2024 Deans & Director Retreat and Leadership Conference – Information and Registration
10th Annual CAFÉ DEANS & DIRECTORS RETREAT, Wednesday, June 19, 2024 (meet & greet evening of June 18th)
18th Annual CAFÉ LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE, Wednesday evening, June 19 to Friday, June 21, 2024
Hosted by Alamo Colleges District – St. Philip’s College
CONFERENCE OUTLINE
10TH ANNUAL CAFÉ DEANS & DIRECTORS RETREAT (DDR)
June 19, 2024
9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
“Invent the Future”
Tuesday, June 18, 2024
- Meet and Greet Happy Hour for Deans and Directors (5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.) located in the Aztec Bar area on the 2nd floor of the hotel
Wednesday, June 19, 2024
- Breakfast at hotel (available from 6:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.)
- Bus transportation leaves from Drury Plaza Hotel to St. Philip’s Campus (8:30 a.m.)
- Attendee Introductions/description of current challenges (9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.)
- Keynote: “Culinary Arts Education in an AI World: Frosting or Flambe?” presented by Dr. Tim Dasey, Dasey Consulting (9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.) sponsored by Mercer Tools
- Panel Discussion - on the topic of innovations and ideas (10:45 a.m. -11:45 a.m.)
- Moderator – Jon Deutsch, Drexel University
- Panelists
- Lunch (12:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.) Speaker, Paul Sorgule, Harvest America Ventures.
- Roundtable discussions
- Wrap up (3:15 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.)
- Bus transportation from St. Philip’s Campus to Drury Plaza Hotel (4:15 p.m.)
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CAFÉ MASTER CLASSES AND OPENING NIGHT RECEPTION
June 19, 2024
Wednesday, June 19, 2024 – Master Classes
- Hands On Master Classes (separate registration)
- Chocolate Class (1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.)
- Pizza Class (1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.)
- Transportation to/from master classes on your own
Wednesday, June 19, 2024 (Evening Event for DDR, LC Attendees and Guests)
- Bus transportation from Drury Plaza Hotel to St. Philip’s Campus (6:30 p.m.)
- Awards 7:00 pm -7:30 p.m.
- Opening Night Reception - Guests are Welcome 7:30 p.m. -8:45 p.m.
- Breakout Session Sign-up Sheet for Industry Outreach and Educational Best Practices Day
- Bus transportation from St. Philip’s Campus to Drury Plaza Hotel (9:00 p.m.)
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18TH ANNUAL CAFÉ LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE (LC)
June 20-21, 2024
Thursday, June 20, 2024 - INDUSTRY OUTREACH DAY
- Breakfast at hotel (available from 6:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.)
- Bus transportation leaves from Drury Plaza Hotel to St. Philip’s Campus (8:30 a.m.)
- Keynote: “Did you try unplugging.” Presented by Charles Carroll, Executive Chef, River Oaks Country Club (9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.)
- InfoFair (10:15 a.m. -11:15 a.m.)
- Lunch (11:15 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.)
- Breakout sessions #1 (12:45 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.)
- Three presentations simultaneously – Attendees Choose 1
- Guittard Chocolate
- Idaho Potato Commission
- National Mango Board
- Three presentations simultaneously – Attendees Choose 1
- Breakout sessions #2 (2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.)
- Three presentations simultaneously – Attendees Choose 1
- North Carolina Sweet Potatoes
- National Pork Board
- National Watermelon Promotion Board
- Three presentations simultaneously – Attendees Choose 1
- Breakout sessions #3 (3:15 p.m.- 4:15 p.m.)
- Three presentations simultaneously – Attendees Choose 1
- National Resource Defense Council
- RATIONAL
- TBD
- Three presentations simultaneously – Attendees Choose 1
- Bus transportation from St. Philip’s Campus to Drury Plaza Hotel (4:30 p.m.)
Dinner on Your Own
Friday, June 21, 2024 - EDUCATIONAL BEST PRACTICES DAY
- Breakfast at hotel (available from 6:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.)
- Bus transportation leaves from Drury Plaza Hotel to St. Philip’s Campus (8:30 a.m.)
- Keynote Dr. Fred Mayo, (9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.)
- Breakout sessions #1 (10:15 - 11:15 a.m.)
- Three presentations simultaneously – Attendees Choose 1
- TBD presented by Dr. Jean Hertzman, School of Hotel, Restaurant, and Tourism Management, New Mexico State University
- TBD presented by Russ Zito from Johnson & Wales University
- TBD presented by Cathy Scruggs, American Technical Publishers
- Three presentations simultaneously – Attendees Choose 1
- Lunch at St. Philip’s Campus (11:30 – 12:30 p.m.)
- Breakout sessions #2 (12:45 a.m. - 1:45 p.m.)
- Three presentations simultaneously – Attendees Choose 1
- “The Art of Teaching and Learning Food for Health: From course design to therapeutic food development” presented by Jon Deutsch and Brandy-Joe Milliron with Drexel University
- " Reinventing your Purchasing Class” presented by Desmond Keefe
- “Teaching Regional/International Cuisines: a unique approach” presented by Rob McDonald
- Three presentations simultaneously – Attendees Choose 1
- Breakout sessions #3 (2:00 – 3:00 p.m.)
- Three presentations simultaneously – Attendees Choose 1
- “Teach your students their super power and they can fly!” presented by Daniel Stine and Dominic Hawkes with SDC Publications
- “Make It with Metric” presented by Jasun Zakro, American Leadership Academy Applied Technologies
- “Preparing your students for competition.” presented by Patrick Costello with St. Philips College
- Three presentations simultaneously – Attendees Choose 1
- CEH Certificates and Evaluations handed out (3:00 p.m.) (Hand out during last presentation)
- Bus transportation from St. Philip’s Campus to Drury Plaza Hotel (3:15 p.m.)
Notes:
Membership Discount: CAFÉ members get a $25 discount. Please log into your account and register to get your discount.
Presenter Discount: Presenters get a $100 discount.
Texas High School Teachers get a $100 discount on conference registration. Please contact Mary Young at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for registration details.
Hotel: 130 Drury Plaza Hotel San Antonio Riverwalk, 105 South St. Mary’s Street, San Antonio, TX 78205. For more Hotel information, click here.
Continuing Education Hours: Certificates will be given out at end of each conference.
COVID-19: We will follow the current CDC guidelines and/or Alamo College District – St. Philip’s College guidelines as of the date of the conference.
REGISTRATION AND PRICING:
Deans and Directors Retreat |
$349 |
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Leadership Conference |
$449 |
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Both Events: Deans and Directors Retreat and Leadership Conference |
$549 |
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Sponsor and/or Presenter (Special Registration) |
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Chocolate Master Class |
$25 |
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Pizza Master Class |
$25 |
* If you are having any difficulty registering, please contact Mary Young directly by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..