Conference Programme - day 1
| MAIN AUDITORIUM | |
| 11:00-12:00 | Keynote address: A Look at Britain’s Bar Industry and Where We Are Today? |
| 13:00-17:30 | The Ultimate Cocktail Competition: With the massive surge in cocktails over the past two decades, what are world’s bartenders shaking up? |
| 13:00-14:00: The Ultimate Classic Revival Creation 14:15-15:15: The Ultimate Tiki Creation 15:30-16:30: The Ultimate Modern Cocktail Creation 16:45-17:45: The Ultimate Molecular Creation | |
| LCS ROOM 1, Service Secrets Room | |
| 11:00-12:45 | Secrets of A Bar Charmer: How personal charm and well-honed communication skills make for profitable bar sales. [Phil Duff] |
| 13:00-13:45 | How to educate and tempt the consumer |
| 14:00-14:45 | The Importance of Being Earnest: How to keep customers entertained, to intuit customers’ real needs and wants, and to serve guests rather than concentrate on serving cocktails [Gary Regan plus panel] |
| 15:00-15:45 | Train It, Nurture It, Keep It: How to train and develop a strong bar team with an eye toward their future as well as your own |
| 16:00-16:45 | People, product, property, and profit: Developing the perfect formula for bar success [Angus Winchester] |
| LCS ROOM 2, TASTE & FLAVOUR SESSIONS: Mark Ridgewell | |
| 12:00 – 13:30 | Rum, incorporating Cachaca |
| 14:00 – 15:30 | Tequila |
| 16:00 – 17:30 | Vodka |
| LCS ROOM 3, Promote! Promote! Okay! Okay! | |
| 11:00-12:00 | Breaking into blogs and books: How to get your voice read |
| 14:00-15:00 | Self-promotion basics for bartenders |
| 16:00-17:00 | Self-promotion basics for bar operators |
| The Cocktail Theatre - Audio-visual displays of cocktail history, cocktail bar, and presentations at set intervals | |
| 13:00-13:45 | Pre-Victorian |
| 14:00-14:45 | Victorian |
| 15:00-15:45 | Twentieth Century |
| 16:00-16:45 | Modern |
Conference Programme - day 2
| MAIN AUDITORIUM | |
| 11:00-12:00 | Keynote address: Where Do We Go from Here?: The Future of the British Bar Industry in the New Dec-ade |
| 13:00-17:30 | The Shark Pool: Bar! Sink or Swim! Competition |
| 13:00-13:45 | Bar revamp: Reinvent an existing bar with a new concept/theme |
| 14:00-14:45 | Bar start-up: Propose a new operation |
| 15:00-15:45 | Bar menu re-do: Reinvent an existing drinks menu with a new concept/theme |
| 16:00-16:45 | Awards announcements |
| LCS ROOM 1, The Crystal Ball Room | |
| 11:00-12:00 | Future Drink Trends |
| 13:00-14:00 | Future Drink Menus |
| 15:00-16:00 | Future Bar Concepts |
| LCS ROOM 2, TASTE & FLAVOUR SESSIONS: Mark Ridgewell | |
| 12:00 – 13:30 | Whisky, incorporating bourbon |
| 14:00 – 15:30 | Gin, incorporating Genever |
| 16:00 - 17:30 | Tequila |
| LCS ROOM3, The Brand Room | |
| 14:00-15:00 | Brand as Bar Concept: Tini, Perrier Jouet Bar, etc |
| 16:00-17:00 | Brand as Bar Mentor: With increased legislation to ban advertising, how will brands market through to the on-trade: New opportunities for working with brands |
| LCS ROOM 4, After-the-Bar Room | |
| 13:00-13:45 | From Bartender to Brand Ambassador: Panel discussion |
| 14:00-14:45 | From Bartender to Bar Consultant: Panel discussion |
| 15:00-15:45 | From Bartender to Bar Owner: Panel discussion |
| 16:00-16:45 | From Bartender to Beverage Developer: Panel discussion |
The London Cocktail Summit is organised in partnership with Mixellany Limited. The programme is subject to changes and more speakers will be confirmed shortly.
For more information about the London Cocktail Summit click here. Find videos of the committee members here.
2010 highlights
 Cocktail Summit |
Bar Build |
Business Talks |
Drink Factory |
| Two full days of experiments, demonstrations & talks with world leading drinks experts.. | High level discussions with the best in the business offering you free advice.. | All you need to build or refurbish your bar, launching hundreds of new products .. | The UK's most innovative bartenders showing their unique vision of drink making.. |
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