| BevNET Live Winter 2018 - AGENDA |
| MONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2018 | |
| 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM | Breakfast, Registration & Networking -- Location: Arcadia Ballroom @ Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel (1700 Ocean Avenue in Santa Monica, CA 90401) |
| 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM |
New Beverage Showdown Semifinals --
with Matt Hughes, Vice President, Emerging Brands Incubation, VEB Coca-Cola; Kelly Criswell, Chief Creative Officer, The GRO Agency; Pat Bolden, President & Co-Founder, L.A. Libations; Mike Schneider, CMO, BevNET.com |
| 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM | Networking Break & Livestream Studio -- |
| 10:00 AM - 10:05 AM | Welcome Remarks -- |
| 10:05 AM - 10:30 AM |
Keeping the Attachment -- GT's Kombucha --
with GT Dave, Founder & CEO, GT’s Living Foods |
| 10:30 AM - 10:55 AM |
Brand in Transition -- Forto --
with Neel Premkumar, Founder & CEO, FORTO Coffee |
| 10:55 AM - 11:20 AM |
Walmart As Your Launchpad --
with Sarah Alderson, DMM of Chilled Packaged Goods, Walmart |
| 11:20 AM - 11:45 AM |
Anheuser Busch/InBev Go Beyond Beer --
with Randy Ornstein, Vice President Sales, Beyond Beer Portfolio, Anheuser-Busch InBev |
| 11:45 AM - 12:05 PM |
Building Premium Brands Through Channel --
with Bill Creelman, Founder & CEO, Spindrift |
| 12:05 PM - 12:30 PM |
Fiji Case Study: Keeping Mature Brands Vital --
with Elizabeth Stephenson, President, Fiji Water Group |
| 12:30 PM - 12:40 PM | BevNET's Best of 2018 Presentation; Announcement of New Beverage Showdown Finalists -- |
| 12:40 PM - 2:00 PM | Lunch & Livestream Studio -- |
| 2:00 PM - 2:40 PM |
Breakout Session I: Extending Platforms to Food --
Location: Venice Room, Lobby Floor, through the Ocean & Vine Restaurant
with Doug Radi, President & CEO, Good Karma Foods; Karen Huh, Vice President, Product & Brand Strategy, Bulletproof; Alan Murray, CEO, Goodbelly |
| 2:00 PM - 2:40 PM |
Breakout Session I: Regulatory and Legal Updates --
Location: Room 731
with Justin Prochnow, Partner, Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
| 2:00 PM - 2:40 PM |
Breakout Session I: Grow Your Amazon Sales... Like Mushrooms --
Location: Palisades Salon, 5th Floor
with Tero Isokauppila, Founder, Four Sigmatic |
| 2:00 PM - 2:40 PM |
Breakout Session I: Flavor Trends: Insights from the Experts --
Location: Catalina Room, Lobby Floor
with Emmanuel Laroche, VP, Marketing, Symrise |
| 2:40 PM - 2:50 PM | Networking Break -- |
| 2:50 PM - 3:30 PM |
Breakout Session II: Food Service: Two Lenses into the Channel --
Location: Venice Room, Lobby Floor, through the Ocean & Vine Restaurant
with Adam Hertel, Senior VP of Sales - Grocery & Alternate Channels, ITO EN (North America) INC.; Gerry Martin, President & CEO, Al's Beverage Company; Alicia LeBeouf, SVP of Marketing, Communications, and Culinary Operations, The Compass Group |
| 2:50 PM - 3:30 PM |
Breakout Session II: Winning at the Shelf: How to Leverage Data for Retail Execution --
Location: Catalina Room, Lobby Floor
with Max Baumann, Founder & CEO, Bear Brands, Basemakers; Matthew Brogie, CEO, Repsly |
| 2:50 PM - 3:30 PM |
Breakout Session II: The Shifting Landscape of Tea Beverages --
Location: Ocean & Vine, Lobby Floor
with Arthur Lopez, Director of Sales, North America, Finlays |
| 2:50 PM - 3:30 PM |
Breakout Session II: The Future of Functionality: CBD and Beverage --
Location: Palisades Salon. 5th Floor
with Stephen Horgan, Executive VP, Managing Partner, Co-Founder, InterContinental Beverage Capital; Jessica Lukas, VP, Consumer Insights, BDS Analytics, Inc.; Doug Christoph, Managing Partner, Intercontinental Beverage Capital |
| 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM | BevNET Live Tabletop Expo & Livestream Studio -- |
| 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM |
BevNET Live Afterparty Powered by ForceBrands --
Location: Museum of Flying @ 3100 Airport Ave, Santa Monica, CA 90405 All registered BevNET Live Winter 2018 attendees are invited to attend. A conference badge and valid ID are required for admittance. |
| Please note that event agendas are subject to change. |