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