Convention

Foreword

The world is changing. The coffee industry is facing major challenges, largely shaped by climate change, changing consumer habits, sustainability and digitalisation.

Our industry must find answers that will allow us to continue producing coffee sustainably in the future. Without true sustainability, there is no future for coffee farmers - without adaptation to climate change, there is no coffee cultivation.

Natural scientists from all over the world and all fields will present the latest findings on climate change, sustainable cultivation, consumption and digitalisation and show solutions and applicable concepts.

The International Coffee Convention is aimed at all decision-makers in the coffee industry, farmers, roasters and the trade. Together with experts and colleagues, we want to highlight challenges and offer solutions.

It is time for real, science-based solutions that answer the challenges of the coffee industry.

Focus/Main topics

Experience presentations by international experts on the topics of climate change, consumption, sustainability & digitalisation.

Learn all about the status quo in the coffee industry, the latest findings in science and research and applicable solutions for all those involved in coffee cultivation, trade, processing and preparation.

Where is coffee cultivation heading in the face of climate change? What does biodiversity mean and how can it help to make cultivation more sustainable? What changes in consumer behaviour must the industry adapt to? How can coffee cultivation be made truly sustainable? What do coffee by-products and their production and processing mean in this context? What solutions and applications from and with coffee by-products already exist today, and which are available in the short term? What is the current status of novel food regulation and what does it mean for industry and trade?

Experience and discuss these and other questions with colleagues and experts in a unique, high-profile event in Mannheim. Become part of a modern and sustainable coffee future. Get answers to the coffee industry‘s questions of tomorrow.

Congress Structure

The lectures will be held separately according to the topics of climate change, consumption, sustainability and digitalisation. Lecture blocks will take place within the thematic areas. In the plenary, panel discussions on all keynote lectures will be held together with all participants.

The congress participants can thus choose their individual presentations from the four thematic areas and the presentation blocks and will later receive a summary with the keynotes of the presentations from all areas of the day during the panel discussions.

All lectures will also be recorded and will later be available to participants as a video-on-demand service. A special publication of the abstracts via a partnership with MDPI rounds off the convention.

On the last day, the Kaldi Awards for scientific work in the coffee sector will be presented.

Venue

The event will take place in the Congress Center Rosengarten and offers everything a congress and event center would require. With 44 halls on 22,000 square meters, the Rosengarten offers space for 9,000 participants* and room for individuality. With a view of the water tower, another landmark of Mannheim, the Rosengarten shapes the cityscape with its characteristic appearance.

Advisory Board

• Chairman: Dr. Dirk W. Lachenmeier, CVUA Karlsruhe
• Prof. Philipp Weller, Mannheim University
• Prof. Adriana Farah, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
• Prof. Carmen Ablan Lagman, De La Salle University Philippines
• Dr. Max Fabian, President International Coffee Organization
• Prof. María Dolores del Castillo, Spanish National Research Council
• Dr. Steffen Schwarz, Coffee Consulate Mannheim