10th Annual CAFÉ DEANS & DIRECTORS RETREAT, Wednesday, June 19, 2024 (meet & greet evening of June 18^th)

18th Annual CAFÉ LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE, Wednesday evening, June 19 to Friday, June 21, 2024

Hosted by Alamo Colleges District – St. Philip’s College

CONFERENCE OUTLINE

10^TH ANNUAL CAFÉ DEANS & DIRECTORS RETREAT (DDR)
June 19, 2024

9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

“Invent the Future”

Tuesday, June 18, 2024

• Meet and Greet Happy Hour for Deans and Directors (5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.) located in the Aztec Bar area on the 2^nd floor of the hotel

Wednesday, June 19, 2024

• Breakfast at hotel (available from 6:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.)
• Bus transportation leaves from Drury Plaza Hotel to St. Philip’s Campus (8:30 a.m.)
• Attendee Introductions/description of current challenges (9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.)
• Keynote: “Culinary Arts Education in an AI World: Frosting or Flambe?” presented by Dr. Tim Dasey, Dasey Consulting (9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.) sponsored by Mercer Tools
• Panel Discussion - on the topic of innovations and ideas (10:45 a.m. -11:45 a.m.)
  • Moderator – Jon Deutsch, Drexel University
  • Panelists
• Lunch (12:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.) Speaker, Paul Sorgule, Harvest America Ventures.
• Roundtable discussions
• Wrap up (3:15 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.)
• Bus transportation from St. Philip’s Campus to Drury Plaza Hotel (4:15 p.m.)

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CAFÉ MASTER CLASSES AND OPENING NIGHT RECEPTION

June 19, 2024

Wednesday, June 19, 2024 – Master Classes

• Hands On Master Classes (separate registration)
  • Chocolate Class (1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.)
  • Pizza Class (1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.)
  • Transportation to/from master classes on your own

Wednesday, June 19, 2024 (Evening Event for DDR, LC Attendees and Guests)

• Bus transportation from Drury Plaza Hotel to St. Philip’s Campus (6:30 p.m.)
• Awards 7:00 pm -7:30 p.m.
• Opening Night Reception - Guests are Welcome 7:30 p.m. -8:45 p.m.
• Breakout Session Sign-up Sheet for Industry Outreach and Educational Best Practices Day
• Bus transportation from St. Philip’s Campus to Drury Plaza Hotel (9:00 p.m.)

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18^TH ANNUAL CAFÉ LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE (LC)

June 20-21, 2024

Thursday, June 20, 2024 - INDUSTRY OUTREACH DAY

• Breakfast at hotel (available from 6:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.)
• Bus transportation leaves from Drury Plaza Hotel to St. Philip’s Campus (8:30 a.m.)
• Keynote: “Did you try unplugging.” Presented by Charles Carroll, Executive Chef, River Oaks Country Club (9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.)
• InfoFair (10:15 a.m. -11:15 a.m.)
• Lunch (11:15 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.)
• Breakout sessions #1 (12:45 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.)
  • Three presentations simultaneously – Attendees Choose 1
    • Guittard Chocolate
    • Idaho Potato Commission
    • National Mango Board
• Breakout sessions #2 (2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.)
  • Three presentations simultaneously – Attendees Choose 1
    • North Carolina Sweet Potatoes
    • National Pork Board
    • National Watermelon Promotion Board
• Breakout sessions #3 (3:15 p.m.- 4:15 p.m.)
  • Three presentations simultaneously – Attendees Choose 1
    • National Resource Defense Council
    • RATIONAL
    • TBD
• Bus transportation from St. Philip’s Campus to Drury Plaza Hotel (4:30 p.m.)

Dinner on Your Own

Friday, June 21, 2024 - EDUCATIONAL BEST PRACTICES DAY

• Breakfast at hotel (available from 6:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.)
• Bus transportation leaves from Drury Plaza Hotel to St. Philip’s Campus (8:30 a.m.)
• Keynote Dr. Fred Mayo, (9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.)
• Breakout sessions #1 (10:15 - 11:15 a.m.)
  • Three presentations simultaneously – Attendees Choose 1
    • TBD presented by Dr. Jean Hertzman, School of Hotel, Restaurant, and Tourism Management, New Mexico State University
    • TBD presented by Russ Zito from Johnson & Wales University
    • TBD presented by Cathy Scruggs, American Technical Publishers
• Lunch at St. Philip’s Campus (11:30 – 12:30 p.m.)
• Breakout sessions #2 (12:45 a.m. - 1:45 p.m.)
  • Three presentations simultaneously – Attendees Choose 1
    • “The Art of Teaching and Learning Food for Health: From course design to therapeutic food development” presented by Jon Deutsch and Brandy-Joe Milliron with Drexel University
    • " Reinventing your Purchasing Class” presented by Desmond Keefe
    • “Teaching Regional/International Cuisines: a unique approach” presented by Rob McDonald

• Breakout sessions #3 (2:00 – 3:00 p.m.)
  • Three presentations simultaneously – Attendees Choose 1
    • “Teach your students their super power and they can fly!” presented by Daniel Stine and Dominic Hawkes with SDC Publications
    • “Make It with Metric” presented by Jasun Zakro, American Leadership Academy Applied Technologies
    • “Preparing your students for competition.” presented by Patrick Costello with St. Philips College

• CEH Certificates and Evaluations handed out (3:00 p.m.) (Hand out during last presentation)
• Bus transportation from St. Philip’s Campus to Drury Plaza Hotel (3:15 p.m.)

Notes:

Membership Discount: CAFÉ members get a $25 discount. Please log into your account and register to get your discount.

Presenter Discount: Presenters get a $100 discount.

Texas High School Teachers get a $100 discount on conference registration. Please contact Mary Young at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for registration details.

Hotel: 130 Drury Plaza Hotel San Antonio Riverwalk, 105 South St. Mary’s Street, San Antonio, TX 78205. For more Hotel information, click here.

Continuing Education Hours: Certificates will be given out at end of each conference.

COVID-19:  We will follow the current CDC guidelines and/or Alamo College District – St. Philip’s College guidelines as of the date of the conference.

REGISTRATION AND PRICING:

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