April 10, 2010
BCA 17th Annual Cultural Awareness Salute Dinner
New York, NY
Former New York Knicks shooting guard John Starks will deliver the keynote address "Getting Back on Track: Eating Healthy and Urban Communities" at the BCA's Cultural Awareness Salute and Black Tie Gala on Saturday, April 10th, 2010 at the Marriott Marquis in New York City. Now in its 17th year, this event honors the achievements of people of color in the hospitality and culinary business, provides a space for industry networking and dialogue about the advancement of diversity, and gives culinary students from around the country the opportunity to cook alongside nationally renowned chefs.

April 15, 2010
NPD 2010 Foodservice Summit
Chicago, IL
An executive-level, one-day meeting that brings together leading operators, distributors, and manufacturers to discuss and share insights on the major issues challenging the foodservice industry.

April 21, 2010
Electronic Record Keeping - eSignatures: 21 CFR Part 11 Record Keeping for Food, Dairy, and Beverage Facilities
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This Electronic Record keeping training will offer clear, simple methods to maintain compliance with electronic signatures and record keeping. Any food, dairy, or beverage facility that keeps compliance records electronically must follow 21 CFR Part 11. Yet, the electronic signature and record keeping regulation is confusing and typically expensive to follow. Inspectors and ratings officers aren't a lot of help in establishing good practices. Software companies and consultants give varying opinions depending on the products and services they represent. This presentation will offer clear, simple methods to maintain compliance with electronic signatures and record keeping. It is presented by the individual that the Grade A branch of the FDA asked to write the clarification of this regulation.

May 22 - 25, 2010
NRA Show
Chicago, IL
The annual National Restaurant Association Restaurant, Hotel-Motel Show is the largest single gathering of restaurant, foodservice and lodging professionals. NRA Show 2010 will be held May 22-25, at McCormick Place in Chicago. The event attracts attendees and visitors from all 50 states and 100+ countries, and showcases more products, services, innovative ideas and other growth opportunities than any other industry event.

July 24 - 27, 2010
80th Semi-annual Hospitality Training Conference
New Orleans, LA
Celebrating 40 years, this CHART conference will be held at the Ritz Carlton in New Orleans, LA. It is the premier gathering of hotel trainers, restaurant trainers and human resource professionals, who meet to learn from inspiring keynote speakers, participate in interactive educational break-out sessions, network together, and share best practices. The 3 day conference (and the pre-conference day) is packed with informative sessions designed to help hotel and restaurant training professionals' best solve key issues facing the hospitality industry. Training is at the core of creating and retaining engaging employees. In addition to the learning sessions, attendees will again participate in community service events off site to work side by side giving back to the host community. Information on past conferences and the 2010 conferences can be found on CHART's website at: www.chart.org

August 01 - 04, 2010
31st Annual NFSSC Conference
St. Louis, MO
The NFSSC annual meeting brings together loss prevention, safety and risk management professionals from the major casual dining, quick service restaurant and food service chains along with industry vendors for educational networking, benchmarking and professional development opportunities. Speaking, exhibit and sponsor opportunities are available - as well as particpation in our new hosted buyer program. The mission of NFSSC is to educate and inform its members on those topics that help improve and enhance the safety and security of their employees and customers, while being an advocate for the food service industry.

September 12 - 14, 2010
Dine America
Atlanta, GA
What makes Dine America such a great draw for restaurant executives across the nation? First and foremost, it's the innovative and often outside-the-box educational program developed by some of the brightest minds in the business and designed to generate winning ideas for restaurants. Combine that with exclusive, invitation-only attendance, and you have a unique restaurant conference that has garnered a reputation as a powerful yet intimate event.

February 09 - 11, 2011
Hospitality Law Conference
Houston, TX
WHAT: The annual Hospitality Law Conference is the only conference of its kind. Industry leaders offer in-depth analysis and insight into the latest international legal, safety, and security trends and issues affecting the hospitality industry. WHO SHOULD ATTEND: Hotel and restaurant in-house counsel and private attorneys practicing in the hospitality industry who want the most current, in-depth legal developments. Executives of lodging, real estate, restaurant, and club operations will be interested in our Lodging, Real Estate, and Food & Beverage Tracks. Risk managers and directors of loss prevention won’t want to miss the Loss Prevention & Risk Management Track. For IT professionals, comptrollers, accountants, and CFOs, the conference offers the only Information Protection and Privacy (including PCI-DSS) Workshop for the industry. This year's conference begins with the Preconference Workshop on Wednesday, February 9. The two-day Hospitality Law Conference begins on February 10. Attend the conference and receive opportunities to win a $1000.00 American Express gift card and a $500.00 American Express gift card. If you are interested in presenting at the conference, please email HospitalityLawyer@hospitalitylawyer.com or call (713) 963-8800.