
12:00pm: Bus departure
12:30pm: Arrive at JW Marriott Desert Ridge

Great cooking is about more than recipes—it's about techniques. In this custom designed class you'll work together with fellow attendees in a fun, hands-on environment led by professional chef instructors.

8:00am - 8:30am: Check-in and breakfast at Saguaro Ballroom Foyer
8:30am: Bus departure from the Sunset Terrace (outside the Saguaro Ballroom)
9:00am - 11:00am: Sur La Table
11:00am: Bus departure
11:30am: Arrive at JW Marriott Desert Ridge

Are you an ace with a racket? We'll pair up doubles to go head to head, rotating through all the teams until we have a victor! 

8:00am - 8:15am: Check-in at tennis courts
8:15am: Instruction for the tournament
11:00am: Tournament completes

CEOs and leadership teams are confronted with tough challenges all the time and in the past two years, those challenges have included a global pandemic and perhaps the biggest gap in the labor force in the history of the restaurant industry. Domino’s CEO Ritch Allison and his leadership team have charted their course through tough times using their aligned values as their guide. During a candid conversation with Jonathan Maze, Ritch will share how Domino’s values-based leadership helped turn this iconic brand into the largest pizza chain in the world.

Technomic will profile the current environment facing the industry with a look toward future expectations, using the most trusted global foodservice market data and insights.   Overarching US economic and business issues will be discussed to provide context on restaurant industry impact.  Latest restaurant industry data and over-arching trends that span the restaurant space and that are fueling change as the industry recovers from the pandemic will be revealed. Coverage will include post-pandemic consumer and menu-based evolutionary factors required to drive success.  Technomic will also present its 2022 and longer term forecasts for the restaurant industry, and provide perspectives for underlying growth.

Virtual kitchens have become remarkably popular during the pandemic and have the potential to change how the industry develops and creates new concepts and generates returns on investment. This session discusses the economics and operations of virtual kitchens and how they can help operators generate sales and entrepreneurs make money fast. 

Few individuals ever become iconic enough to be known by one name – Shaq. A cultural icon, Shaquille O’Neal is best known for an NBA career spanning nearly two decades and earning him the sport’s highest honors including membership in the NBA Hall of Fame. O’Neal has since pivoted that same discipline into several businesses, including television and media, and even restaurants. As a board member of Papa John’s, he has become the brand’s ambassador and investor in nine locations, in addition to his ownership over several other franchises, including Five Guys, Auntie Anne’s, and Krispy Kreme. Dedicated to overachieving, on and off the court, Shaq joins us to share his story and the lessons he learned along the way.

It's time for everyone's favorite hour … happy hour! Take a well-deserved break, and mix and mingle among the displays in the Restaurant Product Gallery. With almost 200 suppliers on display, you're sure to find all the industry-shapers within the RLC Marketplace. It's all about the connections you make and the hands you'll shake here, where suppliers and operators gather to uncover the latest solutions, sample new products and even close deals. 

Join the National Restaurant Association in this informative and important discussion, as Sean Kennedy, the Executive Vice President of Public Affairs, discusses the challenges and opportunities facing the industry in the modern political era.

Admiral William H. McRaven eloquently draws on his extensive career of 37 years of service as a Navy SEAL. The discussion addresses issues such as U.S. foreign policy, the current geopolitical landscape, leadership during high-stress situations, risk management, teamwork, resilience in the face of adversity, resourcefulness, personal accountability, and the determination to succeed.