Global Coffee Forum 2015
Photo: Professor Jeffrey Sachs, Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University, called on the coffee industry to educate consumers about the steps that must be taken to address climate change. Watch his speech below.
The Global Coffee Forum is a unique, global event organized by the International Coffee Organization, the Italian Government's Ministry of Agricultural and Forest Policy, the Italian Coffee Committee, EXPO Milan 2015, and Fiera Milano Congressi, with the support of Italy’s leading coffee companies.
The event was held from 30 September to 1 October 2015 in the Auditorium of the Stella Polare Conference Centre of Fiera Milano.
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Day 1: 30 September 2015
Introductory session
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Welcome: Mario Cerutti, President, Comitato Italiano del Caffè (CIdC) |
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Opening remarks: Robério Oliveira Silva, Executive Director, ICO |
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‘Pleasure, health and sustainability: the three virtues of coffee’: |
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An overview of the coffee sector in Brazil: Guilherme Braga, Executive Director, Brazilian Coffee Exporters Council (CeCafé) |
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Jean-Marc Duvoisin, CEO, Nestlé Nespresso |
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Giuseppe Lavazza, Vice-President and member of the Board of Luigi Lavazza SpA |
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Michael R.
Neumann, Chairman, Board of Trustees, Hanns R.
Neumann Stiftung
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Ric Rhinehart, Executive Director, Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA), Chairman, Private Sector Consultative Board of the ICO |
Coffee and pleasure |
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Paradigms of the coffee culture: the link between coffee and pleasure, a global trend: Francesco Morace, Future Concept Lab |
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The Japanese way of enjoying coffee: Keiichi Yokoyama, Chairman, All Japan Coffee Association (AJCA) |
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Enhancing the pleasure of coffee through knowledge: The IAO Italian Coffee School— A successful example of public-private cooperation: Patrick Hoffer, Comitato Italiano del Caffè, and Massimo Battaglia, Istituto Agronomico per l'Oltremare (IAO) |
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Presentation of the activities of the Institute for Scientific Information on Coffee (ISIC): Elke Gerhard, Chair, ISIC Communication Committee |
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Introduction to the coffee and health session |
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Cognitive decline: Dr Karen Ritchie, French National Institute for Health and Medical Research, France |
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Cardiovascular health: Dr Carlo La Vecchia, Department of Clinical Sciences and Community, Univesity of Milan, Italy |
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Results of programmes carried out by the Italian Promotional Committee: Patrick Hoffer, President, Coffee Promotion Consortium (CPC) |
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'La cantata del caffè' by Johann Sebastian Bach, performed for the first time in Italian by the Compagnia Accademica Della Minerva. Directed by Annemette Schlosser |
Day 2: 1 October 2015
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Related ICO Documents
- ED-2200/15: Registration and draft programme, Global Coffee Forum, 30 September to 1 October 2015, Milan, Italy
