HAWAII COFFEE ASSOCIATION
20th Annual Conference and Cupping Competition
Courtyard Marriot King Kamehameha’s Kona Beach Hotel
July 16-18, 2015
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
THURSDAY, July 16
12:00pm - 4:00pm - Set up
1:00pm - 4:00pm - Registration
5:30pm - 8:30pm - Welcome reception, Pupus, No host bar at hotel
FRIDAY, July 17
8:00am - 4:00pm - Trade show, Silent auction
7:30am - 8:00am - Registration
8:00am - 8:15am - Opening remarks - Scott Enright, HDOA Chairman8:15am - 9:00am - HDOA coffee labeling rules - Jeri Kahana
9:15am - 10:00am - CTAHR update - Andrea Kawabata
10:15am - 11:00am - HARC update - Chifumi Nagai
Chemical Compounds in Green Coffee & Impact on Quality
11:15am - 12:00pm - What does CBB taste like? - Greenwell Farms
12:00pm - 1:00pm - Lunch
1:00pm - 2:00pm - HCA annual meeting, election of officers
2:15pm - 3:45pm - Cupping workshop - Shawn Hamilton & Warren Muller
4:15pm - 7:00pm - Farm & Processing tour, Pupu Reception
SATURDAY, July 18
8:00am - 5:00pm - Trade show, Silent auction
7:30am - 8:00am - Registration
8:00am - 12:00pm - Coffee quality workshop - Andrea Kawabata, Lee Paterson & Miguel Meza
8:00am - 12:00pm - Presentations - Farm Bureau Report, Legislative Report,
Pacific Bag, Agrilogic, WUSATA, USDA
12:00pm - 1:00pm - Lunch
1:00pm - 2:00pm - Growers report - Hawaii Coffee Growers Assoc.
2:15pm - 3:00pm - SHAC / MAP / CBB update
3:15pm - 4:00pm - Importance of cupping – Cupping panel
4:00pm - 5:00pm - Scoring & announcement of district winners
6:00pm - 7:00pm - Cocktails, Last bids on silent auction
7:00pm - 9:00pm - HCA dinner
Presentation of the Creative & Commercial Champ
Dinner Speaker – Howard Dicus