We are proud to invite you for the Winter General assembly 2013

March 8th - March 13th • Mirage Hotel Las Vegas • EPCAS is invited by

DEAr (PotEntiAL) EPCAS MEMbEr,

We are proud to invite you to our upcoming EPCAS Winter General Assembly, which will take place from Friday the 8th of March until Wednesday the 13th of March 2013 in Las Vegas, USA. EPCAS has been invited by Catersource and top Gun to host their Winter General Assembly alongside their events. During our days in Las Vegas we have the opportunity to visit the Catersource Conference & tradeshow and to meet with the top Gun members, the EPCAS equivalent in America.

on Friday March 8th, we will welcome the participants with drinks & bites. on the 9th & 10th we planned the official EPCAS meeting. on Saturday the 9th in the afternoon and the evening, a combined meeting and dinner with top Gun will take place. on Monday the 11th and tuesday the 12th we will visit the Catersource Conference & tradeshow, where you will have the opportunity to join the workshops or attend the presentations of your choice. Please note that the official EPCAS programme ends on tuesday, March 12th.

this trip across the Atlantic offers EPCAS and its members the opportunity to expand its network further and to see the catering world from a different perspective. We sincerely hope you can be a part of this once in a lifetime opportunity.

We are looking forward to welcoming you soon in Las Vegas!

With kind regards,on behalf of the EPCAS board and Advisory Council,

Peter VisscherEPCAS President

inVitED GUEStS

EPCAS members and prospective members: Absolute taste - Lyndy redding | Adventure Catering - Alexander Aichinger | Albron - Corno Stam | Alessio - roberto Alessio | Alison Price & Company - Alison Price | Arena one - Frank Wassermann | babette Catering - Daniel Quer | backstage Catering - Alessandro barbisotti | broich Catering & Locations - Georg broich | Cadmo Milano Catering - Valentino Hamed | Concerto Group - richard Groves | Cir Food - ivan Lusetti | Creativevents - Jon Hewett | Der Party Löwe - Andreas Hüttmann | Diamond Catering - Andrey Gorozhankin| Dine & Shine Event Catering - beat imhof | DSr Group - Andrew Gordon | Elior - Lino Volpe | Erasmus Catering Services - Erik van Welzen | Esca Catering - Jose Maria Villata | Essens Catering - Lans-Erik Kjenne | Fauchon réceptions - Christophe renard | Fazer - Eeva-Maija Heikkinen | Felsinea ristorazione - roberto Guizzardi | Fira barcelona - Manel bueno ballesteros | Gamma Catering - Katrin baumann | Gourmet invent - bart Vandendooren | Grupo Camst - Paolo Genco | Grupo ibersol/ Silva Carvalho Catering - Artur Junqueira | impacts your event - Christian Chytil | imperial Palace Group - Eduard telitsyn | J&M Catering Services - Jan Jacobs | Kai thor Catering - Martin Færgemann | Koninklijke Van Den boer Groep - noud van den boer | La Dogaressa Catering - Luigino Cassan | Làgrimas Catering - Miguel Judice | Lantz - Frank Lantz | Loriers - Laurent belort | LPS Catering Events - Monika Hiller | Magic Catering - Andrei Zablotsky | Mallorca Catering - Manuel Moreno | Marcotullio traiteur - Alain Marcotullio | Moving Venue - richard beggs | Payal Catering - raj Somaiya | Pellegrini - Ernesto Pellegrini | Pignol - Jean Paul Pignol | Privileg Catering - Anca Mitu | rAi Catering - Martin van nierop | rosa Salva - Antonio rosa Salva | Sibaris Catering - Josep Maria Martinez Valls | Steffen traiteur - Frank Steffen | the recipe - David Wolanski | traiteur Goosse - Pascal Goosse | Zátiší Catering Group - David tomašovych

EPCAS Committee of Related Branches members and prospective members: At Your Service Group - Charles Smith | Carlsberg - Jesper Friis | Delta Wines - Maarten van den Dries | Ecolab - Peter Kandels | Electolux Food Service - Alberto Sbalchiero | Koppert Cress - rob baan | Libbey Europe - Esther de Vaal | Mise en Place - Stephan Schuschke | neptunus - Dorrie Eilers | rAK Porcelain Europe - Sven bodry | SD trading - thomas Kascha | traiteur de Paris - Miguel Casanova

EPCAS National Association members: LECA - Andreas Hüttmann | onCE - Wim Wiersma | traiteurs de France - Hélène baud | romanian Catering Association - Paul Corendea

EPCAS partners and prospective partners: Academy of Food & Wine - John Croft | Amplixs interaction Management - Paul de Weger | british Hospitality Association - Ufi ibrahim | Caterer & Hotelkeeper - Mark Lewis | Catering inside - Hans Jürgen Krone | Catersource Magazine, Conference & tradeshow - Pauline Hoogmoed | Experience Magazine - Erik de ridder | Food inspiration Magazine - Hans Steenbergen | Horeca Magazine - richard thijssen | HotrEC - Anna Maria torres | institute of Hospitality - Ann Corrigan | Shoot My Food - Arjan de boer | UbM Live - John Stuttard

EPCAS Advisory Council members: Catersource Magazine, Conference & tradeshow - Pauline Hoogmoed | Durhamer Alm - Ullrich Eckert | Ecolab - Peter Kandels | EHMA - Manuel otero | European Parliament - toine Manders | Ferco - Maarten Poels | iAAM - Wim Schipper | Juran institute - ruedi bachmann | Koninklijke nederlandse Munt - Maarten brouwer | Mychefcom - Arnaud rannou | Steffen traiteur - Frank Steffen | the bigelow Companies - Chris bigelow | Van Den boer Groep Services - Pierre Smits | HV Management - Henk Verhaest

EPCAS Board members: SixContinents Catering Alliance - Peter Visscher | broich Catering & Locations - Georg broich | Mise en Place - Charles van Goch

tiMELinE oF EVEntS

MARCh 7th all day

MARCh 8th all day 20:00

MARCh 9th MorninG 12:00 15:00-17:30

Arrivals

Optional room night at Mirage Hotel

Arrivals official opening of EPCAS programme with welcome drinks & bites

One room night at Mirage Hotel

official EPCAS meeting

Combined lunch with top Gun

Combined EPCAS meeting with top Gun

EVEninG

Combined EPCAS dinner with top Gun

One room night at Mirage Hotel

AroUnD noon

EPCAS lunch

12:00

Catersource Conference opens

15:00-16:15

EPCAS panel discussion at Catersource led by Warren Dietel from the international Caterers Association /Puff ‘n Stuff

MARCh 10th MorninG

official EPCAS meeting

16:30-17:45 18:00-19:15MARCh 11th

09:00-10.30 MorninG all day 20:00-00:00

Culinary Globe trotting presentation at Catersource by Arjan de boer & Hans Steenbergen from Food inspiration Magazine

Catersource welcome reception

One room night at Mirage Hotel

Catersource general session with Scott Conant

(optional)

EPCAS trendtour with best practices/ company visits in Las Vegas

Catersource Conference/ best practices & master classes

Catersource Harmony at Hard rock event

One room night at Mirage Hotel

MARCh 12th MorninG

Catersource Conference

19:00-20.30

CAtiE/Spotlight Awards Presentationofficial end of EPCAS programme

Optional room night at Mirage Hotel

MARCh 13th all day

Catersource tradeshow 2nd day

(optional)

AFtErnoon

Catersource Conference

(optional)

all day

Catersource tradeshow 1st day

CAtErSoUrCE MAGAZinE, ConFErEnCE & trADESHoW

EPCAS collaboration partner Catersource Magazine, Conference & tradeshow from the USA is dedicated to the education and growth of the professional caterer. they offer educational and informative opportunities with help of the largest resource network within the catering industry.

Each year, Catersource organizes the Catersource Conference & tradeshow in Las Vegas, which offers educational possibilities, star speakers from the industry, networking opportunities, contests between caterers to push them to strive for more, and the most all-inclusive tradeshow in the industry. www.catersource.com

CAtErSoUrCE toP GUn

Catersource top Gun is the EPCAS equivalent across the Atlantic ocean as it is the association in the USA for party caterers. Catersource top Gun currently has 36 of the best caterers in the USA as members.

EPCAS will be hosting their Winter General Assembly alongside the annual General Assembly of Catersource top Gun. on Saturday March 9th 2013, EPCAS & top Gun will have a combined meeting where they will exchange knowledge, trends and facts & figures. in the evening, during the dinner, they can get to know each other on a personal level.

FooD inSPirAtion

EPCAS collaboration partners Arjan de boer and Hans Steenbergen (Food inspiration Magazine & Shoot My Food) have been invited by Catersource to present, for the second time, during the upcoming Catersource Conference & tradeshow. they will give their presentation about “Culinary Globe trotting: A virtual tour of cutting edge catering and event trends” on stage.

Food inspiration Magazine is the trade magazine for foodservice professionals who are in search of innovation and inspiration. this free magazine is published digitally every 3 weeks. trends, culinary inspiration, background interviews, concept-watching and journalistic reports are the points of focus of the magazine. www.foodinspiration.com

QUArtErLY EPCAS Monitor

EPCAS has generated a periodical catering benchmark, the Quarterly EPCAS Monitor (QEM), in order to measure the level of the party catering industry in Europe to help caterers gain valuable insights about their industry. the QEM is based on one of the EPCAS objectives; to create transparency in their line of business.

the QEM is designed for caterers by caterers. After collecting the type of facts & figures the EPCAS members would like to research, EPCAS distributed the first edition of the QEM amongst its members to fill out with help of the QEM Steering Committee; Carl Sacks (US), Pierre Smits (nL), tom Steffen (LU) and Hélène baud (Fr). A second inventory of statistics will be collected in February 2013. the results will be presented in Las Vegas.

PAnEL DiSCUSSion

Catersource has given EPCAS the opportunity to host a panel discussion with EPCAS members during the upcoming Catersource Conference & tradeshow. this panel discussion will allow our members, amongst whom noud van den boer (nL), Frank Wassermann (DE) and toine Manders (EU), to inform the American caterers about issues which are current in Europe. the panel discussion will be led by Warren Dietel from the international Caterers Association.

EUroPEAn PArLiAMEnt & FooD WAStE

our Advisory Council member toine Manders, member European Parliament, has been invited by EPCAS to take part in the panel discussion during the Catersource Conference & tradeshow to discuss the hot political topic in Europe: Food Waste. the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats are petitioning for a legislation to reduce the amount of food wasted within the European Union. During this trip to Las Vegas, EPCAS wants to draw the focus towards the problem of the rising amount of food wasted amongst the American foodservice industry.

‘Food Waste’ is the wasted food which is still healthy and suitable for human consumption. in the European Union alone, nearly 50% of all food in the food chain is wasted (of which 42% at consumer level). this is 90 million tonnes of food every year or in other words 180 kg per person per year. At the same time, 16 million people rely on food from food banks; almost one fifth of the EU population has serious difficulties with getting proper meals daily.

toine Manders, a former lawyer and member of the ALDE-group.

tHE MirAGE HotEL AnD CASino

3400 Las Vegas blvd. SouthLas Vegas, nV 89109, USAwww.mirage.com

rEGiStrAtion

Please confirm your participation by completing and sending the attached registration form to the EPCAS secretariat via office@epcas.eu before the 31st of January 2013.

note for the members:the registration form can also be found under “EPCAS Media - Downloads” on the EPCAS website after you login.

ContribUtion

Due to the length of the upcoming General Assembly in Las Vegas (four overnight stays instead of the usual two overnight stays), EPCAS will ask a contribution of € 765,- per participant. in this contribution the following is included:

• Four nights accommodation in the Mirage Hotel• transport and Food & beverage during the official EPCAS moments• A complimentary full conference registration to the Catersource

Conference & tradeshow worth $869 per company. this includes all the conference education, access to the welcome event on Sunday night, the tradeshow and entrance to the CAtiE/ Spotlight Awards presentation.

• A ticket for the Harmony at Hard rock event on Monday night, worth $199.

Should you want to stay longer in Las Vegas than 4 nights, the extra night(s) should be paid individually. For these nights, you will be able to use the special Catersource rate of $161 + 12% hotel tax (per person per night excl. breakfast). these nights can be booked via the EPCAS Secretariat.

ContACt inForMAtion

EPCAS SecretariatStéphanie van oorschot | Aletta van der Vinne | Maartje beijsens

Hoogbrugstraat 1 t: 0031 (0)43 356 10916221Cn Maastricht F: 0031 (0)43 326 4263the netherlands office@epcas.eutwitter: @epcas1 www.epcas.eu