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| 7:30 a.m. - 8:15 a.m. | Registration Check-in & Continental Breakfast |
| 8:15 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. | Welcome + winejobs.com Update Eric Jorgensen, President & Publisher, WineBusiness |
| 8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. | Navigating Compensation Realities in an Uncertain Market |
| As organizations aim to reduce overall costs, measures such as smaller merit increases, salary reductions, and even layoffs have become more common. Combined with evolving pay transparency laws, these shifts can make employee retention tricky. Research shows that transparent communication about business conditions helps prevent employees from feeling blindsided by change—but it can also present challenges in maintaining motivation and morale. How do you, as an HR representative, discuss these difficult topics and find room in the budget to keep salaries & total rewards realistic, yet attractive? Elise Spangenberg, SVP People and Culture at Treasury Americas, will provide insight on ways to navigate compensation and internal comms in a shifting wine industry. Speaker: Elise Spangenberg, SVP, People and Culture, Treasury Americas Session Sponsored By :  |
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| 9:00 a.m. - 9:20 a.m. | ICE Compliance & Enforcement: Guidelines Every Wine Business Should Have |
| What do you do when ICE visits your vineyard? Do you have a strategy in place? More importantly, can you communicate that strategy? With increased enforcement coming from the feds, every wine business should know what to do—as well as what not to do. In this session, an employment attorney who advises on immigration will advise on best practices, from dealing with ICE, how to communicate with managers and employees, and which tools to provide managers for use in the field. Speaker: Stacey Zartler, Partner, Coblentz Patch, Duffy & Bass LLP Scan this QR Code to View the Session Resources:  |
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| 9:20 a.m. - 9:40 a.m. | Networking Break |
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| 9:40 a.m. - 10:20 a.m. | Succession Planning: Developing the Next Generation of Talent |
| For all businesses, succession planning—whether that’s looking for new leaders or preparing the family's next generation—ensures continuity and the ability to weather business changes. Assessing current talent and identifying those with the potential to fill key roles, and developing that talent are key aspects of preparing the next iteration of leaders. How do you develop that talent from within? Our panel of industry experts will share tips on how they identified rising stars, potential successors and future leaders, and how to best set them up for success through professional development opportunities and programs. Moderator: Nicole Cummings, Chief People Officer, The Duckhorn Portfolio Speakers: Cathy Corison, Winemaker, Proprietor, Corison Winery, Mayra Alexandra Hernandez, Professional Development Consultant, Mayra Hernadez Coaching |
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| 10:20 a.m. - 10:50 a.m. | Important Employment Law Updates and Legal Best Practices |
| From federal changes to DEI policies to proposed regulations on automated decision systems for hiring, 2025 has seen several changes to laws and policies affecting HR departments. To set your team up for legal success, Rebecca Stephens, partner at Farella Braun + Martel, will review best practices in wage/ break compliance, return-to-office policies, resolving political conflicts within the workplace and other office essentials. She’ll also review the most recent changes to employment law and policy and make time for questions with an interactive Q&A. Speaker: Rebecca Stephens, Partner, Farella Braun & Martel |
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| 10:50 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. | Networking Break |
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| 11:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Keynote: Building a Workplace that Engages and Retains the Right Employees |
| This year, companies are focused on working with what they have, and that means retaining team members wherever possible. We know that office cultures that focus on positive work environments and employee engagement work—but the office pizza party just isn’t how to do that. How do you keep employees happy and avoid the costly consequences of turnover? What can you do to boost employee morale amid a shifting wine industry? Julie Secviar, Vice President of Human Resources at Far Niente and a recipient of North Bay Business Journal's HR Professional award, will share pragmatic and effective ideas for retention, including best practices in cultivating company culture and policies and ideas that boost engagement. Speaker: Julie Secviar, Vice President of Human Resources, Far Niente Winery |
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| 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. | Networking Luncheon |
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