The Craft Brewers Conference kicks off in earnest today and New Belgium Brewing co-founder and CEO Kim Jordan has been tapped as this year’s keynote speaker. Jordan presented the keynote at CBC in New Orleans in 2003, where she famously called for craft brewers to aspire to reach 10 percent of all U.S. beers sales. A decade later, she will reprise her role to present an overview of the industry, how far small and independent craft brewers have come, her vision for the future of the craft brewing community, and how her forecast fared.

Here’s the rollout for today, and clearly we’re going to have to clone ourselves to get everything done…

Wednesday, March 27^th

8:00 am – 5:00 pm – Conference Registration & Badge Pick-up

8:15 am – 9:45 am – Keynote Breakfast & Coffee

9:15 am – 11:00 am – Keynote Address and General Session

11:00 am – 1:30 pm – Book Signing: Janet Fletcher

11:30 am – 12:30 pm – CFO Roundtable Meeting – Brewpub

12:30 pm – 1:30 pm – CFO Roundtable Meeting – Micros

1:00 pm – 3:30 pm – Retailer Speed Dating

1:30 pm – 2:30 pm – CFO Roundtables Meeting- Regionals

1:40 pm – 2:40 pm – The TTB and Exporting-What You Need to Know

1:40 pm – 2:40 pm –The Past, Present and Future of Malting Barley for Craft Brewers

1:40 pm – 2:40 pm – Dry Hopping Techniques

1:40 pm – 2:40 pm –The Who, What, Where, When and How of the Craft Beer Consumer

1:40 pm – 2:40 pm – Writing Your Brewery Business Plan

1:40 pm – 2:40 pm – Planning For and Executing Rapid Growth

1:40 pm – 2:40 pm – Fundamentals of State Brewers Guild Operations

1:40 pm – 2:40 pm – Discovering Diacetyl

1:40 pm – 2:40 pm – Beyond Tunnel Vision: Beer Training for Brewpub Service Staff

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm – National Gathering of the Guilds, Part 1-

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Craft Continues its Ascent, But A Few Clouds Form on the Horizon

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm – German Hops in Craft Brewing

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm – The Nuts and Bolts of Production Scheduling

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm – On-Premise Craft Data

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Origins of Malt Flavor and Malt Varieties for Craft Brewers

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Get a Grip on Your Business

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Canada Market-British Columbia

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Relax and Start a Brewery: Solving the Mystery of Brewery Startup

4:20 pm – 5:20 pm – Enterprise Resource Planning Panel

4:20 pm – 5:20 pm – National Gathering of the Guilds, Part 2

4:20 pm – 5:20 pm – Glass and Cans: A Moderated Discussion

4:20 pm – 5:20 pm – Creative Fund Raising for Capital Expense

4:20 pm – 5:20 pm – American Craft Beer in the Crowded European Drinks Market

4:20 pm – 5:20 pm – Hop Flavor and Bitterness: A Series of Practical Studies

4:20 pm – 5:20 pm – Retailer Panel

4:20 pm – 5:20 pm – Palate Trips: Let’s Talk Pairing Basics While We Take Your Palate on a Ride!

4:20 pm – 5:20 pm – Calculations for Routine Measurements and Parameters in the Brewhouse and Brewery Lab