SUMMER 2020 | JUNE 23 +24
A Two-Day Virtual Event for the Food and Beverage Industry
On June 23 and 24, let’s take some time together to reset, taking a break from our widespread separation. Gathering within a unique virtual event environment, BevNET and NOSH’s Virtually Live welcome food and beverage professionals to an event filled with refreshing opportunities to interact, learn, and partner with colleagues who are both familiar and new. It’s time to connect and share knowledge, even from home.
Free Presentation: The Black Experience in the Food and Beverage Business
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Main Stage Speaker Lineup: Industry Leaders & Innovators
Summer 2020 Platinum Sponsor
Summer 2020 Virtually Live Sponsors
Investor Speed Dating
On Tuesday, June 23rd and Wednesday, June 24th from 11:45am to 12:30pm and 12:30pm to 11:15pm ET, emerging brands will have the opportunity to have five-minute 1-on-1 virtual meetings with potential investors who specialize in CPG. Each brand will have the opportunity to speak to up to 5 investors.
Virtually Live Summer 2020 Agenda: Two Days, 30+ Sessions
Attendees will have the chance to hear from top flight main-stage speakers and also to settle into topical small group discussions curated by the BevNET and NOSH teams. Spend your time in an expert-led education session exploring sales or marketing, or join a round table discussion on the ways brands are wrestling with the various disruptions brought by the COVID-19 crisis. Take part in a pre-scheduled one-on-one meeting with an investor, or just spend time socializing in one of the designated networking spaces.
Print the agenda for Wednesday, June 24
Please note: All times US Eastern Time
- 8:00 AM11:00 AM
Virtual Expo Open
- 11:00 AM11:05 AM
Welcome
- 11:05 AM11:45 AM
Main Stage Presentation: Buyers, Believers, and Adapting Consumer Education
Food & Beverage brands spend a lot of time telling people how different they are. But the quarantine, limited availability, and Google have shown us that in the consumers’ mind, most brands are interchangeable -- unless you start showing them you’re different. This interactive session and workshop will help introduce the new fundamentals of consumer education. - 11:45 AM12:30 PM
Breakout Option I - Workshop: Brand Traction Audit Live
Presenter David Lemley will work with a pre-picked brand to audit and tune up for improved consumer education and interaction. - 11:45 AM12:30 PM
Breakout Option II - Finance Methods: Preparing Your Company to Sell and Maximizing Value Post-COVID-19 (sponsor session)
If you want to sell your business to a strategic or financial acquirer, it is important to understand what creates value. Whipstitch Capital will discuss these key drivers – and what has remained the same and what is new post-COVID. - 11:45 AM12:30 PM
Breakout Option III - High Anxiety: Consumer Trends in THC Products During the Pandemic and Beyond
The state of THC products during COVID-19 and where the market goes from here - 11:45 AM12:30 PM
Breakout Option IV - Education Session: Communications and PR During Crisis
When it comes to communications, internal crises are tough, but external crises are even harder to handle, as COVID-19 and social upheaval have demonstrated for brands. - 11:45 AM12:30 PM
Breakout Option V - Tapping the Dietitian and Nutritionist Channel
How brands can utilize nutrition experts as well as effectively work with nutritionists as a source of connection to new shoppers. - 11:45 AM12:30 PM
Breakout Option VI - The Next Generations of Energy Drinks (sponsor session)
It is an exciting area in beverage. Premium, more functional energy has exhibited massive growth over the last few years. Major brands like Bang, C4, Celsius, G-Fuel, and more, are developing a new category with growth that energy drinks have never seen before. What are the target functionalities that are paving the way for this success? And how has ingredient discovery and technology changed to make this possible? Let's dive into The Next Generation of Energy Drinks and caffeine with a Q&A to follow.
Brian Zapp
- 11:45 AM1:30 PM
Investor Speed Dating
Apply to participate: http://act.bevnet.com/investor-speed-dating-brand-inquiries/ - 12:30 PM1:30 PM
Lunch, Livestream Interviews, Virtual Expo
Make your way over to the Virtual Expo to see what's on display, or spend time with Taste Radio host Ray Latif as he interviews attendees. - 1:30 PM2:10 PM
Main Stage Panel: Evolution in Crisis with Kim Jeffery, Brad Sterl, Stew Leonard Jr.
How three industry leaders evolve, and thrive, in the face of daunting challenges. - 2:10 PM2:15 PM
Break
- 2:15 PM3:00 PM
Breakout Option I - Innovation and Sustainability in E-commerce Delivery
A discussion with food and beverage e-commerce platforms -- how they’re changing e-commerce delivery through innovations in packaging, sustainability and last-mile delivery. - 2:15 PM3:00 PM
Breakout Option II - Hard Kombucha: Building a Category During a Pandemic
A panel looking at a hard-charging category that sits at the nexus of trends. - 2:15 PM3:00 PM
Breakout Option III - Education Session - Leveraging Your Brand for Breakthroughs and Growth: Rethinking your strategy for the new normal (sponsor session)
- 2:15 PM3:00 PM
Breakout Option IV - Case Study: Building An Innovative Brand Outside of NY, LA, SF, Austin…
How are food and beverage startups able to work with retailers and distributors outside core markets to help seed and build an audience for innovative products?
Jen Faigel
- 2:15 PM3:00 PM
Breakout Option V - Telling Cultural Stories Through Food and Beverage
Consumers are looking for brands that tell a unique story, celebrate diversity, and allow them to travel around the world through a meal. This session will seek to examine how several brands have successfully taken this path and what hurdles they faced along the way. - 2:15 PM3:00 PM
Breakout Option VI - Tips for Working With Stevia in Beverages (sponsor session)
Learn how to quickly optimize stevia in beverage product development, along with other secrets to creating reduced-sugar formulations that consumers will love. - 3:00 PM3:20 PM
Livestream Interviews
Enjoy interviews conducted by Taste Radio host Ray Latif. - 3:20 PM4:00 PM
Main Stage: Citizen Chef, Citizen CPG: Fighting Food Insecurity Together
Chef Tom Colicchio will discuss how he became aware of the issues facing some Americans in their own food access, and where he sees the problems in our current food system. He’ll offer attendees advice on how to marry running a business with being an advocate and suggestions as to how to move the industry forward towards a more equitable place. - 4:00 PM4:05 PM
Conclusion and Wrapup
1000+ Including These Food & Beverage Brands Attended
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