Plant Based Community To Gather This Weekend At Javits Center For Plant Based World Conference & Expo
This Friday and Saturday, June 7-8, the plant-based community will gather for the first ever Plant Based World Conference & Expo in New York City at the Javits Center.
NEW YORK, June 6, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- What: This Friday and Saturday, June 7-8, the plant-based community will gather for the first ever Plant Based World Conference & Expo in New York City at the Javits Center. This trade show and conference will offer something for each part of the community with education, culinary demonstrations, exhibits and networking opportunities for restaurant/food service and health professionals as well as for the general consumers. For more information about Plant Based World Conference & Expo, visit http://www.plantbasedworldexpo.com/.
When/Where:
Javits Convention Center, New York City
Friday, June 7 from 9:00 am – 6:00 pm
Saturday, June 8 from 8:00 am – 7:00 pm – (Consumer Day)
Who: Plant Based World Conference & Expo is produced by JD Events, with the help of founding partners Plant Based Foods Association, Eat for the Planet, The Plantrician Project, and Follow Your Heart. Over 100 speakers will present on various topics in the Eat for the Planet Business Forum, the Food Solutions for Human Health Summit and the Community Day. Click this link for a full list speakers, which includes:
- Seth Goldman, Beyond Meat
- Derrick Morgan, NFL Linebacker
- Eric Adams, Borough President, Brooklyn
- Dotsie Bausch, Olympic Medalist
- Caldwell Esselstyn, MD, Cleveland Clinic
- Lisa Feria, StrayDog Capital
- Andy Levitt, Purple Carrot
- Dr. Robert Osfeld, Montefiore Health System
- Michele Simon, Plant Based Foods Association
- Nil Zacharias, Eat for the Planet
About: The expo hall will feature over 130 booths with leading vendors, including Gold Sponsors 22 Days Nutrition LLC, Algama, Forks Over Knives, Good Catch, New Crop Capital, No Evil Foods, StrayDog Capital, The Humane Society of the United States, The JackFruit Company, Unovis Partners, and Veestro, as well as many other vendors who will offer plant-based foods, beverages, products, services and brands.
Highlights of the education program include:
- Eat for the Future Business Forum produced in partnership with Eat for the Planet - http://www.plantbasedworldexpo.com/sessiontrack-eatforthefuture.asp.
- The Plantrician Project, the leader in educating the modern healthcare world on the benefits of plant-based nutrition, helped to develop The Food Solutions for Human Health Summit. http://www.plantbasedworldexpo.com/sessiontrack-foodsolutions.asp
- On Saturday, June 8th, the event is opened for Community Day where consumers will discover the latest plant-based foods, attend keynote speeches, attend educational sessions, learn to thrive on a plant-based lifestyle, and meet others who share the same passion. http://www.plantbasedworldexpo.com/sessiontrack-communityday.asp
- Culinary Demonstrations by: Rich Landau, Co-Owner, Vedge; Fran Costigan, known as the Queen of Vegan Desserts, and Director of Vegan Baking & Pastry Rouxbe Cooking School as well as several exciting plant-based demonstrations.
- Keynote Presentations include: The Growth of the Plant-Based Foods Industry; Turning a Mission Driven Business into a Mainstream Revolution by Seth Goldman, Executive Chair, Beyond Meat and Plant Based Play Makers featuring NFL Linebacker Derrick Morgan of the Tennessee Titans and his wife Charity who will talk about their plant- based diet.
SOURCE Plant Based World Conference & Expo
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