The sixth edition of the Producer & Roaster Forum will be held on March 16 and 17. The schedule for Day 1 and 2 will be updated daily with more speakers and panelists.
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AUDITORIUM
8:30am – ARRIVALS
Henry Wilson
Julio Guevara
Jonathan Moral
Estella Zuleta Carmona
José Guzmán
Federico Bolaños
Carlos Pola11:15am – 11:20am – COFFEE BREAK
Dulce Barrera
Sam Corra
Mohamad Merhi
Cleia Junqueira
Mostafa El-Saiid
Darina Onoprienko1:40pm – 1:45pm – COFFEE BREAK
Matt Swenson
Edgar Cabrera
Kenneth Lander
Albert Scalla
Jeffrey Chean
Bram De Hoog
Lewis Harding5:00pm – END OF DAY
8:30am – ARRIVALS
Ola Brattås
Osamah Alawwam
Yousef AlZayer
Miguel Candel
Julia Leach
Dale Harris
Ryan Garrick
Jordan Montgomery11:40am – 11:45am – COFFEE BREAK
Martin Mayorga
Zoran Stanojevic
Tony Dreyfuss
Nicole Battefeld-Montgomery
Jorge Raúl Rivera
Mark Zhou1:55pm – 2:00pm – COFFEE BREAK
Johanna de Rodríguez
Jonathan Rodríguez
Wilton Benitez
Rodrigo Jaeger
Ana María Schmidt
María Elena Botto
Eduardo Choza
Luis Eduardo López5:00pm – END OF DAY
8:30am – ARRIVALS
9:30am – 10:10am – J. Guzman (UK)
10:15am – 10:40am – R. Pereira (USA), N. Castellano (USA)
10:40am – 11:00am – COFFEE BREAK
11:00am – 11:25am – G. Druce (Germany)
11:30am – 12:10pm – D. Migliatti (Brazil), K. Konstantinopoulos (Greece)
12:10pm – 12:30pm – COFFEE BREAK
12:30pm – 1:10pm – T. Dreyfuss (USA), D. Harris (UK), F. Yuan (UK)
1:40pm – 2:00pm – COFFEE BREAK
2:00pm – 2:40pm – F. Alhamrani (Saudi Arabia), M. Pavani (UAE), H. Dimitris (Jordan)
3:25pm – 3:45pm – COFFEE BREAK
5:00pm – END OF DAY
8:30am – ARRIVALS
9:00am – 9:20am
PRF Welcome Speech
- Henry Wilson
- Julio Guevara
9:25am – 10:05am
How Can We Make Specialty Coffee Less Elitist?
- Jonathan Moral
- Estella Zuleta Carmona
- Rodrigo Giammattei
10:10am – 10:30am
Creating a pathway for selling ultra-premium coffees
- José Guzmán
10:35am – 11:15am
Winning the WBC: who's involved and how?
- Federico Bolaños
- Carlos Pola
11:15am – 11:20am
COFFEE BREAK
11:20am – 11:40am
Key steps to managing quality control
- Dulce Barrera
11:45am – 12:05pm
Addressing the North-South Divide in the Coffee Supply Chain
- Sam Corra
12:10pm – 12:30pm
Reviewing the Challenges Facing Roasters Who Trade Directly With Producers
- Mohamad Merhi
12:35pm – 1:15pm
Reviewing Middle Eastern specialty coffee trends
- Cleia Junqueira
- Anthony Bedoyan
- Mostafa El-Saiid
1:20pm – 1:40pm
Data & green coffee quality: Why is it so important?
- Darina Onoprienko
1:40pm – 1:45pm
COFFEE BREAK
1:50pm – 2:10pm
The Evolving Coffee Market in the US
- Matt Swenson
2:15pm – 2:55pm
Scaling specialty coffee consumption through relationships with fast food chains
- Edgar Cabrera
- Kenneth Lander
3:00pm – 3:20pm
Coffee prices: What happened in 2022 and what can we expect in 2023?
- Albert Scalla
3:25pm – 4:05pm
Analyzing supply chain actors: How can roasters add more value for producers?
- Jeffrey Chean
- Sara Corrales
- Adam Kline