Beverage

Beverage - Talk

18 FEBRUARY  |  10:00 - 12:30 Sala Abete - Pad. A7/C7

The new UnionBirrai Education - Presentation Didactic Reform

organized by UnionBirrai

Speaker

Renato Nesi
Referent for UBT (UnionBirrai Beer Tasters) in Tuscany and Trentino-Alto Adige

Alessio Facchini
Committee Courses and Competitions UnionBirrai

Luca Casati
UBT National Referent

Beverage - Masterclass

18 FEBRUARY  |  11:00 - 12:00 Mixology Circus - Pav. C1

Tasting of typical Ecuador drinks

In collaboration with ProEcuador & IILA - Organizzazione Italo Latino Americana

Beverage - Talk

18 FEBRUARY  |  11:30 - 12:20 Sala Tiglio - Pad. A6

Italian Craft Beer Conference - Quality control in the brewery: ideas for a conscious monitoring of the process, from the raw material to the finished product

organized by UnionBirrai

Speaker

David Pierattoni
Business Development Manager - Beer and Wine 

Paolo Berardinetti
Cleaning specialist - Piramide

Beverage - Masterclass

18 FEBRUARY  |  12:00 - 13:00 Mixology Circus - Pav. C1

Is it fair to drink negroni at the aperitif?

organized by Fusetti

Beverage - Talk

18 FEBRUARY  |  12:30 - 13:20 Sala Tiglio - Pad. A6

Italian Craft Beer Conference - Make your choice for wheat beers

organized by Unionbirrai

Speaker

Gilles Goemaere
Technical Sales Support  - Fermentis®

Beverage - Masterclass

18 FEBRUARY  |  13:00 - 14:00 Mixology Circus - Pav. C1

The Bar as part of the society

organized by The Bar In Front Of The Bar (Athens)

Beverage - Masterclass

18 FEBRUARY  |  14:00 - 15:00 Mixology Circus - Pav. C1

Masterclass Gucci Giardino 25

organized by Gucci Giardino 25 (Florence)

Beverage - Talk

18 FEBRUARY  |  14:30 - 15:00 Horeca Arena, Pad. A6

Let’s talk about it together over a Coffee

organized by Italgrob

Beverage - Talk

18 FEBRUARY  |  15:00 - 16:00 Horeca Arena, Pad. A6

Zero-impact Horeca: strategies and success stories for a long-term sustainability..

organized by Italgrob

Speaker

Fabio Iandolo
CEO & co-founder at FOURGREEN Srl

Umberto Napoli
Chief Operating Officer & CoFounder Fourgreen Srl

Antonio Civita
Founder & CEO Panino Giusto Benefit Company; Vice President of UBRI

Marco Pesaresi
General Manager Ferrarelle Benefit Company

Beverage - Masterclass

18 FEBRUARY  |  15:00 - 16:00 Mixology Circus - Pav. C1

Bar Side Of The Moon

organized by Drink Kong (Rome)

Beverage - Talk

18 FEBRUARY  |  16:00 - 17:00 Horeca Arena, Pad. A6

Point of use market VS Mineral Water, an increasingly accentuated hybridization on the Horeca market: what prospects, what solutions?

organized by Italgrob

Speaker

Antonio Faralla
Formind President and CEO

Andrea Marino
Sales Manager Ferrarelle Benefit corporation

Antonio Biella
General Manager Acqua San Bernardo

Vincenzo Tundo
Commercial Director and Marketing Acqua San Benedetto

Alessandro Capuano
Director of the DI.AL consortium

Beverage - Masterclass

18 FEBRUARY  |  16:00 - 17:00 Mixology Circus - Pav. C1

Taste Rebirth: a Masterclass with products by Ballor 1856

organized by Ballor 1856

Beverage - Talk

18 FEBRUARY  |  16:30 - 17:20 Sala Tiglio - Pad. A6

Italian Craft Beer Conference - Cleaning and sanitization in production: a modern and conscious approach

organized by UnionBirrai

Speaker

Paolo Berardinetti
Cleaning specialist - Piramide

Raffaele Bonaventura
Cleaning specialist - Piramide

Beverage - Masterclass

18 FEBRUARY  |  17:00 - 17:45 Mixology Circus - Pav. C1

May the knowledge be with you

organized by Cloakstudios (Treviso)

Beverage - Masterclass

19 FEBRUARY  |  10:30 - 11:00 Mixology Circus - Pav. C1

The science of long drinks

organized by George Bagos - Three Cents

Beverage - Talk

19 FEBRUARY  |  10:30 - 11:20 Sala Tiglio - Pad. A6

Italian Craft Beer Conference - Malt analysis and impact of other cereals on beer quality

organized by Unionbirrai

Speaker

Yahia Chabane
Malt &Beer Craft manager - BoortMalt

Beverage - Congress

19 FEBRUARY  |  10:30 - 13:00 Sala Neri - Hall Sud

The congress of the HoReCa

organized by Italgrob

Speaker

Antonio Portaccio
Italgrob President

Corrado Peraboni
CEO Italian Exhibition Group

Sen. Alessandro Morelli
Sottosegretario di Stato alla Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri

Adriano Bordignon
President Forum delle associazioni familiari

Gian Carlo Blangiardo
Past President ISTAT

Francesco Maietta
Head of Social Policies for Censis

Alfredo Pratolongo
Assobirra President

Enrico Zoppas
Mineracqua President

Giangiacomo Pierini
Assobibe President

Paolo Petrecca
Director of Rai News 24

Beverage - Masterclass

19 FEBRUARY  |  11:00 - 12:00 Mixology Circus - Pav. C1

The importance of the concept behind the drink card

organized by Oscar Quagliarini

Speaker

Oscar Quagliarini
Award-winning bartender

Beverage - Talk

19 FEBRUARY  |  11:30 - 12:20 Sala Tiglio - Pad. A6

Italian Craft Beer Conference - Process optimization and sustainability - technological and biotechnological solutions

organized by Unionbirrai

Speaker

Gianmaria Ricciardi
Technical Sales Manager Italy, Slovenia, Greece, Spain & Portugal - Lallemand

Beverage - Masterclass

19 FEBRUARY  |  12:00 - 13:00 Mixology Circus - Pav. C1

High affluence, high quality: a guide for performance in street bars

organized by Ruggine (Bologna)

Beverage - Talk

19 FEBRUARY  |  12:30 - 13:20 Sala Tiglio - Pad. A6

Italian Craft Beer Conference - Brewing with YCH 702 - A new flowable hop extract

organized by Unionbirrai

Speaker

Kacper Kulpa
Brewing Innovations team - Yakima Chief Hops

Beverage - Masterclass

19 FEBRUARY  |  13:00 - 14:00 Mixology Circus - Pav. C1

Ron Barcelò: story of a Dominican experience

organized by Ron Barcelò

Speaker

Domenico Ditrizio
Trade Marketing Premium Spirits Specialist Coca-Cola HBC Italia

Beverage - Talk

19 FEBRUARY  |  13:30 - 14:20 Sala Tiglio - Pad. A6

Italian Craft Beer Conference - Showcase of Hops Grand Cru new harvest

organized by Unionbirrai

Speaker

Eugenio Pellicciari
Italian Hops Company

Alessandra Agrestini
Brewing consultant and populizer - Italian Hops Company

Beverage - Masterclass

19 FEBRUARY  |  14:00 - 15:00 Mixology Circus - Pav. C1

London Dry vs. other production methods. Who is the best?

organized by That's The Spirit

Speaker

Vanessa Piromallo
Co-Founder That's The Spirit

Marco Bertoncini
Co-Founder That's The Spirit

Beverage - Talk

19 FEBRUARY  |  14:30 - 15:00 Horeca Arena, Pad. A6

A changing world: The phenomenon of drinking free and low alcohol.

organized by Italgrob

Speaker

Francesca Benini
Cantine Riunite Sales & Marketing Director

Paola Giacchero
ADHOR President & ITALGROB counselor

Serena Savoca
Marketing Director, Carlsberg Italia

Beverage - Talk

19 FEBRUARY  |  14:30 - 15:20 Sala Tiglio - Pad. A6

Italian Craft Beer Conference - The importance of foam in beer and the improvement of its stability

organized by UnionBirrai

Speaker

Alirio Caldera
Brewing Expert - Weyermann®

Beverage - Masterclass

19 FEBRUARY  |  15:00 - 16:00 Mixology Circus - Pav. C1

Schweppes Masterclass - Federico Buffa meets Yuri Gelmini accompanied by Schweppes Selection bubbles

organized by Karisma Communication

Beverage - Talk

19 FEBRUARY  |  15:00 - 16:00 Ravezzi Room

The relationship between distributors and customers in Horeca. Presentation of a survey

organized by Cateringross

Speaker

Luciano Sbraga
Deputy director of FIPE

Rocco Pozzulo
FIC President

Andrea Marchi
Cateringross President

Luigi Franchi
Director of Sala&Cucina

Beverage - Talk

19 FEBRUARY  |  15:30 - 16:00 Horeca Arena, Pad. A6

Presentation Students of the 9th Master Sales & Account Management

organized by Italgrob; Organised by Luiss Business School with the contribution of AFDB.

Beverage - Talk

19 FEBRUARY  |  15:30 - 16:20 Sala Tiglio - Pad. A6

Italian Craft Beer Conference - The insight of primary and secondary gushing by a maltster

organized by UnionBirrai

Speaker

Karl Dingemans
Maltster - Mouterij Dingemans

Beverage - Masterclass

19 FEBRUARY  |  16:00 - 17:00 Mixology Circus - Pav. C1

Edible Ice... cost or added value?

organized by FREDD

Beverage - Talk

19 FEBRUARY  |  16:00 - 17:00 Horeca Arena, Pad. A6

Artificial intelligence, technical tests for the future of Horeca distribution

organized by GBI Magazine, in collaboration with Italgrob

Speaker

Domenico Apicella
GBI Journalist

Emanuele Frontoni
Professor of Computer Science at the University of Macerata and co-director of VRAI Vision Robotics & Artificial Intelligence Lab

Febo Leondini
AFDB President

Giovanni Marco Esposito
Sales manager Partesa S.r.l

Beverage - Talk

19 FEBRUARY  |  16:30 - 17:20 Sala Tiglio - Pad. A6

Italian Craft Beer Conference - Managing hops in low alcohol beers - Practical examples

organized by UnionBirrai

Speaker

Enrico Prenni
Territory Sales manager Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria - Barth Haas

Beverage - Masterclass

19 FEBRUARY  |  17:00 - 18:00 Mixology Circus - Pav. C1

The Freni's Way

organized by Freni e Frizioni (Rome)

Beverage - Talk

20 FEBRUARY  |  10:30 - 11:20 Sala Tiglio - Pad. A6

Italian Craft Beer Conference - The curious case of Cask Conditioned Ale

organized by UnionBirrai

Speaker

Adam Johnson
European Technical Sales - Murphy&Son

Beverage - Masterclass

20 FEBRUARY  |  11:00 - 11:45 Mixology Circus - Pav. C1

the art of distilling

organized by Peter in Florence

Beverage - Talk

20 FEBRUARY  |  11:00 - 11:45 Horeca Arena, Pad. A6

Horeca 2024: prospects and critical success factors for Beverage Distribution.

organized by Italgrob

Speaker

Marco Colombo
Global Central Operation SVP

Luca De Siero
Managing Director Doreca Italia

Beverage - Talk

20 FEBRUARY  |  11:30 - 12:20 Sala Tiglio - Pad. A6

Italian Craft Beer Conference - Water and characteristics of water

organized by UnionBirrai

Speaker

Dott. Lorenzo Bavagnoli
Product Manager Food Hygiene - REYS

Dott. Simone Cagliani
Product Specialist Water Treatment - REYS

Beverage - Talk

20 FEBRUARY  |  12:00 - 12:45 Horeca Arena, Pad. A6

2024: How places and patterns of consumption change.

organized by Tradelab

Speaker

Bruna Boroni
Director Industry AFH Tradelab

Beverage - Masterclass

20 FEBRUARY  |  12:00 - 13:00 Mixology Circus - Pav. C1

The Bar Room, a mid century legacy

organized by Jerry Thomas Bar Room (Rome)

Beverage - Talk

20 FEBRUARY  |  12:30 - 13:20 Sala Tiglio - Pad. A6

Italian Craft Beer Conference - Brewery Analytics in 2024: Improving brewery results and profits through data and numbers

organized by UnionBirrai

Speaker

Marco Battaglia
J-Software

Nicola Simion
Freelance Brewer - BirraPro

Beverage - Masterclass

20 FEBRUARY  |  13:00 - 14:00 Mixology Circus - Pav. C1

Quanto Basta in 10 years

organized by Quanto Basta (Lecce)

Beverage - Masterclass

20 FEBRUARY  |  14:00 - 15:00 Mixology Circus - Pav. C1

Tripstillery: cocktails, stills and farms

organized by Tripstillery (Milan)

Beverage - Talk

20 FEBRUARY  |  14:30 - 15:00 Horeca Arena, Pad. A6

Let’s talk about it together over a Coffee

organized by Italgrob

Speaker

Dino Di Marino
Italgrob General Manager

Beverage - Masterclass

20 FEBRUARY  |  15:00 - 16:00 Mixology Circus - Pav. C1

Alternative Flavour Creativity

organized by Panda&Sons (Edinburgh)

Beverage - Masterclass

20 FEBRUARY  |  16:00 - 17:00 Mixology Circus - Pav. C1

STAY TIKI TO HAWAIKI

organized by Samantha Migani