Speakers

Michael Hales

LACA Main Event 2024 Forum Chair & Managing Director of Juniper Ventures Limited

Anita Brown

LACA National Chair & Catering & Cleaning Service Manager, Stockton‑on‑Tees Borough Council

Judith Gregory

LACA Regional Chair, Wales & National Vice-Chair

John Douch

Sales Transformation

Mark Sargeant

LACA Ambassdor
LACA Live & LACA Campaign Update

Will Quince

Review Lead
Independent Review into Public Sector Food Procurement

Shirley Ballas

Interview

Kate Quilton

Journalist, producer and presenter

Rich Osborn

CEO, Equilibrium Markets
What is the Buying Better Food & Drink framework?

Luke Hall

Youth voice advocate, campaigner, and global speaker
The missing voice: What we aren’t talking about within the school food sector.

Brad Pearce

LACA Immediate Past Chair & Managing Director, CATERed
Calculating the price of a school lunch

Myles Bremner

CEO of Bremner & Co.
Calculating the price of a school lunch

Colm Bradley

Marketing and Branding Manager, Education Authority in Northern Ireland
Four Nations – Levelling up School Food

Chris Ross

ASSIST FM
Four Nations – Levelling up School Food

Peter Russell FIH

Chairman's Representative & Chief Technology Officer
What is AI going to mean to the school food service?

Pierre Paslier

Co-founder and CEO, Notpla
Sustainability in practice

Tanya & Nadim Ednan-Laperouse OBE

The Natasha Allergy Research Foundation
Allergen Inclusivity - You are what you eat panel session

Steve Thomas

Co-Founder & CEO - Ample Marketplace
You are what you eat – panel session

Ricky Nelson

Key Account Manager
ParentPay Group and LACA School Meals Report 2024

David Titman

Co-Founder of RaisingNutrition Ltd.
You are what you eat – panel session

Paul Jordan

CEO of TVI learning
Workshop 2: Case Study - Thames View Infant School

Beverley Baker

Workshop 1: The School Food Sector – a good place to work – focus on staff development

Paul Murphy

Business Development Chef, McCain Foods GB
LACA Live - Strong Roots Demo

Steve Walpole

LACA Live - Lentils.org

Paul Mannering

Chef Academy Principal, HIT Training
Workshop 1: The School Food Sector – a good place to work – focus on staff development

Derek Wright

Catering Services Manager, Blackpool Council
Workshop 3 - Ask the education experts