America’s Largest Craft Brewing Industry Gathering

Denver, CO | April 8 – 11, 2019

Celebrate YOUR industry with 13,000 friends in beer.

Craft Brewers Conference seminar attendee

Celebrate YOUR industry with 13,000 friends in beer.

13,000

Attendees

70+

Seminars

800

Exhibitors

The Craft Brewers Conference^® is the number one environment in North America for concentrated, affordable brewing education and idea sharing to improve brewery quality and performance. Twelve distinct educational tracks provide attendees with over 70 seminars led by the top minds in the beer world.

Featured Speakers

Keynote Speaker

Bruce Dickinson

Businessman, Pilot and Lead Singer of Iron Maiden

Bruce Dickinson is the lead singer of Iron Maiden, a commercial pilot, brewmaster, entrepreneur and creative business thinker. Bruce was a pilot and marketing director for Astraeus Airlines, a company which leased aircraft to other carriers, and is the chairman and founder of Cardiff Aviation which specializes in heavy maintenance of Airbus and Boeing commercial aircraft.

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Educational Tracks

Business

Running a brewery is about more than just making good beer. Things like finance and accounting, human resources and management are all just as important to keep your business healthy.

Leadership

A strong leader provides efficiency and direction for a business. What makes a good leader? Authenticity, initiative, communication and more.

Safety & Sustainability

Establishing sound programs for safety and sustainability in your brewery is an ongoing process that uses a wide variety of brewery resources. How can you improve what your brewery is doing today?

Selling & Marketing

The future of craft brewing requires a healthy balance between stewardship, social enrichment, and economic vitality. Learn what can help you stand out in today’s crowded marketplace.

Start-Ups

New breweries and breweries-in-planning face different problems than those that are up and running. Explore the unique challenges and hear from veterans about what they wish they would have known.

Technical Brewing

Experienced brewers understand the techniques that maximize quality and efficiency in their breweries. Hear from the experts on best practices for everything from ingredients to barrel-aging.

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