VTCBC Speakers
VTCBC Speaking Opportunities
THE VTCBC speaker proposal form is now OPEN!
The Vermont Brewers Association will be hosting the third annual Vermont Craft Brewers Conference November 17-18, 2025 at the DoubleTree by Hilton in South Burlington, Vermont. We are looking forward to a robust educational conference and appreciate your interest in speaking!
Deadline: Submissions are due by August 1, the committee will review them and we will let speakers know by August 30th.
Tracks: Business, Technical, Resilience
Types of Presentations: Podium talks, panel presentations, workshops, keynote presentations. NEW this year: 15-20 minute break out sessions/demonstrations in the exhibitor hall.
Session Length: 60 minutes, please aim to leave 10-15 minutes for Q&A if applicable
Speaker Topics of Interest
The following list of topics has been compiled from membership & previous conference feedback, but speaking opportunities are not limited to this list. Thank you for submitting a proposal!
Technical Presentations
- Barrel aging
- Hop Sensory
- Nitro Packaging
- Hop Breeding
- Draught Beer 101- Proper Cleaning and Troubleshooting
- Low ABV beers and NA Beers
- How to create Gluten free beers using enzymes
- Yeast metabolism
- Biotransformation 101
- Lager
- Seam Checks on a Budget
- Production Centric Talks
- Dry yeast
- New trends in brewing or new technology
- Barrel aging programs or bottle programs
- Yeast strain profiles
- Malting biochemistry session
- Yeast and hop tech
- Improving brewhouse efficiency
- High stakes while dry hopping
- SOPs and why they are important
- Practical insights for quality control
Business Presentations
- TTB Bootcamp – Formulas and Labeling Requirements
- Beer Education for Employees
- Innovation – Changing with times
- Taproom – Event Planning
- Employee Culture Creation
- Exporting Beer 101
- Brewery Finances 101 – Finding Profit in compressed margins
- Present and Future Drinking Trends
- Distribution Do’s and Dont’s
- AI Chat Tools
- 5 Ways to Market a Microbrewery
- Inventory Accounting
- Forecasting and projections of opportunities and threats yet to come
- Franchise Law
- Contract brewing, pros and cons
- The foundations of opening a brewery
- Brewery’s bottom line in distribution, tap room, events, etc.
- National beer stats/trends with graphs and hard data, and projections about where the industry is heading
- Sales talks
- Getting customers to stay and increase per-visit spend
- Consumer consumption information & drinking trends
- National and local legislation
- Media strategies for breweries
Resilience Presentations
- Government Affairs – What has changed locally and federally
- Brewery Ergonomics and Stretching 101
- Energy Efficiency
- Improve organizational efficiency & profitability
- Controlling water usage, chemical usage, process efficiencies and maintenance
- Sustainable ingredients
- Affordable local ingredients
- Sustainable food systems
- Electrification and decarbonization
- Changing consumer behaviors
- State of the Industry
- Future Market Analysis
- Beyond Beer
