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Ambition and Innovation: The future of food and drink in Scotland
14th November 2017 @ 8:30 am - 1:00 pm
£85 + VATEvent Navigation
The Scotsman’s annual food and drink conference looks at how a highly successful industry can maintain its momentum for the next decade and beyond.
The Ambition 2030 document, launched in March, lays down a blueprint to grow the food and drink sector into a £30 billion industry – based on more ambition, innovation and collaboration than ever before.
The event will hear how industry leaders are grasping the nettle and ensuring they can help deliver the £30 billion opportunity – and from those small businesses doing new and exciting things to ensure the food and drink sector in Scotland is a genuine innovation leader.
If you want to be part of that ambitious journey to 2030, this event is for you – full of ideas, guidance and practical advice to move forward your business, and the industry as a whole.
Agenda
Session 1 – The Scale of the Ambition
9:00am: Introduction by the Chair
Stephen Jardine, Taste Communications
9:05am: Scotland’s Fantastic Larder, which just keeps on giving: a chef’s perspective
Gary Maclean, Winner, Masterchef: The Professionals, 2016
9:25am: Ambition 2030 – and beyond
James Withers, Chief Executive, Scotland Food & Drink
9:45am: Panel session – Delivering on the 2030 ambition – what can the big sectors deliver?
Previous speakers plus:
Karen Betts, Chief Executive, Scotch Whisky Association;
Laurent Vernet, Quality Meat Scotland;
Professor Phil Thomas, former chair of Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation, writer and commentator on salmon farming
10.30am: Brunch
Session 2 – Realising The Ambition through Innovation
11:15am: Masterclass 1: Protecting your food and drink IP
Eleanor Coates, Senior Trade Mark Attorney, Murgitroyd
11:30am: Masterclass 2: Making Innovation Happen in the food and drink sector
Paul Copland, Innovation Connector, Scottish Enterprise, and Jane Shandley, Founder and Client Services Director, IQ Chocolate
11:45am: Innovation in Leith – and sustainability
Anna Christopherson, Founder, Boda Bar (and other Swedish bars in Edinburgh)
12:05pm: Our story: Beer, Business and Beyond
Jo Stewart, Co-Founder, Stewart Brewing
12:25pm: Adapt, change, get ahead of the pack: innovation and skills in the food and drink industry
Paul Brown, Partner, Anderson Strathern
12:40pm: Panel discussion
Previous five speakers plus:
Ben Thomson, Partner, Inverleith LLP (investor in food and drink businesses)
1:00pm: Summary by Stephen Jardine, Chair, and close
Agenda may be subject to change
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