Innovation in Non-Alcoholic Beverages - Virtual Conference
Amba Hotel Marble Arch, London, UK
2nd-3rd June, 2021
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Innovation in Non-Alcoholic Beverages - Virtual Conference
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The leading event to focus on innovation across the non-alcoholic beverage category to meet rapidly changing consumer demands.
Everything you need to know about innovation in the non-alcoholic beverage market straight to your screens at our Virtual Conference.
The Innovation in Non-Alcoholic Beverages Conference brings together key opinion leaders from some of the biggest brands in the industry with a mix of smaller disruptive brands that have made way for change in the market. In a landscape where there is more competition and more variety than ever, it is essential to identify the key areas for growth through the creation of innovative products that respond to consumer needs and expectations.
Topics you can expect this year:
- Disrupting innovation - NPD and portfolio expansion with consumer behaviour focus
- Identifying key trends in consumer demands to increase brand relevance and ensure success
- Functional goes Further - functionality divided into specific functional areas of value
- Low and No Adult Beverages and their place in the modern consumer’s market
- Innovation in sustainability - through Covid-19 the fight for waste and plastic reduction was a priority. In the UK we look to the plastic tax implementation by April 2022
- Plain and Simple - consumers have returned to familiarity and neutral - flavour profiles
- Nostalgia - pride and comfort are drivers now that consumers look to support national brands
- Stockpiling and Convenience - Covid-19 has created buyer tendencies to buy in bulk
- Vending and Dispense - hygiene, contactless tech and home dispense
Across 2 full days of intellectually driven presentations, this event brings together an exciting mix of case studies, panels and keynotes as well as global networking opportunities. Attendees will learn how to create successful NPD for today’s consumers, how to find opportunity in adversity and how to rapidly push new products to market and leverage existing flavour profiles.
Covid has shaken up the market cross category and we will be looking at growing trends, creating successful portfolio offerings for the new-age consumer and looking at the potential of newly emerging markets, as well as the evolution of flavours, formats and functions.
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Halak Parikh
Head of R&D Insights and Sensory Science,BRITVIC PLC
Biography:
Session Details: The New-Era Innovation Formula: Agility, Speed & Creativity 03-06-2021, 10:30 am View In Agenda

Brian Loukmas
VP of Beverage Innovation,Monin

Kendra Kuppin
Director of Incubation, Europe,ZX Ventures
Biography:
Session Details: CASE STUDY: Innovation Methods from the ZX Beverage Fund Incubator 02-06-2021, 2:50 pm View In Agenda

Ana Henriques
Global Vice President, Non-Alcoholic Beverages,Anheuser-Busch InBev
Biography:
Session Details: What’s hot and what’s not: Understanding the Direction of Cross-Category Non-Alcoholic Beverages 03-06-2021, 5:10 pm View In Agenda

Saqib Haroon
Global Marketing Director (CMO),Power Horse Energy Drink
Biography:
Global Marketing Director (CMO) Power Horse Energy Drinks “ In search of the next Big Initiative to positively impact the lives of millions of consumers”
Over 18 Years of FMCG experience across Europe, Africa, MENAT & West Asia region, with more than 10 years of working on Beverages in the stimulant category.
Studied Innovation at INSEAD Business School and obtained Certification in Strategic Management from Wharton School University of Pennsylvania.
Session Details: PANEL: A Slice of fun and a Pinch of Creativity: Start Ups who Dare to Stir up the Mix 03-06-2021, 12:40 pm Breaking the Ice – Overcoming Stumbling Blocks in Innovation and Recreation 03-06-2021, 1:40 pm View In Agenda

Gleb Balandin
NPD Technologist,IDS Borjomi International

Hanna Kaur
Beverage Architect,Liviko
Biography:
Beverage architect Hanna Kaur has spent most of her 17-year career in the laboratory of 122-year-old Liviko, on the northern shore of the Baltic Sea. She has spent her working life developing new flavours and finding solutions to the engineering issues related to the production of these drinks. Previously Liviko’s liqueur master and master distiller, Hanna has become a beverage architect with an exciting Nordic signature, looking for plants and flavours in the pristine Estonian nature to create new drinks.
Nature and the environment are important for Hanna. It was at her behest that Liviko established an innovative production solution, where juniper berries processed for the distillation of Crafter’s gin are reused to make another drink. A completely new beverage category has been created based on the principle of zero waste production, featuring the non-alcoholic soft drink Re-crafted Crafter’s Junibeer and juniper berry beer with an alcohol content of 3.2%.
Being passionate about cooking and mixing drinks, Hanna chose to study chemistry and environmental engineering at an early age. After joining Liviko, she enrolled in master’s studies in her field of experience: food technology. She also teaches masterclasses at the Liviko Academy of Beverages.
Session Details: What a year for Junibeer: Recrafting from Zero Waste to Hero Taste 03-06-2021, 3:10 pm View In Agenda

Dr. Nimesha Ranasinghe
Assistant Professor,University of Maine
Biography:
Session Details: INNOVATION CORNER: Genie in a Bottle- Augmented Reality for Drinking, Virtually 03-06-2021, 4:40 pm View In Agenda

Rob Fink
Founder,Big Drop Brewing
Biography: In 2016 Rob Fink founded the world’s first company to focus entirely on brewing Non-Alcoholic craft beer – Big Drop Brewing Co. As a lawyer with zero brewing experience, he teamed-up with an experimental brewer (Johnny Clayton from Wild Beer) and applied left-field fermenting techniques that meant no alcohol needed to be extracted from the end product to meet the required maximum 0.5% ABV. Less than 4 years later he is selling over 1 million bottles of 0.5% ABV beer annually around the world (eg Tesco in the UK, LCBO in Canada, Systembolaget in Sweden, Alco in Finland, NTUC Finest in Singapore etc). His beers have picked up 26 major international beer awards including twice being judged the ‘World’s Best’ at the World Beer Awards, Gold at the US Open Beer Championship and, the ‘Holy Grail’ of any non-alcoholic drink, winning medals against full-strength rivals in blind tastings. In 2019 Rob was a keynote at the Brewers of Europe Forum and the International Beer Strategies conference.
Session Details: Season Specials & Box Sets – Invigorating your Brand Innovatively 03-06-2021, 11:40 am View In Agenda

Kamila Laura Sitwell
Co-Founder,Kolibri Drinks
Biography:
Kamila is the co-founder of Kolibri Drinks, the world’s first packaged drinks which enable personalisation and dosing of ingredients such as CBD. An award-winning professional with 20+ years of experience in the beverage industry setting category strategies for Britvic’s and PepsiCo’s brands, a leading F&B blogger, and the author of the Amazon bestselling business book titled ‘Bespoke’.
Kamila is on a mission to create brands of the future in a proprietary, eco-friendly packaging which enables personalisation, dosing and effective supplementing – imperative for functional drinks and the cannabis industry! Kolibri is the UK’s most awarded beverage innovation of 2019 pioneering experiential drinks which inspire, heal and delight
Session Details: View In Agenda

Erika Ollen
Founder,Gnista Spirits
Biography:
Session Details: The Maturing Mocktail: The trends ahead in No & Low 02-06-2021, 12:10 pm PANEL: The G-invincible No and Low Category: Innovating for larger market share 02-06-2021, 2:10 pm View In Agenda

Claire Warner
Co-Founder,Aecorn Aperitifs
Biography: Claire Warner has worked in the drinks industry for more than 20 years, starting at the sharp end as a bartender and working her way up, spending 15 years with LVMH’s owned brand Belvedere as Head of Spirit Creation. Claire was awarded Best International Brand Ambassador at Tales of the Cocktail in 2015. A tireless advocate for better health and wellness within the hospitality industry, Claire joined Ben Branson in 2018 to develop Seedlip’s sister brand, Æcorn Aperitifs, a range of non-alcoholic aperitifs, which launched in May 2019.
Session Details: An Innovative Spritz & The 3 Point Formula - Product, Packaging & Promise Case study 02-06-2021, 10:00 am View In Agenda

Paul Mathew
Founder,Everleaf drinks
Biography:
Session Details: PANEL: The G-invincible No and Low Category: Innovating for larger market share 02-06-2021, 2:10 pm View In Agenda

Tom Tuke-Hastings
Director,Borrago Drinks
Biography:
Session Details: PANEL: The G-invincible No and Low Category: Innovating for larger market share 02-06-2021, 2:10 pm View In Agenda

Olivia Ferdi
Co-Founder,TRIP
Biography:
Session Details: PANEL: A Slice of fun and a Pinch of Creativity: Start Ups who Dare to Stir up the Mix 03-06-2021, 12:40 pm View In Agenda

Guillaume Vilain
CEO,Ousia
Biography:
Session Details: No & Low NPD Born of the Quarantini: A Case Study 03-06-2021, 3:40 pm View In Agenda

Craig Hutchison
CEO & Founder,CEDER'S Alt-Gin, CELTIC SOUL Dark Spirit, MARIE LAVEAU Alt-Rum, M&C's CBD Botanical Spirit
Biography: As a previous drinks industry executive, Craig developed the strategy, built the structure, & implemented the RTM & brand plans for Pernod Ricard's charge into Africa. Before that he was Strategy Director for Absolut, Malibu and Kahlua, driving the strategic plan & brand development strategy. Since leaving the drinks world in 2015 he has been involved in business process outsourcing to Africa, setting up a values-based, people management web-platform, and consulting. He also presents on futurology; how our lives are going to change dramatically over the coming decades. Early 2017, Craig (South African) and his wife Maria (Swedish) discovered a magical valley, home to many intriguing botanicals, in the Cederberg mountains, just north of Cape Town. The valley, which they now co-own, inspired them to distil rare Cape & classic gin botanicals, and then blend with pristine Swedish water. The result is CEDER'S, a distilled non-alcoholic alt-gin, your Everyday Escape. Craig also launched CELTIC SOUL in July 2019, a distilled non-alcoholic dark spirit, and has a few more brands in the pipeline, including a non-alcoholic rum and a CBD Botanical Spirit. Watch this space.
Session Details: Mindful Brands require Mindful Packaging 03-06-2021, 9:30 am View In Agenda

Anita Rae
Founder,Crave Drinks
Biography: Anita is the founder and CEO of a Manchester/Ibiza based beverage start-up Crave Drinks. Prior to that she was the Category Manager, Vegan and Organic for a leading sport nutrition company Myprotein. She is a passionate and engaged leader with advanced degrees from Stockholm University and Peking University, Guanghua School of Management.
Session Details: PANEL: A Slice of fun and a Pinch of Creativity: Start Ups who Dare to Stir up the Mix 03-06-2021, 12:40 pm View In Agenda

Hugo Morrissey
,Nuisance Drinks
Biography:
Session Details: PANEL: A Slice of fun and a Pinch of Creativity: Start Ups who Dare to Stir up the Mix 03-06-2021, 12:40 pm View In Agenda

Tristan Brümmer
CMO,JoyBräu
Biography:
Session Details: PANEL: A Slice of fun and a Pinch of Creativity: Start Ups who Dare to Stir up the Mix 03-06-2021, 12:40 pm View In Agenda

Morten Sørensen
Founder and CEO,GinISH
Biography:
Session Details: PANEL: The G-invincible No and Low Category: Innovating for larger market share 02-06-2021, 2:10 pm View In Agenda

Neil Hendry
Global Head of Consulting,GlobalData
Biography:
Session Details: Has Covid proven Sweet for the US Beverage Market? 03-06-2021, 2:40 pm View In Agenda

Jack MacIntrye
Director of Consulting, Consumer,Global Data
Biography:
Session Details: Is the Glass Half Full or Half Empty? The European Beverage Industry Post-Covid 02-06-2021, 11:00 am View In Agenda

Dr. Torsten Grothe
Head of Food & Health,Mibelle Biochemistry Group
Biography:
- 15+ years of experience in the nutrition industry
- Development of bioactive dietary supplement ingredients
- Food ingredients portfolio management
- Clinical Research
Session Details: Play focused – Win smart: Customized and Functional Concepts for eGamers 02-06-2021, 12:40 pm View In Agenda

Tony Gay
Head of Technical Sales & NPD, Nutrition,Prinova Europe
Biography:
Tony has built up 20 years of experience within the sports and health supplements industry and has worked for a number of global brands including Natrol, Cytosport and the retailer GNC. Tony joined Prinova in 2013 and over the last 8 years has built out a technical sales division within the company. Tony’s role with Prinova includes management of specialist ingredients, NPD, sports nutrition, beverages and wellness blends plus technical support.
Session Details: Developing consumer focused opportunities in the functional and fortified beverage markets 02-06-2021, 1:40 pm View In Agenda

Nick Brown
Sustainable Packaging Director,Coca-Cola European Partners, Great Britain
Biography: Nick is Sustainable Packaging Director for Coca-Cola European Partners in GB. The role has the objective of leading the organisation’s preparations for the introduction of Deposit Return Schemes; the delivery of CCEP’s sustainable packaging commitments and to develop new business models for the production, distribution and sale of beverages. Nick was previously Head of Sustainability for Coca-Cola European Partners in Great Britain, leading the delivery of the company’s local commitments on Sustainable Packaging, Community Programmes, Water use, Energy & Climate Change and Sustainable Sourcing. Nick is an active contributor to industry groups such as INCPEN, RECOUP and The Prince of Wales’ Corporate Leaders group and has given evidence to select committees in Westminster and Holyrood. Nick has worked in sustainability for CCEP for 10 years and previously held a number of roles in Operational & Commercial functions at the business driving change and building organisational capabilities. Nick holds an engineering degree and post graduate certificates in Manufacturing & Design and Sustainability from the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL). He is a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute and has membership of the Chartered Institute of Wastes Management and Institute of Corporate Sustainability and Responsibility. He has delivered guest lectures on the Circular Economy at CISL and University of Northampton. Outside of work Nick is a father of 3 young boys, a Scout Leader and keen club cyclist when time allows.
Session Details: The New Age Route to Sustainability 03-06-2021, 9:00 am View In Agenda

Nathalia Edwards
Commercial Development Manager,CHR Hansen
Biography:
Session Details: Fermentation Redefined -Combining Heritage and Innovation 02-06-2021, 10:30 am View In Agenda

David Zilber
Chef, Fermenter and Author,CHR Hansen
Biography:
Session Details: Fermentation Redefined -Combining Heritage and Innovation 02-06-2021, 10:30 am View In Agenda

Eugenio Muraro
Founder & CEO,MeMento
Biography: With over 15 years of Sales & Marketing experience, in 2017, as a result of an innovative project awarded by MBA Executive of the MIP Politecnico di Milano, Eugenio launches MeMento, the first Mediterranean Distilled Non-Alcoholic Blend designed to be mixed in cocktails. Eugenio is an active member of the Low and No ABV community, and with his brand participates as a speaker to the mist influential world industry summits.
Session Details: How to bring nature in a bottle the most respectful way 03-06-2021, 1:10 pm View In Agenda

Irakli Geladze
,Levan Bagdavadze - IDS BORJOMI GEORGIA
Biography:
Session Details: Legendary Different: Borjomi - from the past to the future 02-06-2021, 1:10 pm View In Agenda

Aleksandr Erofeev
Oleksandr Zinchenko, Gleb Balandin – IDS BORJOMI INTERNATIONAL,
Biography:
Session Details: Legendary Different: Borjomi - from the past to the future 02-06-2021, 1:10 pm View In Agenda

Daria Nalewajek
Global Director, Sweetener Innovation ,Sweegen
Biography:
Leading global and regional sugar reduction projects using next generation natural sweeteners. Great understating of EMEA needs for reformulation and innovation.
Over 13 years of experience within food industry with primary focus on Product Development. in the food and beverage sector.
Session Details: 02-06-2021, 3:20 pm View In Agenda

Paul Courtney
Product Development Director EMEA/APAC ,Sweegen







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