In partnership with the Restaurant Technology Network, MURTEC 2023 will play host to an exciting lineup featuring the industry’s hottest start-up technology companies. Check out the 15 start-ups selected to showcase LIVE in Start-Up Alley. The 15 companies will be narrowed down to just three–those three hot start-ups will take the MURTEC Main Stage where they will be asked questions by the judges. MURTEC attendees will cast their votes for the winner of Start-Up Alley at MURTEC 2023!

Join us as we kick off MURTEC 2023 with big ideas, hot topics, and exciting solutions. Take it ALL IN!

Yum! Brand's CFO recently said his aspiration is that “someday, 90% of our sales should be powered by digital." Join us as we host the industry’s top Digital Transformers, restaurant technology visionaries responsible for shaping digital channels and experiences for the world’s most beloved brands. Discover what’s now, what's new, and what’s next when it comes to this unprecedented paradigm shift.

The pandemic sparked entirely new definitions of what it means to be a restaurant. Table stakes alternatives to dining in fueled innovative new revenue streams that seem to be here to stay. Join us as we spotlight unique stories via one-on-one conversations with brands who have diversified business models with revenue streams like catering, vending and loyalty.

How can your organization foster and maintain a culture of innovation? Futurist Obi Felten, CEO, Flourish Labs; Head of Getting Moonshots Ready for Contact with the Real World, Google X (2012-2021), shares lessons and key takeaways on shooting for the moon, embracing failure, learning fast — and how to support your team throughout the journey.

Four years after welcoming its first 20 members from the MURTEC stage, the Restaurant Technology Network has grown to more than 400 member brands made up of the industry’s most invested and brightest tech talent. Join us as we share milestones in standardization and technology guidance, and find out what’s next for this game-changing community.

Dave’s Hot Chicken is one of the fastest-growing US franchise chains in 2022. Hear from Leon Davoyan, CTO of Dave’s on their technology-centered approach to hyper-speed franchise growth and success. Leon will share his learnings and words of wisdom on what it takes to execute a successful rollout with complex technology across a rapidly growing franchise brand.

3rd & Ferry Fish Market’s primary pain point was service staff stockpiling orders and entering them in the POS in large blocks. This led to overloads in the kitchen, which led to longer ticket times and, ultimately, unhappy guests. Hear from Nadav Solomon, President & Founder of Tabit, to learn how they turned this around by increasing orders and table turns, decreasing ticket times, and reducing stress for employees while enhancing the customer experience.

The Restaurant Technology Network releases the industry’s first collection of 100+ key performance indicators (KPIs), covering six broad categories: sales, marketing, product, labor, operations, service, and financials. In addition, we’ll showcase the Restaurant Technology Capabilities Framework, a tool that defines functional areas and capabilities for solutions, allowing restaurant technology stakeholders to speak a common language. Join us as we hear from key contributors about these tools and explore how you can use them today.

HT's 2023 Restaurant Technology Study delivers strategic, data-driven insights into how restaurants are investing more, focusing on integrations, mobile transactions, and digital engagement.

Hot and fresh food being ready upon arrival is a key part of the off-premise guest experience. Integrating location technology to where restaurants already monitor their digital orders for pickup, delivery, and curbside is a great way to prioritize order preparation by understanding exactly when guests and delivery drivers will arrive. Join Olo, FlyBuy, and their joint customer Five Guys in this interactive workshop for actionable insights and takeaways on how to optimize this increasingly important part of your guests experience.

Every restaurant brand with a history of success is holding onto something that they believe is the key to success. For Uno’s Pizzeria and Grill it was a history of coupons and discounts. The barrier to bringing on new technology wasn’t in knowing what they needed next, it was overcoming the internal resistance to change.

Throughout her career, Regina Jerome, VP of Information Technology at UNO Restaurants has worked to guide teams through change. Her mantra is to use technology as a way to make for a better business. In this discussion she’ll talk about how she moved Uno’s beyond the coupons and BOGO offers that her team relied upon, but were clearly not moving the business forward. In this workshop with Paytronix CEO Andrew Robbins, participants will walk through the dos and don’ts of change management. They’ll learn the hard questions to ask and how to overcome the culture pushback that is part of the growth process. 

Automation has the potential to remake our industry, streamlining repetitive tasks and ensuring quality control. We sit down with Benson Tsai, former SpaceX engineer, and CEO & Co-Founder of Stellar Pizza, to learn how he developed, built, and launched a mobile “pizza robot” that’s taking Los Angeles by storm.

RTN’s Start-Up Alley race to the finish line. Hear from the judges and top three contestants in a battle to take the win, voted on by you, the attendees, and announced live at the conclusion of this session.

In partnership with the Restaurant Technology Network, MURTEC 2023 will play host to an exciting lineup featuring the industry’s hottest start-up technology companies. Check out the 15 start-ups selected to showcase LIVE in Start-Up Alley. The 15 companies will be narrowed down to just three–those three hot start-ups will take the MURTEC Main Stage where they will be asked questions by the judges. MURTEC attendees will cast their votes for the winner of Start-Up Alley at MURTEC 2023!

For the seventh year, HT recognizes Top Women in Restaurant Technology. Also, HT presents Industry Hero awards to brands that have made a difference.

Whether you’re looking to attract front-line employees or better understand your most coveted target demographic, this session is a must experience. In a MURTEC first, we’ll hear from new generations about what they want when it comes to technology-enabled experiences, both in the workplace and when making decisions on where and how to devour their favorite meal.

From defying gravity with store design to conveyor belt pick-up and AI in the drive-thru, there seem to be no limits on the need for speed-driving innovation in the restaurant space. In this storytelling series, we’ll hear one-on-one from the technology talent fueling some of the most buzzed-about brands, and explore how they're pioneering new paths at the intersection of technology, customer experience, and store design.