A professional in the field of consumer business, she serves as the Business Executive Officer (BEO) for Coffee in Brazil, a position she has held since August 2023. Throughout her career, she demonstrated leadership in the Uruguayan market as Country Manager and held the position of Executive Director in Argentina. She holds a degree in Business Administration from the University of Buenos Aires, where she also made her mark as a Marketing professor for nearly a decade

Stefan Dierks is since 2019 Director Sustainability Strategy at Melitta Group in Minden/Germany.He has 18-years’ experience in sustainability transformation management, with a special focus on the economic sectors coffee, plastics, pulp and paper as well as electrical appliances. Due to his prior professional experience as HR coach and developer, he places a high value on the needs of human beings in transformation processes. Along with his engagement in the mentioned sectors, he is engaged in various sector and sustainability associations and initiatives, on global as well as European and national scale. Stefan studied Environmental Sciences at the Leuphana Luneburg in Germany

Adriana Mejía Cuartas is a senior executive with over 25 years of experience and currently serves as Chair of the Board at the Global Coffee Platform. She has a strong focus on sustainable business development, stakeholder engagement, and international market strategies. Adriana is a former board member of UTZ Certified (now Rainforest Alliance UTZ) and was the first woman nominated for CEO of the Colombian Coffee Growers Federation. A 4th generation coffee grower, she continues to advocate for sustainability and industry growth through strategic partnerships and governance.

Coffee producer and president of COOPERVASS. He has served as president of Apas and responsible for its commercialization, vice-president of Coopervass, and president of Aprocam/D.O Mantiqueira de Minas from 2021 to 2024. He works on strengthening coffee production, implementing certifications, studying post-harvest processes, and marketing specialty coffees, contributing to the development and visibility of the region through associations and cooperatives.

Coffee producer with over 11 years of experience in the sector. Owner of Capadócia Coffees, a company that has already gained international recognition even with only one year in operation. He leads the commercial area and oversees the brand's exports, which currently reach over 12 countries worldwide. He regularly participates in international fairs, strengthening his network and expanding Capadócia's presence in the global market.

Professor at the Department of Gastronomy at UFRJ, Postdoctoral in Communication, creator of the Pretonomia extension project, the Black Gastronomy Festival, and the Black Gastronomy Award. Judge on the reality show Vida de Merendeira and Forbes Under 30. Author of 12 books and over 180 articles and abstracts in national and international academic events and journals. Columnist for Notícia Preta and Revista Bares e Restaurantes at Abrasel.

With a degree in Business Administration from FAAP-SP, Caio Alonso Fontes has over 20 years of experience in the coffee market, leading transformation and creative development initiatives in the sector. He is a founding partner and director of Espresso&CO, a company responsible for impactful products in the specialty coffee market, such as Espresso Magazine, International Coffee Week, the e-commerce Café Store and the São Paulo Coffee Festival.

With a family history in coffee farming in southern Minas Gerais, he has been dedicated to the cooperative system since 1977. In 1983, he joined the fiscal council of the Regional Coffee Growers' Cooperative in Guaxupé (Cooxupé). Over the years, he served on the advisory council and, in 2003, joined Cooxupé's executive board, eventually taking on the role of vice-president. In March 2019, he assumed the presidency of Cooxupé, driving continuous improvements for over 20,000 cooperative members across the regions of South Minas, Cerrado Mineiro, Média Mogiana Paulista, and Matas de Minas.

An engineer graduated from Poli/USP with postgraduate studies at MIT (USA), he is the founder and partner of P&A, a consulting firm that coordinates two international sustainability programs in Brazil: the Global Coffee Platform (GCP) and CocoaAction. He also manages the exports of Pinhalense and Carmomaq equipment to over 100 countries across all five continents. Former president and board member of the GCP, Carlos is currently the president of the Board of Coffee and Immigration Museums and a board member of the Coffee Quality Institute (CQI). He received the IAC 2016 award for Agribusiness Personality as well as recognition for his professional career from the African Fine Coffees Association (AFCA).

Indigenous from the Paiter Suruí people, born and raised in the Amazon, in the heart of Brazil. She is an entrepreneur with the brand Sarikab, a coffee producer, and a barista, known for being the first Indigenous barista in Brazil. Today, she works as a barista for the TRIBOS project by 3corações.

With over 24 years of experience in the coffee sector, he has distinguished himself in the commercial and administrative areas. Throughout his career, he has significantly contributed to sales expansion and the development of major accounts, in addition to promoting ideas and projects that have positively impacted the coffee production chain. Since 2019, as the Executive Director of ABIC, he has applied his expertise in strategic planning, executive leadership, and team training to strengthen the coffee sector in Brazil. He holds a degree in Philosophy from the Benedictine Theological School of Brazil.

Professor at the School of Economics at FGV in São Paulo and at the School of Law at FGV in Rio de Janeiro. She holds a PhD and a master's degree from Harvard University and specializes in green transition, carbon governance, and sustainable development. She has served in the federal government in various positions, including Secretary of Sustainable Development and Secretary of Strategic Actions at the Strategic Affairs Secretariat of the Presidency of the Republic.

Geographer and PhD in Geography, she is an associate researcher at the Territorial Intelligence Center (CIT) and the Remote Sensing Center (CSR) at UFMG. She focuses on developing science and technology solutions to support the environmental sustainability of agriculture, with a particular emphasis on initiatives like the Green Seal. Her areas of expertise include Geotechnologies, Environmental Analysis and Modeling, applied to projects for social and environmental compliance assessment and commodity traceability.

Agronomist graduated from the University of São Paulo. He has been working for 37 years in sustainable coffee production consulting, focusing on soil fertility management, production costs, and market connections. He coordinated coffee production and processing projects for Kraft General Foods in Brazil and southern China. He led the implementation and national coordination of the UTZ sustainability program in Brazil for coffee and cocoa for 15 years. Since 2016, he has been a senior consultant for the Cocoa Action Brazil initiative and the Global Coffee Platform (GCP) in Brazil, as part of the P&A team, developing and implementing internal management systems for sustainability for cooperatives, rural extension entities, and coffee exporters. He is an independent consultant in production, agricultural management, technology, and business strategy for various coffee and cocoa producer groups in Brazil. He is also a member of the Pesticide Action Group of the GCP, a group that discusses major bottlenecks in the use of phytopharmaceutical products.

He has been working as Quality Manager at Fazenda São José in Ibiá, in the Cerrado Mineiro, since December 2020. Born in Vitória (ES) and raised in Portugal, he holds a degree in Accounting. He worked in the coffee industry in Europe at Delta Cafés for 10 years. He trained as a barista and specialized in post-harvest processes, fermentation, tasting, and roasting. He is a Q-Grader, Q-Processing Level II, and Q-Fermentation certified by the Coffee Quality Institute (CQI). He also works as a post-harvest consultant in the region.

Barista and course instructor, she has worked at companies such as Studios Coffee, Orfeu Cafés, Over Coffee Roasters, Santo Grão, and Zel Café, where she was involved in operations, training, consulting, café management, roasting, and quality control for clients. One of the first selected to study coffee through the Dona Ivone scholarship, offered by the Coalition for Racial Equality in Coffee, in partnership with institutions like Sindicafé, she co-founded Punga Cafés Especiais in 2023. She is no longer part of the brand and now manages her own career in the specialty coffee market.

Researcher at Embrapa Rondônia, agronomist, with a master’s and PhD in Agricultural Engineering from UFV. He works on the harvest, post-harvest, and quality of Amazonian Robusta coffees, and develops projects related to the socioeconomics of coffee in the Amazon.

Human Rights Lawyer with 17 years of experience in implementing international technical cooperation projects, with an emphasis on combating modern slavery and child labor in global supply chains. She worked for 14 years at the International Labour Organization (ILO) and, more recently, served as the Brazil Director of the Global Fund to End Modern Slavery (GFEMS). She also provides consulting services on decent work, business, and human rights issues.

Graduated in International Relations with a focus on communication. He is the Director of Product and Market Development at Daterra Coffee, where he supports Daterra's agronomic and production teams to align market needs and trends with the farm’s production potential. With experience in over 30 coffee-consuming countries, he has a comprehensive understanding of farm operations and global market demands. He also works closely with research and quality teams to develop experimental processes on the farm for producing differentiated microlots. At Daterra, he also co-leads sustainability and socio-environmental projects.

Agricultural Engineer from São Paulo State University (UNESP), with a PhD in Agronomy-Agriculture from São Paulo State University and a postdoctorate in Agricultural Engineering-Agricultural Product Processing from the Federal University of Lavras (UFLA). He is a Scientific Researcher at the Agronomic Institute (IAC), working in the areas of Sustainable Coffee Production Systems and Post-Harvest Processing Technology. He is an international specialty coffee taster certified by the Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) and a Q-Grader certified by the Coffee Quality Institute (CQI).

Economist with an MBA in Marketing/Management, he has over 45 years of experience in the coffee industry, with the last 15 years as a director/consultant at Pharos Consulting and 30 years at two instant coffee companies, always in commercial, export, and marketing roles.

Agronomist (ESAL), with a Master's and PhD in Plant Physiology (UFV), and a postdoctoral fellowship in Molecular Physiology (The Ohio State University and University of Missouri). She has worked for 42 years in Stress Physiology and Coffee Production

Biologist, coffee grower, and current president of the Associated Coffee Growers of the Matas de Rondônia Region (Caferon)

She has been working with coffee since 2014, starting as a receptionist in a gourmet coffee company. She developed her skills in fiscal management, national and international logistics management, pricing, and operational and financial management. In 2018, she launched the social project Young Baristas, which trains individuals in social vulnerability for barista careers, achieving a 99% employment rate. In 2020, she opened Café Utopia, a café aimed at being a reference point for practical training for students and a safe and accessible space for the peripheral population and the Afro-Brazilian community. She studies the ancestry of coffee to help recover its history alongside the history of its ancestors. Today, she works in the market as a consultant, instructor for coffee courses, and specialist in specialty coffees.

With over 35 years of experience in the coffee industry, he is currently the Research and Development Manager at 3corações and Vice President of Technology and Modernization at the Brazilian Coffee Industry Association (ABIC).

Biotechnology Engineer (UNESP), with a master’s and PhD in Chemical Engineering (UNICAMP), including a period at the University of Coimbra (Portugal). With two postdoctoral fellowships in Biotechnology (UFES), she is currently a partner and director of Nano Smart, a startup developing nanotechnology-based biosensors for contaminant detection. In the coffee sector, her work focuses on the detection of Ochratoxin A and Glyphosate. Additionally, she is the creator and founder of Trius Coffee, a specialty coffee brand.

She has been a researcher at the Agricultural Research Company of Minas Gerais (EPAMIG) since 1992, specializing in biological pest control. She holds a degree in Agronomic Engineering from the Federal University of Pelotas (1988), a Master's in Phytosanitary (Entomology) from the Federal University of Lavras (1991), a Ph.D. in Population Biology from the University of Amsterdam (2000), and completed her postdoctoral studies at the University of California, Davis (2015/16). Recognized for her research productivity, she was named one of the Top 100 women in agribusiness by Forbes in 2023.

Uruguayan and agronomist, he graduated from the Universidad de La República (Uruguay) and holds specializations in Marketing and Finance (Boston University, USA) and Global Economics (The London School of Economics and Political Science, UK), as well as an MBA in Business Management (EGADE Business School, Mexico). He has been with Yara since 2014 and served as SVP LATAM before becoming the President of Yara Brazil

He entered the coffee industry 45 years ago at Tristão, in Rio de Janeiro, where he rose to the position of Superintendent Director of one of Brazil's largest business groups in the coffee sector. At the Coffee Trade Center of Vitória, an organization with 75 years of history, he has held various leadership roles, eventually becoming Chairman of the Board of Directors and Executive Director of this esteemed organization from 2020 to 2022. During his tenure, he led several initiatives supporting coffee production in Espírito Santo, most notably the Vitória Coffee Summit 2022, a landmark event for the entire Brazilian coffee sector. Since 2023, he has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Brazilian Coffee Exporters Council (Cecafé).

Graduated in Business Administration with specializations in Foreign Trade, he has extensive experience in national and international companies, working in the financial sector, including stock exchange, commodities, and derivatives. He coordinated Denac (National Coffee Department) in Brasília and co-founded consulting and capital market firms. He worked for 12 years at Sicoob Copersul, serving as Vice President for three of those years, and held the presidency of Cocatrel for three consecutive terms. In addition to being a coffee grower, he participates in various councils related to the coffee and cooperative sectors, including CNC, Ocemg, CDPC, and Fundação Procafe. He is also the Chair of the Board of Directors at COCCAMIG, representing 17 affiliated cooperatives and approximately 50,000 members.

CEO of the Cecafé since 2016. Professor at the MBA program at Esalq/USP since 2017. Member of the Board of the Agribusiness Superior Council (COSAG) of Fiesp since 2017. A strategic leader, driving the growth and success of Brazilian coffee exports. He has expertise in promoting Brazilian coffee globally and increasing its demand. He collaborates with industry organizations, governments, and regulatory bodies to create a favorable environment for exports. He is an active participant in coffee conferences at global events, sharing knowledge and experiences with industry professionals. He holds a degree in Agronomy and a Master's in Agronomy, both from the University of São Paulo, "Luiz de Queiroz" College of Agriculture (ESALQ/USP)

She holds a degree in Information Systems and has specialized training in People Management. She is the President of IWCA Brazil and CEO of the specialty coffee company Café Renovo. She has experience in coffee production and post-harvest care. She is also a mentor in the Todos a Uma Só Voz movement, a board advisor at ABMRA for building the Agro do Brasil brand, and the Leader of the Agribusiness Committee in the Grupo Mulheres do Brasil.

Agronomist from the Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture (ESALQ/USP), with postgraduate studies in Coffee Agribusiness from FIA/USP and in Coffee Economics and Science from the University of Trieste/illycaffè in Italy. Agronomic consultant in coffee production, with experience in technical assistance, training and professional development, planning projects, management of production and sustainability. Experience as an auditor for certification in sustainable supply chains. Farmer and coffee grower in southern Minas Gerais. Director of P&A Consulting, where he has been coordinating multi-stakeholder, pre-competitive, and public-private initiatives for sustainable development of supply chains since 2013. Currently, he is the Director of the Global Coffee Platform (GCP) in Brazil.

Partner at StartSe and co-author of the bestseller "Organizações Infinitas." He has 20 years of experience in Marketing, Strategy, and Innovation in leadership positions at major companies such as Bauducco, Danone, Diageo, and Pearson. He holds a degree in Marketing from ESPM and has specialized in Business Management at Insper, Semiotics at PUC-SP, and Digital Transformation at Hult International.

Roast master, barista, and bachelor in chemistry. As a chemist, he seeks to understand, control, plan, and master the chemical reactions involved in processes. Roasting and preparing coffee is about guiding the physical and chemical reactions in the beans through a controlled process.

Sueme Mori is currently the Director of International Relations at the Brazilian Confederation of Agriculture and Livestock (CNA). A Mechanical Engineer by training, she holds specializations in Foreign Trade and Strategic Management. She has served as the General Coordinator of Investments and International Cooperation at the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, Market Strategy Manager at Apex-Brasil, and has also previously worked at SESI Nacional, Embraco, and the Federation of Industries of the State of Santa Catarina

From Pernambuco and passionate about coffee, she is a cultural producer, barista, and culinary artist. She represented the Food Culture of Pernambuco at the 4th National Culture Conference and develops projects in municipal schools in the Metropolitan Region of Recife. Leading the Cozinha Itinerante Cabocla Delícias, she explores the rich food traditions of Pernambuco, celebrating the influences of the African diaspora

PhD in Plant Production from the Northern Fluminense State University (UENF) (2020) - Campos dos Goytacazes (RJ), with a Master’s in Plant Production from the Federal University of Espírito Santo, Alegre campus - CCAE - UFES (2011). Graduated in Rural Administration from FARUC (1994) in Colatina (ES), and is a Technician in Agriculture from the Federal Agrotechnical School of Colatina, Itapina campus (EAFCOL) (1982). He is currently based at the Experimental Farm of Marilândia, Marilândia - Espírito Santo. He works as a Researcher in the areas of pruning management in coffee trees, seedling production, and plant improvement. He served as Coffee Coordinator at the Capixaba Institute of Research, Technical Assistance, and Rural Extension (INCAPER) from 2018 to 2023 and was the president of INCAPER from May to October 2022.

Graduated in International Relations from UnB and holds a postgraduate degree in Business Management from IBMEC. With over 15 years of professional experience promoting Brazilian agribusiness in more than 50 countries, he has served as the Executive Director of the Brazilian Specialty Coffee Association (BSCA) for the past 2 years.

Graduated in Environmental Management, with postgraduate degrees in Sanitary Engineering, Project Management, and a master's in Environmental Technologies. He has over 20 years of experience in sustainable development in Latin America, working with companies such as Walmart, Disney, and Cargill. He currently leads the Rainforest Alliance in Brazil and aims to expand the organization's impact to protect nature and improve the lives of farmers and forest communities.