Latin American Cacao and Chocolate Forum - 11th CACAO AND CHOCOLATE SHOWROOM 2020
"Responses in times of crisis: The Impact on Demand and Challenges for the Cacao and Chocolate value chain in Latin America and the post-pandemic world"
Lima-Peru, July 20-22
BLOCK I : Impact of the pandemic on global cacao and chocolate demand
TIME
CONFERENCE / TOPIC / SPEAKER
MODERATOR / PANELISTS
9:00 am.
10:00 am.
Conferencia 1:
“A View of the Global Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the World of Cacao”
Expositor:
Michel Arrion, President of the International Cocoa Organization, Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Moderador:
José Yturrios,
Peru Cacao Alliance National Director
Panelistas:
Jorge Montenegro, Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation, Peru.
Elías Cruz Godos, President of the Peruvian Association of Cacao Producers, APPCACAO.
José San Martín, Exportadora ROMEX General Manager, Peruvian Chamber of Coffee and Cacao.
10:00 am.
11:00 am.
Conferencia 2:
“Chocosuisse: The Swiss Chocolate Industry’s View on Peru and Latin America’s post COVID19”
Expositor:
Urs Furrer, Chocosuisse Director, SWITZERLAND.
Moderador:
Mauricio Chiaravalli,
Deputy Director Swiss Cooperation – SECO
Panelistas:
Christian Robin, Deputy Director of Trade Promotion Division of the State Department for Economics Affairs, SECO, SWITZERLAND.
Ricardo Bassani, Business Executive Officer Confitectionary Nestlé, PERU
Luis Mendoza, General Manager of the Peruvian Association of Cacao Producers, APPCACAO, PERU.
11:00 am.
12:00 m.
Conferencia 3:
“The COVID19 pandemic, market behavior and cocoa prices: trends and projections for 2020-2021”.
Expositor:
Jason Estrada and Alberto Nacer, Stone X, USA
Moderador:
José Gamarra
Deputy Director, Peru Cacao Alliance
Panelistas:
Francisco Miranda, President of the Ecuadorian Association of Cacao Producers, Ecuador.
José San Martín, Exportadora ROMEX General Manager, Peruvian Chamber of Coffee and Cacao, Peru.
Santiago Paz, Manager at Exportaciones Cooperativa NorAndino. Piura, Peru.
TIME
CONFERENCE / TOPIC / SPEAKER
MODERATOR / PANELISTS
9:00 am.
10:00 am.
Conferencia 1:
“Italy: Italy’s Confectionery Chocolate Industry’s view on Latin American cacao post COVID-19”
Expositor:
Don Angelo Agostoni, ICAM Spa
Moderador:
Edgar Quintanilla
PROMPERU
Panelistas:
Carlos Angulo, General Manager of Cooperativa Allima Cacao, San Martín, PERU.
Jorge Simons, General Manager of Cooperativa Alto Huallaga, Huánuco, PERU.
Mario Zulueta, Gerenal Managerof Cooperativa APROCAM, Amazonas, PERU.
Gonzalo Ríos, General Manager of Cooperativa ACOPAGRO, San Martín, PERU.
10:00 am.
11:00 am.
Conferencia 2:
“New global confectionery chocolate trends after the COVID-19 pandemic”
Expositor:
Anthony Myers, Editor at Confectionary News, United Kingdom
Moderador:
Moisés Loo,
DEVIDA
Panelistas:
Samir Giha, General Manager of CACAOSUYO, President of the Peruvian Association of Chocolate Producers, PERU.
Carla Martin, Harvard University, Founder and Executive Director of the Fine Cacao and Chocolate Institute, USA.
Lauren Adler, Founder & Chief Chocophile of Chocolopolis, Seattle, USA.
11:00 am.
12:00 m.
Conferencia 3:
“The impact of COVID19 on the fine chocolate market in the United States of America and prospects for Peru and Latin America’s fine flavor cacao”.
Expositor:
Dan Domingo, Fine Chocolate Industry Association Officer, FCCI, Cacao Latitudes, USA
Moderador:
Cecilia Huamanchumo
UNPD
Panelistas:
John Kehoe, Director of Sustainability at Guittard Chocolate, USA
Lissi Montoya, General Manager of Shatell Choclates, Peru
Laura Sweitzer, Director of Cocoa Sourcing and TCHO Source at TCHO Ventures, Inc., USA.
TIME
CONFERENCE / TOPIC / SPEAKER
MODERATOR / PANELISTS
9:00 am.
10:00 am.
Conferencia 1:
“Linking cadmium research to actions taken by actors in the chain”
Expositor:
Ph.D. Rachel Atkinson, CIAT-Bioversity, United Kingdom
y el Ph.D. Evert Thomas,Alianza Bioversity – CIAT, Bélgica.
Moderador:
Marleni Ramires, Ph.D., Representative Bioversity at LAC.
Panelistas:
Eduardo Espinoza, technical representative of Cooperativa NORANDINO, PERU.
Andrés Charry, CLIMALOCA project, Bioversity Alliance and CIAT, Colombia
César Dávila, Research Manager at Cooperativa Alto Huallaga, PERU.
10:00 am.
11:00 am.
Conferencia 2:
“Progress in cocoa and cadmium research: Cocoa Research Centre.”
Expositor:
Gideon Ramtahal, PhD; Cocoa Research Centre, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago
Moderador:
Ing. Hugo Palma, Technical Manager Perú Cacao Alliance
Panelistas:
Tommy Fairlie, Ph.D., former Director of Cacao Seguro Project, Peru
Evert Thomas, Ph. D., researcher Bioversity – CIAT Alliance, USA.
Enrique Arévalo, Ph.D., Director/Investigador del Instituto de Cultivos Tropicales – ICT, San Martìn, Perú / Profesor Investigador de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Alto Amazonas – UNAAA, Yurimaguas, PERU.
11:00 am.
12:00 m.
Conferencia 3:
“Progress in the research on the mitigation of cadmium in cacao beans in Ecuador, the world’s third largest cacao exporter”
Expositor:
Eduardo F. Chávez, Ph.D., Director of the FONTAGRO Project; Professor/Researcher at Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral (ESPOL), School of Life Sciences (FCV), Laboratory of Soils and Plant Nutrition, ECUADOR.
Moderador:
Carmen Rosa Chavez, Ministery of Agriculture and Irrigation, MINAGRI
Panelistas:
Eduardo Espinoza, NORANDINO Cooperative, Piura, PERU.
Rachel Atkinson, Ph.D., CIAT-Bioversity Alliance, UNITED KINGDOM.
Javier Aguilar, Especialista en Incocuidad Alimentaria, SENASA, PERU.
SPEAKERS
Santiago Paz,
Gerente de Exportaciones Cooperativa NorAndino
Urs Furrer,
Director of Chocosuisse, SUIZA.
Antony Myers,
Editor of Confectionary News, United Kingdom
Stefan Bloch,
PRONATEC AG
Samir Ghia,
General Manager CACAOSUYO
Elías Cruz Godos
Luis Mendoza,
APPCACAO
Miche Arrion
Francisco Miranda,
President of the National Association of Cocoa Producers of Ecuador
Raymond Major,
International cocoa consultant
John Kehoe
Carlos Angulo,
General Manager Cooperativa Allima Cacao.
Lauren Adler,
Founder & Chief Chocophile of Chocolopolis
Gonzalo Ríos,
General Manager Cooperativa ACOPAGRO.
Edgar Quintanilla,
PROMPERU
Bill Guyton,
Executive Director,
Fine Chocolate