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2009 CALENDAR
OF EVENTS
THE WAY TO NETWORK
As one of the
most comprehensive collections of worldwide
foodservice industry shows and meetings,
FER’s World Events Calendar 2009 covers
more than 120 events in about 45 countries—all
independently researched and collated by
FER editors.
If an event involves foodservice equipment,
association networking, food safety or
regulations, you’ll find it listed within these
pages.–JC
JUNE
JULY
AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
OCTOBER
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER
2010 EVENTS
JUNE
June 6-10:
IFT Annual Meeting & Food Expo—Anaheim,
Calif. Contact: Institute of Food Technologists;
phone 312/782-8424;
info@ift.org;
www.ift.org
June 10-12:
FHC Beijing 2009—China
World Trade Center,
Beijing, China. Contact: Lily Zhu, China Int’l.
Exhibitions; phone 86/21/6209-5209;
fhc@chinaallworld.com;
www.fhcbeijing.com.cn
June 15-18:
Fispal Food Service 2009—Expo
Center Norte,
São Paulo, Brazil. Contact: FISPAL; phone
55/11/3234-7725;
fispal.sp@fispal.com;
www.fispal.com
June 20-24:
ASHRAE Annual Meeting—Louisville,
Ky. Contact: American Society of Heating,
Refrigerating & Air Conditioning Engineers;
phone 404/636-8400;
ashrae@ashrae.org;
www.ashrae.org
June 22-25:
HITEC 2009—Anaheim
Convention Center,
Anaheim, Calif. Contact: Hospitality Financial &
Technology Professionals; phone 800/646-4387;
membership@hftp.org;
www.hitec.org
June 28-30:
SW Foodservice Expo—Dallas
Convention Center,
Dallas, Texas. Contact: Texas Restaurant
Association; phone 800/395-2872;
expoinfo@tramail.org;
www.swfoodexpo.com
June 29-July 2:
ANC 2009/School Nutrition Association—Las
Vegas,
Nev. Contact: Erik Peterson, School Nutrition
Association; phone 703/739-3900;
epeterson@schoolnutrition.org;
www.schoolnutrition.org
JULY
July 8-11:
NACUFS 2009 National Conference—Midwest
Airlines Convention Center,
Milwaukee, Wis. Contact: Sandra Smith, National
Association of College & University Food
Services; phone 517/332-2494;
ssmith@nacufs.org;
www.nacufs.org
July 11-14:
ACF National Convention—Orlando
World Center Marriott,
Orlando, Fla. Contact: American Culinary
Federation; phone 800/624-9458;
acf@acfchefs.net;
www.acfchefs.org
July 12-15:
IAFP 2009—Gaylord
Texan Resort, Grapevine, Texas. Contact: Int’l. Association for Food Protection;
phone 515/276-3344;
info@foodprotection.org;
www.foodprotection.org
July 18-20:
Louisiana Foodservice Expo—Ernest
N. Morial Convention Center,
New Orleans, La. Contact: Sandy Riddle,
Louisiana Restaurant Association; phone
504/454-2277;
sriddle@Lra.org;
www.lra.org
July 24-28:
NAC/IAAM Annual Trade Show—Boston,
Mass. Contact: Charles Winans, National
Association of Concessionaires; phone
312/236-3858;
cwinans@NAConline.org;
www.naconline.org
July 26-28:
IFDA Sales & Marketing Conference—Ritz-Carlton,
Philadelphia, Pa. Contact: Chris Caldwell,
Int’l. Foodservice Distributors Association;
phone 703/532-9400;
ccaldwell@ifdaonline.org;
www.ifdaonline.org
AUGUST
Aug. TBD:
Hotelex Beijing 2009—China
Int’l. Exhibition Center, Beijing, China. Contact: Angela He, Shanghai CMP
Sinoexpo Int’l. Exhibition Co.; phone
86/21/6437-1178;
hotelex@cmpsinoexpo.com;
www.hotelex.cn
Aug. 2-4:
FER Innovations Exchange—Orrington
Hotel,
Evanston, Ill. Contact: Christine Palmer, Foodservice
Equipment Reports; phone 847/336-2049;
cpalmer@fermag.com
Aug. 5:
FER President’s Preview E&S Market Forecast—Orrington
Hotel,
Evanston, Ill. Contact: Christine Palmer, Foodservice
Equipment Reports; phone 847/336-2049;
cpalmer@fermag.com
Aug. 9-13:
DMA Annual Meeting & Expo—Hyatt
Regency,
Atlanta, Ga. Contact: Sue Grossbauer, Dietary
Managers Association; phone 800/323-1908;
webmaster@dmaonline.org;
www.dmaonline.org
Aug. 11-14:
Food & Hotel Malaysia 2009—Kuala
Lumpur Convention Center,
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Contact: Leonie Long,
Malaysia Exhibition Services; phone
603/4041-0311;
ll@mesallworld.com;
www.foodandhotel.com
Aug. 16-19:
ACFSA Int’l.
Conference—Grand Rapids, Mich. Contact: Jon
Nichols, Association of Correctional Food
Service Affiliates; phone 818/843-6608;
jonnichols@acfsa.org;
www.acfsa.org
Aug. 24-28:
HFM 2009 Annual Leadership Conference—Renaissance
Esmeralda,
Indian Wells, Calif. Contact: National Society
For Healthcare Foodservice Management; phone
212/297-2166;
info@hfm.org;
www.hfm.org
Aug. 30-Sept. 1:
Western Foodservice & Hospitality Expo 2009—San
Diego Convention Center,
San Diego, Calif. Contact: Jennifer Bland,
California Restaurant Association; phone
800/840-5612;
membership@calrest.org;
www.westernfoodexpo.com
SEPTEMBER
Sept. 2-3:
Oklahoma Restaurant Convention & Expo—Cox
Business Services Convention Center, Oklahoma City, Okla. Contact: Linda Etherton, Oklahoma Restaurant Association; phone
405/942-8181;
linda@okrestaurants.com;
www.okrestaurants.com
Sept. 6-10:
CFESA Fall Conference—Nashville,
Tenn. Contact: Lauri Smith, Commercial Food Equipment Service Association;
phone 336/346-4700;
lsmith@cfesa.com;
www.cfesa.com
Sept. 11-13:
Florida Restaurant & Lodging Show—Orange
County Convention Center,
Orlando, Fla. Contact: Carol Dover, Reed
Exhibitions; phone 800/641-9514;
susana@frla.org;
www.fraexpo.com
Sept. 14-17: Nova Equipotel 2009,
the Int’l. Equipment Fair, Products and Services
for Hotels, Flats, Motels, Restaurants, Fast
Foods, Industrial Snack Bars, Kitchens and
Hospitals—Anhembi Exhibition Hall, São Paulo,
Brazil. Contact: Equipotel Group; phone 55/11/5574-5166;
www.novaequipotel.com.br
Sept. 17:
38th Annual Foodservice Forecast & Outlook
Seminars—Newark
Liberty Int'l. Airport Marriott,
Newark, N.J. Contact: Emily Vannucci, IFMA; phone
312/253-4687;
emily@ifmaworld.com;
www.ifmaworld.com
Sept. 23-25:
MAFSI Annual Conference—Westin
Harbour Castle, Toronto, Ontario. Contact: Suzanne Fraga, Manufacturers’ Agents
Association for the Foodservice Industry; phone
404-214-9474;
info@mafsi.org;
www.mafsi.org
Sept. 23-25:
NAMA National Expo—Navy
Pier,
Chicago, Ill. Contact: LyNae Schleyer, National
Automatic Merchandising Association; phone
312/346-0370;
lschleyer@vending.org;
www.namaexpo.org
Sept. 25:
38th Annual Foodservice Forecast & Outlook
Seminars—Westin
San Francisco Airport, Millbrae, Cal. Contact:
Emily Vannucci, IFMA; phone 312/253-4687;
emily@ifmaworld.com;
www.ifmaworld.com
Sept. 24-26:
Eu’Vend
2009—Hall 8, Cologne, Germany. Contact: Anja
Scheidt, KoelnMesse GmbH; phone 49/221-821-0;
a.scheidt@koelnmesse.de;
www.euvend.de
Sept. 24-26:
NAFED Fall Vendor Principal Conference—Embassy
Suites,
Greenville, S.C. Contact: Sanford Smith,
National Association of Food Equipment Dealers;
phone 843/669-7453;
sanfordhsmith@bellsouth.net;
www.nafedinc.com
Sept. 24-26:
VIETHOTEL 2009 Expo & Conference—National
Convention Centre, Hanoi, Vietnam. Contact:
Hafizan Adenan, AMB Exhibitions Sdn Bhd; phone
603/40454993;
fizan@ambexpo.com;
www.viethotelexpo.com
Sept. 29-Oct. 2:
SFM 2009 National Conference—The
Westin Saint Francis,
San Francisco,
Calif. Contact: Wendy Roller, Society For
Foodservice Management; phone 856/380-6829;
wroller@ahint.com;
www.sfm-online.org
Sept. 30:
38th Annual Foodservice Forecast & Outlook
Seminars—Donald
E. Stephens Convention Center, Rosemont, Ill. Contact:
Emily Vannucci, IFMA; phone 312/253-4687;
emily@ifmaworld.com;
www.ifmaworld.com
Sept. 30-Oct. 2: Abastur Rest-Hotel—Centro
Banamex, Mexico City, Mexico. Contact: Arcelia
Cadena, Remex Expos; phone 52/55/52-68-5856;
acadena@remexexpos.com;
www.remexexpos.com/abastur
OCTOBER
Oct. 1-3:
Food & Hotel Vietnam 2009—Saigon
Exhibition and Convention Center,
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Contact: Ting Siew
Mui, Singapore Exhibition Services; phone
65/6233-6638;
events@sesallword.com;
www.foodnhotelvietnam.com
Oct. 7-8:
Mid-Atlantic Food, Beverage and Lodging Expo—Baltimore
Convention Center,
Baltimore, Md. Contact: Dennis Imbesi,
Restaurant Association of Maryland; phone
410/290-6800;
dimbesi@marylandrestaurants.com;
www.midatlanticexpo.com
Oct. 12-14: MERGEFIELD event_name The
Restaurant Show UK—Earl’s
Court 2, London, England. Contact: Gemma Masey,
William Reed Hospitality Ltd.; phone 01293/867-642;
Gemma@completemediagroup.co.uk;
www.therestaurantshow.co.uk
Oct. 13-16:
PRIDE Marketing & Procurement Fall Buying
Conference—Marriott
New Orleans,
New Orleans, La. Contact: Cathy Ellickson, PRIDE
Marketing & Procurement; phone 303/801-0624;
cathy@pridemarketing.com;
www.pridemarketing.com
Oct. 17-20:
FNCE 2009—Denver,
Colo. Contact: Greg Andruch, American Dietetic
Association; phone 800/877-1600 x4741;
gandruch@eatright.org;
www.eatright.org
Oct. 19-21:
Foodservice Distribution Conference &
Exposition—Baltimore
Convention Center,
Baltimore, Md. Contact: Chris Caldwell, Int’l.
Foodservice Distributors Association; phone
703/532-9400;
ccaldwell@ifdaonline.org;
www.ifdaonline.org
Oct. 20-23:
The NACS Show 2009—Las
Vegas Convention Center,
Las Vegas, Nev. Contact: National Association of
Convenience Stores; phone 800/966-6227;
show@nacsonline.com;
www.cstorecentral.com
Oct. 21-23:
ABC Fall Conference—Westin
Yorktown,
Lombard, Ill. Contact: Tom Wilhelm, Allied
Buying Corp.; phone 630/963-9501;
twilhelm@abcvaluline.com;
www.abcvaluline.com
Oct. 19-21: IFED Fall Conference—The
Westin, Lombard, Ill. Contact:
Sheila Devaney, Int’l.
Foodservice Equipment Distributors; phone
630/964-9840;
sdevaney@abcvaluline.com
Oct.
23-27:
Host 2009—New
Milan Trade Fair Complex at Rho/Pero,
Milan, Italy. Contact: Alessandra Devecchi, EXPO
CTS; phone 39/2/34984-304;
expo@expocts.it;
www.host.expocts.it
Oct. 25-28:
EDI Advisory Council—Hilton
Torrey Pines,
La Jolla, Calif. Contact: Angie Miller, The EDI
Marketing Group; phone 828/253-3933;
angiem@edimktg.com;
www.edimktg.com
Oct. 29-31:
FCSI The Americas Conference—The
Hyatt Regency Minneapolis,
Minneapolis, Minn. Contact: Cindy Wyant,
Foodservice Consultants Society Int’l.; phone
502/583-3783;
fcsi@fcsi.org;
www.fcsi.org
NOVEMBER
Nov.
19-21: Hotelex India 2009—Bombay
Exhibition Center,
Mumbai, India. Contact: Farzana Gandhi, CMP
United Business Media;
farzanag@ubindia.com;
www.hotelexindia.com
Nov. 7-10:
Int’l.
Hotel/Motel & Restaurant Show—Jacob K.
Javits Convention Center, New York, N.Y.
Contact: George Little Management; phone
914/421-3200;
www.ihmrs.com
Nov. 8-11:
Gast/Int’l.
Trade Fair for Hotel, Restaurant & Catering—Leipziger
Messe, Leipzig, Germany. Contact: Ulrike Lange,
Leipziger Messe GmbH; phone 49/341/678-8215;
u.lange@leipziger-messe.de;
www.gaeste.de
Nov. 18-20:
Horeca Poland—Krakow,
Poland.
Contact: Iwona Miliszkiewicz, Trade Fairs in
Krakow; phone 48/12/644-5932;
miliszkiewicz@targi.krakow.pl;
www.targi.krakow.pl
Nov. 21-25:
Igeho 2009—Halls
of Basel Exhibition and/or Zurich Exhibition,
Basel, Switzerland. Contact: MCH Swiss
Exhibition (Basel); phone 41/58/200-2020;
info@igeho.ch;
www.igeho.ch
Nov. 22-26:
Horeca Expo 2009—Flanders
Expo,
Ghent, Belgium. Contact: Flanders Expo N.V.;
phone 32/70/233-153;
info@flandersexpo.be;
www.horecaexpo.be
2010 Foodservice
Events
For
you future planners, here’s a short list of some
of the major international foodservice events
taking place in 2010. This being two years out,
please remember that dates are subject to
change.—JC
February 2010: Gulfood—Dubai
Int’l. Exhibition Center, Dubai, United Arab
Emirates.
www.gulfood.com
Feb.
7-11, 2010: Hotelympia/Hostec Europe—ExCeL,
London, England.
www.freshrm.co.uk
Feb. 13-15, 2010: MUFES: Multiunit Foodservice
Equipment Symposium—Barton
Creek Resort & Spa, Austin, Texas.
March 12-17, 2010: Internorga—
Hamburg Messe Fairground, Hamburg, Germany. www.internorga.com
April 2010: Hotelex Shanghai—Shanghai
New Int’l. Expo Centre, Shanghai, China.
www.hotelex.cn
May
22-25, 2010: NRA Restaurant, Hotel-Motel Show—McCormick
Place, Chicago, Ill.
www.restaurant.org
Sept. 12-15, 2010: Hogatec: Int’l. Trade Fair
for Hotels, Gastronomy, Catering—Düsseldorf
Fairgrounds, Düsseldorf, Germany.
www.mdna.com
October 2010: Hostelco 2010—Fira
de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
www.hostelco.com
November 2010: Equip’Hotel Paris—Paris
Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris.
www.equiphotel.tm.fr
Nov. 13-16, 2010: Int’l. Hotel/Motel &
Restaurant Show—Jacob K. Javits Center, New York, N.Y. www.ihmrs.com
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