industry stakeholders from over 40 countries will address sustainability
challenges of the coffee value chain under a co-responsibility
approach.
The ICO Executive Director, the President
of Colombia and the CEO of the Colombian Coffee Growers Federation (FNC)
will also take part in the opening ceremony, along with representatives
of African, Asian and Latin American coffee producers.
BOGOTÁ, Colombia, June 15 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- (FNC Press Office) –
The First World Coffee Producers Forum, to be held in Medellín,
Colombia, from July 10 to 12, will be opened by the expert and leader in
sustainable development Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs as keynote speaker.
The program of the First World Coffee Producers Forum
includes speakers, analysts and guests of international stature, and
will address issues that affect the entire coffee industry, making this
event a must.
A world-renowned professor of economics, senior UN
advisor, bestselling author, and syndicated columnist, Professor Sachs
is currently the director of both the Center for Sustainable Development
(at the Columbia University) and the UN Sustainable Development
Solutions Network.
The Executive Director of the International
Coffee Organization (ICO), José Sette; the President of Colombia, Juan
Manuel Santos, and the CEO of the Colombian Coffee Growers Federation
(FNC), Roberto Velez, will also participate in the opening ceremony,
along with representatives of African, Asian and Latin American coffee
producers.
The First World Coffee Producers Forum aims at
addressing the challenges that could prevent the value chain from being
sustainable in the future, such as a more equitable distribution of
income, with an approach of co-responsibility of all stakeholders.
Bringing Together Coffee Producers and Key Actors of the Global Industry
The
forum's academic agenda will address issues that are common challenges
to all coffee-producing countries and pose a threat to the industry as a
whole. Economic sustainability of coffee growers, rural development,
socio-economic indicators, climate change adaptation, productivity,
price volatility, generational change, and labor are some of them.
Thematic
working groups and panels will analyze challenges of coffee production
and trading and make recommendations on how to deal with them.
Other
figures of international stature attending the forum as moderators or
speakers are Ric Rhinehardt, Executive Director and CEO of the Specialty
Coffee Association (SCA); Fred Kawuma, Secretary General of the
Inter-African Coffee Organization (IACO); Silas Brasileiro, Executive
President of Brazil's National Coffee Council (NCC) and Annette Pensel,
Executive Director of the Global Coffee Platform.
Ronald Peters,
Executive Director of Costa Rica's Coffee Institute (Icafé); René León,
Executive Secretary of Promecafé; Ishak Lukenge, President of the Uganda
Chapter and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the African Fine
Coffees Association (AFCA), and Vanusia Nogueira, Executive Director of
the Brazil Specialty Coffee Association (BSCA) will also participate in
the forum as moderators or panel members.
Among industry
representatives attending the forum, including global companies like
Starbucks, several will also take part as speakers or panelists, such as
Marcelo Burity, Head of Green Coffee Development at Nestlé, and Andrea
Illy, Chairman of Illycaffè.
During the whole conference,
attendees will be able to taste coffees from all the producing countries
that will participate in the forum.
Given the great interest
that this event has drawn (including a two-day field trip to the central
Colombian coffee region) and that places are limited, those interested
in attending must register at:
http://www.worldcoffeeproducersforum.com/es
http://www.worldcoffeeproducersforum.com/
About the FNC
Created
in 1927, the Colombian Coffee Growers Federation (FNC, Federación
Nacional de Cafeteros) represents over 560,000 Colombian coffee growers.
With a vision of environmental, economic and social sustainability, its
mission is to work for the well-being of Colombian coffee growers and
their families. It provides public goods and services and develops
specific programs and strategies that help them climb the value chain
and improve their quality of life.
Contact Information:
Federación Nacional de Cafeteros de Colombia
Jenny Vanessa Cuervo
(57+1) 3136600 Ext. 1697
SOURCE : Federacion Nacional de Cafeteros de Colombia-Fondo Nacional del Café
JEFFREY SACHS TO OPEN 1ST WORLD COFFEE PRODUCERS FORUM IN COLOMBIA
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