| BevNET Live Winter 2022 - AGENDA |
| SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2022 | |
| 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM |
Beverage School Registration & Networking --
Location: Catalina, 4th Floor The day before BevNET Live, industry newcomers can learn the basics of running a beverage business and jumpstart their networking at Beverage School. Experts will present on topics early-stage beverage brands need to know, including finance, sales, marketing, design, and operations. |
| 12:30 PM - 12:50 PM |
Beverage School: Basic Beverage Design --
with Kelly Criswell, Principal, Mudge |
| 12:50 PM - 1:10 PM |
Beverage School: Inside Co-Packing --
with Mitch Barnard, CEO, Wildpack Beverages |
| 1:10 PM - 1:30 PM |
Beverage School: Sales Strategy --
with Bill Sipper, Managing Partner, Cascadia Managing Brands, LLC |
| 1:30 PM - 1:50 PM |
Beverage School: Funding Stages for Beverage Entrepreneurs --
with Keith Kohler, Founder, The K2 Group LLC |
| 1:50 PM - 2:10 PM |
Beverage School: What Investors Look At --
with Jeremy Halpern, Partner; Co-Chair Food and Beverage Group, Nutter |
| 2:10 PM - 2:30 PM |
Beverage School: An Entrepreneur's Playbook --
with Henry Kasindorf, Co-Founder, Remedy Organics |
| 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM | Beverage School Expert Tables -- |
| 3:00 PM - 6:30 PM |
RTD Spirits Entrepreneurial Track --
Location: Palisades, 5th Floor On Sunday, December 4th, from 3PM to 5:30 PM PT, the BevNET team will kickstart BevNET Live with a spotlight on spirits and RTD cocktails. The program will include an investor panel and the Cocktail Showdown pitch competition, featuring the most promising new RTD cocktail brands on the market. Attendees will be able to sample the products of all participants, as well as continue their networking at the BevNET Live Welcome Reception. Our spirits coverage will carry over to day 1 of BevNET Live with a morning main stage presentation and afternoon breakout session track. Registered attendees of BevNET Live, NOSH Live and Brewbound Live are invited to attend the Sunday spirits program. |
| 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM |
Ambition and Proof: Sourcing, Supplying, Deploying Investment for Spirits Brands --
This panel will take the stories of two successful brands, SIA Scotch Whiskey and Beatbox, and talk about their capital journey as they grew, what their capital needs were in terms of strategy and growth, what role investment played, what the money factor has been with regard to key decisions in the brand and entrepreneur's journey. Blending the aims of investors, from institutional capital to strategic brand houses to angels and other sources into the mix, this talk will show how capital, product, and strategy can blend into a successful growth cocktail.
with Nick Papanicolaou, CEO, No Sleep Beverage; Carin Luna-Ostaseski, Founder, SIA Scotch Whisky; Aimy Steadman, Co-Founder & COO, Beatbox Beverages; Carlton Fowler, Managing Partner, Goat Rodeo Capital |
| 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM | BevNET Cocktail Showdown 3 -- |
| 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM | BevNET Live Welcome Reception -- Location: Arcadia Foyer, 5th Floor |
| Please note that event agendas are subject to change. |