David Geffen Hall 10 Lincoln Center Plaza New York
NY 10023 United States
Refund Policy
No Refunds
Agenda
09:00 – 10:00
Doors Open and Check-In
Breakfast by CxRA and La Marzocco
10:00 – 12:00
First Speaker Session
12:00 – 13:00
Lunch by CxRA
With S.Pellegrino® Sparkling Natural Mineral Water and Acqua Panna® Natural Spring Water
13:00 – 15:00
Second Speaker Session
15:00 – 15:30
Snack Break by Resy
15:30 – 17:00
Third Speaker Session
17:00 – 17:30
Cocktail Reception by Pernod Ricard
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About this event
We founded the Welcome Conference in 2014 to create a space where dining room professionals could share ideas, inspire one another, and connect to form a community. By our third year, seats were filled with people from every major industry, who believed that what they could learn from leaders in our industry could supercharge how they ran theirs.
In the ten years since, the Welcome Conference has evolved into America’s preeminent hospitality symposium. We’ve welcomed over 100 speakers, from Fortune 500 CEOs to FBI hostage negotiators, from musicians to magicians — and, of course, some of the most celebrated restauranteurs in the world.
Our attendees believe, as we do, that hospitality is a craft that can be honed, a muscle that can be strengthened — that how they serve their clients is as valuable as what they serve. They believe in caring as much for the people they work with and serve as they do about the products they make. They believe every one of us can choose to be in the hospitality industry, no matter what we do — and that you don’t have to be a luxury business to do it.
Once a year, we gather in New York for an immersive, engaging, and provocative day-long program. We exchange stories and challenges and ideas, and we leave with our gas tanks full.
We look forward to welcoming you!
2024 Welcome Speakers:
David Brooks – Author and New York Times Columnist
Angus Collins – Endurance Athlete & Founder of Beyond Endurance
Julio Garcia – Restaurateur, Ambriza Social Mexican Kitchen
Jen Hidinger-Kendrick – Founder of Giving Kitchen
Chayil Hyland – Food Education Fund Alum; Current Cornell Student
Dr. Becky Kennedy – Clinical Psychologist and Founder of Good Inside
Donald Miller – Author of Building a StoryBrand
Steve Palmer – Founder and Chief Vision Officer of The Indigo Road Hospitality Group
Jade Simmons – Classical Music’s #1 Maverick
Zach Williams, Kanene Pipkin, and Brian Elmquist – The Lone Bellow
Hosted by Will Guidara