Events have the power to shape culture, foster connections and drive meaningful impact—and food plays a crucial role in this experience. Explore how mindful, inclusive and sustainable food choices can enhance focus, engagement and leadership at events. From designing conscious food setups that promote connection to ensuring dietary inclusivity and sustainability, gain actionable insights on how event professionals can lead the way in creating nourishing, purpose-driven experiences.

Learning outcomes:

Explore the role of healthy food in creating focus and engagement at events

Describe how consciousness and mindful food set ups at events can foster connection, leadership and more powerful events

Understand how food at events can drive sustainability for planet, business and personal health

This session is approved for the following certifications.

* ICCA Skills Domain CICS/CICE: Module 5: Business and Market Planning, 0.75 credits

* CMP/CEU Approved: 0.75

* CSEP Approved

Dive into a captivating open dialogue exploring tools to improve your health at every stage of life! Vanessa Sturman, a functional nutrition and healthy lifestyle expert, will ignite your passion for nourishing your body and mind with the right fuel. Prepare to be inspired as Jo Fuller shares her wisdom on navigating the ebbs and flows of menopause and perimenopause, for women and the men who love them.

Helene and Vanessa will share their tips for crafting your cultural culinary adventure, revealing how grounding your food in tradition can unlock profound healing. This open hearted session will guide you in caring for your mind and body as you gracefully age, proving that you can dance like a seahorse at any stage of life.

This female-focused, male-friendly session is a must-attend for event professionals seeking to craft a healthier, more vibrant you.

Learning outcomes:

Enhance your energy every day

Expand your repertoire of tools for a healthier lifestyle

Gain practical tips to bring your best self to work and home every day

Vanessa shows how to leverage the compound effect of small, sustainable food choices to optimize energy, focus and resilience—without the burden of dieting or spending all day in the kitchen. Learn how simple, real-world strategies can fit into even the most hectic schedules while making healthy living enjoyable, affordable, and achievable—for life.

Learning outcomes:

Apply quick, science-backed nutrition tweaks that fit in to a busy life, that boost cognitive function, energy levels and mental well-being

Learn easy adaptations to your favorite foods to support health and performance

Discover how to still eat the food you love and the food of your culture, while protecting your health, performance, the planet and business health, for the long term