Name
Talkin’ Shop: Unfiltered Peer Discussions on 5 Pressing Industry Issues
Date & Time
Thursday, October 22, 2026, 3:15 PM - 4:00 PM
Description

This 45-minute interactive workshop is built around peer-to-peer discussion. You’ll join small-group roundtables with fellow restaurant executives to swap candid failure stories, test ideas, and compare real-world playbooks. Across three 12-minute rapid rotations, the room will dive deep into:

Store-Level Infrastructure: Why solid software breaks at the unit level and how to ensure store networks can actually support high-level tech visions.
AI Governance: Whose responsibility is it to oversee a restaurant organization's AI/LLM usage? How are organizations drawing up policies & best practices? 
Franchisee Alignment & Hardware: How to build compelling ROI cases for skeptical operators while tackling frontline device and hardware friction.
Field Support & Operational Realities: Building back-of-house support models that protect store managers and step in when tech crashes during peak rush.
GEO (AI/LLM Search Orientation): How restaurant brands can make themselves more likely to be visible in LLM queries. 

Come ready to speak candidly, learn from the executive room, and walk away with practical strategies you can apply to your own roadmap.