Central Europe’s
Craft Beer Conference
Budapest, January 24-26, 2024
A chance to work ON your business instead of IN your business.
A chance to work ON your business instead of IN your business.
The Central European Craft Brewers Conference (CEBC) is an annual conference and trade show representing the craft beer industry in Central Europe.
The conference is a trade-only event open to any craft brewery or supplier and will provide an opportunity to network in a community of great brewers from the region.
- Meet craft beer distributors, beer journalists and those working in the world of craft beer to share ideas
- Open new sales channels
- Have a few informative days away from the brewery to work on your strategies
Evan Rail
We are pleased to announce that Evan Rail, award winning journalist will once again lead us through a series of seminars and round table discussions from industry leading presenters.
Seminar Topic: Building a Better Beer Culture
American craft beer has ignited a global resurgence in small-scale brewing. Yet certain regions have produced more successful breweries, more interest in beer, and cultures that truly support brewing — through good times and bad. How did Southern California, Central Colorado, and Western Oregon build such deep beer cultures, and what lessons do these examples contain for other places?
Keynote Speaker Jeff Alworth has been writing about beer and brewing for over 25 years and is the award-winning author of several books, including The Beer Bible and The Secrets of Master Brewers. He has taught university courses about beer and the brewing business, and regularly leads educational tastings and events. In addition to his books, Jeff writes articles, maintains his long-running website Beervana, and co-hosts the Beervana Podcast with university economist Patrick Emerson.
Andrea Dickinson has an undergraduate degree in Communications and Media Science and an MBA. She has twenty years of experience including working at BBC TV London and as CEO of the Ogilvy Group Budapest. Her focus has been on helping companies to differentiate themselves by building their brand as the driver of growth.
Kevin Jackson has been an entrepreneur for more than two decades that includes ventures in augmented reality, virtual reality, and online education. In 2017, he began teaching at Corvinus University and at the ESSCA School of Management and his latest courses include Consumer Behavior, Services Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Data Analytics and Market Insight.
The Hungarian experts of global auditor and consulting company PwC are well aware of the current financial/economic struggles and difficulties of SME’s in the EU. Based on their experience gathered in similar cases and projects, they will hold a session covering the following topics:
– Opportunities of EU and/or private funding for SME’s to counterbalance financial difficulties
– Financial administration goals and structural steps to be taken to achieve reliability and efficiency.
– Preparing for investments: consolidation of internal processes and controls from an investor perspective.
Dávid Szilágyi is a Senior Manager working as the head of PwC Hungary’s Strategy & Operations Consulting team. During his career he was mainly involved in business transformation (business and operating model design: governance model, organization- and process design, implementation planning) and operational efficiency projects. He has worked with several startups to support the consolidation of their operations and solidify their business case, he consulted them on business models, financial planning, go-to-market strategy, and pitching. In his own words “He is also quite into the magical combination of water, malt, hops and yeast.”
Gábor Benedek is a certified economist who leads the PwC European Union and International Development Policies team. He participated in several SME development, economic development, green finance, and international development projects. He also participated in the Fit for Export USA project as project manager and expert, which prepared Hungarian SMEs to enter the US market.
Vivien Roka is a senior manager of the Valuation team within PwC’s Financial Advisory Department. She has ten years of professional experience in business valuation, financial analysis, modelling, business plan preparation and review, and M&A project management. During her recent projects, Vivien participated in the valuation, preparation and review of business plans, valuation of intangible assets, feasibility studies and financing advice.
Marek Kamiński is a brewer and beer expert, co-founder and brewmaster of Polish craft brewery Browar Kingpin. He is well-travelled international beer, cider and mead judge with experience at the European Beer Star, Brussels Beer Challenge, Birra dell’ Anno, International Beer Cup Japan, Concurso Brasileiro de Cervejas and many other competitions.
Artur Kamiński – Viking Malt Sales Manager responsible for developing the sales network in the craft brewery sector in Poland and south-central Europe. Certified Beer Judge with 10 years of experience and a passionate homebrewer.
Carlos De La Barra has a BSc. Natural and Exact Sciences (Chile) and MSc. Food And Biotechnology (Austria) and has been working in the wine and beer industry for 20 years, gaining experience by working and living in France, New Zealand, USA, and Sweden. He previously held the role of Technical Brewing Manager for Omnipollo, before joining Lallemand as Technical Sales Manager
Enrico Prenni is super passionate about hops and their flavours. His first degree is in environmental engineering which allowed him to survive for 15 years – while secretly home brewing in his garage. With a passion for beer, science, books and chemistry, he did his second degree in Brewing Technologies and focused on the field of aromas.
Gilles Goemaere Hailing from Belgium Gilles graduated from the Catholic University of Louvain-la-Neuve as a Bio-Engineer with a specialization in Malting and Brewing Sciences and has over ten years’ experience in the brewing industry. Firstly, as a Master Brewer in a microbrewery in Belgium and more recently as technical support for Fermentis where he has acquired a strong experience solving technical and microbiological issues in customers’ breweries.
European Craft Beer Cup
Your attendee ticket includes one beer for free in the competition.
The awards will be presented on Friday January 26th, 2024.
“I’m happy to report the award we won at the European Brewers Cup as a part of the CEBC has caught fire in Slovenia. Everyone is really excited about it. Cheers! ”
— Anita Lozar, Brewery at Pivovarna Pelicon Slovenia
January 24 - 26, 2024
at Central European University
Budapest, Nádor u. 15, 1051
We are very pleased to announce that our next Central European Brewers Conference will take place on January 24 – 26, 2024 Budapest.
The event is sponsored by
WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND the next cebc?
Industry leading presenters from top regional brewers, Fermentis, BarthHaas X, Lallemand, New York Times craft beer journalist and many others.
Craft Beer Danube boat cruise to check out Budapest at night.
Seminars designed with the brewer in mind focusing on relevant business information that can help you grow your business.
Network with exhibitors that have products and services to meet your growing business needs.
became a sponsor or EXHIBITOR At the next CEBC
Are you interested in growing your sales to brewers in Central Europe?
Join us at the next Central European Brewers Conference (CEBC) where industry stalwarts and the next generation of dedicated artisans share their vision for the exciting world of European craft brewing. The CEBC looks to set itself apart by offering exhibitors the opportunity to engage with delegates, speakers and fellow exhibitors in a more intimate, focused forum to discuss our love of craft brewing as well as insightful business opportunities and challenges.
We offer booths to fit your needs as well as all the amenities to showcase your contribution to the art. We hope you join us at our next conference to celebrate craft brewing while making valuable business connections.
Click on the images below for more information on our exhibitor and sponsor opportunities and floorplan.
For more details, contact Tony Prior at tony.prior@cebcexpo.eu or by phone: +36 20 911 9807.
SCHEDULE
Please click on the button for the detailed schedule of seminars and presenters.
— Jakob Thomsgård Lärare, Yrkeshögskolan Kristianstad Brewing School
