24th Oct 2024 - 13:10
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Tuesday 19 November 2024
Agenda
| 9.30 | Exhibition Opens |
| 11.00 | Forum Opens, Matthew White MBE, PSC Alliance Chair |
| 11.15 |
Keynote 1: Public Sector Catering Procurement in Schools, Hospitals and Prisons |
| 12.00 | AI-preparing for the intelligent revolution Peter Russell, Russell Partnership AI is impacting us in all areas of like and work, sometimes without us even recognizing it is happening. Peter will share some of the fascinating and positive ways that AI is currently being used in the hospitality industry and will look at how we can expect that to start to become and increasingly important part of public sector catering and how it will help. |
| Open Mic sessions. Delegates are invited to come to stage and update colleagues on their work, the issues they face, their objectives and ambitions. The session will be split into 5 quickfire slots that will involve a short 5 minute presentation and a 10 minute discussion and Q&A. |
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| 12.30 | Bethan Cowell – NFU strategy and objectives in Public Sector Catering |
| 12.45 | Dr Sumi Baruah and Vince Kelly – Culinary Medicine Update |
| 12.00 | Jill Whittaker OBE– Accessing the Apprenticeship Levy to drive skills and training |
| 13.15 | Lunch & Exhibition Viewing |
| 15.00 | Keynote 2: Professor Donald Bundy, Director of the Research Consortium for School Health & Nutrition, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine The Importance of School Meals to World Health Professor Bundy is a global expert in world health and particularly the importance of school meals in improving it in the UK and globally. Investing in school meals will have a long term positive impact on general health, reducing obesity, under pinning the NHS and global health services and leading to healthier outcomes throughout adulthood. |
| Open Mic sessions. Delegates are invited to come to stage and update colleagues on their work, the issues they face, their objectives and ambitions. The session will be split into 5 quickfire slots that will involve a short 5 minute presentation and a 10 minute discussion and Q&A. |
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| 15.45 | Nadim & Tanya Ednan-Laperouse OBE – Update on the work of NARF |
| 16.00 | Karen Beech – Crown Commercial Services – Why the Buying Better Food and Drink service was launched |
| 16.15 | Keynote 3: Advances in packaging and plastics replacements Pierre-Yves Paslier, Notpla The Earth shot winning product developer will speak about their work and how caterers can reduce if not end the use of plastics in the service. |
| 17.00 | Close, sum up and actions |
| 19.00 | Drinks reception |
| 19.30 | Dinner to include the ‘Chairs Awards’ and the official hand over of the Alliance Chairship |