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WEST COAST Agenda
September 28 & 29

Automatic is fine-tuning the agenda now. Check back in a bit for the latest.

MONDAY / 4:30 PM

  • CEO Insights
    Host: George Banks, Revel

    James McLaughlin, CEO, Intelligentsia Coffee
    Invite-only; limited availability

MONDAY / 6:00 PM

MONDAY / 8:00 PM

TUESDAY / 8:00 AM

  • Check-in at The Maybourne Beverly Hills
    Caffeine, bites & vinyl​

TUESDAY / 8:45 AM

  • Welcome & Opening Remarks

TUESDAY / 9:00 AM

  • Opening Session
    Room 1

    John Picard, John Picard & Associates

TUESDAY / 9:15 AM

  • Opening Session
    Room 1

    Host: Eric Weatherholtz, Automatic

    Larry Green, Cain Development / One Beverly Hills

TUESDAY / 10:00 AM

  • Session A
    Room 1

    Yes, Chef — Shaping Neighborhoods Through Hospitality
    Host: Briana Valdez, HomeState
    Tyler Wells, Betsy & Bar Betsy
    Sarah Hymanson & Sara Kramer, Kismet
    Dustin Lancaster, Covell / Drumm Hospitality​

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  • Session B
    Room 2
    The Halo Effect: Retail and F&B as a Development Catalyst
    Host: Babak Ziai, BrandView Capital Partners
    Ryan Neman, Sunset Row / RYDA
    Joseph Miller, Runyon Group

    Eric Johnson, West Harbor

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  • Session C
    Bad Roman

    Host: Eric Weatherholtz, Automatic
    Adele Parodi, Quality Branded
    Erin Palisin, Quality Branded

    Invite-only; limited availability
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TUESDAY / 11:00 AM

  • Session A
    Room 1

    Everything is Experience, and Experience is Everything
    Host: Michael Townsend, Townsend & Associates
    Corey Redmond, Kingsmen Xperience
    Jonathan Casson, Sony Pictures Entertainment
    Charlie Robinson, The Malin
    Manish Vora, Museum of Ice Cream

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  • Session B
    Room 2
    Ggiata — Anatomy of a Growth Brand

    Host: Brent Renner, Postino
    Max Bahramipour, Ggiata
    Jack Biebel, Ggiata
    Noah Holton-Raphael, Ggiata

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  • Peer Groups 1
    The Maybourne Bar

    Invite-only

TUESDAY / 12:00 PM

  • Lunch
    The Maybourne Beverly Hills Garden Terrace

TUESDAY / 1:30 PM

  • Session A
    Room 1
    F&B Accelerator

    Host: Michael Davis, Homegrown
    Sam Trude, Great White
    Michelle Miller, Asana
    Christine de Wendel, sunday App

    Sponsored by Homegrown

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  • Session B
    Room 2
    Best of the West, Mixed-Use Developments Shaping What's Next

    Host: Rob Johnson, Emerging Concepts
    Jean Paul Wardy, Centercal

    Carl Anderson, Larkspur
    Peter Peterson, Deer Valley East Village

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  • Peer Groups 2
    The Maybourne Bar

    Invite-only

TUESDAY / 2:30 PM

  • Session A
    Room 1
    Creating Place: Designing for Community

    Host: Becca Roderick, Morris Adjmi Architects
    Ashley Marlowe, Equinox
    Kurt Schneiter, Iconix
    Peter Garofolo, Related

    Guss Firestein, Maman
     

  • Session B
    Room 2
    Which Comes First, the Location or the Brand?
    Host: Larry Meyer
    Yuval Chiprut, Erewhon
    Mickey Kubota, Jins
    Sharilyn Mason, Arc'teryx

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  • Peer Groups 3
    The Maybourne Bar

    Invite-only

TUESDAY / 3:30 PM

  • Session A
    Room 1
    The Growth Equity that Grows Equity

    Host: Jack Gibbons, FB Society
    Aidan Lynch, Stripes
    Aaron Shafton, DealMaker
    Ted Nash, KSL Capital
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    Sponsored by DealMaker

     

 

  • Session B
    Room 2
    Enhancing Places Through Hospitality
    Host: Sam Pepper, Padaro Development
    Matt French, Pioneertown
    Giancarlo Pagani, Mother Wolf​
    Brandon Hoy, Roberta's Pizza

TUESDAY / 4:30 PM

  • Finale Party
    The Maybourne Beverly Hills Garden Terrace

    RSVP; All-attendee event

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