Hear 5 – 10-minute talks from speakers on food, business, community, and the power of tradition.

Hear short talks from speakers on food, business, community, and the power of tradition.  

5:30 PM – 5:45 PM

Damian Felchlin on the highs and lows of commercial food innovation using the success and eventual failure of Edmama Foods as a case study. 

5:50 PM – 6 PM

Kristen Smith on the importance of supporting local restaurants as the Manager of Evoo and Za in Kendall Square

6:05 PM – 6:15 PM 

Nadia Annan on building community through meals, how sharing meals have transformed certain groups overtime, and why we, as people, need to cling to it as a necessity. This talk will also discuss the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the ways in which we could or could not gather communally. 

6:20 PM – 6:30 PM

Erik Modhal on cultivating community. Something to think about is: How can we engage in a deeper understanding of who we are as people rather than what we do?