Member Benefits

Your Conference registration includes a complimentary annual membership to WFF. That gives you a community of colleagues to share the journey and customized resources to grow your dreams, develop your skills and expand your network all year long and all career long.

Our members-only WFF Connect portal provides 365 days of access to unique content targeted to your career stage and critical connections to a network of ambitious women and men throughout the Food Industry. You will even have the ability to take the Leadership Self-Assessment (LSA) as often as you like to track your progress. And, you can join a WFF Community of Interest to connect with colleagues with similar interests. Your WFF community will enrich your journey and help you go farther, faster.

Member Resources

Your WFF membership provides products and solutions to assess your current skills, learn and practice new skills and connect with women ready to support you in reaching your goals. Follow this roadmap to make the most of your WFF membership and further your career development.

Commit to Your Development - Take the Leadership Self-Assessment

The first step to developing your leadership skills is getting a baseline read of your strengths and opportunities for growth. Our Leadership Self-Assessment (LSA) will give you a clear picture of your current skills and areas for improvement. It takes just 10-15 minutes to complete with the easy instructions that lead you through each competency to assess your leadership behaviors and highlight critical factors for your success.

Whether used as a self-assessment or to guide an important career conversation with a supervisor or peer, our LSA can help you drive continued career success. Once you have taken the LSA and have created your customized development plan, you are ready to start using WFF tools to support your development goals.

WFF CONNECT: DRIVE YOUR DEVELOPMENT

Our members-only WFF Connect portal provides customized resources to grow your dreams, develop your skills and expand your network.

Through WFF Connect you will:

• Access an exclusive library of online resources 24/7 based on your specific skill set and areas of interest
• Join interactive, live virtual sessions with subject matter experts and industry leaders
• Engage with like-minded professionals with shared interests, passions and challenges to build your circle of support by joining a WFF Community of Interest
• Build a powerful network as you reach out and follow up with fellow members and role models through the online Directory
• Be inspired by the authentic stories of iconic industry role models who share their wisdom in live Leader Exchanges

Its all here to give you the power to be more and do more every day and all year.

How To Attend

All virtual attendees will receive a unique link to the Virtual Attendee Hub closer to the event. There you'll have access to all session content, speaker information, and networking opportunities.

Pricing And Policies

$1495 per attendee.  Attendees may transfer to the in-person experience if they do so by March 1, 2021.  An additonal fee of $400 will be collected at time of transfer.

Important Disclaimers and Waivers
 
Right to cancel, modify, Force Majeure. Women’s Foodservice Forum (WFF) reserves the right to cancel, modify, or suspend the event or any element thereof, for any reason, including availability of facilities and any force majeure event such as an act of God, hurricane, war, fire, riot, earthquake, terrorism, act of public enemies, pandemic, actions of governmental authorities outside of the control of WFF.

Cancelation by Registrant:  If you unexpectedly can’t make it to Conference, we will bring Conference to you!. All Conference registrants will receive unlimited, on-demand access to all recorded sessions for up to 90 days from end of the final conference date (March 24, 2021). That means all Wellness Sessions (3), all breakout Sessions (23), the HR Diversity and Inclusion Elective, and all WFF Communities of Interest Exchanges (8) will be yours to access at your convenience, therefore all registrations are non-refundable.
 
The only programming that will not be available on-demand will be the four keynote speakers from the general sessions. They are only available live in-person and virtually via livestream.
 
Transfers to Another Attendee: Registrations are transferable up until Monday, March 1, 2021.  Call our Registration Headquarters at 1-972-528-7222 or email events@wff.org for transfer information.  Please note that the complimentary membership that accompanies Conference registration will also be transferred.
 
 
Cancelation by WFF:  If the event is canceled by WFF, registrants will receive a full refund for registration fees. However, WFF does not assume responsibility for any other expenses incurred by the registrant in connection with attending the event. 
 
 
Changing Attendance from In-person to Virtual:  If you change your attendance from in-person to virtual attendance, a $400 WFF credit will be issued to be used for future WFF events.  The deadline for changing your attendance type is Monday, March 1. After this date we are unable to issue a credit.
 
Changing Attendance from Virtual to In-person:  If you would like to change your attendance from virtual to in-person attendance, then contact WFF at 1-972-528-7222 or email events@wff.org.  WFF will charge you the incremental $400 for in-person attendance and facilitate the change with your registration type.  The deadline for changing your attendance type is Monday, March 1. 

AFFILIATE EVENTS

Company Meetings and Events

The 2021 WFF Leadership Conference is the perfect opportunity to connect with attendees from your company. Review the information below to assist you with booking your event.

Bookable Time Slots

WFF kindly requests that you conduct meetings with your group attendees outside of the Leadership Conference event times listed below (CST):

• Sunday, March 21 | 4:00 am – 5:00 pm
• Monday, March 22 | 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
• Tuesday, March 23 | 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
• Wednesday, March 24 | 9:00 am – 1:00 pm

With our hybrid structure, there are 4 opportunities available to host your event

VIRTUAL INTERACTIVE SESSION

• Connect with employees through virtual attendee hub though a link.
• Virtual face-to-face interaction plus usage of chat and Q&A features.

VIRTUAL WEBINAR

• Work with our production team to utilize virtual attendee hub to deploy session to employees
• Interaction through usage of chat and Q&A features.

HYBRID SESSION

• Meeting room at the hotel with A/V provided. Our production team will assist with linking the in-person and virtual attendees.
• Interaction through usage of chat and Q&A features.

IN-PERSON EVENT

• Meeting room at the hotel with A/V provided. Our production team will assist with linking the in-person and virtual attendees.
• Or, assistance with booking on-site restaurant for reception or dinner.

To book a virtual/hybrid/in- person meeting or event

• Complete this form by February 12th and let us know your details.
• Requests will be honored based on space/resources availability basis.
• Your company is responsible for covering all costs associated with the affiliate event.

FAQs

How is the virtual experience different than the in-person?

• The virtual experience will be accessible to you from anywhere you have internet access (home, office, mobile office).
• The virtual experience will give you a COVID Free Environment to learn and grow. This is especially important to those who may have underlying health conditions or are not comfortable attending an in-person event at this time.
• The virtual experience will give you LIVE access to all General Sessions, Keynote Speakers, Wellness Sessions, Educational Content Sessions, HR D&I Session, Networking with Leaders, and Community of Interest Sessions during the Conference Dates.
• The virtual experience will also give you digital access to all Sessions, other than the General Session and Keynote Speakers, post Conference. This will give you the opportunity to access additional sessions, which you may have missed during the Conference.

Q. Once I register for the virtual experience, how will I access the Conference?

A. WFF will email you a link to the virtual attendee hub prior to the event. From the hub’s main lobby, you’ll be able to explore the areas within the hub, such as sessions, speakers, networking opportunities, etc.

Q. What if I have technical problems with logging in on days of Conference?

A. WFF will provide you contact information to our support staff to receive immediate assistance with logging in.

Q. Will this virtual experience be interactive?

• Yes, some of our Educational Content Sessions will have speakers engaged in polling and Q&A with the virtual and in-person audience.
• The Networking with Leaders Session is specifically tailored to engage attendees with the Key Leadership (CEO’s, Presidents, & Directors) in the Foodservice Industry, in intimate groups, to share stories, leadership experiences, and answer one-on-one questions. This event will be held Virtually Only and in-person attendees can participate as well in the virtual environment.

Can we have the slides from the presentations?

A. The slides and information provided are the proprietary content of our presenters and will not be available during or after the event. If a speaker has provided a handout, we will be sure to upload it to the virtual hub for your use!

Q. Is this being recorded? Can I view it On Demand?

A. An on-demand version of the Conference will be added to WFF Connect in the weeks after Conference, alongside all other digital educational content from the WFF Digital Experience. Simply log in to WFF Connect and click "Development Resources”. Please note that the four Keynote Speakers in the General Sessions will not be accessible on-demand.