Leaders meeting with Leaders!

ORA’s First Regional Business Summit in Eugene

Meet with other foodservice and restaurant industry business leaders from the Willamette Valley and beyond at the Valley River Inn, May 12.

This regional business summit focuses on issues and topics of importance to your business.

• The Future of Your Workforce
  

  Where is your future workforce coming from? How are immigration laws going to affect you finding enough talent to support your operations? Where are your competitors finding their employees?

• Business policies impacting your future operation
  

  How will menu labeling affect your business? Health insurance costs – what can you do? What are the current tax reform issues that will impact your bottom line?

• Culinary Tourism – what does it mean to your future business?
  

  How can culinary tourism support your business? Is your restaurant even a culinary tourism destination? What is culinary tourism and what’s it mean to your operation?

Restaurant industry leaders in the fields of Workforce Development, Culinary Tourism and State and Local Policy will be sharing their experiences, insight and answers to questions you’re facing every day...or soon will be!

Leader-to-leader interaction; questions and answers; discussions about the issues affecting your business and the difference between success and closing your doors!

Your $49 admission includes:

• Evening reception
• Two meals (lunch and evening banquet)
• Work sessions on topics with impact on your business
• Networking opportunities with panelists and fellow attendees
• Regional awards banquet for:
• Restaurateur of the Year
• Supplier of the Year
• Community Service Leader of the Year

Help set ORA’s 2009 legislative agenda; share issues impacting your business and what needs political and policy action

The Eugene Regional Business Summit agenda includes:

• 11:30
  Registration/Check-in (all participants)
• 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
  Lunch with state legislator – Floyd Prozanski
• 1:45 – 2:45 pm
  General Session: Immigration – How does it affect your business?
• 3:00 – 4:00 pm
  Breakout Sessions
  Topic: Culinary Tourism – What it can mean for your business?
  Topic: Where is your future Workforce coming from?
• 4:15 - 5:15 pm
  Breakout Sessions
  Topic: Health and General Business - Menu Labeling; Statewide Tax Reform
  Topic: Labor and Benefits - Health Insurance – cost or benefit?
• 5:30 - 6:00 pm
  Reception
• 6:00 - 7:30 pm
  Awards Banquet with Springfield Mayor Sid Leiken and acknowledgement awards for restaurateur; vendor; community service leaders of the year!