Breakfast, coffee and beverages are served from 7:00 AM to 9:00 AM PT and are included with registration. Registration and badge pick up opens for the day at 7:00 AM PT. 

On the morning of Day 1, industry newcomers attending NOSH Live can learn the basics of running a food business and jumpstart their networking during Boot Camp.

Boot Camp Location: Palisades BCD, 5th Floor

Whole30 founder and CEO Melissa Urban will explain a key method for achieving Whole30’s longevity: the community around it. She’ll discuss how she and her team have been able to maintain and ultimately evolve that community as she has come to understand her own thinking about the importance of an inclusive environment. Audience members will also hear how Urban has approached product development for her Whole30 CPG line in order to bring more shoppers into the fold.

Holly Adrien, Natural and Organic Strategy and Innovation Manager for grocery chain Kroger, will share how she sources, onboards and works with better-for-you or emerging brands. Kroger has undergone an evolution in how it approaches natural food brands, and on the cusp of possibly another transition, Adrien will share with the NOSH audience why natural is a focus point for the conventional retailer and how the category plays a part in its larger basket building and customer retention strategy.

Social media superstar Emma Chamberlain – the Chamberlain Coffee founder famous for YouTube, podcasting, modeling, fashion, and the mirror she holds up to her generation – will join NOSH Live for a special conversation on the convergence of the Creator Economy with the food business. Joined by Chamberlain Coffee CEO Chris Gallant, Chamberlain will take the NOSH Live audience into this new world of CPG, one in which the product choices extend from the founder’s passions to a social media audience of more than 35 million followers.

During a keynote talk on the morning of Dec. 1, Nelson, who has written extensively on entrepreneurship in the Wall Street Journal, will offer a master class on the financial challenges facing growing founder-led brands as they seek to use capital wisely amidst a fiscal environment that portends a slowdown in fund investment. She’ll share lessons learned from both her time at Sprinkles and her investments and venture studio work at CN2 on smart company growth, community building and risk-taking.

Celebrate the best and brightest of the year with NOSH’s Best of 2022 Awards — which will include an on-stage discussion with one of our award winners.

Location: Arcadia Ballroom, 5th Floor

Sustainability and supply chains have been two hot topics for discussion over the past few years. Join CPG experts from Simple Mills, Daily Harvest and Scout Canning for a lively discussion that will merge these two important aspects of business while providing insight to building a brand with the positive environmental practices at its core.

Location: Palisades, 5th Floor

Engage in a deep dive Q&A with Candace Nelson on leadership, Gen Z, investing and entrepreneurship. Nelson will return to the stage to dig deeper into the specific issues facing founders during a special, exclusive breakout session available to the first 100 attendees of NOSH Live to arrive with a copy of Sweet Success. She’ll get candid about her experiences as a female entrepreneur, managing Millennials and Gen Z in the digital age, and her journey afterward launching her own venture fund, and engage in open dialogue with attendees about their own challenges and concerns. 

Location: Catalina Ballroom, 4th Floor

Explore challenges with your peers in this informal moderated workshop with Bob Burke, Brad Barnhorn, and John Maggiore.

Location: Arcadia Ballroom, 5th Floor

Forward-thinking sustainability initiatives have become table stakes for retailers of all sizes. Brands with sustainability at the core drive nearly a third of CPG growth and are growing faster than their conventional category rivals, despite premium pricing (Source: IRI). Join Perfect Day for a fireside chat to hear from an established brand, a start-up, and one of the country’s largest retailers on the growing potential of sustainability. Learn how you can make your brand mean more to your consumers, and how sustainability can mean more to your bottom line.

Location: Palisades, 5th Floor

Gain an understanding of the innovations and challenges facing the THC-infused snacking category with TSUMo co-founder Caroline Yeh and Brightfield Group managing director Bethany Gomez. Explore how industry leaders are commercializing cannabis edibles from a once niche end of the market to a mainstay of wellness and snacking.

Location: Catalina Ballroom, 4th Floor

Explore challenges with your peers in this informal moderated workshop with Bob Burke, Brad Barnhorn, and John Maggiore.

Location: Venice Salon @ Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel

Join the official NOSH Live Happy Hour, presented by ForceBrands, to continue your conversations over adult beverages, light appetizers, and entertainment. The two hour networking experience will be held on-site at the Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel at the conclusion of the day one presentations