Make Beer Great Again
Agenda
Sunday Afternoon Kickoff Session, January 29, 2017 – Upper Grande Hall
1:30 – 3:30pm Registration
3:30 – 3:45pm Harry Schuhmacher, Editor and Publisher, Beer Business Daily
3:45-4:30pm Taproom Boom: What Does It Mean for the Broader Industry?: Scot Donovan Blair, Owner,
Hamiltons Tavern; Chris Cramer, CEO & Co-Founder, Karl Strauss Brewing; Sam Hendler, CoFounder, Jack's Abby Craft Lagers; Bart Watson, Chief Economist, Brewers Association
4:30-5:00pm
Fireside Chat with Pete Marino, Chief Public Affairs and Communications Officer, MillerCoors
5:00 – 7:00pm Welcome Reception – Garden Patio
Monday: General Session, January 30, 2017 – Upper Grande Hall
8:00 – 9:00am Breakfast – Crown Room
9:00 – 9:30am Fireside Chat with Pete Coors, Vice Chairman and Chief Customer Relations Officer, Molson
Coors Brewing Company
9:30 – 10:30am Is the Sky Falling? A Dip Into Data: Jon Collins, President, Nielsen CGA; Tom Fox, Partner, CM
Profit Group; and Danelle Kosmal, VP, Beverage Alcohol Practice, Nielsen
10:30- 10:45am Coffee Break – Lower Grande Hall Foyer Sponsored by GoSpotCheck
10:45 – 11:15am Presentation by Andy Thomas, Chief Executive Officer, Craft Brew Alliance
11:15 – 11:45am Fireside Chat with Simon Thorpe, Chief Executive Officer, Pabst Brewing Company
11:45 – 12:30pm Mega Distributors on the Brave New Beer World: Joe Cotroneo, General Manager & EVP,
Crescent Crown Distributing; Jesse Ferber, Senior Vice President – Washington, Columbia
Distributing; J.R. Hand, President and CEO, Hand Family Companies
12:30 – 2:00pm Luncheon – Windsor Lawn
2:00 – 2:30pm Presentation by Joe Thompson, President and Owner, Independent Beverage Group
2:30 – 3:15pm Here Comes the Brand New Flava in Your Beer: Bryan Ferschinger, Vice President, National Craft
and Innovation, MillerCoors; Casey O’Neill, Innovation Team, Truly Spiked and Sparkling/Boston
Beer Company; Nick Shields, Owner and Brewer, Boathouse Beverage/SpikedSeltzer
Getting Back to Basics
Agenda
Monday: General Session, January 30, 2017 – Upper Grande Hall
3:15 – 3:30pm Beer Break – Lower Grande Hall Foyer Sponsored by WSSA
3:30 – 4:00pm Presentation by Wes Verno, Consultant, Verno Consulting
4:00 – 5:00pm Beer Business Daily Presents Beer Tales: Kimberly Clements, Managing Partner, PINTS LLC;
David Fields, Owner, Wormtown Brewery; Linus Hall, Founder/Brewmaster, Yazoo Brewing;
Brett Joyce, President, Rogue Ales; Dale Katechis, Soul Founder, Oskar Blues Brewery; Paul “PK”
Kirbabas, Commercial Sales and Marketing Chief, SweetWater Brewing Company; David Macon,
VP of Sales and Marketing, Firestone Walker Brewing Company
5:00 – 7:00pm Closing Reception – North Beach- Sponsored by Bank of the West