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Events Update - 01/09/2021
Our highly successful conference and exhibitions programme has been temporarily curtailed, due to Covid-19. In their place we have organised a series of executive briefings, round table discussions and industry focus groups.
These events are smaller in the number of members attending and in their duration with the group content being contained within 2-4 hours sessions with the number of participants being capped to around thirty people. The frequency of these events is dynamic and offers a controlled environment for members and partners to engage in agenda topics and address the industry issues of the day.
UK FOOD SUPPLY CHAIN
LONDON - JANUARY 20 2022
The UK imports more groceries than it exports, through a network of global, complex supply chains. As national politics and trade become increasingly turbulent and extreme weather events and rapid climate change become the norm, it is important to test and identify improvements to the grocery supply chains and infrastructure that will ensure the resilience of the country’s food sources.
2022 EVENTS PROGRAMME
All events are created around the needs of our members and partners. From time to time we reach out to others in the industry who we believe can either benefit from attending as our guest or they have a valuable contribution, intellectual capital, relevant sector experience or 'know-how' to share with the audience.
Dates for Q1 2022 diary
24th
February
GROCERY & FOODSERVICE
TRENDS BRIEFING
'Food & Grocery Trends' forms the core of this Directions & Trends Briefing (the first in a series of three). It is a senior executive event where the most progressive and influential individuals across the food and grocery industries will be on the platform and in the audience. It is the ideal forum for industry leaders who want to stay on trend, share insights and develop the future direction
of their business.
Sectors: Grocery & Food Service
Status: Open to Members
10th
March
FOOD PACKAGING
PARTNER FOCUS GROUP
How is packaging design shaping the food, drink, functional health and wellbeing offering? How can creativity in packaging design drive re-purchase? How are millennials and generation Z influencing brand packaging? These are just some of the questions that will be addressed in this focus group will address.
Sectors: Grocery & Fast Food
Status: Private Partner Event by Invitation Only
29th
March
THE FUTURE OF FOOD 2030
This briefing will look 10 years beyond Brexit to how Britain will evolve socially, technologically and environmentally. It will discuss how changing trends will impact food production, delving into what we’ll be eating, how we’ll be buying it, and how food will be produced. It poses the question, what impact will this have on the UK food industry and what’s needed to ensure the UK can take full advantage?
Sectors: All Sectors
Status: Open to Members
The UK Restaurant Technology "Live Chat" Event
London: April 07 2022
Manchester: April 28 2022
Edinburgh: May 5 2022
Technology leaders are pointing the way to the next wave of innovation in the restaurant. In this highly anticipated Firechat, we'll explore initiatives that have made a difference to several UK operators even during a time of crisis.
The Restaurant Technology "Live Chat" Event
Whether it's the explosion in online ordering & delivery, the move towards ghost kitchen and virtual restaurant models, and the digital transformation of restaurant operations, or the move from one-sized-fits-all menus to highly personalized restaurant experiences, the restaurant of tomorrow will look radically different.
Join this sectors leading innovators and operators on April 14th as they map the future of the restaurant. If you are a restaurant executive, culinary creator, startup founder technology provider, foodspace designer or food industry investor, book your place now.
Dates for Q2 2022 diary
24th
April
UK FARMING IN 2030
Farming in 2030: this event explores a route to 2030 to demonstrate that with the right enabling conditions, an agroecological system could provide enough healthy food for a growing UK population. This initial forum will explore how our thinking about agroecology in this country needs to focus on five critical areas: diet, carbon, livestock, productivity and nature. By focusing on these areas, the debate will engage in a Q&A session to answer some key questions of our time: is it possible to provide enough nutritious food for people through agroecological farming alone? What impact would this have on land use, nature, biodiversity, livestock, farming enterprises, food security? What about health and wellbeing and meeting net zero carbon targets? The group will also explore where further analysis and discussion is needed in order to balance different interests and hear a wider range of voices.
Sectors: Farming, Agriculture, Grocery
Status: Open to Members
10th
May
HR DIRECTORS ROUND TABLE 2022
HRS22 is an exclusive member event of industry HR decision-makers dedicated to finding the best approach to achieving the HR business goals they have set out for their company. COVID-19 has created a 'new normal' that all businesses - and particularly HR departments - are now working hard to keep up with. Our industry is experiencing some of the biggest repercussions from the pandemic. The industry and its related supply chains are facing a range of unique challenges that will require dedicated, effective solutions if organisations are to stay competitive during this time.
To succeed in achieving this ambition of coming out of the current situation in a better position than before, companies must be ready to negotiate some unprecedented HR challenges. HRS22 is designed to be a time-effective way to convene with like-minded peers and discover a route through the headline challenges facing the entire industry, sector by sector.
Sectors: Food Producers, Retail, Grocery
Status: Open to members
YOU DECIDE THE DATE
2022/23
BENEFIT FROM HOSTING YOUR INDUSTRY FOCUS GROUP
Our industry sector briefings offer an unrivalled way to get your target audience and your team up to date on the latest service and product offering. From informal Q&A Sessions, Sector Focus Groups to Industry Seminars, Workshops and Round Table Talks. our events team are available to leverage their research, knowledge and industry contacts to support your event hosted by us.
Sectors: All Sectors
Status: Open to Members & Partners
It's Back
The Annual Members Day R&R Event Returns for 2022
MEMBERS DAY AT GOODWOOD - SUSSEX
It never went away it just stood aside for the last two years .
TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THE SECTORS WE SERVE
INDUSTRY SECTORS
AGRICULTURE
See the latest news, issues, topics and research across the UK agriculture, farming and fishing sectors. Participate in the debate. Connect with sector members.
MANUFACTURING
To discover what's current and what's coming down the line in the UK manufacturing, production and processing sectors log in here. Join in the conversation on today's issues.
FOOD SERVICE
Connect with your peers and business leaders in the food service and hospitality sectors. Understand the trends and consumer demands affecting FoH and BoH operations.
GROCERY
Get a top down view on where change is taking place in this sector. Engage with industry leaders interviews. Offer your views on how you see this sector developing.
TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THE WAY WE WORK
OPERATIONAL AREAS
MEMBERSHIP
Membership stretches across the UK food industry, sector by sector and includes the biggest names, leading brands, start-ups, entrepreneurs, academics and business leaders.
TRAINING
We apply our insight, knowledge, and expertise in a “just for you” approach to unlock exclusive training and skills development opportunities for people in our member organisations.
EVENTS
Our industry-driven agenda, research and thought leadership sets the stage for the events programme which offers objective insight that gets to grips with the issues that impact on the sectors across the industry.
INITIATIVES
Our community initiatives bring people and business together to educate policy and decision makers whose active participation provides the foundation for these programmes to prosper.
TRADING FORUMS
As it says on the tin - Connections - connects pre-qualified UK food producers with a host of trusted buyers across relevant sectors of the industry - who are hungry to buy great produce or services.
QUEST
All under one title: Quest provides food industry opinion pieces, editorial contributions, industry leader interviews, op-eds, social media chatter, food and restaurant reviews.
PARTNERS
Collectively with our partners we keep our members on trend and better informed about industry issues, and business opportunities enabling them to make better informed decisions.
INSIGHT
Our Insight sector commentary provides food industry decision makers with independent, well informed insight and opinion based on the analysis contained within the Insight reports.
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