The National Food Service Security Council (NFSSC) has announced that David Karam, President, Wendy’s International, will keynote the opening of its 31st Annual Conference, August 1-4, in St. Louis.  NFSSC also announced that Michael Kupstas, Chief Franchise Officer, Panera LLC, will keynote the Day 2 program.   NFSSC is the leading trade association for loss prevention and risk management professionals in the casual dining and quick service restaurant chain industry. 

“Having speakers like David Karam and Michael Kupstas underscores the importance and essential need for quality loss prevention professionals in the QSR industry,” said Jim Forlenza, Executive Director, NFSSC.  “We are extremely pleased to be able to offer our members an opportunity to hear the views and thoughts of an executive like Dave Karam.  His insights and views on LP issues are extremely important to our members and our community.  To be able to blend his thoughts with a hugely successful franchise officer like Mike Kupstas will only add to the quality programming we are able to offer and be of greater benefit to our conference participants.”

NFSSC will host its 31st annual conference, August 1-4, 2010, in St. Louis, at the Hyatt Regency at the Arch.  In addition to the keynote sessions, the event features educational sessions and workshops, exhibits, scheduled practitioner/vendor meetings, and a host of entertaining networking functions.  Topics include online investigations, dealing with media in crisis situations, security methods and practices and other real-world topics and best practices offering a host of solutions and insights for everyday situations.  NFSSC will be announcing other major industry speakers over the next several weeks.

For up to date speaker and conference information, please visit, www.nfssconline.org.
 
For more information about NFSSC membership or the annual conference, please contact Jim Forlenza, Executive Director, jim.forlenza@nfssconline.org, or at 240-252-5542.       

NFSSC brings together loss prevention, safety and risk management professionals from the major casual dining, quick service restaurant and food service chains for educational networking, benchmarking and professional development opportunities.  The mission of NFSSC is to educate and inform its members on those topics that help improve and enhance the safety and security of their employees and customers, while being an advocate for the food service industry.  NFSSC members include 15 of the 20 largest U.S. quick serve chain restaurants.