DAY 4: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26

** CENTRAL EUROPEAN TIME **

16.00 - 16.45 - SESSION 15: SUSTAINABILITY MATTERS 

Businesses, governments, and organizations worldwide have embraced these broad holistic principles with a wide array of applications--no less those involved with wine and its adjacent interests. These experts will address and present solutions to the systemic problems presented by social discrimination, a changing climate, economic instability and individual health.

Presented by: FETZER VINEYARDS

Speakers:
Theresa Breuer (DE) - CEO & Owner, Georg Breuer
Nigel Greening (NZ) - Proprietor, Felton Road Winery
Roberto Merlo (IT) - Consultant Viticulturist, Consortium Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore DOCG
Linda Reiff (US) - President and CEO, Napa Valley Vintners

Moderator: Elin McCoy (US) - Wine & Spirits Columnist, Bloomberg News and Decanter

16.45 - 17.30 - SESSION 16: LUXURY ADAPTATIONS

The premium and super-premium wine sectors have endured both remarkable losses and gains during this pandemic. We'll learn from these experts how they learn to rapidly embrace opportunity while ensuring business stability, shift means of fulfilling some customer's expanded expectations while witnessing the diminishment of others.

Presented by: WINE BUSINESS MONTHLY

Speakers:
Adam Bilbey (CN) - Senior Director, Sotheby's Wine Asia and Europe
Eduardo Chadwick (CL) - President, Viña Errázuriz
Margareth Henriquez (FR) - President & CEO, The House of Krug

Moderator: Cyril Penn (US) - Editor, Wine Business Monthly

17.30 - 18.15 - SESSION 17: TRAVEL & HOSPITALITY

With transport and/or incomes for most people inhibited by the pandemic, travel and hospitality and wine places within them have suffered greatly. Multiple responses to a restructured access to and availability of supplies, labor, and customers have resulted. These speakers, from interlinking sectors, will detail recent issues they've confronted and are engaged in surmounting.

Presented by: FIU - CHAPLIN SCHOOL OF HOSPITALITY & TOURISM MANAGEMENT

Speakers:
Andy Consuegra (US) - CEO & Founder, WEBB Banks
Ed Eiswirth (US) - Director of Fleet Beverage Operations, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines
Fraser Wotzke (CN) - Manager of Merchandise & Planning; Spirits, Wine & Tobacco; DFS Group

Moderator: Michael Cheng (US) - Dean, FIU - Chaplin School of Hospitality and Tourism Management

18.15 - 18.30 - BREAK: DAN REALLY LIKES WINE WITH JOHN SMIT

18.30 - 18.45 - KEYNOTE SPEECH 5: PANCHO CAMPO

SUSTAINABILITY & THE CLIMATE CRISIS

Wine Future's founder will analyze the current status of the climate crisis emanating from scientific, economic, social and political perspectives directly applied to the wine industry.

Presented by: CONSORTIUM CONEGLIANO VALDOBBIADENE PROSECCO SUPERIORE DOCG

Moderator: David Furer (US) - Founder, DF Consults / Host & Co-Organizer, Wine Future 2021

18.45 - 20.00 - SESSION 18: THE FUTURE

As the value of predictive modeling in forecasting business outcomes has waned in the face of factors both unanticipated and unexpectedly multiplied by additional constituents, several presenters from Wine Future 2021 will gather with a few new faces to share ideas of how we may cooperate and grow our businesses and ourselves in this new year.

Presented by: WINES OF PORTUGAL

In Association with: CONSORTIUM CONEGLIANO VALDOBBIADENE PROSECCO SUPERIORE DOCG

Speakers: 
Alicia Towns Franken (US) - Director, Wine Unify
Robert Joseph (GB) - Editor, The Wine Thinker
Elin McCoy (US) - Wine & Spirits Columnist, Bloomberg News and Decanter
David Pearson (US) - Managing Director, The Meadowood Estate
Mike Veseth (US) - Editor, The Wine Economist
Pauline Vicard (FR) - Executive Director, Areni Global - FM4FW
Fabio Piccoli (IT) - Editor in Chief, Wine Meridian
Allison Jordan (US) - Executive Director, California Sustainable Wine Growing Alliance
Cheryl Durzy (US) - CEO, LibDib
Wendy Peterson (ZA) - Transformation Operations Manager, SA Wine Industry Transformation Unit
Mel Dick (US) - President, Wine Division and Senior Vice President, Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits
Liz Thach (US) - Distinguished Professor of Wine & Management, Sonoma State University
Rachel Newman (US) - Vice President, Marketing, Fetzer Vineyards
Gloria Vallés (ES) - Marketing professor at EAE Business School and Director at Wine Style Travel

Moderator: David Furer (US) - Founder, DF Consults / Host & Co-Organizer, Wine Future 2021
Co-Moderator: Frederico Falcão (PT) - President, Wines of Portugal

20.00 - 20.15 - CLOSING REMARKS