Conference Highlights

2007 Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient
	Kim Jeffery President & Chief Executive Officer Nestlé Waters North America
Beverage Marketing Corporation and Beverage World magazine will present its annual awards to the best of the large companies (over $1 billion) and best of the small companies (under $1 billion). The Beverage Forum 2007 Company of the Year Awards will be presented during the Forum Luncheon on Wednesday, May 23rd.

 

Keynote Speakers
	Alain Barbet President and COO Pernod Ricard USA
	Javier Sánchez Lamelas Vice President, Coca-Cola Trademark The Coca-Cola Company
	Graham Mackay Chief Executive SABMiller plc
	Peter van Stolk President & Chief Executive Officer Jones Soda Company
	Michael Weinstein Chairman INOV8 Beverage Company LLC

 

Executive Summit on the Future of Distribution

This special panel will feature industry executives’ perspectives on the future of beverage distribution in the United States. Representatives from different segments of the beverage business – including wine and distilled spirits distributors, beer wholesalers and soft drink bottlers – will gather to discuss recent and impending changes in distribution. Topics will include small brands’ challenges in finding routes to markets, the development of hybrid systems, bottlers owning brands and other changes in beverage distribution.

Breakout Sessions

Delivering the essential information and thought-provoking analysis that have made them must-attend events for industry executives, the Beverage Forum Breakout Sessions focus on the key trends of 2007. Each registered participant will receive a comprehensive booklet packed with detailed market data and analysis from the respective sessions.

 

Arrangements for the 2007 Beverage Forum are being finalized. Please check again for the latest developments.