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10th Annual Consumer Trends Forum
May 6-9, 2009
Hotel Kabuki, San Francisco, CA
The 10th Annual Consumer Trends Forum will take place May 6-9, 2009 in San Francisco, California. Visit this website often for updates, speaker announcements, and program information.
For an example of the content covered at the Forum, this year's topics (February 20-22, 2008) included:
- "Lessons Learned from a Corporate Futurist"
Natalie Schoch, The Kellogg Company
- "Generation Gap: Why today's Youth are Living in Tomorrow's World"
Mark Federman, Researcher/Stretegist, University of Toronto
- "Going Green Through the Connected Home"
Tim Woods, POCO Labs - "2008 Flavor Forecast"
Connie Jones, Food Insight Strategist, McCormick and Co. - "Capturing the Mom Market"
Marie Bailey, CEO, BSM Media - "Marketing to the Hispanic Population"
Jackie Bird, President, Winglatino - "Emerging Nanotechnologies"
Andrew Maynard, Chief Science Advisor, Woodrow Wilson Center - "Sensory Essentials for Remarkable Design"
Nancy Rodriguez, Food Marketing Support Services - "Post Modern Dining"
Michelle Barry, The Hartman Group - "Social Strategies"
Pamela Divinsky, Vice President, Ethos JWT
Tours
Each Consumer Trends Forum features a variety of technical and site-seeing tours. The tours provide a wonderful opportunity to network with peers, learn about exciting research and applications shaping product development at local companies and gain insight into area-specific trends that may impact your consumers. The 10th Forum's tours will be held on May 6, 2009. Details will be coming soon regarding optional tours available.
Venue
Hotel Kabuki Japantown, San Francisco
Hotel Kabuki is a premier Japanese-style hotel in San Francisco with a western touch. With its prime Japantown location and unique blend of Eastern and Western influences, Hotel Kabuki offers a calm and serene ambiance.
Recently renovated in 2007, the new décor elegantly balances the refined beauty of the East and West. Guests will experience a sense of place that reflects both historic and worldly Japantown as well as the pulse of San Francisco. The location is central to shopping, dining, university and medical center businesses and entertainment, including a new Sundance film theater complex and a choice of music venues within walking distance.
Location
Step out the door into Japantown, with its gift stores, bookstores, Kimono shops and sushi bars. Fillmore Street, with its popular boutiques, cafes, and clubs is within walking distance, a few blocks away. More than 30 restaurants of various International cuisines surround Hotel Kabuki and the Sundance Kabuki Cinema is just down the street.
Union Square, the Golden Gate Bridge, Golden Gate, Chinatown and the famed cable cars are also nearby. The Hotel Kabuki is easy to reach by car, airport shuttle or public transportation. Three municipal bus lines stop within a block of the Hotel Kabuki and provide excellent service throughout the city.
Schedule Overview
- Wednesday, May 6
Optional Tours
Opening Reception - Thursday, May 7
Sessions
Luncheon
CTFI Business Meeting - Friday, May 8
Sessions
Luncheon
Business Card Exchange
Registration
Download the (past) 2008 Consumer Trends Forum program.
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