To those MAD enough to believe food can shape the future.
MAD is a global nonprofit based in Copenhagen. We’re on a mission to equip the next generation of food industry professionals with the knowledge, tools, and inspiration they need to make their businesses thrive, their industry fair, and the world’s food systems truly sustainable.
Our favorite talks from past Symposia
Andrea and Alexandra Hermóðsdóttir & Arndís and Áslaug Árnadóttir
A Legacy Under Water
Mickey Bakst
Hospitality Without Hangovers
Yvon Chouinard and Lisa Abend
In Conversation
About MAD
MAD is a global nonprofit based in Copenhagen.
We’re on a mission to equip the next generation of food industry professionals with the knowledge, tools, and inspiration they need to make their businesses thrive, their industry fair, and the world’s food systems truly sustainable.
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MAD Symposium
“A bacchanal pushing world-changing ideas.”
— The Wall Street Journal
The MAD Symposium brings together hundreds of the most innovative minds in hospitality for an immersive experience of learning and connection centered around food. Unlike typical chef conferences that focus mainly on recipes and techniques, MAD Symposium—often dubbed “the Davos of food”—has a broader mission: to ignite curiosity, inspire bold ideas, and unite current and future leaders dedicated to tackling the hospitality industry’s and the planet’s most pressing challenges.
MAD Academy
Feed your future
If you’re a chef, cook, sommelier, server, bartender, manager, entrepreneur, or anyone else working in hospitality, MAD Academy is for you. Our courses in environmental sustainability and leadership and business offer the tools and inspiration you need to bring about positive change in your business and the world at large.
