Time | Topic | Presenter |
8:00-8:30am | Registration & Coffee | |
8:30-9:00am | Welcome, Opening | |
9:00-10:00am | Morning Plenary: Food Business Trends and Market Research |
Tera Johnson, Food Finance Institute |
10:00-11:00am | Entrepreneur Panel: Building a Sustainable Business | Josie Chu, Madame Chu Laurel Burleson, Ugly Apple Cafe Jamaal Stricklin, SuperCharge! Foods Mandy Shipler, Mandy’s Mood Food |
11:00am-12:00pm | Business Planning Breakout Sessions (1) Dreamers: First Sage Business Planning Using the Lean Canvas (2) Early Stage Start-ups: Business Panning Financials (3) Growing Businesses: Financing your Growth |
(1) Paul Dietman, Compeer Financial (2) Peter Robertson, Tribe 9 Foods (3) Tera Johnson, Food Finance Institute |
12:00-12:45pm | Lunch and Resource Organization Pitches | |
12:45-1:20pm | WLFN Local Foods Expo | You are invited to showcase your product! |
1:30 – 3:00pm | Flash Workshops & 1:1 Consultations with experts | Multiple workshops, see here |
3:00 – 4:00pm | Food Safety and Licensing | Brian Jorata & Arthur Ness, DATCP Food Safety Division Staff |
4:00 – 4:45pm | Food Safety Breakout Sessions (1) Retail & Mobile Food (restaurant, food truck, catering) (2) Food processing (canning, dry goods, baked goods) |
(1) Brian Jorata, DATCP Food Scientist (2) Arthur Ness, DATCP Food Scientist |
4:45 – 5:30pm | Networking Time & Turn in Evaluations | |