Wednesday, April 3

Opening ceremonies

Welcome: Opening Words by Sponsoring Organizations

Robert Kaplan, IDB

Martin Raine, World Bank

George Carner, USAID Guatemala

Inauguration:  Jorge Rolando Escoto, Guatemalan Minister of Agriculture

Thursday, April 4

Session I – Inaugural Plenary Session:

Global Vision of the Crisis and Lines of Action – IDB, WB, USAID

Moderator: Guillermo Canet, Executive Director, PROMECAFE

Presenters:

Nature and Magnitude of the Crisis: Panos  Varangis, Senior Economist, WB

Implications for Lines of Action: 

Juan Carlos Martínez, Principal Economist, IDB

Market Access and Commercialization Opportunities: Daniele Giovannucci, Coffee Specialist, WB  

Public Policy, Institutional Framework and Incentives: Norberto Quezada, Consultant/Economist, IDB

Social and Environmental Dimensions: Rich Whelden, Deputy Director of the Central American Regional Program, USAID

Coffee Crisis Country Strategy

Moderator:  Mark Silverman, Mission Director for El Salvador, USAID

Presenters: Agriculture Ministers

Alfredo Antonio Robert Polini, COSTA RICA  

Salvador Edgardo Urrutia Loucel, EL SALVADOR

Jorge Rolando Escoto, GUATEMALA

Mariano Jiménez Talavera, HONDURAS

José Augusto Navarro, NICARAGUA

Session II – Plenary: Quality

Moderator: Robert Kaplan, Division Chief, Environmental and Natural Resources Management Division, Regional Operations Department II, IDB

Presenters:

Quality: Roaster's Perspective – Rob Stephen, Dunkin Donuts

Quality: Processor's Perspective – Rolando Vásquez, Mills Quality Management Expert

Quality: Producer's Perspective – Merling Preza Ramos, PROCOOP R.L., Nicaragua

Session III – Plenary: Diversification

Moderator: Martin Raine, Sustainable Rural Development Sector Leader, WB

^Ponentes:

Diversification and Incentives Framework – Paul Siegel, Rural Economist, WB

Key Elements of a Diversification Strategy – Marsha Krigsvold, Agronomist, FHIA – Honduras 

Diversification and Sustainability – Guillermo Belloso, Salvanatura

Friday, April 5

Session V – Plenary: Presentation of the Discussion Group Conclusions

^{Moderator: Loren Stoddard, USAID Washington}

Group 1: Quality: Consumer Perspective

Group 2: Quality: Processor's and Producer's Perspective

Group 3: Diversification: Key Issues and Sustainability

Session VI – Plenary: Consumption Trends and Key Aspects of Commercialization

Moderator: Raymond Waldron, USAID Honduras

Presenters:

-         Robert Nelson – Executive Director, National Coffee Association – US

-         Ted Lingle – Executive Director, Specialty Coffee Association of America

-         Luis Fernando Montenegro – President, ANACAFE – Guatemala 

Simultaneous Sessions

Session VII – Institutional Framework, Incentives and Vulnerability

Moderator:  Felipe Jaramillo – Economist, WB

Presenters:

Institutional Framework and Incentives 

Manuel Gutiérrez – Public Sector Consultant, El Salvador

Price Risk Managment to Reduce Producer's Vulnerability

Philippe Chabot – Commodity Group, WB

Session VIII – Social and Environmental Dimensions

Moderator:  Paul Siegel – Rural Economist, WB

Presenters: 

Social Dimensions of Coffee Production in Central America.

Ana Eugenia Marín, Oxfam International

Social and Environmental Guidelines

Mary Williams, Starbucks

Environmental Dimensions of Coffee Production in Central America

Matthew Quinlan – Director, Coffee Conservation Program, Conservation International

Session X: Plenary: Presentation of Group Conclusions

^{Moderator: Raymond Waldron, USAID Honduras}

Group 4: Consumption Trends and Key Aspects of Commercialization

Group 5: Institutional Framework, Incentives and Vulnerability

Group 6: Social and Environmental Dimensions

Group 7: Financing, Coffee, and the Rural Economy