CONFERENCE AGENDA
FRIDAY 29 SEPTEMBER
8:00 Registration Opens
8:45 Introduction & Overview
9:00 Session 1: Geographic indications
The adventure of creating or modifying a geographic indication. Procedures, evidence and potential surprises
Chair:
Chris Wilson – Canada
Speakers:
Boris Osgnach – Italy
Sandra Oldfield – Canada
Ana Lúcia de Sousa Borda – Brazil
Cristian Mir – Chile
Morgen McLaughlin – USA
10:30 Break
11:00 Session 2: Technical issues in labelling
Latest issues in European Union and United States labelling
Chair: Marco Giuri – Italy
Speakers:
Julie LeGay – France
Nick Bergman – USA
12:00 Session 3: An increasingly restrictive alcohol beverage marketplace
An interactive discussion
Bennett Caplan – USA
13:00 Lunch
Foyer or patio (weather depending)
Conference Centre, Delta Grand Okanagan Resort
14:30 Session 4: Judge’s Session
Dialogue with a judge
Rt. Hon Professor Sir Robin Jacob
15:30 Break
16:00 Session 5: Risk management in the wine sector
Safety: employees, visitors, production, consumers; reputation/labelling/ regulatory/ liquor licence; M&A; employment relations; competition – and so on
Chair:
Megan O’Neill – Canada
Speakers:
Michel Desilets – France
Paul Reidl – USA
Thomas Schmitz – Germany
Shea Coulson – Canada
18:00 Transportation
Coaches depart at 18:10 sharp!
NORTH Entrance,
Delta Grand Okanagan
18:30 Reception and Dinner
Mission Hill is a pre-eminent Canadian winery and the flagship within the Iconic Wineries of British Columbia group. It is located on the west side of Okanagan Lake, about 20 minutes from the hotel.
Mission Hill Winery, Kelowna
SATURDAY 30 SEPTEMBER
9:00 Session 6: NFTs & metaverse, crypto, avatars in the wine sector
Challenges and benefits of modern communication tools
Chair:
Peter Brody – USA Speakers:
Yasmine Develle – France
Maya Medeiros – Canada
Jennifer McKenzie – Canada
Latha Nair – India
10:30 Coffee break
11:00 Session 7: Beer, wine & spirits
An examination of sectorial legal tensions between sectors
Marc Sorini – USA
12:30 Lunch
Foyer or patio (weather depending)
Conference Centre, Delta Grand Okanagan Resort
14:00 Session 8: TBT (technical barriers to trade and statutory monopolies)
Chair:
Hans Eichele – Germany Speakers:
Theodore Georgopoulos – France/Greece
Daniel Hohnstein – Canada
Tracy Genesen – USA
Erik Wijkström – WTO
15:30 Break
16:00 Session 9 EISWEIN or ICEWINE?
All about Icewine, with the faintest possibility of a tasting
Dominic Farnsworth MW – UK
17:00 General Meeting of Members
18:20 Transportation
Coaches depart at 18:30 sharp!
NORTH Entrance,
Delta Grand Okanagan
19:00 Dinner
O’Rourke Family Estates is a flagship winery under the final phase of development by owner Dennis O’Rourke. The winery is located in the Lake Country sub-geographic indication of the Okanagan Valley, about ½ hour north of Kelowna. Wines from this region express the Okanagan Valley’s cool climate, exhibiting fresh acidity and bright fruit characteristics.
O’Rourke Family Estates, Lake Country
SUNDAY 1 OCTOBER
9:20 Transportation
Coaches depart at 9:30 sharp!
NORTH Entrance,
Delta Grand Okanagan
11:00 Tasting and self-guided tour
Relax over a Sunday morning tasting and self-guided tour at Phantom Creek Estates, a flagship winery in the south Okanagan’s highly regarded Black Sage Road, owned by Richter Bai. Wines from the South Okanagan (the north end of the Sonoran Desert) tend to be well rounded and richer in style. A 1½ hour drive south of Kelowna. Phantom Creek Winery, Black Sage Bench
13:30 Lunch
Lunch will be hosted at Poplar Grove Winery, with owner Tony Holler and family. Located on the east side of Okanagan Lake in the Naramata Bench sub-geographic indication, overlooking the south end of Okanagan Lake and the city of Penticton. Poplar Grove’s wines, to be served alongside those of their nearby winery friends, reflect the slightly cooler climate and fresh acidity found on the Naramata Bench.
Poplar Grove Winery, Naramata Bench
15:30 Return transportation Coaches depart after lunch, arriving back at the Delta Grand Okanagan at approximately 17:00.