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BC Craft Brewers Conference

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BC Craft Brewers Conference

Bringing Together BC’s Brewing Community
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BC Craft Brewers Conference

October 15 + 16, 2026

Anvil Centre, New West

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It’s time for #BeerCommunity again

The BC Craft Brewers Conference (aka BCBeerCon) returned to New Westminster’s Anvil Centre on October 16th & 17th, 2025.

  
500+
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70+
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We’re bringing in top industry suppliers from all over North America to join our attendees at BC Beer Con from breweries across Canada for you to connect with.


Speakers List

 Take a look at just some of our speakers for 2026. Stay tuned as we continue to add more.

Aaron Colyn

Founder and Brewmaster, Twin City Brewing Company

Adam Henderson

Co-Founder & President, Superflux

Adam Semeniuk

Founder and Co-Owner, Red Bird Brewing

Alexis Esseltine

Owner, Tin Whistle Brewing

Azlan Graves

Co-founder, Why This Beer? Podcast

Brian Scudamore

Founder & CEO, 1-800-GOT-JUNK?

Chris Stirling

Co-owner, Kelowna Beer Institute

Christine Comeau

Executive Director, Canadian Craft Brewers Association

Craig Outhet

Co-owner, Wheelhouse Brewing Company

Dan Malleck

Professor, Brock University

Darren Binnema

Co-founder, Why This Beer? Podcast

Dmitry Batishchev

Category Manager (Beer & Non-Alc), Merchandising, BCLIQUOR

Don Farion

Owner, Bomber Brewing

Don Gordon

Owner & Operator, Don Gordon Consulting

Dr Euan Thomson

Founder & CEO, Raft Brew Labs

Gillian Mann

Social Media and Community Manager, BC Ale Trail

Ian Ibbotson

Co-Owner/Founder, Île Sauvage Brewing Co.

Isaiah Archer

Co-founder & Marketing Director, Whistle Buoy Brewing

James Hunter

Director, Level5 Strategy

Jesse Roberts

Owner, Encore Brewing Co

Jorden Foss

Co-founder, Steel & Oak Brewing Co

Josh Vanderheide

Founder/CEO, GoodLife Brand Collective

Julia Hanlon

Head Brewer & Operations Manager, Steamworks Brewing

Ken Beattie

Executive Director, BC Craft Brewers Guild

Kerry Dyson

Production and Ops Leader, Superflux Beer Co.

Kevin Vallely

Keynote Speaker, Keynote Speakers Canada

Ksenya Dorwart

Taproom & General Manager, Barkerville Brewing Co.

Lisa Wood

Co-Owner, Wild North Brewing

Melanie MacInnes 

Owner and General Manager, Locality Brewing,

Miguel Molina 

Co-Founder, Changing Colours Brewing Project

Mike Macquisten

Founder, Kegshare

Nancy More

Instructor and Program Developer of KPU Brewing Program

Natalie Schiewe

Executive Director, Merchandising, BCLIQUOR

Nate Ferguson

Co-founder, Escarpment Laboratories

Neale Ward

Co-owner & Operator, Cask & Cleaver Brewing

Sairose Fisher

Assistant Deputy Minister, Liquor Wholesale Operations

LEARN FROM THE BEST

So much knowledge to offer from so many thinkers

Attend BC Beer Con’s peer and industry led educational seminars organized into four tracks. Each day will have two concurrent seminar sessions to pick and choose the ones that are most relevant to you. More about the Conference

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Track 1: Brewing

Ingredients, techniques, innovation, and production insights.

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Track 2: Commercialization

Sales, marketing, branding, and strategies to grow your business.

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Track 3: Hospitality

Taproom experiences, direct-to-consumer sales, and food program success.

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Track 4: Operations

Economic insights, efficiency, cost-saving strategies, and business operations.

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