| June 9th, 2018 |
| 10:00 am - 10:15 am |
Welcome Note By: Ms. Ritu Marya, Editor-in-Chief, Franchise India
Lighting of Lamp & Inauguration |
| 10:15 am - 11:15 am |
Inaugural Session: New Thinking : A fresh approach to Restaurant Business 2018-2019
- Bull v Bear: What the Market Is Saying About the 2018 Economic and Investment Outlook In Restaurant Busines
- The Long-Awaited GST happened : What changes did it bring – for good and for Bad
- A New Day Everyday : Thinking new in Restaurant business as a way of life
Chef Hemant Oberoi, Owner, Hemant Oberoi Mr. Akshay Bector, Chairman & Managing Director, Cremica Food Industries Ltd
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| 11:15 am - 11:30 am |
Networking Tea |
| 11:30 am -12:15 pm |
Session 1: New Concepts, New Experience
Disruption is coming not just from new trendy restaurants concepts, but by Entrepreneurs thinking differently about how consumers want to enjoy their dining experiences.
- How They Started, How They Got There, and What’s Next For these New and Most Successful Entrepreneurs in Restaurants
- Doing away with the dining room by going "virtual"
- How Grocery is changing: Broad distribution, launching foodservice concepts
- Infusing innovation: How to develop and deploy disruption
Gauri Devidayal, Partner, Food Matters India Pvt. Ltd
Deepinder Batth, COO, Gourmet Investments Pvt. Ltd
Syesha Kapoor, Associate Director, Silver Beach Hospitality
Vivek Kapoor, Co-Founder, Dineout
Mahesh Raikar, Founder, Wrapchic
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| 12:15 pm - 1:00 pm |
Session 2: #New Money
It was about time that Restaurant funding came from within the industry and the Leaders of the Food service business supported young Entrepreneurs to make it happen. Institutional support too is seeing Restaurant Industry anew with fresh money going behind innovative restaurant concepts. The sessions looks into :
- Old Restaurateurs , New Angels : How New Restaurants can attract funding from within the sector
- Emerging Brands with < 10 Units: How to attract Institutional Funding
- Evaluating the state of private equity investing in franchisees
- Making Best Deal Possible: How Advisors are connecting Restaurant Owners to Investors
Keynote Speaker: Narayan T. Poojari, Owner, Shiv Sagar Food & Resorts Pvt. Ltd.
Sriranjan Seshadri, Founder, Last Mile Ventures
Siddharth Bafna, Partner and Head, Corporate Finance, Lodha & Co.
Krishna Vinjamuri, Senior VP and Principal, Lightbox Venture Capital
Binod Homagai, Co-Founder & COO, Wow! Momo Foods Pvt Ltd
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| 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm |
Networking Lunch |
| 2:00 pm - 2:45 pm |
Session 3: New Food : Sustainability And Natural Eating
The dynamic discussion is centred on the key disruptive trends impacting the food industry, with how food and cuisine changes are happening in foodservice. Our distinguished panel of industry experts will examine current and anticipated trends, challenges and areas of innovation opportunities for foodservice operators in this rapidly changing and evolving marketplace.
- Developing your menu: From Concept to the Marketplace
- Natural Eating V/S Processed Eating: Why Less is Actually Better
- Creating shared value: Sustainable sourcing via partnerships
Session Lead & Moderator: Aditi Dugar, Owner, Masque Restaurant
Gunjan Jain, CEO & MD, VKC Nuts Pvt. Ltd
Anirudhya Roy, Executive Chef, Taj Lands End
Vicky Ratnani, Celebrity Chef and Culinary Director, PizzaExpress
Sumant Vikas, Corporate Chef, Cremica Food Industries Limited
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| 2:45 pm - 3:15 pm |
Session 4: New Markets: The Changing Face Of Mumbai Indian Market
- Sneak Peak: How Lower Parel has changed the eating out scenario at highstreet
- Emergence of Pune Nightlife: The new age disc and beverages bar
- Why Metro is moving beyond e'LITE' : The Desire to Experience NEW
- The Rise of Breakfast and Waffle/bakery Trend
Session Lead & Moderator: Prashant Issar, Co-Founder & CEO, Squaremeal Foods Pvt Ltd
Pooja Dhingra, Founder, Le15 Patisserie
Shrey Aggarwal, Founder, The Belgian Waffle Co.
Ankit Gupta, Director - Hunger Pangs Pvt Ltd
Sumant Pai, Business Development Head at Yash Compostables Ltd.
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| 3:20 pm - 3:35 pm |
Session 4: Keynote Session: Technologies to Catapult Your Restaurant Business
- What are the technologies that help you acquire new customers through various digital channels at a great ROI?
- Which technologies are important to engage with today's mobile savvy customers?
- How do you differentiate yourself from competition today via technology?
- How can different technologies help your Restaurant and staff be more productive and efficient
- How can different technologies work together and not function in silos to deliver a better customer experience?
- Make your own data an enabler retain customers and generate better ROI on every customer acquired
Vivek Kapoor, Co-Founder, Dineout
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| 3:40 pm – 4:20 pm |
Session 5: Un- Metro: Breaking the Dining Out Myth: Pune, Goa and Ahmedabad
- How legacy Brands are bouncing back
- Beyond the facelift: what has changed in the company
- Appealing with design and culture
- Young Generation in old business and how they are changing the game
Session Lead & Moderator: Karan Tanna, CEO, Yellow Tie Hospitality
Praful Chandawarkar, Founder and Director, Malaka Spice
Rachel Goenka, Founder & CEO, The Chocolate Spoon Company Pvt Ltd
Rushad Rustom Ginwala, Founder & CEO, Ahura Restaurants Pvt Ltd
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| 4:35 pm – 4:45 pm |
Networking Tea |
| 4:45 pm – 5:30 pm |
The Fanatical Customer And Building Brand Loyalty: Three Consumer Expectations To Meet Now
- Navigating Challenges: managing Customers' Day to Day
- Getting out of your own way -- Enabling your company to truly innovate
Rashmi Balwani, Managing Director. Upper Crust Foods Pvt. Ltd
Anurag Katriar, Mumbai Chapter Head, NRAI- Executive Director & CEO, deGustibus Hospitality
Priyank Sukhija, Chairman, First Fiddle Hospitality
Rahul Leekha, Director, Coffee By Di Bella
Amrish Arora, MD, Fountain Hospitality
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8:00 pm
ONWARDS |
Restaurant India 2018 Awards Ceremony
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