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13^th SCTA Coffee Forum and Dinner !

SAVE THE DATE 2023

14^th SCTA Forum and Dinner
September 21st – 22nd 2023
Basel

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13th SCTA Coffee Forum and Dinner

World of Opportunity

Resilience and Reinvention

Overarching theme is to demonstrate how the impact of the pandemic and the conflict in Ukraine and the associated changes in production, distribution and consumption and regulatory and citizen/consumer responses are changing the coffee industry for the better and creating new opportunities for the companies and associations that get there first.

Day 1

October 13th

Thursday, Hotel Intercontinental, Geneva

08:00 – 18:30

Forum & Network

13:00

Opening remarks

Cyrille Jannet, Vice President SCTA

13:30 – 14:30

Sustainability towards new collaborative approaches in the coffee sector

Panelists

Dr. Monica Rubiolo, Head Trade Promotion, SECO
Marlies Huijssoon IDH Sustainable Trade Initiative
Christian Robin, Managing Director, Swiss Cocoa Platform
Karel Valken Global Head TCF Strategic Accounts & Sustainability Rabobank
Michael von Luehrte Sec Gen SCTA

Moderator

Dean Sanders, Founder and Chairman GoodBrand

15:00 – 16:00

The future of supply chain orchestration

Increase agility, build resilience, manage proactively from origin to destination

Panelists

Ben Clarkson Head of Coffee Platform LDC
Žarko Čolović Procurement Performance Acceleration Lead for Zone Europe, Nestrade SA
Poul Hestbaek CEO Hamburg Sued
Thomas Nyffenegger COO Cargoo

Moderator

Dean Sanders, Founder and Chairman GoodBrand

16:30 – 17:30

Generation restoration

SCTA NextGen puts the spotlight on young entrepreneurs who have a unique program in place with the aim to build back stronger and focus on next generation(s)

Panelists

Ludivine Berouard, Co-Founder Marula Proteen Limited & Marula Creative Consultancy
Nathalie F. Manac’h, CEO and Founder Nat Cof Ltd
Ivy Wereh CEO of Cafmag Enterprise/Founder of Cafémagnifico

Moderator

Dean Sanders, Founder and Chairman GoodBrand

18:30 – 20:30

Cocktail reception at Beau Rivage Hotel
(for table seat holders only)

Day 2

October 14th

Friday, Hotel Intercontinental, Geneva

08:30 – 16:30

Forum & Network

10:30 – 11:30

Next Gen Origin Women Leaders: Evolving landscape of sustainability, world of opportunities, resilience and reinvention (co-organized with Sustainable Harvest)

Panelists

Lorena Perdomo Field Technician and Gender Referent CAFESCOR, Honduras
Phaima Nakalagwa General manager Mt Elgon Agroforestry Communities Coop, Uganda
Mirthel Jarquin Field Technician and Cupper SOPPEXCCA, Nicaragua

Moderator

Sarah Eleanor Charles, co-author of ITC’s 4th edition of the Coffee Guide and writer for Perfect Daily Grind

13:00

Keynote

The World of Opportunity: Sustainable growth in the coffee sector

Michelle Burns
Executive Vice President Global Coffee, Tea and Cocoa, Starbucks

13:30 – 14:30

HIGH LEVEL CEO Debate: How the world of coffee was changed forever by the pandemic

Leaders in the sector debate the changes that have already happened and what’s still to come

Panelists

Michelle Burns Executive Vice President Global Coffee, Tea and Cocoa, Starbucks
Philipp Navratil SVP Head of Coffee Strategic Business Unit Nestle
Nicolas Tamari CEO Sucafina
Roberto Velez CEO FNC Colombia

Moderator

Dean Sanders, Founder and Chairman GoodBrand

14:45 – 16:00

Coffee Industry Associations: World of Challenges or World of Possibilities?

Do legislative pressures, investor expectations, NGO activism and consumer scrutiny around climate change, deforestation, pesticide use and child and forced labour spell trouble or renewed opportunity?