Where
River Rock Casino Resort
8811 River Road, Richmond
Together We Bring Food to Life
When
April 30, 2025
From 8:00 AM
to
4:00 PM Eastern Time (US & Canada)
Where
River Rock Casino Resort
8811 River Road, Richmond
Registration
January 28 -
April 28, 2025
Ending at 5:00 PM Eastern Time (US & Canada)
Entry Limit
Available Seats
Total: 129
Join us for a full-day, in-person event featuring educational speakers and a vendor showcase where you can delve into trends and labour-saving solutions!
An interactive workshop where you can share ideas and solutions to maximize your dining experience.
Join us for an open house session to share, connect & learn on all things healthcare & senior living. Our menu, food and tech experts will be there to chat & connect.
Suzanne Quiring is a Registered Dietitian both in Canada and USA. She is a member of Dietitians of Canada, Gerontology Network, Washington State Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND), Dietetics in Health Care Communities (DHCC). Along with having her 2 year Continuing Care Administrator’s designation, she has over 30 years experience in the Health Care Community food service industry as a Director of Food Services, Clinical Dietitian, and consultant. Suzanne has personally worked in many areas of Healthcare; from acute care to Residential Care including Assisted living, skilled nursing care, palliative care, dementia care, brain injury, cancer care, and extended care. She has an appreciation as to the practical and real challenges of providing great meal service to folks regardless of care level. She continues to work weekly as a clinical dietitian in the healthcare field to “keep it real”. Suzanne is the Inventor of the famous SuzyQ carts, which is an improved way on “how” we typically do meal delivery in our healthcare, which allows for more interaction & choice, hotter food and less food waste, resulting in significant dollar savings. To date, she has helped over 1,000+ communities throughout North America improve the dining experience. Suzanne has been published in 10 peer publications, and was awarded the Marie Taylor Award for Excellence in Long Term Care by Dietitians of Canada in 2015, and ANFP National Dining Distinction Award winner for 2020. Suzanne spends her time providing education support to Residential Care communities via webinar classes, conference speaking, & email/phone support to folks that are motivated to make a positive change in their dining room & hallway services. She loves to share her passion & experience on “how” meal service can be done as resident focused as possible, the culture change that is needed, to ensure loneliness, helplessness and boredom are challenged
Brittaney is a Registered Dietitian with the College of Dietitians of Ontario. She earned a Bachelor of Science, Honors Specialization in Nutrition and Dietetics from Western University and completed her internship at Grand River Hospital in Kitchener ON. She possesses expertise in the healthcare and senior living sector through her diverse background in foodservice encompassing acute care, complex care and long-term care. She also has prior experience in pharmaceutical sales and private practice. When she isn’t working, Brittaney enjoys hiking with her Greyhound and cooking delicious food that nourishes!
April is the Manager of National Sales Healthcare Systems at Sysco Canada. She is a Nutrition Manager and Chef who fell in love with Seniors when she started her career in the Healthcare sector over 25 years ago. For over a decade she worked with one of our customer partners and six of those years were spent as their Dietary System Specialist implementing and managing Synergy Tech Suite for the organization. In 2018, April joined MealSuite, our Synergy software producers as a Senior Product Designer and then as a Customer Success Manager. At Sysco, she oversees the delivery and adoption of the Synergy Tech Suite as a business solution for healthcare & senior living customers. Please join me in welcoming April
Neville Chand is the Regional Manager, Healthcare & Senior Living for Sysco BC and leads a team of 9 dedicated healthcare associates.