Conference 2010 heads to New Orleans, Nov. 8-11
Annual Conference
& The IFEC Institute 2010
November 8 - 11, 2010
The Royal Sonesta Hotel
New Orleans, Louisiana
Big Ideas in the Big Easy -- New Directions for IFEC
As foodservice editors, publicists and in-betweens, we are at the forefront of the shift in how news is communicated and opinions are shaped, and we are trying to do a lot better than merely keep up. Whether you are making the transition from print to digital media, experimenting with Twitter and Facebook, blogging away, or are simply overwhelmed by too much territory to cover and too few sign posts, IFEC in The Big Easy will give you some useful tools for navigating the road ahead.
Learning Sessions
Conference sessions will address the transition from print to digital as it impacts foodservice communicators and the foodservice industry itself. Featured programs will include a workshop on writing for the web as well as a panel of IFEC editors who will discuss the new directions their digital properties are taking and what that means for the rest of us.
Making Local Connections
There will also be conversations with chefs, restaurateurs, food producers and other New Orleaneans who are confronting their own extraordinary changes as their lives and livelihoods were battered by Hurricane Katrina five years ago and are being threatened again by the BP oil spill.
The IFEC Institute: A Lagniappe for You
In New Orleans, they call an extra-special gift a lagniappe. IFEC's lagniappe to you is The IFEC Institute, a series of half-day interactive workshops designed to inspire you with new insights and skills you can apply in your professional and personal life.
There’s a new topic this year, but in keeping with the tradition set by IFEC Institutes in 2008 and 2009, the 2010 edition will again deliver practical tips and tools that you can take home and put to use right away.
The topic is “Harness the Power of Actionable Creative Thinking for a Competitive Edge.” Led by the innovative consultancy, ThinkShop, it promises to be an engaging session where you will learn how to use a simple and flexible process for generating ideas to solve all kinds of challenges.
Sign up to explore how creative people and organizations use diversity, freshness, momentum, realness and even absurdity to bring new ideas to market. The Institute precedes the conference opening on Monday, November 8, and will be conducted at The Royal Sonesta Hotel. Hours are 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Lunch is included.
Registration for the conference and The IFEC Institute should be done online at the same time (they are on the same form). Members may also register non-member industry guests and personal guests at the same time as registering themselves. Credit cards are accepted or you may request an invoice.
Fees
Full conference registration: $500 for members / $895 for non-members
IFEC Institute registration: $ 75 for members / $100 for non-members
Daily rates are available as well as per-meal rates for guests
