BevNET Live L.A. 2025 - AGENDA
MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2025
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM Registration Opens; Breakfast + Networking --
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM New Beverage Showdown --
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM 1:1 Meetings -- BevNET Live attendees have the opportunity to meet 1:1 with retail buyers, investors and experienced beverage leaders. Prior registration is required and meeting times are sent individually. Please check in at the 1:1 Help Desk before heading to your meeting room. Meetings will be 10 minutes each and the complete schedule is posted at the Help Desk.
with Nicole Dawes, Founder & CEO, Nixie Beverage Company; Todd Davis, Natural Foods/Multi-Cultural Category Manager, King Soopers/City Market; Nate Cooper, Founder & Managing Partner, Barrel Ventures; Giuseppe Infusino, Managing Partner, CIO, InvestBev; Ryan Fagan, Deal Partner, Gryphon Investors; Jon Halper, Owner & CEO, Top Ten Liquors; Brad Barnhorn, Board Member and Strategic Advisor,
10:00 AM - 10:05 AM Welcome Remarks --
10:05 AM - 12:00 PM Presentations --
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Sponsored Workshop: Energy, focus, resilience: The innovation for differentiation -- Location: Malibu
Shawn Wells, is recognized as "The World's Greatest Formulator" with over +1,100 formulas created and +40 patents. As the Chief Science Officer of NNB Nutrition, Shawn guides us through customer need states for functional beverages: what we now know, what we've gotten wrong and what science says our bodies need. But most importantly, what innovations exist to carry the industry into the future of what differentiation looks like for consumers. NNB  will also be sampling their proof of concept drink with the industry's most innovative functional RTD ingredients. 
with Shawn Wells, CSO & FISSN, NNB Nutrition
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch, Sampling & Taste Radio Studio --
1:30 PM - 4:00 PM Presentations --
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM BevNET Live Official Party --
Please note that event agendas are subject to change.