Event Details: The Indian Restaurant Congress 2011, which is being presented by Franchise India and UTV Bloomberg with Entrepreneur India Advisors as the knowledge partner, is India’s first dedicated restaurant forum that will offer practical advice on how to address growing consumer demand for quality dining experiences. The two day conference will witness deliberations, interactions and knowledge sharing and will draw upon first-hand experience of most innovative restaurant operators and finance experts in the industry as they discuss their unique leadership approaches & decipher trends to lay out a roadmap for changing the paradigm for restaurants through innovative food offerings, exciting customer experience, employee relations, company culture and enterprise-wide integration.

Event Highlights: The Congress will bring together restaurant owners and operators, restaurant companies-both franchised and non-franchised, independent restaurant groups, consultants and brokers in F&B industry, chefs, menu R&D experts, food manufacturers and ingredient and raw material, private label suppliers, supply chain and logistic providers, food service distributors and wholesalers. The panel members will extensively look into methods to position a restaurant as “the place to be” giving insights into 4 main areas:

• Needs assessment, process planning and system inventory to become growth ready
• Addressing financial, economic and operating dynamics in Chain operations
• Balancing resources to ensure the best in human capital practices and understanding the consumer.
• Short-term and long-term action plan for integration in growing chain.

Target Audience/ who should attend:
• Restaurant owners and operators/restaurant companies- both franchised & non- franchised
• Independent restaurant groups
• Restaurant Professionals in business development, marketing, finance, legal, real estate and franchising.
• Consultants and brokers in F & B industry.
• Institutional restaurant lending including private and public equity investors, lenders, brokers, bankers
• High net worth investors having Master Franchisee or thinking of acquiring one
• Food service distributors and wholesalers/ food manufacturers and Ingredient & raw material, private label suppliers
• Supply chain & logistic providers/ shopping centre developers/ shopping centre developers/ retail design & shopfit firms/ trade associations & trade press

Start Date: 20th August, 2011 End Date: 21st August, 2011 Venue: Hotel Claridges, Surajkund Organizer: Franchise India Website: www.entrepreneurindia.org/irc2011 Phone Number: 011-40665555