Conference Program (final)

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SESSION 1: BARAZA ROOM
African coffee market: how has it been affected by the current world economic status

Facilitator :  Robert Waggwa Nsibirwa, African Coffee Academy, Uganda

Speakers:

• Leveraging on coffee branding, Louise Njeru, Coffee Board of Kenya (15 min)
• The positive benefits of a negative global economy, Judy Ganes-Chase,  J. Ganes Consulting, LLC, USA (15 min)
• Coffee: the nucleus of African economies, Andrea Thompson, Coffeenetwork, Ireland  (15 min)
• The World economic crisis:  what the farmer does not know and how it is going to affect him, Justin Archer, Sangana Commodities (K) Ltd, Kenya  (15 min)

Comments from the ICO Executive Director Nestor Osorio, UK

SESSION 2: BARAZA ROOM
A closer look at coffee trading windows in Africa

Chairperson:  Leslie Omari, EAFCA Chairman

• CQI: the Q System & country partner development in East Africa, David Roche, Coffee Quality Institute, USA (15 min)
• The New Ethiopia Coffee Exchange, Dr. Eleni Gabre-Madhin, Ethiopia Commodity Exchange, Ethiopia (15 min)
• Liberalization of the coffee sector in Burundi, Nestor Niyungeko, Coffee Privatization Committee, Burundi (15 min)
• How China has been trading with African Countries, Barry Yuen, Coffee & Tea Academy of HK & China & Speciality Coffee Assn. of HK & China (15 min)

SESSION 3: BARAZA ROOM
Specialty Robusta in Africa

Chairperson: Ishak Lukenge, EAFCA, Uganda

Speakers: 

• Robusta Fine Coffees: Protocol for cupping and grading, Ted Lingle, CQI, USA (20 min)
• Flavor attributes of Robusta coffees, Sunalini Menon, Coffee Lab, India (20 min)
• Sample roasting Robusta coffees, Ken Davids, Coffee Consultant, USA (20 min)

SESSION 4: BARAZA ROOM

(Sponsored by Kenya Ports Authority)

Coffee in transit: effects of time and logistics

Chairperson:  Lionel de Roland Philipps, EAFCA,  SA

Speakers:

• Effects of transit in Africa on competitiveness, Shemmy Simuyemba, USAID/COMPETE Program, Kenya (15 min)
• The impact of hermetic storage and transport on coffee quality, Tom De Bruin, GrainPro Inc, USA  (15 min)
• Video presentation of the port of Mombasa  (15 min)
• Traders/ transit agents experiences:  Tony Stenning, SDV Transami, Kenya (15 min)  

SESSION 5: BARAZA ROOM
The effects of non tariff barriers on sustainability

Chairperson: Harrison Kalua, EAFCA, Malawi

Speakers:

• The roots of sustainability: supporting producers as sustainable markets grow Chris Wunderlich, Coordinator - Sustainable Commodity Initiative (SCI), USA (20 min)
• For a better coffee world, Melanie Rutten-Sülz, 4C Association, Germany (20 min)
• Problems of pesticide residues in Japan, Tomohiro Ishiwaki, S. Ishimitsu Co, Japan (20 min)

FAHARI ROOM: Fine Robusta Cupping.
Sponsored by CQI, EAFCA, UCDA, USAID-COMPETE

Lead by Ted Lingle, Ken Davids, and Sunalini. Tasting Fine Robustas - the advancement in cupping Robustas and the development of a gourmet Robusta cupping standard to be featured while cupping gourmet Robustas. .

To register please email: Kelly Peltier-Amoroso, canopycoffee@yahoo.com

FAHARI ROOM: East Africa Roundtable
Primary Sponsor: ECOM/Sangana – Kenya, Sustainable Harvest at Origin East Africa, additional sponsors: CQI, EAFCA, Atlas Coffee Imports, USAID-COMPETE.

A dialogue designed to help exporters and farmers discover how they can best serve the North American specialty market. The following topics will be discussed: successes and challenges of East African coffees, interests and needs of roasters and why they buy East Africa coffees, logistics of shipping and transportation, communications, quality control, consistency of the product, transparency, climate change. Andi Trindle of Atlantic Specialty will moderate this session. 

To register please email: Kelly Peltier-Amoroso, canopycoffee@yahoo.com.

Departure for COMPLIMENTARY ACTIVITIES

• Activity 1: Visit of Fort Jesus
• Activity 2: Visit of Haller Park
• Activity 3: Visit of the Port of Mombasa

SESSION 6: BARAZA ROOM

(Sponsored by Co-operative Bank of Kenya Ltd)

Coffee finance in Africa

Chairperson:  Benny Zimba, EAFCA, Zambia
Speakers:

• African coffee market: financing the smallholder in the current world economic situation, George Ooko, Coffee Development  Fund, Kenya (20 min)
• Navigating finance for sustainable SMEs, Sean Watters, FAST Marketplace (Finance Alliance for Sustainable Trade), Canada (20 min)

SESSION 7: BARAZA ROOM

(Sponsored by Juanco Centre)

The impact of climatic change on coffee production in Africa

Chairperson: Mohamed Moledina, Moledina Commodities, Inc. USA
Speakers:

• Summary on the changing climate for coffee, Peter Baker, CABI, Kenya (20 min)
• The impact of global warming on coffee production and quality,J K Kimemia, Coffee Research Foundation, Kenya (20min)

Session 8: BARAZA ROOM
Further understanding the specialty coffee market

Chairperson: Louise Njeru, Coffee Board of Kenya
Speakers:

• East African specialty coffee: challenges and opportunities for East African farmers,  David Browning Coffee Initiative, TechnoServe, USA (15 min)
• The market for Eastern African coffees: who is buying your coffees?  What are they saying?  Who is not buying your coffees and what are they saying? Tracy Ging, SCAA and its charitable trust, Coffee Quality Institute, USA (15 min)
• Creating long-term market access through the relationship coffee model, David Griswold, Sustainable Harvest Coffee Importers, USA (15 min)            

Session 9: BARAZA ROOM

(Sponsored by Coffee Development Fund)

Productivity vs value addition: farmer challenges

Chairperson:  Etienne Delbar, EAFCA, Kenya 
Speakers:

• Contribution of coffee commercial farms for coffee development and their role in value chain: the experience of Ethiopia, Esayas Kebede, Agricultural Investment Support Directorate, Director Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Ethiopia (20 min)
• Balanced fertilization: key to grow fine coffee, Jurgen Kusters, Yara Research Centre, Germany (20 min)
• Rwanda soil fertility survey for developing site specific soil management and fertilizer recommendations for coffee, Jeremy Cordingley, Crop Nutrition Laboratory Services Ltd, Kenya (20 min)
• Why are EA farmers producing less per hectare than their Asian or Latin American competitors?  John Schluter, Café Africa, Switzerland (20 min)
• Harvesting: costs vs benefits, Carlos Brando, Pinhalense Ltda, Brazil (20 min)