CHOCOVISION 2012
“Balance the Challenge. From cocoa to chocolate – Strategy. Sustainability. Success.”
About 200 international business leaders and key stakeholders came together for the 1st CHOCOVISION conference to discuss opportunities and issues facing the cocoa and chocolate industry going forward. The conference was held under the theme “Balance the Challenge: From cocoa to chocolate - Strategy, Sustainability, Success.”
Activist and musician Sir Bob Geldof and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Muhammad Yunus inspired participants with remarkable keynote speeches. “The biggest challenges in the world today can only be overcome when the big players - governments, corporations and NGO’s - find a way to work together strategically,” Sir Bob Geldof said in his speech. At the end of the three-day conference, William Guyton, President of the World Cocoa Foundation (WCF), announced the establishment of CocoaAction, a global platform for building a rejuvenated and economically viable cocoa sector through increased cooperation between industry members and the governments of Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana.
Keynote Speakers
| Mamadou | Sangafowa Coulibaly | Republic of Côte d'Ivoire |
| Sir Bob | Geldof | Singer, Songwriter and Political Activist |
Speakers
More than 30 high-level speakers discussed topics such as: rising demand, supply constraints, lack of sustainability in the cocoa sector, rise of new chocolate consumption markets, changing consumer needs and behavior.
| Juan Carlos | Ardila | Colcocoa / Cafexport |
| Vinita | Bali | Britannia Industries |
| Jerome | Barra | Firmenich |
| John P. | Bilbrey | The Hershey Company |
| David | Bosshart | Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute |
| John | Chuang | Petra Foods Ltd. |
| Alexandre | Costa | Cacau Show |
| H. Sona | Ebai | African Cocoa Initiative |
| Professor Claudio | Ferri | University of L’Aquila |
| Anthony | Fofie | Ghana Cocoa Board |
| Jim | Goldman | Godiva Chocolatier |
| Dr. Lee Choon | Hui | Malaysian Cocoa Board |
| Andreas | Jacobs | Barry Callebaut AG |
| Barbara | Janom Steiner | Canton of Grisons |
| Harriet | Lamb | Fairtrade Foundation |
| Guillaume | Le Cunff | Nestlé Nespresso |
| Lazare Essimi | Menye | Republic of Cameroon |
| John | Morris | KPMG |
| Solange | N’Guessan | UCAS |
| Mireille | Perrin Decorzent | WWF International |
| Barry | Parkin | Mars, Inc. |
| Joe | M. Prendergast | Credit Suisse |
| Bharat | Puri | Mondelēz |
| Urs | Rohner | Credit Suisse |
| Haig | Simonian | The Financial Times |
| Juergen | Steinemann | Barry Callebaut |
| Dieter | Weisskopf | Lindt & Sprüngli |
| Prof. Muhammad | Yunus | 2006 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate |
PARTNERS
CHOCOVISION 2012 would like to thank the following partners for their support:
Organizer
Barry Callebaut
Premium Partner
Credit Suisse
Knowledge Partner
KPMG
Contributing Partner
Firmenich SA
Cooperating Partner
Bühler
CristalCo
IOI Loders Croklaan
Nordzucker
Media Partner
The Financial Times
Media Partner
Sweets Global Network
Confectionery Production