Tuesday Seminar Schedule

8:00-9:00: Registration

9:00-9:45: Welcome & Keynote with Paul Cirka, Cirka Distilleries

10:00-11:00:

  • Sustainability for Small and Medium-sized Businesses with Jacqueline Gorman (Track A) -or-

  • Clear Strategies: Understanding Consumer Preferences and Trends for Vodka and Gin with Reece Sims (Track B)

11:30-12:30:

  • Simple Tasting Experiments to Extract Robust Data with David Dickinson (Track A) -or-

  • Countering Neo-Prohibition Speak with Dan Malleck (Track B)

12:30-13:30: Lunch

13:30-14;15: Distillers Roundtable Plenary

14:30-15:30:

  • Barrel Maturation Strategies: Balancing Quality, Finances and Sustainability with Todd Leopold (Track A) -or-

  • From Still to Shelves: Getting Spirits to Market panel (Traek B)

16:00-17:00

  • Shots, Splashes, and Dashes: A Professor's Guide to Cocktails and Ready-To-Drink Beverages with Kyle Smith (Track A) -or-

  • Funding Options for Distilleries panel (Track B)