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This Symposium will turn the traditional conference model on its head. Join Winter Waters for a full day of immersive industry-focused workshops designed to drive progress and inspire collaboration around Oregon’s food system challenges and opportunities. If you’re tired of talking about ideas, and would rather be in a room with action oriented, fun, and ocean oriented folks, this is the right place for you.
Over the course of the day, take a deeper dive on all things related to Oregon’s wild and incredible foods from the sea, and explore how localizing our food systems and re-imagining of use our natural resources can ignite a better future for all. Food system champions such as Nikki Guerrero of Hot Mama Salsa, Chef Andre Uribe, Chef Maylin Chavez and Alanna Kieffer of Shifting Tides NW will help guide discussions and storytelling to help craft a vision for the future food systems. Enjoy intentional conversations, updates on compelling projects and business resources, and delicious ocean-centric food.
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9 AM – 4 PM An immersive, industry-focused workshop designed to drive progress, activate solutions, and inspire collaboration around Oregon’s food system challenges. Registration fee includes breakfast snacks, art and seafood demos, tastings and lunch. Full scholarships or industry discounts available upon request. This workshop is limited to 50 attendees.
4 PM – 6 PM For those who can’t make it to the Workshops, join an informal happy hour mixer at The Redd! Enjoy networking with chefs, food scientists, and other seaweed and ocean-venture curious, in this business social featuring oysters and tasty sea snacks. This portion is open to the public; $10-20 sliding scale entry benefits the Oregon Kelp Alliance and Central Coast Food Web. Mixer is included for workshop attendees as part of registration.
This listing is for the Symposium, followed by a “Seaweed Oyster Social” at The Redd on 2/18.
After this kick off, the forum will proceed with a hands-on Ocean Art! Xperience at Art Design Xchange (ADX) will delight the senses on 2/19, then the event will culminate in an epic Seafaring Speakeasy and educational culinary showcase at Union Pine on 2/20. See website and sign up for more info!