Join the Chicago Booth Alumni Club of Chicago for their annual capstone event featuring a panel of distinguished alumni in different sectors of the food industry in Chicago.
Event Details
This year's Annual Meeting will continue to be a platform for the alumni community to facilitate conversations and build connections. The gathering will also celebrate a milestone year filled with events and speakers that have fostered the Booth alumni community in Chicago.
The panel will be moderated by Michael Muser, owner of Ever, the 2 Michelin starred restaurant and Chicago food industry veteran.
Featured Alumni Panelists
Johnni Rodgers, '05 - Vice President of Marketing, Innovation, Insights, R&D, Sara Lee Frozen Bakery
Shreena Amin, '12 - Lead investor/Founder Class Act Dining, a high end restaurant opening in Chicago
T.J. Callahan, '03 - Founder and owner of Farmhands, farm to table tavern concept in Northside Chicago
Manish Malhotra Mallick - Owner of Roop, Bar Goa and Monarch and Lion in Chicago
The panel of industry professionals will discuss the following:
- The pivotal role Chicago has played in the heritage of food traditions across the broader food landscape; from consumer packaged goods conglomerates to innovation incubators to fine dining start-ups - Chicago continues to be a force in the food industry to be reckoned with.
- Novel ways that the broader industry is evolving to embrace the new norms of marketing; allowing brands to propel beyond geographical constraints and delivering on new micro-niche opportunity areas
- How technology is giving real time access to insights and guidance on consumption, flavors and trends that is accelerating food innovation in unimaginable ways.
- How operations and supply chain management innovations are allowing brands and organizations to operate in new ways to keep up with fluctuating consumer demand - allowing organizations to do more with less.
$40 for the first 50 registrants (discount applied at checkout), $75 for all registrants thereafter
Program
5:30 PM-6:15 PM: Registration, Networking, Hors D'oeuvres
6:15 PM-6:30 PM: Chicago Booth Alumni Club Update
6:30 PM-7:30 PM: Alumni Panel Discussion
7:30 PM-8:30 PM: Networking, Appetizers, Cocktail Reception