BevNET Live Winter 2018 Agenda

Print the agenda for Monday, December 03

Please note: All times US Pacific Time

• 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

  • 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

  • GT Dave, Founder & CEO, GT’s Living Foods
• 10:30 AM-10:55 AM

  Brand in Transition -- Forto

  • Neel Premkumar, Founder & CEO, FORTO Coffee
• 10:55 AM-11:20 AM

  Walmart As Your Launchpad

  • Sarah Alderson, DMM of Chilled Packaged Goods, Walmart
• 11:20 AM-11:45 AM

  Anheuser Busch/InBev Go Beyond Beer

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

  Building Premium Brands Through Channel

  • Bill Creelman, Founder & CEO, Spindrift
• 12:05 PM-12:30 PM

  Fiji Case Study: Keeping Mature Brands Vital

  • 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 

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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 

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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.