Bar & Restaurant Expo 2022 has ended

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Bar & Restaurant Expo 2022

1:00pm PDT

A Healthy Relationship with Your Alcohol Suppliers LVCC South Hall, Room S223Taryn Olsen • David Kaplan • Daniel Warrilow Building & Retaining Great Restaurant Teams LVCC South Hall, Room S219Justin Holmes Building a Jet Engine: How Function and Layout are the Thrust Behind the Venue LVCC South Hall, Room S221Michael Tipps • Bob Wolters Dynamic Growth Through Inclusive Culture LVCC South Hall, Room S226TaChelle Lawson The Surprising Way Technology is Driving Greater Profits & Better Guest Experiences LVCC South Hall, Room S225Chip Klose

2:00pm PDT

How Entrepreneurs and Small Businesses can Build their Brands through Strategic Investments LVCC South Hall, Room S226Dennis McKinley Order in 20 Seconds, Pay in 10: How QR Codes are Transforming the Hospitality Industry LVCC South Hall, Room S221Christine de Wendel Retention, Rewards and the ROI LVCC South Hall, Room S225Christie Lawler • Kristen Wheaton • Kim Cook-Sorano Update Your Outdated Menu LVCC South Hall, Room S223Chef Brian Duffy Your Restaurant Culture Might Suck! LVCC South Hall, Room S219Donald Burns You’re Missing 40% of Your Customers: Digital Advertising for Bars and Restaurants LVCC South Hall, Room S220Jeremy JF Thompson • Jabin Troth

3:15pm PDT

Anatomy of a Failure LVCC South Hall, Room S221Jacob Treviño Automate, Innovate, Elevate LVCC South Hall, Room S220Stephen Hunt Building Strong Teams for Operational Success LVCC South Hall, Room S219Kapri Robinson The Business of Tea Moving Forward LVCC South Hall, Room S225Chris MacNitt The Cocktail Bandits Surprise and Delight with Custom Beverage Experiences LVCC South Hall, Room S223Taneka Reaves • Johnny Caldwell Why Customer Visit Data is Your Golden Ticket to Higher Sales LVCC South Hall, Room S226Megan Wintersteen

4:15pm PDT

Core Values: How Culture Drives Hiring, Retention and Growth in 2022 LVCC South Hall, Room S220David Benowitz How to Avoid 3 Deadly Mistakes in Labor Cost LVCC South Hall, Room S219David Scott Peters Lessons from the Toughest Side of Entrepreneurship LVCC South Hall, Room S226Jackie Summers Mezcal + Tequila 101: The Agave Spirits Institute LVCC South Hall, Room S223Daniel Rodriguez The Importance of Data Analytics to the Small Business Owner LVCC South Hall, Room S225Timothy McCoy, MBA

6:30pm PDT

Welcome Kickoff Party Sahara Hotel, Azilo Pool

10:00am PDT

Bartenders Build Brands: How to Develop Mutually Beneficial Relationships through Advocacy, Education and Support LVCC South Hall, Room S220Lindsey Johnson Health in Hospitality - Sobriety and Substance Abuse LVCC South Hall, Room S226Mickey Bakst Leveraging Sustainability to Drive Profitability LVCC South Hall, Room S225Michael Winters • Michael Adams One Point at a Time: Climbing to Double-Digit Profit Margins Las Vegas Convention Center, South HallHillary Holmes • Ben Pryor • Peter Lambros Raise the Bar: Building The Right Team & Cocktail Menus to Keep Your Customers Thirsty for More! LVCC South Hall, Room S223Mia Mastroianni • Art Sutley • Phil Wills Understanding the Leasing Game & How to Get Ahead LVCC South Hall, Room S221Homan Taghdiri

11:00am PDT

Keynote: Growth Opportunities for 2022 and Beyond LVCC South Hall, Room S222/S223Scott Blazek • Mark Gray • Bruce Skala • Cami Lehmann

11:45am PDT

Red Carpet & Ribbon Cutting Ceremony with Brendan Gaughan, former NASCAR driver Las Vegas Convention Center, South Hall

12:00pm PDT

Ben's Friends Meeting For Sober F&B Professionals and Those Seeking Sobriety #319, Las Vegas Convention Center, South HallMickey Bakst Expo Hall Hours Las Vegas Convention Center, South Hall

1:00pm PDT

Proven Strategies to Immediately Make THE GUEST EXPERIENCE a Positive Topic for You and Your Team LVCC South Hall, Room S225Isaac Taylor Recovery & Moving Forward: Trends to Know LVCC South Hall, Room S223Amanda Torgerson Shake Up Your Digital Marketing Strategy: Tips To Engage with Nano & Micro Influencers LVCC South Hall, Room S220Matt Hensler Strategies for Delivering Quality Service Without Enough Quality Servers LVCC South Hall, Room S221Brian J. Warrener Talking Tech with Beverage Alcohol E-Commerce Pioneers LVCC South Hall, Room S219Taylor Foxman • Tim Angelillo • Dipanjan Chatterjee • Josh Jacobs Working Well With Others LVCC South Hall, Room S226John Shermetaro David Kaplan on Community & Evolution in F&B NxT Stage, Expo Hall FloorDavid Kaplan • Sarah Engstrand

1:15pm PDT

Food & Beverage Innovation Center Welcome Announcement Food & Beverage Innovation CenterChef Brian Duffy

1:30pm PDT

Kamikaze Chicken DemoPete Blohme

2:00pm PDT

5 Secrets to Bringing New Customers in Through Niche Sports Content LVCC South Hall, Room S220John Kirk How to Build a High Functioning Restaurant Management Team LVCC South Hall, Room S223David Scott Peters How to Open a Restaurant in New York City LVCC South Hall, Room S221Joshua Foulquier • David Kaplan • Joseph Levey The New Rules of Hospitality: What a Post-Pandemic Consumer Wants LVCC South Hall, Room S219Phil Wills Too Busy to Grow: How to Solve the "Never Enough Time" Problem LVCC South Hall, Room S225Alison Anne Violence in Nightclubs, Bars, & Restaurants - Steps to Mitigate LVCC South Hall, Room S226Alan W. Zajic

2:15pm PDT

Short Rib Pot Pie Demo Food & Beverage Innovation CenterKayla Robison

2:30pm PDT

Claiming a Legacy: Jackie Summers, Founder, Sorel Liqueur in Conversation with Amanda Victoria, Co-Founder & CEO, Siponey NxT Stage, Expo Hall FloorAmanda Victoria • Jackie Summers

3:00pm PDT

Beef & Lamb Areyas Demo Food & Beverage Innovation CenterChef Brian Duffy

4:00pm PDT

Devan Shah Tea Tycoons LIVE! NxT Stage, Expo Hall Floor

4:30pm PDT

Borscht Belt Pastrami Sandwich Demo Food & Beverage Innovation CenterChef Nick Liberato

5:00pm PDT

Ben's Friends Meeting For Sober F&B Professionals and Those Seeking Sobriety #319, Las Vegas Center, South HallMickey Bakst

11:00am PDT

It's Possible! Walking With Purpose Towards Top Line Revenue Growth Through a Deep Dive into Operations LVCC South Hall, Room S226Harold Johnson The Gen Z Era: Brand It & They Will Come LVCC South Hall, Room S220Andrew Corbett The Next Generation of Hospitality LVCC South Hall, Room S221David Benowitz • Kapri Robinson • Reza Esmaili Your Community, Your Customers LVCC South Hall, Room S225Angela Zoiss • Alison Anne • Trevor Tyler From First-Time Attendee to New Owner LVCC South Hall, Room S219Homan Taghdiri • Michael Tipps • Billy-Joe Hunt • Suzanne Hunt

12:00pm PDT

Equity vs. Equality LVCC South Hall, Room S221TaChelle Lawson • Kathleen Taylor • Alex Reznik Inflation is here! 5 Critical Steps to Improve your rising Food & Bar Costs LVCC South Hall, Room S225Ray Villaman Social Media and Marketing 101 LVCC South Hall, Room S220Christie Lawler • Angel Vasquez Supply Chain in 2022 - Managing Through the Uncertainty LVCC South Hall, Room S226Christopher Carraher • Brian J. Warrener • Kayla Robison • Andrew Chun Expo Hall Hours Las Vegas Convention Center, South Hall

12:30pm PDT

Pork Meatball Pincho Demo Food & Beverage Innovation CenterBarbie Marshall Ben's Friends - A Path Forward for F&B Professionals Dealing with Addiction NxT Stage, Expo Hall FloorHailey Hosler • Philip Speer • Sheri Hood

1:15pm PDT

TiNDLE Chicken Sandwich Demo Food & Beverage Innovation CenterChad Rosenthal

2:00pm PDT

Scotch Eggs Demo Food & Beverage Innovation CenterKevin Des Chenes The Industry Excellence Awards, presented by Bar & Restaurant Expo NxT Stage, Expo Hall FloorMia Mastroianni • Molly Wellmann

2:45pm PDT

Vegan Cubano Demo Food & Beverage Innovation CenterTori Lubeck

3:30pm PDT

BarTalk! The Hospitality Industry Support Group welcomes Chef Brian Duffy! NxT Stage, Expo Hall FloorChef Brian Duffy • Andy Driscoll • Dan Mahoney • Karl Heine