Traceability plays a crucial role in the cocoa and chocolate sector and is an essential part of efforts to ensure transparency and sustainability in this industry. This involves being able to track the origin and production process of cocoa, from the farm to the final chocolate product. The new EU Regulation on Deforestation-Free Products (EUDR) aims to tackle deforestation worldwide, but poses many challenges for all actors throughout the entire chain.
During the interactive workshop, the importance of traceability within the cocoa and chocolate sector will initially be explained and an overview of the EUDR will be provided. In addition, technological solutions based on blockchain are examined. Representatives from the entire chain will then speak in a panel discussion, highlighting the challenges within the sector and possible solutions. Finally, the panel members and participants will be split in smaller groups during the break-out sessions, in which certain aspects of traceability can be discussed in more depth. We conclude with a networking reception. In short, an afternoon you should not miss! Subscribe now.
Speakers and panelists:
Bart De Sutter (Policy advisor at FPS Public Health)
Bart Broothaerts (Founder and CEO of Hubwatch)
Jack Steijn (Director of Equipoise and Chocoa)
Mieke Callebaut (Advisor for Choprabisco)
Katrien Delaet (Chief Cacaopreneur & Co-owner Silva Cacao)
Karen Janssens (Expert sustainable sourcing for Colruyt Group)
Registration fee
150 EUR for members of Flanders’ FOOD
150 EUR for members of Choprabisco
250 EUR for non-members
Prices are VAT excluded
For employees of the food industry belonging to PC 118 or 220, Alimento provides a contribution to the registration fee of 75 EUR per person (max. 3 people from the same company).
The number of places is limited to 40 people. Registration is possible until Thursday February 29, 2024.
Registration is no longer possible. This event has passed.
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13:00 Welcome
13:30 Opening & welcome speech by Claudia Delbaere (Cacaolab)
13:40 Keynote: Insights on the new legislation and challenges by Bart De Sutter (FPS Public Health)
14:10 Keynote: Technical solutions for supply chain transparency by Bart Broothaerts (Hubwatch)
14:45 Coffee break
15:15 Panel discussion 'Challenges in the field of traceability throughout the chain' moderated by Jack Steijn (Equipoise, Chocoa) and with panel members Mieke Callebaut (Choprabisco), Katrien Delaet (Silva Cacao), Karen Janssens (Colruyt Group), Bart De Sutter (FPS Public Health), Bart Broothaerts (Hubwatch).
15:45 Break-out session preceded by ‘The Triple Connection’, a business game on making a chocolate product chain more sustainable, guided by Sacha De Backer.
16:30 Reception and networking
17:30 End of the day
Target audience
Bean-to-bar chocolate makers, Supply Chain Managers, Procurement Managers, Business Managers, etc. from traders, cocoa processing companies, chocolate manufacturers, chocolate processing companies or from retail, but other interested parties can also register.
Language
The presentations, the panel session and break out session will be entirely in Dutch.
Organized by
Cacaolab bv Flanders’ FOOD Choprabisco vzw
Skaldenstraat 121, building A3/A4 Koning Albert-II laan 19 Wetenschapsstraat 14
9042 Desteldonk 1210 Brussels 1040 Brussel
Belgium Belgium Belgium
Cancellation Policy
If you registered for the workshop ‘Exploring the journey of the cocoa bean – Tackling traceability challenges across the chain’ and are subsequently unable to attend, you may be eligible for a refund subject to the following terms and conditions:
Up to 2 weeks before the event: Refund of paid registration fee is possible via Steven.Vancampenhout@flandersfood.com. Please note: no refund is possible for the administration costs (50 EUR excl. VAT).
Less than 2 weeks prior to the event: No refunds will be made.
Cacaolab bv, Flanders' FOOD and Choprabisco reserve the right to cancel workshops for any reason. In this case, a full refund will be issued to all paying participants.
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