BevNET Live Summer 2017 - AGENDA
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 2017
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Breakfast & Registration --
9:00 AM - 9:25 AM How We Did It: Starting, Growing, Disrupting and Selling KeVita --
with Bill Moses, Founder, KeVita
9:25 AM - 9:45 AM E-Commerce Retailer Profile: Jet Fresh --
with Kerrie Lopez, Senior Manager, Category Management - Fresh, Jet.com
9:45 AM - 10:10 AM Panel: The State of Beverage Investment --
with Mike Burgmaier, Managing Director, Whipstitch Capital; Nick Giannuzzi, Managing Partner, The Giannuzzi Group, LLP; Tom Spier, Founder & Managing Partner, Boulder Food Group
10:10 AM - 10:40 AM Networking Break & Livestream Lounge --
10:40 AM - 11:15 AM New Beverage Showdown 13 Finals - Round 1 --

Featuring:

  • Kerrie Lopez, Sr. Manager, Category Management – Fresh, Jet.com
  • John Craven, CEO, BevNET
  • Kellam Mattie, VP Marketing & Innovation/CMO, Venturing & Emerging Brands
  • Trevor Nelson, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Alliance Consumer Growth
  • Tim Sperry, President & Owner, The Tim Sperry Group

 
10:40 AM - 10:50 AM New Beverage Showdown 13 Finals: Mooala --
10:50 AM - 11:00 AM New Beverage Showdown 13 Finals: Remedy Organics --
11:00 AM - 11:15 AM New Beverage Showdown 13 Finals: Rise Brewing --
11:15 AM - 11:40 AM Inside Helio, Machine Learning, and Company Building --
with Ryan Caldbeck, CEO and Co-Founder, CircleUp
11:40 AM - 12:00 PM Case Study: Pruning the Portfolio --
with Bill Creelman, CEO, Spindrift
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Lunch, Sample Bar, Networking, Livestream lounge --
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM New Beverage Showdown 13 Finals - Round 2 -- Featuring:
  • Kerrie Lopez, Sr. Manager, Category Management – Fresh, Jet.com
  • John Craven, CEO, BevNET
  • Kellam Mattie, VP Marketing & Innovation/CMO, Venturing & Emerging Brands
  • Trevor Nelson, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Alliance Consumer Growth
  • Tim Sperry, President & Owner, The Tim Sperry Group
1:00 PM - 1:10 PM New Beverage Showdown 13 Finals: Ugly Drinks --
1:10 PM - 1:20 PM New Beverage Showdown 13 Finals: Smart Pressed Juice --
1:20 PM - 1:30 PM New Beverage Showdown 13 Finals: Ounce Water --
1:30 PM - 1:55 PM Lessons From Cleveland — What A Year With Midwest Startups Can Teach Bigger Brands --
with Bonin Bough, Host, The Cleveland Hustles
1:55 PM - 2:15 PM Investor Profile: Cleveland Avenue --
with Zoe Feldman, Managing Partner, CPG Ventures and Investments - Beverages, Cleveland Avenue
2:15 PM - 2:35 PM Inside Redistribution --
with Rodd Willis, Director of Natural & Specialty, Dot Foods
2:35 PM - 2:55 PM Bonafide Innovation: Broth as Beverage --
with Sharon Brown, Founder & CEO, Bonafide Provisions; Alexandra Rains, Co-Founder, Bonafide Provisions
2:55 PM - 3:00 PM New Beverage Showdown: Winners and Wrapup --
Please note that event agendas are subject to change.