Last week, we produced the first in-person Smart Kitchen Summit (SKS) since 2019. 🙌
As I built the program for this first year back, I wanted to take a realistic look at our industry’s progress, take stock of the lessons learned, and understand the current state of innovation. I wanted to have some ‘real talk’ so we can be clear-eyed about what we did right and what we did wrong and better navigate the next ten years of building products for the future kitchen.
And that's what we did! It felt great to get our community back together again. Old friends reconnected, and many new friends came to their first SKS.
All the while, we heard from a whole bunch of amazing speakers on the stage, sharing wisdom and talking about how they are building the future. We also got to touch and watch new innovations in action from those who brought their products to Seattle.
I am so thankful for our sponsors, event partners, speakers, and all those who attended and made it a success.
Thank you to Whirlpool Corporation, Fresco, Current Backyard, SCHOTT, Else Labs Inc., Suvie, Chefman & CHEF iQ, Picnic, Pot Robotics Corp, Cibotica and all our sponsor partners.
Thanks to the team who helped make it a big success, including Tiffany McClurg, Carlos Rodela, Surj Patel, Heather Moore, Sandie M., Louis L., and so many more.
Thanks to our advisory council, including Scott Heimendinger, Susan Schwallie, Nick Holzherr, Dan Gertsacov, Ben Harris, Francisco Migoya, Robin Liss, Asch Harwood, HIROTAKA TANAKA, Akiko Okada, Sara Roversi, Nicole Papantoniou, Jose Pelaez and Brita Rosenheim for helping to shape this year's agenda.
Once again, thank you to all who helped bring SKS back to Seattle. We'll see you all next year!
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