BevNET Live Winter 2023 - AGENDA

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2023
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM	Breakfast, Presented by Saint James Iced Tea; Registration Open -- Location: Promenade Ballroom - Lobby Level Breakfast, coffee and beverages are served from 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM PT and are included with registration. Registration and badge pick up opens for the day at 8:00 AM PT.
8:00 AM - 3:00 PM	One-to-One Meetings with Albertsons Companies -- Location: Outdoor Sinder Lounge - Lobby Level Prior registration is required and meeting times are sent individually. Please check in at the One-to-One Help Desk before to heading to your meeting room. Meetings will be 10 minutes each and the complete schedule is posted at the Help Desk.
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM	The Data Behind Category Disruption -- Location: California Ballroom - Lobby Level This SPINS presentation will offer data galore, focused on emerging beverage categories and the characteristics of disruptive brands, as well as market trends indicating where new companies can find room to grow. with Scott Dicker, Market Insights Director, SPINS
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Just One More Shot at Tea, Honest!: Lessons from the Second Time Around -- Location: California Ballroom - Lobby Level It might not be Honest, but Seth Goldman is back in the beverage business with Just Ice Tea. While times have changed -- there are a number of organic brands in stores now, marketing strategies have shifted -- he's found early momentum. This conversation will be filled with advice about what still works in beverage, what works in beverage now, and what doesn't work anymore. with Seth Goldman, Co-Founder and CEO, Eat the Change
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Retail Strategy: Moving from Click to Brick -- Location: California Ballroom - Lobby Level The panel will give the audience insights on channel strategy, different digital marketing and sales strategies, approaches to omnichannel, and the ways brands build teams and capabilities as they begin to adopt broader sales pathways. By following these brands as they go click-to-brick, we’ll gain knowledge into the challenges facing dozens of beverage companies that have launched in the past five years. with Rosa Li, CEO, Wildwonder; Jordan Bass, CEO, HOP WTR; Chris Gallant, CEO, Chamberlain Coffee
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Networking, Sampling & Taste Radio Studio --
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM	New Beverage Showdown Finals - Round I -- Location: California Ballroom - Lobby Level Our first three finalists face the judges! Judges include: with Kristen Bareuther, President, Head of Investment, Asahi Group Beverages & Innovation; Dan White, Chief of New Revenue Streams, The Coca-Cola Company North America; Ken Sadowsky, Sr. Advisor, Verlinvest; John Craven, CEO & Founder, BevNET.com
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Investment Outlook: The New Exit Environment -- Location: California Ballroom - Lobby Level That "the focus of strategic M&A has moved toward higher revenue partners" and "investors seem less risk-tolerant" are phrases that have been oft-repeated in 2023; what does that mean for the way entrepreneurs should plan, operate, and think about seeking growth capital? Our expert panel breaks it down. with Caroline Levy, Founder, CLAS; Mark Rampolla, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, GroundForce Capital; Jeremy Halpern, Partner, Nutter, McClennen & Fish LLP
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM	The Road to Victory for the NA Category -- Location: California Ballroom - Lobby Level There's been more discussion of non-alcoholic spirits than just about any category in the past year, but it's still relatively tiny compared to both the soft drink and the beverage alcohol market. So what does it look like at buildout? What are the ways brands and retailers can position these products for success, and what has to go right for founders to realize their bull case? Investor and brand advisor Dan Gasper presents. with Dan Gasper, CEO, The Ardent Company
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM	Lunch Presented by CELSIUS, Sampling & Taste Radio Studio -- Lunch is served in the Bayview Ballroom on the rooftop level and in the outdoor Sinder Lounge. Lunch is included with registration. Sampling continues in the Promenade Ballroom and Taste Radio Studio livestream interviews take place in the Peninsula room on the lower level.
1:45 PM - 2:15 PM	New Beverage Showdown Finals - Round II -- Location: California Ballroom - Lobby Level Our second three finalists pitch to the judges!
2:15 PM - 2:35 PM	Executive to Entrepreneur - What We’ve Learned -- Location: California Ballroom - Lobby Level After helping build Rockstar into one of the biggest energy drink brands in the country, Jason May and Joey Cannata couldn't get the beverage bug out of their system. Here they discuss what they've learned while in startup mode, and what tips and tricks from their last organization are serving them well now that they're each out on their own. with Jason May, CEO, Weird Beverage Co.; Joey Cannata, President & Co-Founder, Daytrip Beverage Co.
2:35 PM - 3:00 PM	Foodservice Sales: Fountains of Riches -- Location: California Ballroom - Lobby Level Tractor Beverage Co., has built one of the most interesting and wide-ranging plays in the organic beverage space, fountain by fountain. How can entrepreneurs hitch a ride on Tractor and plow their own line in the foodservice field? with Luke Emery, Chief Customer Officer, Tractor Beverage Co.
3:00 PM - 3:15 PM	Looking Forward & Back with NorCal Beverage -- Location: California Ballroom - Lobby Level For one last bit of vision, we bring up NorCal's Shannon Deary-Bell and Pete Grego to discuss the growth of the entrepreneurial beverage business through the lens of this innovative manufacturer, one that has evolved by taking cues from the industry and continuing to serve it. with Shannon Deary-Bell, President, Manna Beverages & Ventures, CA, Nor-Cal Beverage Company; Pete Grego, VP of Contract Manufacturing & New Business Development, Nor-Cal Beverage Company
3:15 PM - 3:30 PM	New Beverage Showdown: Judges’ Remarks and Winner Announcement --

Please note that event agendas are subject to change.