PROGRAM - 2012

 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7

• 08:00 am – 05:00 pm - Stand set up: Rooms Roble
   
• 12:00 pm - 05:00 pm - Registration: Room Laurel 1
  
  
• 06:30 pm - 10:30 pm - Welcome Cocktail: Room Arboledas.
                                      Dress Code: Men: Suit / Women: cocktail dress
  

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8         
          Dress Code: business casual

• 08:00 am - 03:30 pm - Registration: Room Laurel 1
  
  
• 08:30 am - 09:30 am - Inauguration: Room: Real 1&2
  "The World of Coffee in 2017 - Who wants What from Whom?"
  Keynote Speaker: Mr. David M. Neumann, CEO, Neumann Kaffee Gruppe
   
• 09:30 am - 10:00 am - Session 1: “COSTA RICA: An added value”
  Mr. Luis Eduardo Campos, Coffee Producer & General Manager, Café Altura de San Ramón
   
• 10:30 am - 11:00 am - COFFEE BREAK
  

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• 11:00 am - 11:30 pm - Session 2: “Coffee. It’s New Future. Our Deeper Connection”
  Mrs. Majka Burhardt, Coffee Ethiopia.
   
• 11:30 am - 12:15 pm - Session 3: “Peet’s Coffee & Tea, Sourcing Quality in Markets High and Low?”
  Mr. Doug Welsh, Vice President, Peet’s Coffee & Tea
   
• 12:30 pm - 02:00 pm - LUNCH
  

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• 02:00 pm - 02:30 pm - Session 4: “The Future for Specialty Coffee”
  Mr. Ric Rhinehart, Executive Director, Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA)
   
• 02:30 pm – 3:30 pm - Session 5: “Coffee & Climate”
  Mr. Michael Opitz, Chairman of the Board of Management, Hanns R. Neumann Stiftung
  
  
• 03:30 pm - 05:00 pm - Happy Hour
  

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FRIDAY NOVEMBER 9
          Dress Code: business casual

• 08:00 am - 03:30 pm - Registration: Room Laurel 1
  
  
• 09:00 am - 09:30 am - Session 6: “Colombia: Renewed Coffee Growing”
  Mr. Juan Esteban Orduz, President, Colombian Coffee Federation
   
• 09:30 am - 10:00 am -  Session 7: “A Commodity Bank's Perspective on the Economy."
  Mr. Mark W. Williams, Vice President, Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
  
  
• 10:00 am - 10:30 am - COFFEE BREAK 

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• 10:30 am - 11:00 am - Session 8: “Brasil, Coffee Country: Opportunities and Threats”
  Mr. Carlos Brando, P&A Marketing Internacional
  
  
• 11:00 am – 11:30 am - Session 9: “Lavazza and the Italian Coffee Market”
  Mrs. Michela Stama, Lavazza
   
• 11:30 am – 12:00 pm - Session 10: “Market Outlook- Moving to an Era of Oversupply?”
  Mr. Keith Flury, Senior Commodity Analyst, Rabobank International
   
• 12:00 pm - 02:00 pm - LUNCH
  

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• 02:00 pm - 02:40 pm - WORKSHOPS & Cuppings
  • WORKSHOP 1: "Fair Trade Innovation: including small producers and other farm workers." Mr. Miguel Zamora, Director, Coffee Innovation and Producer Relations
  • WORKSHOP 2: "Energy from waste waters in Central America" Mrs. Vera Espindola, Latin America Coordinator, UTZ Certified
     
• 02:40 pm - 04:00 pm - WORKSHOPS
  • WORKSHOP 3: "Volatility, Instruments and Strategies to Optimize Coffee Prices" Mr. Albert Scalla, Executive vicepresident, INTL FCStone
     
• 07:00 pm - Farewell Party: Grand Tara Hotel
                    Dress Code: Men: Casual / Women: cocktail dress
  
  
   

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 10

• 07:30 am – 12:00 noon: FIELD TRIP - “BENEFICIO LA EVA” (view more)
  

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  08:00 am - TOURS
  08:00 am - Coffee Tour “Beneficio La Eva” (1 hour drive)
  09:00 am - Sarchí Tour (1 hour drive)
                     Field Trip Luncheon at La Eva.