Program - Sintercafe 25^th Anniversary

PROGRAM

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9

• 12:00 pm - 05:00 pm - Registration: Room Escondida
  

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10

• 07:30 am - Tours & Tournaments:
  
  • 07:30 am - Fishing Tournament
  • 08:00 am - Aerial Tram
  • 08:30 am - Horse Back
  • 08:30 am - Tárcoles River
  • 10:00 am - Golf Tournament
  • 09:40 am - Canopy Tour Vista Los Sueños
     
• 08:00 am - 04:00 pm - Registration: Room Escondida
• 05:30 pm - 09:00 pm - Welcome Cocktail: Puesta del Sol
   

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 11

• 08:00 am - 03:30 pm - Registration: Room Escondida
  
  
• 08:30 am - Inauguration Stands: Room Hermosa
   
• 09:00 am - 10:00 am -  Inauguration: Herradura Room
     Keynote Speaker: Mr. Jürgen Plate, General Manager, Café Capris S.A.
    “50 years of Costa Rica coffee experience...yet still clueless”
  
  
• 10:00 am - 10:30 am - Session 1:
    Mr. Mario Arroyo, Promotion Manager, ICAFE
    Mr. Roberto Mata, General Manager, Coopedota R.L.
    “Café de Costa Rica: Moving Towards a Low-Carbon Production”
  
  
• 10:30 am - 11:00 am - COFFEE BREAK 

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• 11:00 am - 11:45 am - Session 2:
    Mr. John Boyle, Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice President, Massimo Zanetti Beverage Group
    “Managing Green Coffee Arbitrage:  A Roaster Perspective on Usage & Consumption”
   
• 11:45 am - 12:30 pm - Session 3:
    Mr. Nathan Herszkowicz, Executive Director, Brazilian Coffee Roasters Association – ABIC
    “Coffee Consumption Trends in Brazil - Increasing Quality, Innovation and Certification Programs”
   
• 12:30 pm - 02:00 pm - Lunch at Las Vistas Restaurant
  
  
• 02:00 pm - 02:45 pm - Session 4: 
    Mr. Paul Rice, Fair Trade USA
    “Fair Trade for All: Innovation for Impact”
  
  
• 02:45 pm - 03:30 pm - Session 5:
    Mrs. Judith Ganes-Chase, Founder and President, J. Ganes Consulting, LLC
    “Monitoring Consumer Sensitivity:  How are consumers responding to a combination of high prices and deteriorating economic news?”
   
• 03:30 pm - 05:30 pm - “Wine & Beer” Happy Hour: La Puesta del Sol
  

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SATURDAY NOVEMBER 12

• 08:00 am - 03:30 pm - Registration
  
  
• 09:00 am - 09:30 am - Session 6:
  Mr. Jared Keyes, Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
  "Turbulent Times – a Private Bank’s Perspective on the Economy"
   
• 09:30 am - 10:00 am - Session 7:
  Mr. Daniele Giovanucci, Executive Director, Committee on Sustainability Assessment (COSA)
  "Future of Sustainability: New Data on the Shifting Landscape for Certification"
  
  
• 10:00 am - 10:30 am - COFFEE BREAK
  

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• 10:30 am - 11:00 am - Session 8:
  Mr. Keith  Flury,  Senior Commodity Analyst,  Rabobank International
  “Coffee Market Outlook; From Boom to Bust, or New Normality?”
  
  
• 11:00 am - 11:30 am - Session 9:
  Mr. Colman Cuff,  Managing Director, VP Coffee & Tea, Starbucks Coffee Trading Company
  “Starbucks Future of Growth”
  
  
• 12:45  pm - 02:00 pm - Lunch at Las Vistas Restaurant
  
  
• 01:00 pm -   Fieldtrip Tour COOPEATENAS (Box Lunch; each way 1:30hr)
  
  
• 02:00 pm - 02:45 pm - HENCORP OTC Workshop
  Mr. Hernando de la Roche, Sr. Vice President, INTL Hencorp Futures LLC
  
  
• 02:45 pm - 03:30 pm - Cupping Competition
   
• 07:00 pm - Farewell Party, 25th Anniversary Celebration     
  

Dress Code throughout the Sintercafe Conference:

• Collared shirt or long sleeve shirts
• Long or knee length chinos or khakis
• Loafers, oxfords, moccasins
• NO sandals, NO t-shirts