Isaac Arthur is a co-founder & CMO at CODO Design, an Indianapolis, Indiana-based beer & beverage branding firm founded in 2009 on the belief that they can create better work by directly including clients in the creative process. He’s written three books, including the Craft Beer Branding Guide, Craft Beer, Rebranded and the newly released Beyond Beer Handbook. He enjoys writing the Beer Branding Trends Newsletter each month for nearly 7,000 subscribers, and also co-hosts a podcast by the same name where he dives into the art and science of building stronger beverage brands.

Zoe Licata is a Boston-based reporter for Brewbound, covering the business of craft beer and beyond. She is also a co-host of the Brewbound Podcast. Before joining Brewbound in 2021, Zoe spent several years doing freelance reporting and documentary work. When not writing about (or sampling) the latest bev-alc innovations, Zoe is cheering on her beloved Boston sports teams or escaping to her hometown in the sticks of Western Mass.

Steven Trussler is an education specialist at Brock University’s Cool Climate Oenology and Viticulture Institute in the Niagara region of Ontario, Canada where he develops and delivers programming for the cider and wine industries. Before his current role, he worked as commercial winemaker and in a beverage alcohol analytical lab.

Mike Biltonen has spent nearly 40 years in agriculture – working mostly with orchards, vineyards, and specialty veg and fruit crops. He specializes in all aspects of sustainable orchard production of apples, pears, and stone fruit. An early passion for sustainable agriculture evolved into a profound dedication to the principles and practices of ecologically-focused, biodynamically-driven farming. The last fifteen years Mike has worked as a consultant to novice and seasoned farmers and orchardists alike on all aspects of establishing and managing regenerative and integrated farmscapes. Mike also conducts workshops, seminars, webinars, and has a free newsletter for the truly dedicated. He co-owns Know Your Roots, a novel and innovative family-owned company, with his wife Debbie where they are synchronously using farming and herbalism practices to heal the Earth.