Today I’m going to share my experience at the FAACT Digital Influencer Summit and tell you what FAACT is and how they help people with food allergies.
FAACT is the Food Allergy And Anaphylaxis Connection Team. Their Website is foodallergyawareness.org and they help people with food allergies live better, you can check out their website for yourself and I’ll share why I had a very good experience at the FAACT 2024 Digital Influencer Summit!
Overall, I met so many other Food Allergy Influencers and I’m so encouraged to keep on going and trying to give you great food allergy content. I learned so much about food allergies that I never knew about and I’m going to share it with you bit by bit, so stay tuned for that.
The conference was a 4 day conference. I arrived with my Dad & Brother (who wanted to take a vacation in Chicago) while I was at the Hyatt Lodge & Conference Center in Oak Brook, Illinois (a suburb of Chicago) on Thursday evening. FAACT served us a Prime Rib dinner while we networked. I didn’t meet anyone in person before the event and I got to meet the world’s most influential food allergy influencers here. There were so many people who care about food allergies and I was very happy and didn’t feel alone when it came to food allergies.
I tend to feel alone because I feel like I’m the only one that has food allergies before the conference. After the conference I feel like I’m not alone anymore. That was nice and the next 3 days they fed us lunch and dinner Friday and Saturday, which I ate Chicken Salad except one where I ate Roast beef, salad, potatoes, & asparagus. The food was really good and I ate healthy during the conference. My favorite meal was the prime rib. I’m still thinking about the Prime Rib.
Friday-Sunday, we had company expos (I also attended one on Thursday) where I talked with every company and got to learn how they help people with food allergies. Companies that were there were FIG, Free2B, Red Plate Foods, Allergy Dragon, & so many more. They had some big companies that I have seen on social media there.
I got to give a shoutout to Eleanor- Garrow-Holding, The FAACT CEO & President who did a great job organizing and getting the biggest influencers/food allergists/companies here to have a great week of learning and meeting new people.
Especially of learning I learned from the top allergists in the world about food allergies, anaphylaxis, food allergy therapies, the latest in food allergy research, airplanes & food allergies, plus they had an influencer track (the one I chose) and the disease management track so if you’re not into social media/internet influencing you can definitely choose the disease management track.
I have a large page of notes from this conference and I learned so much stuff from the conference and I got to meet so many awesome people here. I thank everyone who talked to me and made me feel welcome throughout the entire weekend. If you are wanting to learn more about food allergies or trying to learn how to become a food allergy influencer, this conference is a 10 out of 10 and I highly recommend attending this conference!