World Coffee Conference 2023
Theme: Sustainability through Circular Economy and Regenerative Agriculture
Sustainability is one of the critical concerns in the coffee industry. Various challenges impact sustainability in the coffee sector such as climate change, increasing cost of production, and volatile prices. The goal of WCC 2023 is to address these challenges and exchange ideas and knowledge regarding the circular economy and regenerative agricultural practices.
The keynote speakers and leaders will emphasize the best practices and technologies to promote regenerative agriculture and farmers’ well-being & prosperity while ensuring compliance with the changing regulatory framework and financial durability.
Session 1 : Circular Economy & Regenerative Agriculture – Perspectives for global coffee sector
26th September 2023 | Time: 11:00 – 13:00 | Plenary Hall
Arupendra Nath Mullick, TERI, Vice-President at The Energy and Resources Institute (India)
Session Chair
Michelle Burns, Executive Vice President- Global Coffee, Social Impact & Sustainability, Starbucks
Circular Economy in Coffee from Bean to Cup Through Regenerative Agriculture, Innovations in Agronomy and Meaningful Partnerships
Harald Friedl, CEO, Green Leadership (Netherlands)
Circular Economy & solutions for the agricultural sector – lessons for the coffee sector
David Rennie, Deputy Executive Vice President, Head of Nestlé Coffee Brands (Switzerland)
Circular economy and its impact on small coffee growers
Mario Cerutti, Chief Institutional Relations & Sustainability Officer at Lavazza Group Turin, Piedmont (Italy)
Hernan Mason, Head- Inclusive Agribusiness Systems, International Trade Centre (ITC) (Switzerland)
Andrea De Marco, Project Manager, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) (Austria)
Circular Economy in coffee and establishment of a knowledge hub for the coffee sector
Prof. Gunter Pauli, Author & Economist (Belgium)
Regenerative agricultural approaches – solutions for the coffee sector
Session 2 – Financing Mechanisms and opportunities for the coffee sector
Date: 26th September 2023 | Time: 14.30 – 16.30 | Plenary Hall
Dr. P.G. Chengappa, Former Vice Chancellor, UAS Bengaluru and Economist (India)
Session Chair
Prof. Rocco Macchiavello, Professor, London School of Economics (United Kingdom)
A proposal for a Coffee Facility/Fund - Investment needs for sustainability & resilience in the Coffee Sector
Emanuele Santi, Development Economist and Political Scientist (Luxembourg)
A proposal for a Coffee Facility/Fund - Options for blending financing mechanisms
Andrea Illy, Chairman, Illycaffè (Italy)
Private sector financing to de-risk Coffee investment
Oscar Schaps, Global Head Of Coffee, StoneX (USA)
Public Policy and Development Finance Structures
Jennifer Faust, Founder & Managing Partner, Faust Global Partners LLC (USA)
Wrapping up the Presentation on the Creation of Coffee Fund
Dr. K S Mahesh, Chief General Manager, National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) (India)
Additional Panellists
Session 3 – Coffee Quality & Speciality Coffees
Date: 26th September 2023 | Time: 14.30 – 16.30 | Seminar Hall 1
Yannis Apostolopoulos, CEO, Speciality Coffee Association (SCA) (USA)
Session Chair & Presenter:Commodity Coffee to Speciality Coffee - A Transition
Dr. Christophe Montagnon, CEO, RD2 Vision
Breeding for quality, quality profiles of best coffee
Ilvana Weiler, Trainer and Consultant, PROBAT Training Center
Art of roasting, Brewing Techniques & Enhancement of Quality of Coffee
Sunalini Menon, President, M/s Coffeelab Limited
Indian Coffees
Quality profiles of Indian Specialty and Fine Coffees
Dr. Mandappa I.M., Divisional Head- Coffee Quality, Coffee Board of India (India)
Indian Coffees
GI Coffees of India
Dr. Emanuele Oliveira,Federal Institute of Espírito Santo(Brazil)
Advanced techniques for Chemical Research of Specialty Coffees
DM Purnesh, President, Specialty Coffee Association of India (India)
Anuj Agrawal, Head of LDC Coffee (India)
Gilbert Gatali, Executive Director, African Fine Coffees Association (AFCA) (Rwanda)
Additional Panellists
Session 4 – Environmental Sustainability and Climate change
Date: 27th September 2023 | Time: 09.00 – 11.00 | Plenary Hall
Prof. P. Balachandra, Chief Scientist Indian Institute of Sciences (India)
Session Chair
Raina Lang, Senior Director, Sustainable Coffee, Conservation International (USA)
Climate change & its impact on various sections of Coffee Value Chain
Salvador Urrutia Loucel , Latin American Director, World Coffee Research
Breeding for Climate resilient Varieties
Dr. Madhuri Nanda, Director - South Asia, Rainforest Alliance (India)
Impact of Eco labelling on sustainability of coffee farms – An overview (20 min)
Dr. Aaron Davis, Kew Gardens (United Kingdom)
The use of alternative coffee species in an era of accelerated climate change
S.Sudheendra Managing Director, NKG India Coffee Pvt Ltd
Prof. Sunil Nautiyal, Director, GB Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment (NIHE), India
Additional Panellists
Session 5 – Start–ups & Innovations - Product Development & Packaging
Date: 27 September 2023 | Time: 11:30 – 13:00 | Plenary Hall
Prof. Rakesh Mohan Joshi, Director, Indian Institute of Plantation Management
Session Chair
Prof. Fábio Moreira da Silva, Federal University of Lavras (Brazil)
Technology breakthroughs in coffee farming
Brianna Dickey, Founder and CEO, Crop Conex, USA
Supply Chain Technology for Trading Innovations
Marcus Velezmoro, Business Development Manager-Global Coffee & Aroma Protection, Syntegon (Germany)
Eco-efficient packaging/environmental friendly packaging for Coffee
Germán Alberto Bahamón Jaramillo, National Federation of Colombian Coffee Growers (Colombia)
Use of technology in coffee production
Prof. Aldemar Moreli, Federal Institute of Espírito Santo (Brazil)
Innovative methods for youth engagement
Navrathan Katariya, Director-Innovation, Entrepreneurship - IoT & AI, National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM) (India)
Additional Panellist
Session 6 – Challenges in Coffee Trade
Date: 27 September 2023 | Time: 14.00 – 16.00 | Plenary Hall
Gerardo Patacconi, Head of Operations, International Coffee Organization (United Kingdom)
Session Chair
Mario Cerutti, Chief Institutional Relations & Sustainability Officer at Lavazza Group Turin, Piedmont (Italy)
Ramesh Rajah, President, Coffee Exporters Association of India (CEAI) (India)
Dr. Enselme Gouthon, President, African and Madagascar Robusta Coffee Agency (ACRAM) (Togo)
Panel 1:Impact of changing regulatory framework and barriers on global coffee trade
Dr. Michael Bucki, Counsellor, Head of Section from Delegation of the European Union to India(India)
Panel 1:Impact of changing regulatory framework and barriers on global coffee trade
Trishul Mandana, Managing Director, Volcafé (Switzerland)
Juan Esteban Orduz, President, Colombian Coffee Federation (USA)
Panel 2:Strategies and solutions to overcome global price volatility
Amit Pant, Senior Vice President, Tata Coffee(India)
Mandeep Singh Tuli, Procurement Head, Nutrition and Ice-cream, South Asia, Unilever
Panel 2:Strategies and solutions to overcome global price volatility
Session 7 – Living Income, farmers’ prosperity - Livelihood challenges and opportunities
Date: 27 September 2023 | 16.30 – 18.00 | Plenary Hall
Paul Stewart, Global Director - Coffee Technoserve (Jordan)
Session Chair
Dr. Stephanie Daniels, Senior Program Director, Agriculture & Development, Sustainable Food Lab (USA)
Living Income benchmarks, Closing the living income gap, Measuring farmers prosperity
Sanjay Khajuria, Director Corporate Affairs and Sustainability, Nestle India Limited
Supporting Sustainable Farming by Working with Coffee Farmers
Dr. Y. Raghuramulu, Rtd. Director of Research of Coffee Board of India (India)
Empowering Tribal Coffee growers in India/ Araku case study
Nishanth Gupta, Strategic Liason Walmart Foundation in India
FPO/Cooperatives in Improving the Sustainability of Coffee Production
Saurabh Sinha, Senior Manager Lead- South India Programs, IDH
Deepak Kaul, Senior Vice President and Head EMEA & India, Olam Food Ingredients (India)
Wrapping up the Presentation on the Creation of Coffee Fund
Session 8 – Growing importance of Robusta & Coffee blends
27 September 2023 | 09.00 – 11.00 | Seminar Hall 1
Sunalini Menon, President, M/s Coffeelab Limited
Session Chair
Amir Hamza, Chairman, African Fine Coffees Association (AFCA)
Scope of mixed beverages with Robusta blend
Kailash Natani, Managing Director, Sucafina (India)
Sourcing opportunities, Industry trends and forecast of Robusta Coffee
Wendy Mohammad, Technical Project Officer Agriculture, SNV (Indonesia)
Synergy between Roasters and small grower
Prof. Lucas Louzada Pereira, D.Sc. - Federal Institute of Espírito Santo (Brazil)
Quality
Session 9 – Coffee Consumption
Date: 27 September 2023 | Time: 11.30 – 13.00 |Seminar Hall 1
Shri G V Krishna Rau, IAS (Retd)., Former Chairman of Coffee Board of India (India)
Session Chair
Benson O. Apuoyo, Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA), Coffee Directorate Nairobi
Dr. Bruno Mahler Mioto, Consultant, Heart Institute (Brazil)
Coffee & Health
Kelly Goodejohn, Vice President, Global Coffee Sustainability & Education, Starbucks
Starbucks case study
Dr. Khoa Dang LE - PhD, General Research Manager, Western Highlands Agro-Forestry Science Institute (WASI)
Orientation towards Green Growth and Sustainable Development
Session 10 – Coffee social sustainability challenges
Date: 27 September 2023 | Time: 14.00 – 16.00 | Seminar Hall 1
Gert van der Bijl, Senior EU Policy Advisor, Solidaridad (Netherlands)
Session Chair
Maria Munaretto, Technical Officer, International Labour Organization’s Vision Zero Fund (Italy)
Massimiliano Leone, Senior officer, Communication and Advocacy International Training Centre of the ILO (ITCILO) (Italy)
Occupational health and safety-global campaign
Niriksha Shetty, Chief of Programs: Central support team India, Precision Development (PxD) (India)
Enhancing digital education to empower coffee professional at origin
Felix Kwame Yeboah, Assistant Professor Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Michigan State University (USA)
Youth/Next Gen
Emi Beth Quantson, CEO and Founder, Kawa Moka Coffee Company
Gender
Marjolaine Chaintreau, Investment Specialist, United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF)
Better Than Cash Alliance
Session 11 – Partnerships, trading & knowledge platforms
Date: 27 September 2023 | Time: 16.30 – 18.00 |Seminar Hall 1
Hernan Manson, Senior Officer- Sector Competitiveness, International Trade Centre (ITC) (Switzerland)
Session Chair
Annette Pensel, Executive Director at GCP (Germany)
GCP - a successful model
Dr. Massimiliano Fabian, CEO, Demus
SISSI Research program: Informative tools to support industrial symbiosis & circular economy
Niels Haak, Director, Sustainable Coffee Partnerships, Conservation International
SCC Commitment hub
Vivek Gaur, Country Manager, ECOM India (India)
Coffee Trading Platform
Boubaker Ben Belhassen, Food and Agriculture Organization
