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 16 + 17, 2025

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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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. 

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Our 2024 Speakers

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  • Christine Dawson

    Christine Dawson joined the Raft Brew Labs team in September 2020, bringing molecular biology wizardry and a knack for building dry ice rockets. She keeps Raft’s operations running smoothly so our clients can make tough business decisions look easy. Chris is based back in Victoria after helping to get Raft’s Calgary operation up and running from…

  • Sean White

    Sean White began home brewing as soon as he turned 18, eventually developing a dream to open a brewery of his own. He studied carpentry at NAIT in Edmonton and had a career as a civil engineer technologist before moving into the brewing world.

  • Blaine Estby

    Blaine is the co-owner/founder of Smithers Brewing Company (SBC) in Smithers, BC. A native of Smithers, Blaine returned to his hometown after nearly 20 years away to start a family and pursue his passions for fly fishing and mountain adventures. This homecoming sparked the idea of starting a brewery with both long-time friends and new…

  • Eric Sannerud

    Eric R. Sannerud is a hop evangelist. Eric first fell in love with hops as co-founder and farmer-CEO of Mighty Axe Hops, a fully integrated hop farm and marketing company that grew and sold 80 acres of hops in Minnesota. He then went on to be the Hop Brand Manager for Brewers Supply Group. He…

  • Shanleigh Thomson

    ‘Shanleigh Thomson is a second-year MBA student in the UC Davis online program, with over 12 years of experience in the beverage alcohol industry and a passion for making the world of fermented beverages accessible, engaging, and innovative.  She is a UC Davis Master Brewer and holds a Master of Food Science from Purdue University,…

  • Tyler Schoales 

    Tyler Schoales is an accomplished commercial leader with over 17 years of experience in the global malting industry. He holds a degree in Applied Biomolecular Sciences from Lakehead University and has served in a range of operational and leadership roles spanning laboratory, production, and general management across international markets. As Director of Commercial Sales –…
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Make Connections

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.

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 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

Pasteurization, Yeast Health and other topics.

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Track 2: Sales & Marketing

Packaging, Taproom Tactics and more.

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Track 3: Operations & Finance

Economic Outlook, Cutting Costs etc.

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