BevNET Live Winter 2013
Dec 9-10,2013
Santa Monica, CA
Program
Agenda for BevNET Live Winter 2013
Last updated: December 6, 2013. All events take place at the Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel. Lineup subject to change.
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2013 | ||
1:00PM – 5:00PM | BevNET "Beverage School" – Featuring lessons from a variety of experts, Beverage School is designed to be an onramp to the beverage industry. Sponsored by Sovereign Flavors. (Important note: Additional registration required; LIMITED SEATING) Agenda and Registration » | |
2:00PM – 5:00PM | INVITE ONLY Business Model Generation Workshop – (with drinks and dinner to follow) Presented by Gregory Bernarda, co-author of the Business-Model Generation sequel. Sponsored by Tetra Pak | |
MONDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2013 | ||
7:00AM – 8:00AM | Registration & Breakfast | |
8:00AM – 9:30AM | New Beverage Showdown 6 Semifinals presented by VEB – Twenty brands pitch their brand to an expert panel of judges (and the audience). | |
9:30AM – 10:00AM | Beverage Break & Networking + Sample Bar | |
10:00AM – 10:05AM | Welcome / Intro | |
10:05AM – 10:30AM | Presentation: A Year in the Trenches: Lessons Learned by Suja CEO Jeff Church | |
10:30AM – 10:50AM | Retailer Profile – Introducing Lifetime Fitness by Beatrice Foster, Senior Retail Category Manager, Life Time Fitness, Inc. | |
10:50AM – 11:10AM | Distributor Profile — M.E. Fox Distributing by Terence Fox, President, M.E. Fox Distributing | |
11:10AM – 11:30AM | Legal Update – HPP Concerns, and Civil Suits by Justin Prochnow, Partner, Greenberg Traurig LLP | |
11:30AM – 11:50AM | Investor Presentation: The Early Investment/Co-Creation Dichotomy by Andrew Black, Founder/CEO, Brandproject | |
11:50AM – 12:20PM | Presentation/Discussion: The $7 Billion Prize — As CSDs Decline, Who Gets to Grow? with Neil Kimberley, Founder, Foods, Fluids and Beyond Panelists: Bonnie Herzog, Managing Director, Wells Fargo Bank; Greg Steltenpohl, CEO, Califia Farms | |
12:20AM – 12:30PM | New Beverage Showdown Finalist Announcements | |
12:30PM – 12:45PM | Presentation: BevNET’s Best of 2013 Awards – BevNET’s annual industry awards. | |
12:45PM – 2:00PM | Lunch & Networking | |
2:00PM – 2:40PM | Breakout Sessions Round 1 Attendees choose from a selection of the following breakout sessions:
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2:50PM – 3:30PM | Breakout Sessions Round 2 Attendees choose from a selection of the following breakout sessions:
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3:30PM – 5:30PM | BevNET Live Tabletop Expo – Forty supplier and services companies displaying their offerings. | |
5:30PM – 7:30PM | BevNET Live Cocktail Reception – Adult beverages and light food + networking with conference attendees. | |
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2013 | |
7:30AM – 8:30AM | Registration & Breakfast |
8:30AM – 8:35AM | Welcome / Introduction |
8:35AM – 9:00AM | Investor Presentation: Tales from A Big Company Survivor by Rosemary Ripley, Managing Director, NGEN |
9:00AM – 9:20AM | Presentation: Consumer Acquisition: The Key to Avoiding the Boom-Splat! by Alan Murray, CEO, GoodBelly |
9:20AM – 9:40AM | Presentation: The Money Arrives — Then What? by Scott Lerner, Founder, Solixir |
9:40AM – 10:00AM | Panel: Maintaining a Premium Price Point in a 10-for-$10 World Panelists: C.J. Rapp, CEO, Karma Culture, LLC; Dave Minnick, VP Sales & Marketing, Purity Organic; James Hoagland, VP Sales and Marketing, Ito En |
10:00AM-10:25AM | Break & Networking |
10:25AM – 11:00AM | New Beverage Showdown 6 Finals 1, Presented by VEB |
11:00AM – 11:30AM | Retailer Presentation: 7-Eleven 101 — From Assortment to Investment by Julie Whittle, Category Manager, Soft Drinks & Energy/Nutritional Beverages, 7-Eleven; Raja Doddala, VP, Portfolio Investment, 7-Ventures LLC |
11:30AM – 12:00PM | Panel: Wrestling With Explosive Growth Panelists: David Kearns, VP of Sales, Talking Rain; Jeff Popkin, President, Vita Coco; Andy Steele, Founder, Anonymous Consulting |
12:00-1:00PM | Lunch & Networking |
1:00PM – 1:25PM | Presentation: CSPI and Beverage Entrepreneurs — Conflicts and Cooperation by Michael Jacobson, Executive Director, Center for Science in the Public Interest |
1:25PM – 2:00PM | Presentation: The New Consumer Base, Trends, and Innovation by Brian Reed, Principal, IRI and Kathryn Peters, EVP, SPINS |
2:00PM – 2:35PM | New Beverage Showdown Finals 2, Presented by VEB |
2:35PM – 3:00PM | Break & Networking |
3:00PM – 3:20PM | Making it Work in Costco: A Talk with John Eagan, VP and Senior General Merchandiser for Costco Wholesale, and Danny Stepper, CEO & Co-Founder of L.A. Libations |
3:20PM – 3:40PM | Your Virtual Board Brian Goldberg, Executive / Investor / Adviser / Board Member to Growth Companies; Ken Sadowsky, Sr. Beverage Adivsor, Verlinvest; Brad Barnhorn, Board Member and Adviser to Multiple Companies |
3:40PM – 4:00PM | New Beverage Showdown 6 Winner Announcement and Presentation |
4:00PM | Conference Closing |