On next May 18th and 19th, the 18th edition of the most traditional international event for the coffee market, will be held in Guarujá.

The theme for the XVIII Santos International Coffee Seminar, keeps the emphasis in the posture of the production combined with sustainability – respect for the social and economic conditions of the workforce and for the preservation of the environment – and how it will affect all segments involved with the production and commercialization of coffee.

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Program

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Tuesday (May 18th, 2010)

10h00: Opening of the Secretariat for receiving credentials and Seminar material

14h00: Opening Ceremony

15h00: Panel 1– Brazilian Production 2010/2011 Coffee Crop x Brazilian Consumption
Guilherme Braga Abreu Pires Filho (General Director of CECAFÉ)
Celso Luis Rodrigues Vegro (Agronomist– IEA Instituto de Economia Agrícola de São Paulo)
Professor Sylvia Saes ( FEA/USP)

16h00: Coffee Break

16h15: Speech 1 – Coffee and the Port of Santos
José Roberto Correia Serra (Director-President of Companhia Docas do Estado de São Paulo – Codesp)

17h15: Panel 2 – “Black Gold” competing with “Green Gold”?
José Luiz Marcusso (General Manager of Petrobras)
Fernando Honorato Barbosa (Coordinator of de Economic Department of Bradesco)

18h45: Welcoming Cocktail

Wednesday (May 19th, 2010)

09h00: Speech 2 – Coffee and the BVM&F Derivatives
Luiz Cláudio Caffagni (Manager of Services in Commodities)

09h45: Speech 3 – World Consumption / Demand
Neil Rosser (Managing Director of NKG Statistical Unit Ltda.)

10h30: Coffee Break

10h45: Speech 4 – Behavior of Differentials and the “C” – Has it lost correlation for good?
Rodrigo Corrêa da Costa (Vice President of Institutional Sales of Newedge USA, LLC)

11h30: Speech 5 – Brazilian Coffee in the Specialty Market
Dub Hay (Senior Vice President Coffee & Tea – Starbucks Coffee Company)

12h15: End of Work Sessions

14h00 – 18h00: Afternoon free for meetings and networking among participants

19h00: Closing Dinner

Coffee Breaks sponsored by
Sara Lee