Food Safety in the 21st Century Marketplace | National Restaurant Association

Join Us for a Restaurant Food Safety Conference

Event	Food Safety in the 21st Century Marketplace: Best Practices Throughout the Supply Chain	Brought to you by: Thank you to our sponsors: Gold sponsors • P&G Professional • Pfizer Animal Health Silver sponsor • ICIX • Ecolab Bronze sponsors • ABC Research Corporation • ASI Food Safety Consultants • DayMark Safety Systems • FoodHandler, Inc. • Nice-Pak Products, Inc. • Process One • NSF International • San Jamar • Sensitech • Silliker, Inc. • The Steritech Group • Steton • Trustwater USA, Inc. • YottaMark
Organized in partnership with	Global Food Safety Initiative Gerson Lehrman Group
When/where	October 22-24, 2008 Doubletree Hotel Atlanta-Buckhead [Web site] Atlanta, GA
About the conference	With numerous incidents making national headlines in the past year, you can’t afford to miss this three-day forum on restaurant food safety. Explore the many facets and challenges involved in maintaining best safety practices at all points in the foodservice supply chain. • Connect with food and beverage suppliers, distributors, service providers, regulators and government officials, and restaurant and retail partners. • Experience cooperation and collaboration in addressing today’s most pressing food safety challenges. • Debate current food safety issues and possible solutions with decision-makers and industry experts representing industry, government and consumers in interactive panels. • Enjoy sessions about private sector solutions for certification and accreditation, challenges and opportunities in distribution, and participate in educational tracks on meat and poultry, produce and seafood. Who should attend: • Restaurant and retail industry professionals involved in food safety issues • Supply chain management directors • Public health professionals • Food safety regulators< • Food safety education professionals • Plant or ingredient manufacturers • Distributors
Agenda	View the agenda
Registration	Register online, download the registration form or call (202) 973-5384 Regular registration — after Fri., Oct. 3: • NRA members: $550 • Additional registrant from same company: $475 per person • Non-NRA Members: $650 • Additional registrant from same company: $575 per person • Government attendee rate: $200 If you are planning to register multiple people from the same company, contact Jo Cerra at jcerra@restaurant.org to receive a reduced rate on your registrations. Registration fees include all meeting materials, meals and breaks.
Membership	To receive the NRA member rate, you must meet certain eligibility requirements. To check your membership status or to get your membership number, please call (800) 424-5156 and ask to speak to one of our membership representatives. To join the NRA, visit our membership section.
Hotel	Doubletree Hotel Atlanta-Buckhead [Web site] 3342 Peachtree Road NE Atlanta, GA 30326 (404) 231-1234 Special hotel rate for conference attendees is $159 per night. Contact the hotel directly for your reservation. Deadline for discounted hotel rate is Friday, Oct. 3.
Cancellation policy	Cancellations made prior to Friday, Oct. 3, will receive a full refund of registration fee. Cancellations made after Friday, Oct. 3, and before Monday, Oct. 6, will receive a refund of 60 percent of the registration fee. Contact Jo Cerra at jcerra@restaurant.org. After Monday, Oct. 6, no refunds for cancellations will be issued.
Quality Assurance Study Group Meeting	The Quality Assurance Study Group Meeting will take place on October 21, 2008, also at the Doubletree Hotel Atlanta-Buckhead in Atlanta, Ga. Learn more.
Special assistance	The National Restaurant Association is committed to participation in its programs by persons with disabilities. Please specify if you need accommodations when you register.

For more information on sponsorships, please contact Mike Konstant at (312) 715-6764 or Jim Marovec at (312) 715-6754.