Schedule

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1

4:00PM – 8:00PM | Registration open

4:00PM – 8:00PM | Exhibitor load-in

6:00PM – 8:00PM | Off-flavor Seminar presented by Rich Michaels (Frog Alley Brewing) and sponsored by Hopsteiner

THURSDAY, APRIL 2

8:00AM – 5:00PM | Exhibit Halls Open

8:00AM – 9:00AM | Light Breakfast

8:00AM – 9:00AM | NYSBA Annual Meeting

9:00AM – 9:30AM | Welcome

9:30AM – 10:30AM | Key note Address sponsored by Whiteman, Osterman & Hanna

10:45AM – 11:45AM | Breakout Session 1

11:45AM – 1:00PM | Lunch Buffet

1:00PM – 3:15PM | Breakout Sessions 2 & 3

3:00PM – 6:00PM | NYS Ingredient Supplier Showcase Open

3:15PM – 4:00PM | Afternoon Break / Visit Exhibitors

4:00PM – 5:00PM | Breakout Sessions 4

Breakout Sessions Include:

  • SLA updates.
  • Positioning your brand for success.
  • Brewery accounting 101.
  • Crowd sourcing and working with other outside investors.
  • How to generate additional taproom revenue.
  • How to successfully use social media.
  • Production planning and inventory management the lean way.
  • Managing personal health and wellness while working in a brewery.
  • Addressing wastewater disposal.
  • Whats in your beer: Yeast monitoring and contamination detection.
  • Draft packaging line quality.

* Hospitality Row sponsored by Brew Recruit, Cool Insuring Agency and Whiteman, Osterman & Hanna open throughout day and evening.

FRIDAY, APRIL 3

8:00AM – 5:00PM | Exhibit Halls Open

8:00AM – 9:00PM | Light Breakfast

9:00AM – 9:30AM |Announcements

9:30AM – 10:30AM | Keynote Address sponsored by Fisher & Phillips

11:45AM – 1:00PM | Lunch Buffet

3:00PM – 5:30PM | NYS Ingredient Supplier Showcase Open

3:15PM – 4:00PM | Afternoon Break / Visit Exhibitors

4:00PM – 5:00PM | Breakout Sessions 4

6:00PM – 7:00PM | Pre-ceremony happy hour sponsored by Mengel, Metzer, Barr & Co.

7:00PM – 9:00PM | NYS Craft Beer Competition Awards Ceremony presented by Marathon Energy

9:00PM – 11:00PM | Think NY, Drink NY Celebration with special guest Spencer Ludwig sponsored by Country Malt & Yakima Chief Hops

Breakout Sessions Include:

  • How music licensing works.
  • Energy reduction strategies for breweries.
  • Social media mistakes and how to fix them.
  • Understanding how and where to invest profits.
  • Small scale and nano production.
  • Insight into emerging beer styles.
  • Brewery compliance, common violations and how to stay safe.
  • Recruiting for diversity.
  • Serving food in the taproom.
  • Why industry community is important and how to build it.
  • 1:1 Meetings with Dr. J.

* Hospitality Row sponsored by Brew Recruit, Cool Insuring Agency and Whiteman, Osterman & Hanna open throughout day and evening.

SATURDAY, APRIL 4

8:00AM – 12:00PM | Exhibitor load-out

[schedule subject to change]