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Day 1: Sunday 22 April 2018
Fine and Flavour Cocoa Forum (Berlin Room)
08:30 Registration
From niche to mainstream: spreading the taste for origin cocoa and quality chocolate to new and larger markets
Moderators: Martin Christy and Maricel Presilla
Dr. Jean-Marc Anga, Executive Director, ICCO
Martin Christy, Director, International Institute of Chocolate and Cacao Tasting
Maricel Presilla, Founder IICCT & International Chocolate Awards, Gran Cacao Company, FCIA, James Beard award-winning chef and author of ‘The New Taste of Chocolate’ & 'Peppers of the Americas'
New Responses to Address Various Market Issues:
Dr Darin Sukha, Research Fellow, Cocoa Research Centre of the University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago
Dr. Alex Rast, UK, IICCT, Seventy%, University of Southampton
Martin Christy
Maricel Presilla
Frank Homann: Honduras/Denmark, Founder and CEO, Xoco
Guido Castanga: Italy, Award-winning artisanal bean-to-bar chocolatier, giandujotti maker, author, TV personality
11.10 Cocoa Break
Warren Hsu: Taiwan, CEO, Executive Chef and Chocolate Maker, Fu Wan Chocolate Resort
Spencer Hyman, Cocoa Runners (UK)
Mikkel Friis-Holm: Denmark, Award-winning bean-to-bar chocolate maker, chef
Esteban Tinoco, Economist, International Cocoa Organisation (ICCO) (Ecuador)
Carmen Rosa Chavez, Peru Ministry of Agriculture (Peru)
12:30 Lunch Break (independent)
Latest Developments in some of the most innovative Fine and Flavour origins:
Michaela Schupp, Owner Chocolats-de-luxe.de, online fine chocolate retailer (Germany)
Ciaran Close, Hover Chocolates, (Germany)
Iveta Kilianová, Hover Chocolates, (Germany)
Katharina Zeilinger, Belyzium Craft Chocolate, (Germany),
15:30 Cocoa Break
Table 1: Standards and tools for evaluating fine cacao and chocolate
Table 2: Sustainability, certification and labelling in the fine and flavour cocoa sector
Table 3: Productivity and Farmer incomes in Fine Cacao
Table 4: Marketing for end Consumers
Table 5: Cadmium legislation and it effect on the fine cocoa and chocolate sectors