World Cocoa 2018

The leading event for the global cocoa and chocolate sector

Click here to view the Berlin Declaration of the 4th World Cocoa Conference

See what happened in Berlin in the daily newsletters:

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Thanks to everyone who supported, attended and spoke at WCC4 in Berlin! Presentations will be available to download by 25 May. *Apologies for the delay this is due to tighter data privacy rules.

By bringing together all stakeholders, from both producing and consuming countries, the World Cocoa Conference is the ideal forum to examine issues across the value chain.

Keynote Speakers Included:

Dr. Jean-Marc Anga, Executive Director, ICCO
Frank Mars, Member of the Board of Directors, Mars Incorporated
Andreas Ronken, CEO, Ritter Sport
Nicko Debenham, Head of Sustainability, Barry Callebaut
Martin Christy, Director, International Institute of Chocolate and Cacao Tasting
Stephan Nießner, Chairman, The Association of the German Confectionery Industry
Nicolas Mounard, CEO, Farm Africa
Florian Schütze, Head of CSR, Lidl
Gregory Aharonian, President, Kukaxoco
Edward George, Head of Group Research, Ecobank

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1500+ delegates attended in Berlin, including:

Olam Cocoa, Afreximbank, Syngenta, Cargill Cocoa & Chocolate, Buhler, MARS, Touton, Mondelēz, CME Group, Sucden Financial, Barry Callebaut, Arysta, Filhet-Allard, Aalst Chocolate, BASF, ABN AMRO Bank, Food Industrial Packaging, PhosAgro, Absortech, Responsibility Investments, AFC International, Suncue, Swisscontact, World Cocoa Foundation, Vollers Holland, Valrhona, African Cocoa & Coffee Farmers' Marketing Organization (ACCFMO), Gloster, Volcap Trading, Agrochem, Andean Cacao, Veco Mesoamerica, Lutheran World Relief, Welthungerhilfe, Conacado Agroindustrial, Royal Tropical Institute (KIT), ANECACAO,WCS Bolivia, AO Madagascar, APROCASUR, ARA Trading, Asociacion Silvo - Agropecuaria, Atlantic Cocoa Company - ECOM, Xprosourcing, Bancoex, Almonte, UTZ Certified, Valent Chocolat, Cocoa research Institute of Ghana (CRIG), International Cocoa Initiative, Clariant, Vredeseilanden VZW, Wageningen, Agroarriba, Catholic Relief Services, World Cocoa Farmers' Organization, Afco Farms, Yara and many more...