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SEPC fall conference to include new mini trade show format

Southern Innovations Symposium, the newly named Southeast Produce Council fall conference, is shaping up to provide its members with yet another stellar event Sept. 17-19 in Charleston, SC, focusing on the organization’s key pillars of networking, education and community outreach.SEPC-Southern-Innovations-Symposium-Logo 4C

New to the conference this year is the Southern Innovations Bright Ideas Platform, a mini trade show showcasing the best new and innovative ideas in produce.

The Bright Ideas Platform will be held as part of the Southern Innovations Symposium on Sept. 18 from 12:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. and will give all attendees of the conference the first opportunity to showcase and see new and innovative products and services that the industry has to offer.

The conference will host industry suppliers, retailers and foodservice attendees alike and will offer a new spin on industry exhibitions.

The weekend will deliver events such as a general session, educational workshops, golf, inshore fishing, a Charleston plantation tour, team building for the ladies of Southern Roots and the annual tailgate party.

The weekend will host special celebrity guests as well as live up to one of the SEPC’s focus areas of community with a special donation to a local charity.

“Charleston will offer our guests the best in Southern hospitality, while providing some of the best networking and education in the industry,” David Sherrod, SEPC executive director, said in a press release. “The new Bright Ideas Platform is shaping up to showcase the best and innovative ideas produce has to offer, and we’re looking forward to providing our members with a fresh intimate networking platform from which to build their relationships and businesses.”

All SEPC member companies are invited to apply to exhibit at the Bright Ideas Platform, but with only 50 spots available space will be on a first-come, first-served basis. Applications will be reviewed by the SEPC Education Committee and will need to fulfill the following requirements:

  • The qualifying product or service must be scheduled to release to market between March 23, 2015 and Dec. 14, 2015.
  • The qualifying product or service must be new to the Southeast market area.

Everyone registered for the Southern Innovations Symposium is invited to attend in the Bright Ideas Platform.

To register for the Southern Innovations Symposium or apply to exhibit at the Bright Ideas Platform, visit seproducecouncil.com.

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