Dr Gail Barnes – Social media guru and independent consultant on sustainability, packaging and innovation.
Dr Christian Cordes – Founder of CordesConcept Consultancy, which helps brands to enhance their bottom line and reputation by turning back-end sustainability initiatives into front-end value for customers and consumers.
Dominique Gagneux – Leads the Rainforest Alliance’s sustainable markets initiatives globally and has 17 years’ experience in the field of sustainability consulting and assurance.
Dean Bellefleur – Packaging subject matter expert at D-idea. Possessing a processing and packaging background, Dean is ranked in the top 5% of Gerson Lehrman Group’s 300,000 subject matter experts, providing insight to the investment market.
Dr Lisa Carroll – Rexam director of technology. With a doctorate from the University of Oxford in metallurgy, Lisa is responsible for innovation and technology strategy globally. Lisa previously worked in strategy management and Lean Enterprise, where she spent over 10 years deploying Lean principles across Rexam’s global operations and supporting the business towards achievement of the Shingo prize.
Darren Foley – Managing director of independent design and branding agency Pearlfisher in London.
Larry Hobbs – Executive director of the International Society of Beverage Technologists, the premier technical society of the beverage industry.
Ulla Ringblom – Ringblom Consulting. Ulla has worked in the beverage sector for 25 years, from process development to packaging to sustainability, and shares her skills internationally with the food and beverage industry.
CDJ Huynen – Cartils Branding and Design.
Carlos Manuel Rebolledo – Development and marketing associate manager for Nuvinc Partners. Carlos has had more than 15 years’ work experience creating concepts, developing brands and managing marketing departments for leading food and beverage companies.
Abdalla Ahmad – Independent consultant with more than 18 years’ experience in project management, supply chain, automation and workflow analysis for the food and beverage industry.
Dr Sepe Sehati – An Oxford-educated management consultant with 20 years’ hands-on business management and entrepreneurial experience.
Soraya Gadelrab – Event director, Fresh Montgomery.
Adam Bogacz – independent beverage consultant, and owner of AKB Consulting.
Dorothée Gricourt – Director of group communication strategy for Sial events worldwide.
Andreas Exarheas – FoodBev Media editor and journalist.
Claire Phoenix – FoodBev Media managing editor – magazines. Claire is responsible for editorial content across FoodBev Media’s magazine portfolio, including Beverage Innovation.
Bill Bruce, chairman of the judges, is group editorial director at FoodBev Media.
The awards provide the perfect platform to demonstrate the beverage industry’s continued commitment to innovation. The 27 awards in six categories range from new products and ingredients to breakthroughs in packaging and sustainability, as well as initiatives in health education and marketing.
The award’s headline sponsor is global beverage can maker Rexam. The associate sponsors are Owens Illinois and SmartSeal. Category sponsors include Owens Illinois, SmartSeal, Rexam, Hanovia and Austria Juice.
The World Beverage Innovation Awards @ Brau Beviale is in association with Unesda, the Union of European Beverages Associations, Wafg, the German non-alcoholic drinks trade association, and BrauBeviale, one of the world’s largest trade shows for the beverage industry.
Entries for the World Beverage Innovation Awards @ BrauBeviale close on 19 September 2014. Finalists and winners will be announced at a special event during BrauBeviale on 12 November 2014 in Nuremberg, Germany.
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