Ohio Craft Brewers Conference 2022 – Day 1

Duke Energy Convention Center, 525 Elm St., Cincinnati OH 45202

7:30 – 9 a.m.: Breakfast and registration/badge pickup outside Ballrooms A & B

8 – 11 a.m.: Breakfast Beverage Bar (Ballroom B)

8 a.m. – 6 p.m.:  Trade show hours (Ballroom B)

10 a.m. – 3 p.m.: Ohio Division of Liquor Control available for questions at booth #90

9 – 10 a.m.:

Main Room (264): Welcome address with Mary MacDonald, OCBA Executive Director and Alan Szuter, Wolf’s Ridge Brewing, OCBA Board President
Keynote Speaker: Your Service Sucks: That Guy on Yelp with Tim Brady of Whetstone Craft Beers

10 – 10:45 a.m.:

Main Room (264): Panel: Promoting Your Brand for Maximum Success moderated by Chris Davison of Wolf’s Ridge Brewing with Jenny Hauck of Wolf’s Ridge Brewing, Kenny Gould of Untappd and Casey Sudzina of Geben Communication

Fundamentals Room (252): Brewery Energy Management & Best Practices with Janae Chaney of Rhinegeist, Adam Hickernell of Wolf’s Ridge Brewing and Noah Schierenbeck of The Utilities Group

Business of Beer Room (260-261): The Dos and Don’ts of Wholesale Distribution Contracts with James Niekamp of Graydon Law

Fermentation Room (262): Yeast Biotransformation Bringing out Thiols and Dialing in Haze with Laura Burns of Omega Yeast

11 – 11:45 a.m.:

Main Room (264): Panel: Retail Beer Sales in the Aftermath of COVID-19 moderated by Mary MacDonald, with Dana Murray of Giant Eagle, Josh Hurst of Pies & Pints

Fundamentals Room (252): Leveraging Your Accounting Software with Kayla Emanuelson and Judy Sees of SSB CPA’s

Business of Beer Room (260-261): The Value of Creating a Positive Environment That Promotes Employee Engagement with Kevin Henry and Lori Brown of Ohio Society of CPAs

Fermentation Room (262): Annual Hops Report with Blake Crosby of Crosby Hops

12 – 2 p.m.: TRADE SHOW TIME (Ballroom B)

12:45 – 2 p.m.: Lunch in Ballroom A

2 – 2:45 p.m.:

Main Room (264): Keeping Tabs on Gender-Based Violence in Craft Brewing with Maria Cole and Savannah Slaby of Women Helping Women

Fundamentals Room (252): Hiring and Retaining Employees in the Worst Employment Market Ever with Jonathan Hyman of Wickens Herzer Panza

Business of Beer Room (260-261): The Pitfalls of Social Media: Legal Ramifications that Could Affect Your Brewery with April Besl of Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

Fermentation Room (262): Pitching Rates: Creating Foolproof Fermentations with Pablo Gomez of White Labs

3 – 3:45 p.m.:

Main Room (264): Brewery Safety & Compliance with Keith Robinson of Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc.

Fundamentals Room (252): Sanitation 101 with Rudy Othmer of Enerco

Business of Beer Room (260-261): Panel: Contracts, Sourcing, and Logistics for Breweries in an Uncertain Climate moderated by Chris Davison of Wolf’s Ridge Brewing with Grant McDonough of BSG Craft Brewing, Michael Brooks of LD Carlson, Andy Tveekrem of Market Garden Brewery and Kevin Walke of Rhinegeist

Fermentation Room (262):

4 – 6 p.m.: Trade Show Time and Happy Hour in Ballroom B

6:30 – 11 p.m.: Trade Show tear down time

Evening Activities
6:30 – 8:30 p.m. Official Conference Reception, venue TBA

More events TBA

Ohio Craft Brewers Conference 2022 – Day 2

Duke Energy Convention Center, 525 Elm St., Cincinnati OH 45202

7:30 – 9 a.m.: Breakfast and registration/badge outside Ballrooms A & B

9 – 9:45 a.m.:

Main Room (264): Keynote Speaker: Jim Canepa, Superintendent of Ohio Division of Liquor Control

10 – 10:45 a.m.:

Main Room (264): Yo! Black and Brown People Drink Beer Too! with Marvin Abrinica of Esoteric Brewing

Fundamentals Room (252): Get the Most From Your OCBA Membership with Justin Hemminger of Ohio Craft Brewers Association

Business of Beer Room (260-261): Panel: The Present and Future of Packaging moderated by Jimmy Stockwell of Little Fish Brewing with Chris Bregger of Millcraft, Roger Kissling of Iron Heart Canning, Bret Kollmann-Baker of Urban Artifact

Fermentation Room (262): CO2 & You: What You and Your Employees Need to Know with Dave Rice of Rubicon EHS and Chandler Cottrell of MadTree Brewing

11 – 11:45 a.m.:

Main Room (264): Panel: Self-Distribution Best Practices moderated by Alan Szuter of Wolf’s Ridge Brewing with Eric Butler and Adam Hickernell of Wolf’s Ridge Brewing, Martin French of Streetside Brewery, Dustin Stanley of Warped Wing and Shawn Combs of Yellow Springs Brewery

Fundamentals Room (252): Equitable and Inclusive Hiring with Betty Bollas of Fibonacci Brewing Company

Business of Beer Room (260-261): Get Rich in your Niche with Bret Kollmann-Baker and Scotty Hunter of Urban Artifact

Fermentation Room (262): with Ashton Lewis of BSG Craft Brewing

12 – 12:45 p.m.:

Main Room (264): Panel: “Is This Thing On?”: Social Media Marketing for Breweries moderated by Justin Hemminger of Ohio Craft Brewers Association with Devon Hoffman of Site-Seeker, Chloe Kay of New York State Brewers Association, Trevor Self of MadTree Brewing

Fundamentals Room (252): Managing The Workers’ Comp Claim Process with Jeff Price and Tammy Purcell of Hunter Consulting

Business of Beer Room (260-261): Legal Fermentation: The Problems with IP Protection and Legal Agreements with Grant Steyer of Wickens Herzer Panza

Fermentation Room (262): Brewing Hefeweizen: The Ins and Outs of Making World-Class Wheat Beer moderated by Chris Davison of Wolf’s Ridge Brewing with Chris Alltmont of Fat Head’s Brewery, Pat Daniels of Market Garden Brewery and Paul Fryman of JAFB Wooster Brewery

12:45 – 2 p.m.: Lunch in Ballroom A

2 – 2:45 p.m.:

Main Room (264): Panel: Sustainability, Marketing and Quality using Ohio grown hops and malt: Achieving Success in Hyperlocal Beer moderated by Dave Volkman of Ohio Valley Hops with Matt Cunningham of Rustic Brew Farm, Jason McKibben of North High Brewing, Jenny Napier of Barn Talk Hops, Randy Thatcher of West Branch Malts and Mallory Zachrich of Zachrich Hop Yard

Fundamentals Room (252): Disability Etiquette with Cynthia Crews of Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities

Business of Beer Room (260-261): Panel: Direct to Consumer Shipping moderated by Mike Rutter of Rhinegeist with Bret Kollmann-Baker of Urban Artifact,  Liz Watson of SOVOS, and John Joyce of Branch & Bone Artisan Ales

Fermentation Room (262): Quality Control: A Stepwise Approach for Small Breweries with Andy Tveekrem of Market Garden Brewery

Evening Activities

TBA