Summit 2022 Agenda

Event Agenda Overview

The Cacao and Chocolate Summit is founded by CONEXIÓN CHOCOLATE, and organized in partnership with Grocer’s Daughter Chocolate, the Fine Chocolate Industry Association (FCIA), and Rikolto.

Day 1: Wednesday May 25, 2022(All times are EST)

10:30am – 10:45am
Live Traditional Music

with
Mana Maymanda (Facebook / Spotify)

10:45am – 11:00am
Welcome Address

with
Conexión Chocolate, Rikolto, Grocer’s Daughter Chocolate, FCIA

11:00am – 12:15pm
This Moment in Fine Cacao

with
Ephi Maglaris (FCIA), Jack Steijn (Equipoise), Christian Marlin (MAG), Selassie Atadika (Midunu Chocolates)

12:20pm – 1:35pm
The Market Perspective on Building Resilience

with
Lauren Adler (Chocolopolis), Jenny Samaniego (Conexión Chocolate / Cacao & Chocolate Summit), Jody Hayden (Grocer’s Daughter Chocolate), Spencer Hayman (Cocoa Runners), Arcelia Gallardo (Mission Chocolate)

1:40pm – 2:55pm
Talking Traceability & Transparency

with
Kate Cavallin (Cacao Latitudes), Fausto Rodriguez (Rikolto LATAM), Simran Bindra (Kokoa Kamili), Monica Rogan (Goodnow Farms), Emily Stone (Uncommon Cacao)

2:55pm – 3:00pm
Closing Remarks

with
Conexión Chocolate, Rikolto, Grocer’s Daughter Chocolate, FCIA

Day 2: Thursday May 26, 2022(All times are EST)

10:30am – 10:45am
Live Traditional Music

with
Maya Maymanda (Facebook / Spotify)

10:45am – 11:00am
Opening Remarks

with
Conexión Chocolate, Rikolto, Grocer’s Daughter Chocolate, FCIA

11:00am – 12:15pm
Cacao & the Climate Crisis

with
Luis Orozco (LWR – MOCCA Project), Monica Mena (Agroarriba S.A.), Summer Allen (FCCI), Marco Fernando Guilcapi (Proamazonia), Ethan Budiansky (World Cocoa Foundation)

12:20pm – 1:35pm
The Producer Perspective on Building Resilience

with
Jerónimo Pruijn (SPP Global), George Fletcher Lazo (UOPROCAE ECOCACAO), Sarah Bharath (SarahBharath.com), Aaron Sylvester (Tri-Island Chocolate / Grenada Chocolate Company), Charita Puentespina (Malagos Chocolate Company)

1:40pm – 2:55pm
Highlighting the Heirloom Cacao Project

with
John Kehoe (Guittard Chocolate Company), Anne Zaczek (HCP), Lambert Motilal (The University of the West Indies)

2:55pm – 3:00pm
Closing Remarks

with
Conexión Chocolate, Rikolto, Grocer’s Daughter Chocolate, FCIA