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BC Craft Brewers Conference

Bringing Together BC’s Brewing Community
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The Conference Returns

October 17 + 18, 2024

Anvil Centre, New West

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It’s time for #BeerCommunity again

The BC Craft Brewers Conference (aka BCBeerCon) will return to New Westminster’s Anvil Centre on October 17th & 18th, 2024.

  
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The only event of its kind in BC, the BC Craft Brewers Conference is an exceptional opportunity to build awareness of your organization and its products/services to an audience of hundreds of brewing and liquor industry professionals. 

We place great value on knowing and understanding our sponsors’ goals and objectives to ensure that we customize a package that provides real value and delivers on your investment.

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Matt Bannister

With a robust career spanning diverse industries and having lived and worked in four continents, Matt Bannister is a seasoned data product specialist known for transforming complex data sets into actionable insights and innovative solutions. Leveraging a deep understanding of data architecture and analytics, Matt excels in building data products that drive strategic decision-making and…

Jeff Guignard

Jeff Guignard is a dynamic leader and communicator with extensive experience in government relations, strategic communications, and association management. As Executive Director of ABLE BC, Jeff advocates for BC’s multi-billion dollar private liquor industry as well as emerging licensed retailers of non-medical cannabis. Outside of the office, Jeff is passionate about curling, cooking, reading, and…

Alek Egi

Alek has a background in engineering and believes in demonstrating the importance of paying close attention to every detail when it comes to brewing beer. He is passionate about sharing his knowledge with students, making sure that they develop an understanding of every single step of the brewing process and how each step can affect…

Ken Malenstyn

Ken Malenstyn is an owner and General Manager of Barnside Brewing Co. He is also the current chair of the BC Hop Growers Association. He helped open Barnside Brewing beside his nearly 10-acre hop farm in Delta in 2019 in an attempt to create a truly farm-to-table beer.

Ji Yong Yang

Ji Yang is a botanist, educator, and researcher specializing in the study of feral hops and wild yeast. Holding a PhD from the University of California and a postdoctoral fellowship from UBC, he brings a strong scientific foundation to his work. As a faculty member of the Biology Department at Langara College, Ji combines academic research with practical exploration…
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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.

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So much knowledge to offer from so many thinkers

Attend BC Beer Con’s peer and industry led educational seminars organized into three 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

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Track 2: Sales & Marketing

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Track 3: Operations & Finance

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