Agenda

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Please note: All times US Eastern Time

• 7:30 AM-9:00 AM

  Registration, Breakfast and Networking
• 9:00 AM-9:10 AM

  Welcome Remarks
• 9:10 AM-9:35 AM

  Never Stop Innovating

  • Phil Anson, Founder, Evol, Interim General Manager, Boulder Brands
• 9:35 AM-10:00 AM

  Getting Disruption's High-Hanging Fruit 

  • Mark Rampolla, Founder, ZICO; Managing Director, Powerplant Ventures
• 10:00 AM-10:15 AM

  Building Soulful Brands

  • Errol Schweizer, Former Executive Global Grocery Coordinator, Whole Foods Market
• 10:15 AM-10:45 AM

  Networking Break
• 10:45 AM-11:10 AM

  Inside the Deal

  • Franklin Isacson, Director, Verlinvest
  • Mark Ramadan, CEO, Sir Kensington's
• 11:10 AM-11:40 AM

  Company Touchpoints: When to Innovate, Invest, and Hire

  • Scott Jensen, CEO, Rhythm Superfoods
• 11:40 AM-12:05 PM

  Thriving As Retailing Changes

  • Kara Rubin, Former Senior Regional Director, Whole Foods Market
  • Kent Pilakowski, President & Founder, IGNITE Sales Management and Consulting
  • Siggi Hilmarsson, Founder, Siggi's Dairy
• 12:05 PM-12:30 PM

  Inside Hershey

  • Anthony Tyree, Vice President, Global Snacks, The Hershey Company
• 12:30 PM-1:30 PM

  Lunch and Networking
• 1:30 PM-1:50 PM

  Snacks by the Numbers: Trends, Innovations, and Opportunities

  • Kora Lazarski, Strategic Alliances Manager, SPINS
• 1:50 PM-2:10 PM

  Discussion: Entrepreneurship and Sonoma Brands

  • Jon Sebastiani, Founder, Sonoma Brands
• 2:10 PM-2:30 PM

  Going National at Stonewall Kitchen

  • Lori King, President and COO, Stonewall Kitchen
• 2:30 PM-2:55 PM

  The Store as Lens: How We're Reacting to Trends

  • Josh Resnik, Chief Executive Officer, The Wedge Community Co-Op
• 2:55 PM-3:20 PM

  Unfamiliar Tastes: Introducing Innovation to Consumers

  • Tero Isokauppila, CEO, Four Sigmatic
  • Robert Mock, CEO and Co-Founder, New Frontier Foods Inc. (Ocean's Halo)
  • Drew Braithwaite, COO, Chapul
• 3:20 PM-3:45 PM

  Networking Break
• 3:45 PM-4:10 PM

  My Star Turn: Survivor and Shark Tank as an Earned Media Laboratory 

  • Jordan Barrocas, Co-Founder, Three Jerks Jerky
  • Neal Gottlieb, Founding Twin, Three Twins Ice Cream
• 4:10 PM-4:35 PM

  Doing it Without Private Equity

  • Amit Pandhi, CEO, Arctic Zero
• 4:35 PM-5:00 PM

  New York State of Mind: Key Local Resources and Winning in the City

  • Nick Giannuzzi, Managing Partner, The Giannuzzi Group, LLP
  • Lauren Jupiter, Managing Director, Accel Foods
  • Rick Field, Founder/CEO, Rick's Picks
  • Rob Leichman, Founder/CEO, The Lyric Group
  • Lindsay Greene, Senior Advisor, Deputy Mayor for Housing & Economic Development, New York City Mayor's Office
• 5:00 PM-7:00 PM

  NOSH Afterparty Powered by Food Force - Networking, wine, beer, and light appetizers at Red Hook Winery (175 Van Dyke St, Brooklyn, NY 11231)