Next Wednesday in NYC: Food and Internet Week

Internet Week 2011: FOOD 2.0
Hosted by: Food+Tech Connect  |  Grubster  |  Pretty Project Collective

Wednesday, June 8, 2011
10:30 AM – 7:30 PM
Wix Lounge | 10 W 18th St | 2nd Fl | New York, NY

FOOD 2.0 is a day-long series of panels that brings together professionals interested in the future of food for discussions about how technology is shaping the way we interact with and produce food. The panels will explore food data sharing and standards, the future of food reviewing, open source food, and the social kitchen. Speaker bios available here.

Event Schedule

10:30 – 11:30: Food & Menu Data: Building A Standard Interchange Format
Moderated by Niles Brooks, Tech Co-Founder, Clean Plates

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Panelists:
David Bloom- CEO, Ordr.in
Lev Steshenko- Co-founder, Campusfood.com and Allmenus.com
Ryan Scott- Chief Marketing Officer, SeamlessWeb
Data is what ensures we are all talking about the same restaurant, farm or same dish. It’s also what drives policy decisions, helps businesses plan, and if displayed in a meaningful manner, data can help change consumer behavior. The panelists will discuss their current projects using restaurant, menu, ingredient, food source, and nutritional data. We’ll also discuss any barriers they currently face in collecting and sharing data in hopes of building a standard interchange called “Clean Format.”

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12:00 – 1:00 The Future of Food Reviewing
Moderated by Ryan Charles, Founder Consmr, former Zagat Mobile Director
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Panelists:
Amy Cao- Head of Social Media, Foodspotting
Eunice Chou- Founder, Flavorize
Nick Fauchald- Editor-in-Chief, Tasting Table
Colleen Curtis- Director of East Coast Marketing, Yelp
Lea Marino- Community Manager, Bizzy
Over the last decade there have been huge shifts in how users discover and research great food. The days are numbered for critics and experts, but is the future of food really the present day user generated sources? How do location, friends, palate and automated recommendations play a role? Our panelists will explore the hypothesis that we’re rapidly moving towards external signals and factors to determine our next dinner. Join executives from Foodspotting, Yelp, Tasting Table, Where, and Flavorize in exploring this topic

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1:00 – 2:00: Lunch sponsored by Yum Yum

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2:30 – 3:30: Open Source Food
Moderated by Danielle Gould, Founder, Food+Tech Connect
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Panelists:
Britta Riley- Founder & CEO, Windowfarms
Natalie Jeremijenko-  Director of xDesign Environmental Health Clinic & Associate Professor of Visual Art, New York University
Devin Balkind- Director, Sarapis Foundation
Stowe Boyd- Social Philosopher & Connectivist, Work Media
Rising food costs, obesity and diabetes, and food borne illness have all increased demand for healthier, local and more transparent food. This session will explore how the ideas of open source food are energizing a new generation of food tech entrepreneurs and researchers to build a more transparent food chain based on new ways to use and share data in the private and public sectors and to change the fundamentals of the business of food and agriculture. The panel will look at what exactly open source food is, different approaches being explored, and why it’s important.

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4:00 – 5:00 : The Social Kitchen: How Social Networks & the Internet Have Hacked The Home Cooking Experience
Moderated by Mike Lee, Founder, Studiofeast
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Panelists:
Amanda Hesser- Co-Founder, Food52
Sarah Maine- Co-Founder, RecipeRelay
Michael Lavalle- CEO, Gojee
Will Turnage- Mobile App Creator, Ratio & Bread Baking Basics
The kitchen has always been a hub of social activity in the home. For generations, cooking techniques and recipes have been passed on through real life interactions within the four, physical walls of a residential kitchen. Over the past decade, social networks & the internet have broken these walls down and home cooks are now exposed to an infinitely larger data set of ideas and inspiration to empower their cooking pursuits in the home. Hear from our panelists how this onslaught of data has benefited the home cook, changed the public discourse on cooking and foodie-ism, and created challenges in filtering and vetting all of this information.

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5:00 – 7:30: Happy hour sponsored by Wix Lounge & Singha
Special molecular gastronomy demonstration by Mike Lee of Studiofeast.

http://www.foodandtechconnect.com/site/2011/06/02/internet-week-2011-food-2-0/

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Stefaan G. Verhulst
Chief of Research
Markle Foundation
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