Annual Meeting

  • 25 Jun 2012
  • 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Westin Atlanta Perimeter North

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Monday, June 25, 2012 from 9:30am - 5:00pm

7 Concourse Parkway
Atlanta, Georgia 30328

Free for Restaurants & GRA Partners in Good-Standing*
Chairman's Luncheon is SOLD OUT!
$100 for Non-Member Vendors

Room nights are also available at the Westin for a special rate of $119 per night. Please contact Rachel Mathews, rachel@garestaurants.org, before June 1st to receive this rate. 
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You may remember completing our Annual Member Satisfaction Survey last fall. You told us which workshops are most important to you, and now we're delivering. Since February, our Education Committee has been hard at work putting together a dynamic schedule of cutting-edge content with best-in-class speakers. 

This will be a day of critical information sharing with many of thebrightest minds in our industry. It's also affordable professional development.

You don't want to miss this, because as you'll learn, what you don't know CAN hurt you. 
  • Cash-strapped governments are making up for lower tax bases through fees and fines. 
  • Criminals are preying on restaurants as easy targets for data theft.
  • Social media can attract new customers, but could also put you at legal risk. 
How can you protect your business? Take a look at our schedule and make time to educate yourself and your team about these very real threats. 

Schedule-At-A-Glance:
9:30 a.m.-10 a.m. Registration

10 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Morning Sessions: 
(A)  What You Don't Know CAN Hurt You: Part I
Regulatory Update -- Michael E. Ruberti (Chick-fil-A, Inc.) 
Alcohol Regulation Overview -- Michele L. Stumpe (Taylor English Duma LLP) 
Employment Law Panel
Moderated by Alisa Cleek (Ellerbee, Thompson, Wilson & Sapp)
Featuring: 
Wage & Hour/Tip Credits: Evan Rosen (Epstein, Becker & Green P.C.)
Social Media/NLRB: Ed Cherof (Jackson Lewis, LLP)
Hiring, Firing & Harassment: Matthew W. Clarke (Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP)

(B) Chef's Table --Moderated by Chef Michael Deihl (East Lake Golf Club) 
Stay Tuned for this Panel of All-Star Chefs!

11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.        
Chairman’s Luncheon: Branding Boot Camp - ($25)
Moderated by GRA Chair Patrick Cuccaro (Affairs to Remember Caterers) 
Featuring: Ellen Hartman (Hartman PR), Melissa Libby (Melissa Libby & Associates), & Jo Ann Herold (Arby's, Inc.) 
Marketing Panel Featuring:
- Cause Marketing
- Crisis Management
- Social Media 

1 p.m.-2:30 p.m. Afternoon Session:
What You Don't Know CAN Hurt You: Part II
Food Safety Update -- Mick Miklos (Waffle House, Inc.)
Data Security & PCI Compliance 
Moderated by Brett Lockwood (Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP) 
Featuring: Mike Seymour (Postec), Lawrence R. Godfrey (Heartland Payment Systems), & Walt Davis (Retail Data Systems, Inc.)

3 p.m.-5 p.m.  
Keynote Address: Carlos Herrera - Chief Economist – Foodservice & On-Site with Coca-Cola North America

Sponsored by: Heartland Payment ServicesThe Coca-Cola CompanyGeorgia PowerGas SouthRoyal Cup CoffeeUS Foods 
 


 

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