2026 Summit Agenda

2026 Agenda

WEDNESDAY, MAY 27

8:00 am: Breakfast

9:00 am: President’s Welcome and Message: The Resilient Retailer (Dave Parker)

9:20 am: The Platinum Message: Collaboration, Support, and Innovation (Marc Goodfriend)

9:30 am: Keynote: Andrew Sussman: “The Future and Meaning of Artificial Intelligence

10:30 am: Break

10:45 am: AI & Wine Retailing: What Works. (Andrew Sussman, Others)

11:30 am: Wine, Shipping and the Supreme Court (Masha Hansford, Sean O’Leary, Alex Tanford)

12:30 pm: Lunch

1:45 pm: Where Bordeaux Is and Where It Is Going (Tasting – Robby Stevens, Jeff Zacharia, Pierre Ogren)

2:45 pm: Wine & Health Rhetoric: Pushing Through and Pushing Back (Amanda Berger, Amy Gross, Dave Parker, Jim Trezise

6:30 pm: BYO Dinner – Lafayette Restaurant

THURSDAY, MAY 28

8:00 am: Breakfast 

9:00 am: Welcome

9:15 am:  State of the Industry (Tom Wark)

10:15 am: Social Media for Wine Retailers that Sells (Jessica DeBenedetto, John Hinman, Kim Rittberg)

11: 15 am: The Retail Panel: Resolving to Thrive (Rob Fisher, Kristy Frank, Daniel Posner, Jamie Ritchie)

12:15 pm: Summit Closing