2025 FEDA Annual Executive Leadership Conference
The FEDA
Annual Executive Leadership Conference
offers foodservice equipment and supplies professionals invaluable insights into
modern strategies for building successful and enduring enterprises.
Grand Hyatt Scottsdale Resort
SEPTEMBER 10-13, 2025 Scottsdale, AZ
26 FEDA News & Views
MEET OUR SPEAKERS
Jim Collins Business Researcher and Author of Good to Great
Chosen as one of the “Greatest Living Business Minds” by Forbes, Jim Collins has spent more than a quarter century learning what separates good enterprises from great ones. The results of his research have served as the basis for his seven bestselling management books, including Good to Great. At the FEDA conference, Collins will give a 90-minute presentation on what it takes to build successful and enduring enterprises. Later, he will conduct a one-hour leadership-intensive training session.
Erik Brynjolfsson Professor and Senior Fellow, Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI
One of the most cited authors on the economics of information, Erik Brynjolfsson was among the first researchers to measure the productivity contributions of IT. Brynjolfsson’s special guest presentation will focus on the future of artificial intelligence and its impact on businesses, the economy and the workforce. He’ll also share insights into how companies can harness the possibilities of new technology and the best ways to incorporate AI into business strategies.
Chad Autry Professor of Supply Chain Management, University of Tennessee
As part of the conference’s opening general session, Chad Autry, associate dean and Myers distinguished professor of supply chain management at the University of Tennessee’s Haslam College of Business, will detail his work with FEDA’s Future of Distribution Council in developing supply chains of the future for the foodservice equipment and supplies industry.
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