Agenda
June 27, 2023
Dress Code: Casual
Waterloo Region Taste of Place Experience (optional).
$200 + taxes and fees, includes food, drink, and transportation.
| 08:00AM | Departure from 300 Adelaide Street East, Toronto |
| 09:30AM | Agritourism experience at Mountainoak cheese |
| 12:00PM | Garden lunch at Langdon Hall Hotel & Spa |
| 02:00PM | Tour and tasting at Willibald Farm & Distillery |
| 05:00PM | Arrive at 300 Adelaide Street East, Toronto |
June 28, 2023
Dress Code: Business Casual
| 7:30 AM | Registration and light breakfast bites | |
| 8:30 AM | Indigenous Welcome | Chief Stacey Laforme - Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation |
| 8:40 AM | Master of Ceremonies Welcome and National Introduction | The Honourable Randy Boissonnault, Member of Parliament, House of Commons of Canada Liza Frulla, Chair of the Board of Directors, Destination Canada Ion Vilcu, Director for Affiliate Members, UNWTO Rebecca Mackenzie, President and CEO, Culinary Tourism Alliance Dr. Eileen De Courcy, Vice-President, Academic, George Brown College Tony Garcia, Director, Continuing Education, Strategic Partnerships, Marketing, George Brown College |
| 8:50 AM | Great Taste of Canada Launch | Rebecca Mackenzie, President and CEO, Culinary Tourism Alliance Beth Potter, President and CEO, Tourism Industry Association of Canada |
| 9:00 AM | Opening Keynote | Lori McCarthy, Author of Food Culture Place |
| 9:30 AM | Panel: Growing Culinary Tourism in North Star Cities | Panelists: Monica Orr, Team Leader, Travel Trade and Media Relations, Tourisme Montréal. Scott Beck, President and CEO, Destination Toronto Royce Chwin, President and CEO, Destination Vancouver Moderator: Gloria Loree, Senior VP & Chief Marketing Officer, Destination Canada |
| 10:30 AM | Networking Break Sponsored by Fortinos | |
| 11:00 AM | UNWTO Affiliate Members - Global Best Practices | Speakers: Gümüş Burcu Gezeroğlu and Melike Ezgi Memiş, Türkiye Tourism Promotion and Development Agency | GoTürkiye |
| 11:25 AM | Case Study: UNESCO City of Gastronomy | Speaker: Jonathan Mabry, Ph.D., Executive Director, UNESCO Tucson City of Gastronomy |
| 11:50 AM | UNWTO Affiliate Members - Global Best Practices | Speakers: Maylene Broderick, Chief Director Enterprise Development and Transformation | Department of Tourism, South Africa Dr. Laeticia Jacobs, Deputy Director: Tourism | Department of Tourism, South Africa |
| 12:10 PM | UNWTO Affiliate Members - Global Best Practices | Speaker: Nicole Groot Zevert, Project Manager, Culinary Flanders at Toerisme Vlaanderen | VisitFlanders |
| 12:40 PM | Lunch - A Feast On® Signature Event | Dishes curated by: Chef Joel Gray and Chef Hannah Harradine | Down Home - Sumac + Salt Chef Ricky and Chef Olivia Simpson | Ricky + Olivia Chef Aicha Smith | Esha's Eats Chef Ravinder Singh | Bindia Indian Bistro |
| 2:00 PM | Indigenous Culinary Tourism: A Provincial Approach | Speakers: Kevin Eshkawkogan, CEO of Indigenous Tourism Ontario Paul Owl, Founder, Tree Teas Brewing |
| 2:30 PM | Trail to Success - Agritourism Best Practices | Speakers: Suzanne Kelly and Tannis Baker of the Alberta Association of Agricultural Societies |
| 2:55 PM | The Power of Collaboration & Community in creating Taste of Place | Speaker: Chef Mandel Hitzer, Founder, RAW: Almond |
| 3:20 PM | Networking Break | |
| 3:50 PM | National Indigenous Culinary Tourism Experiences | Speakers: Chef Paul Natrall, Founder & Executive Chef, Mr Bannock Chef Jenna White, Owner, Jenna's Nut-Free Dessertery Inc. Chef Tammy Maki, CEO & Owner, Raven Rising-Global Indigenous Chocolates Moderator: Chef Jenni Lessard, Interim Executive Director, Indigenous Culinary of Associated Nations (ICAN) |
| 4:50 PM | The Chef's Role in Leading Sustainbility in Culinary Tourism | Speaker: Chef Jason Bangerter, Bangerter, Executive Chef, Relais & Chàteaux Langdon Hall in conversation with Katie Bridges, Editor, Foodism Magazine |
| 5:20 PM | Closing Remarks | |
| 5:30 PM | Taste of Place Reception | |