2020

Sintercafé 2020 – Inauguration
Mr. Arnoldo Leiva, President, Sintercafé
Café de Costa Rica: Next Gen
Mrs. Maria Auxiliadora Bonilla Solis, Farmer, barista and founder, Cafetería Don Mayo,
Mr. Enrique Carvajal
From pandemic to climate change: the challenges we can overcome only together
Mr. Andrea Illy, Chairman, Illy Caffè
Coffid-19: How the Pandemic destroyed the box
Mr. Carlos Ortiz, Global Volcafe Way Manager, Volcafe
Global Coffee: Tracking the Changes in a Post-covid World
Mr. Michael Schaefer, Global Lead, Euromonitor International
Coffee varieties & Origin Diversity: Why Agricultural R&D is essential for coffee’s future
PhD. Vern Long, CEO, World Coffee Research

Panel – Together Toward Tomorrow: EU Green Deal Implications for the Coffee Industry
Engr. Carlos Fonseca Castro, Gerente Técnico, ICAFE,
Mrs. Eileen Gordon-Laity , Secretary General, European Coffee Federation,
Mr. Dean Sanders, Founder and Chairman, GoodBrand,
Mr. Cyrille Jannet , Vice President SCTA , Managing Director Keurig Trading,
Mr. Bill Murray, President & CEO, National Coffee Association, U.S.A.
True or False: Coronavirus boosts coffee consumption?
Mrs. Anna Vänskä, Senior Sourcing Manager, Paulig,
Mr. Rami Kuusisto, Commercial Director, Retail and OOH Finland, Paulig
The Post-Crisis Economy and Financial Markets
Mr. G. Scott Clemons , Chief Investment Strategist, Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
Funds, fundamentals, smoke and mirrors
Mr. Carlos Mera, Senior Commodity Analyst, Rabobank
Have we sold sustainability short? Past advances and next steps in the coffee sector’s sustainability journey
PhD. Janina Grabs, PhD. Janina Grabs, Postdoctoral researcher, Environmental Policy Lab, Department of Humanities, Social and Political Sciences, ETH Zurich
Closure
Mrs. Noelia Villalobos, Executive Director, Sintercafé

Sr. Michael Schaefer, “Café Global: Siguiendo los cambios en un Mundo Post-Covid”
PhD. Vern Long, “Variedades y Diversidad: Por qué la investigación agrícola es esencial para el futuro del Café”

Engr. Carlos Fonseca Castro, “Panel – Together Toward Tomorrow: EU Green Deal Implications for the Coffee Industry”
Mrs. Eileen Gordon-Laityo, “Panel – Together Toward Tomorrow: EU Green Deal Implications for the Coffee Industry”
Mrs. Anna Vänskä and Mr. Rami Kuusisto, “True or False: Coronavirus boosts coffee consumption?”
Mr. G. Scott Clemons, “The Post-Crisis Economy and Financial Markets”
Mr. Carlos Mera, “Funds, fundamentals, smoke and mirrors”
PhD. Janina Grabs, “Have we sold sustainability short? Past advances and next steps in the coffee sector’s sustainability journey”