Keynote Speakers
S1 - Plant Science
Root microbiota and induced systemic resistance
Prof. Corné Pieterse
- Plant-Microbe Interactions
- Institute of Environmental Biology
- Department of Biology
- Faculty of Science
- Utrecht University
- Tel: +31 30 253 6887 - C.M.J.Pieterse@uu.nl
S2 - Plant pathology & protection
Overcoming pests, diseases and climate variability: the tale of Colombian coffee
Dr Alvaro Gaitán
- Director
- Centro Nacional de Investigaciones de Café - Cenicafé - National Coffee Research Center - Cenicafé
- Planalto km. 4, Vía Antigua Chinchiná-Manizales, Manizales - Caldas, Colombia
- PBX: (+57) (606) 850 0707 - https://federaciondecafeteros.org
S5 - Sustainability, climate change, labels
Integrating climate risk management and insurance for sustainable coffee production in a changing climate
Jarrod Kath
- School of Agriculture and Environmental Science
- University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, QLD, Australia
- jarrod.kath@usq.edu.au
S6 - Biochemistry & biotechnology of green coffee
Transmuting coffee by-products into eatable and non-eatable products
Prof. Dr Adriana Farah
- Laboratório de Química e Bioatividade de Alimentos
- Núcleo de Pesquisa em Café - NUPECAFÉ
- Instituto de Nutrição
- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
- afarah@nutricao.ufrj.br
S7 - Roasted coffee technology & processing
Expanding the flavour space of coffee: Impact of Species, Processing and Roasting
Sebastian E. W. Opitz
- Analytical Chemistry unit and Coffee Excellence Center
- Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Waedenswil, Switzerland
- opit@zhaw.ch
S8 - Coffee chemistry & sensory sciences
Aroma, taste, somatosensory, and modulator compounds that contribute to the flavor perception
Prof. Devin Peterson
- Distinguished Professor of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
- http://frec.osu.edu/
- https://foodsforhealth.osu.edu/
- peterson.892@osu.edu
S9 - Health & safety, consumption
Coffee consumption and risk of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases
Prof. Rob Van Dam
- Ph.D., Professor
- Departments of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences (primary) and Epidemiology
- Milken School of Public Health
- The George Washington University
- 950 New Hampshire Ave NW #2, Washington DC 20052
Effects of regular coffee consumption on cardio vacular diseases: findings from the UK biobank
Prof. Peter M. Kistler
- Chair of Medicine and Head
- The Central Clinical School, Monash University
- Melbourne, Australia