Hawaii Coffee Association

HAWAII COFFEE ASSOCIATION
JUNE 6-8, 2008
HELD IN CONJUNCTION WITH COFFEE FEST HAWAII
AT THE HILTON WAIKOLOA

FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 2008
1:00 PM – 1:30 PM	“Myths About Coffee” Shawn Steiman, UH Coffee Specialist/ author.
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM	University of Hawaii, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources- Coffee Update & Hawaii Agricultural Research Center Update Coffee Extension Specialist – HC “Skip” Bittenbender, PhD
2:30 PM – 4:00 PM	Understanding Hawaiian Coffee Standards- Certification, Grading, & Labeling Jeri Kahana, Richard Dinker, Bill Pierpont
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM	HCA Annual Membership Meeting / Board Elections

SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 2008
1:00 PM – 1:30 PM	1:00 PM – 1:15 PM Lt. Governor James R. “Duke” Aiona – State Government Support for the Hawaii Coffee Industry
1:20 PM – 2:00 PM	Processing Coffee in Hawaii – Washed vs Naturals Tom Greenwell-Greenwell Farms, Dan Kuhn-International Agro Consulting Inc.
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM	Annual Growers Report – Kauai – Greg Williams, Kauai Coffee Oahu – Mike Conway, Waialua Coffee Maui – Kimo Falconer, Maui Grown Coffee Molokai – Mike Atherton, Coffees of Hawaii Big Island- Tom Greenwell, Greenwell Farms
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM	Sustainable Coffee – Jean Nicolas Wintgens, author “Coffee: Growing, Processing, Sustainable Production”
5:00 PM – 5:45 PM	Cocktails – No Host Bar – Silent Auction
5:45 PM – 8:30 PM	Dinner & Keynote Speaker Howard Dicus, KGMB 9 TV “Sunrise”