2024 SUMMIT HIGHLIGHTS
2024 OVERVIEW
The future of coffee is replete with overwhelming promises, and highly targeted and science-based digital and technology innovation. However, reality does not paint a rosy picture. With the difficult challenges of Climate change, soil and water depletion, lowering supply, decrease in global coffee prices and increasing consumer demand for sustainable coffee, the perpetuation of poverty-stricken smallholder farmers, something has to change.
World Coffee Innovation Summit 2024 “Redefining Shared Value: Innovation Towards a Net Positive Future” will convene global leaders, stakeholders and innovators to showcase various scalable innovations, their impact on traceability and sustainability, their capabilities to mitigate climate and financial risks, and fostering regenerative solutions. By integrating a shared value approach within the corporate business model, innovative solutions will drive not only business but also environmental and social value for farming communities. This net-positive economic approach helps to create a sustainable future for coffee and contributes to the overall well-being of society.
2024 SPEAKERS
Dr. Qu Dongyu
Director-General
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Director-General
World Trade Organization (WTO)
Sarah Nelen
Acting Director Green Diplomacy and Multilateralism(ENV. F), Directorate-General for Environment
European Commission
Dr. Alvaro Lario
President
International Fund of Agricultural Development (IFAD)
The Rt. Hon John Gummer, Lord Deben
Former Chairman
UK Climate Change Committee (The CCC)
House of Lords
Jennifer Jordan-Saifi
CEO
Sustainable Markets Initiative (SMI)
H.E. Johnston Busingye
High Commissioner for the Republic of Rwanda to the United Kingdom
Dr. Helge Elisabeth Zeitler
Director for UN, EU
German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
Antti Rautavaara
Special Envoy for Water
Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland
Clive de Ruig
President
ICE Benchmark Administration (IBA)
Dr. Jennifer “Vern” Long
Chief Executive Officer
World Coffee Research
Graham Turnock
Integrated Accelerator Team Leader, Special Advisor
European Space Agency (ESA)
Dr. Parmesh Shah
Global Lead for Data-Driven Digital Agriculture and Innovations
The World Bank
Tim Scharrer
COO and Regional Director Europe and North America
Volcafe
Pablo von Waldenfels
Director Corporate Responsibility
Tchibo GmbH
Laurent Sagarra
Vice President Sustainability
JDE Peet’s
Ritesh Sharan
Director, Global Farmer Support Centers & Hacienda Alsacia
Starbucks
Piet van Asten
Head of Sustainable Production Systems
Olam Food Ingredients (ofi)
William Kennedy
Senior Executive Editor, Energy and Commodities
Bloomberg
Patrick Lanz
EUDR Product Director
osapiens
Jonathan Sullivan
Vice President Commercial & Sustainability
Agmatix
Manfred Borer
Co-Founder & Chief Executive officer
Koltiva
Karla Canavan
Vice President, Commodity Trade and Finance, Markets
World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
Sylvia J. Megret
President and Chief Executive Officer
ACDI/VOCA
Chris Southworth
Secretary General
International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) United Kingdom
Owen Hewlett
Chief Technical Officer
Gold Standard
Technical Council Member
SBTi
H. E. Alex Assanvo
Executive Secretary
Cȏte d’Ivoire Ghana Cocoa Initiative (CIGCI)
Claude Bizimana
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
National Agricultural Export Development Board (NAEB), Rwanda
Franco Costantini
CEO
Regenagri
Jari Partanen
Former Board Director
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
N L N Swaroop
Global Product Head – Sustainability, Innovation, FIs, Asset distribution & Capital Management, Global Trade Solutions
HSBC
Sean Edwards
Chairman
International Trade Forfaiting Association (ITFA)
Head of Legal
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation(SMBC)
Evan Paul
Senior Director, Innovation for Nature
Salesforce
Rick van der Kamp
Global Lead for Markets, Value Chains and Rural Finance
International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD)
Barney Reynolds
Partner
A&O Shearman
Claire Elsdon
Global Director, Capital Markets
CDP
Tripurari Prasad
Investment Manager
Climate Asset Management
Surath Sengupta
Managing Director, Head of Trade and Working Capital Innovation & Transformation
Lloyds Banking Group
Randy Jagt
Future of Food Global Lead & Strategy Partner
Deloitte
Joy Macknight
Journalist, Former Editor
Financial Times - The Banker
Richard Jones
INED and Chair of Risk
FCMB Bank
Thomas Bagge
Chief Executive Officer
Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA)
Sophie Aujean
Director Global Advocacy
Fairtrade International
Paul Rooke
Executive Director
British Coffee Association (BCA)
Marie Kemplay
Deputy Editor
Financial Times Sustainable views
James Chamberlayne
Director, Sustainable Finance Program
CDP
Ed Mitchard
Chief Scientist & Co-Founder
Space Intelligence
Newerly Gutierrez Falla
Colombion Farmer
Andrew Gatera
Rwandan Farmer and Exporter
Ashley Olson Onyango
Head of Financial Inclusion & AgriTech
GSMA (Mobile for Development)
Chloé Rotureau
Partner & Ethics & Sustainability Specialist- Raw Material Sourcing
John Lewis Partnership (John Lewis and Waitrose)
Dominic Robinson
CEO
Soil Association Certification
T.J. Ryan
Chief of Party of Philippine Coffee Advancement and Farm Enterprise Project
ACDI/VOCA
Peter Nestor
Global Head of Human Rights
Novartis
Josep Garí
Head of Climate, Forests & Land
United Nations / UNDP
Juliette Caulkins
Executive Director
B Lab Europe
Grainne Lynch
Business Transformation Lead
IBM Consulting
BLOOMBERG
The coffee industry navigates tracing beans from global farms to European cafes amidst new sustainability regulations, a complex challenge. Read the whole article here
REUTERS
The European Commission said on Wednesday that financial institutions are not backing the EU's new deforestation law, which has faced a backlash from producing countries concerned it will create unfair trade barriers. Read the whole article here
AFRICA INTELLIGENCE
Africa's largest coffee producer is set to bear the brunt of Brussels's new traceability directives. Consequently, it has begun to turn its attention to India and China. Read the whole article here
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