BevNET Live Winter 2018 — Agenda

MONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2018

1. 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)
2. 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM

   New Beverage Showdown Semifinals

   • 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)
3. 9:30 AM – 10:00 AM

   Networking Break & Livestream Studio

4. 10:00 AM – 10:05 AM

   Welcome Remarks

5. 10:05 AM – 10:30 AM

   Keeping the Attachment -- GT's Kombucha

   • GT Dave, Founder & CEO (GT’s Living Foods)
6. 10:30 AM – 10:55 AM

   Brand in Transition -- Forto

   • Neel Premkumar, Founder & CEO (FORTO Coffee)
7. 10:55 AM – 11:20 AM

   Walmart As Your Launchpad

   • Sarah Alderson, DMM of Chilled Packaged Goods (Walmart)
8. 11:20 AM – 11:45 AM

   Anheuser Busch/InBev Go Beyond Beer

   • Randy Ornstein, Vice President Sales, Beyond Beer Portfolio (Anheuser-Busch InBev)
9. 11:45 AM – 12:05 PM

   Building Premium Brands Through Channel

   • Bill Creelman, Founder & CEO (Spindrift)
10. 12:05 PM – 12:30 PM

    Fiji Case Study: Keeping Mature Brands Vital

    • Elizabeth Stephenson, President (Fiji Water Group)
11. 12:30 PM – 12:40 PM

    BevNET's Best of 2018 Presentation; Announcement of New Beverage Showdown Finalists

12. 12:40 PM – 2:00 PM

    Lunch & Livestream Studio

13. 2:00 PM – 2:40 PM

    Breakout Session I: Extending Platforms to Food

    Location: Venice Room, Lobby Floor, through the Ocean & Vine Restaurant 

    • Doug Radi, President & CEO (Good Karma Foods)
    • Karen Huh, Vice President, Product & Brand Strategy (Bulletproof)
    • Alan Murray, CEO (Goodbelly)
14. 2:00 PM – 2:40 PM

    Breakout Session I: Regulatory and Legal Updates

    Location: Room 731

    • Justin Prochnow, Partner (Greenberg Traurig, LLP)
15. 2:00 PM – 2:40 PM

    Breakout Session I: Grow Your Amazon Sales... Like Mushrooms

    Location: Palisades Salon, 5th Floor

    • Tero Isokauppila, Founder (Four Sigmatic)
16. 2:00 PM – 2:40 PM

    Breakout Session I: Flavor Trends: Insights from the Experts

    Location: Catalina Room, Lobby Floor

    • Emmanuel Laroche, VP, Marketing (Symrise)
17. 2:40 PM – 2:50 PM

    Networking Break

18. 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 

    • 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)
19. 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

    • Max Baumann, Founder & CEO (Bear Brands, Basemakers)
    • Matthew Brogie, CEO (Repsly)
20. 2:50 PM – 3:30 PM

    Breakout Session II: The Shifting Landscape of Tea Beverages

    Location: Ocean & Vine, Lobby Floor

    • Arthur Lopez, Director of Sales, North America (Finlays)
21. 2:50 PM – 3:30 PM

    Breakout Session II: The Future of Functionality: CBD and Beverage

    Location: Palisades Salon. 5th Floor

    • 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)
22. 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM

    BevNET Live Tabletop Expo & Livestream Studio

23. 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.