Hospitality professionals, block off the weekend of September 21st and 22nd to attend Boston University’s Tools of the Trade—Experiential Studies for the Food Industry, a special conference for folks in the food and beverage industry. The two-day-long gathering features all sorts of educational opportunities and networking with luminaries like City of Boston Food Czar Edith Murnane, Ihsan Gurdal of Formaggio and The Atlantic’s Corby Kummer, as well local chefs Michael Leviton, Jeremy Sewall and Joanne Chang who’ll be weighing in on topics like sustainability and communication. You can get all the details – and register – online.