Day - 1, Wednesday February 17, 2021

Theme: "Sustaining and growing raw cashew production through fair income for producers"

11:00 am onwards - Virtual Networking platform opens

3:00 - 3:05 pm - Welcome Address

3:05 - 3:10 pm - Special Address by


Dr. Noordeen Abdul
Chairman
CEPCI

3:10 - 3:15 pm - Special Address by


Mr Alex Tran
VP & Trade Promotion Director
Vinacas

3:15 - 3:20 pm - Special Address by


Dr. Adama Coulibaly
Director General
Cotton & Cashewnut Council (CCA)
Cote d'Ivoire

3:20 - 3:30 pm - Keynote Address by


Mr Amit Khirbat
President and Global Head
Olam International ltd

3:30 - 3:45 pm - Inaugural Session by


Chief Guest

HE Mr. Harouna Kabore
Honourable Minister of Trade
Industry & Handicrafts, Burkina Faso and Chairman
International Consultative Committee on Cashews (CICC)

3:45 - 5:00 pm - Discussion-1: Country-wise Raw Cashewnut Crop 2021 - Review and Outlook


Moderator:

- Mozambique 2020 crop

Mr Ilidio Afonso Jose Bande
Institute of Nuts of Mozambique, IAM, IP

- Brazil 2020 crop

Mr Vitor Oliveira
Instituto Caju Brasil

- Ivory Coast 2021 crop

Mr Mayank Srivastava
Olam International

- Nigeria 2021 crop

Mr Adeyemi Murtada Adeniji
Starlink Global & Ideal Ltd

- Benin 2021 crop

Mr Peniel FANOU
CoNEC BENIN

- Vietnam / Cambodia 2021 crop

Mr Alex Tran
VINACAS

- Tanzania 2020 crop

Mr Francis Alfred
Cashewnut Board of Tanzania

- Ghana / Togo 2021 crop

Mr Seth Osei Akoto
Ministry of Food & Agriculture, Ghana

- Burkina crop

Mr Ibrahim Sanfo
Comité Interprofessionnel de l'Anacarde du Burkina (CIAB)

- Bissau 2021 crop

Mr Josep Arrey
Grupo Arrey

- India 2021 crop

Compilation of views from across India will be presented

5:00 - 6:00 pm - Discussion-2: Innovations during Covid-time: Lessons for Future


Moderator:
Ms Rita Weidinger
ComCashew
Mr Kalbavi Prakash Rao
Kalbavi Cashews
Mr Kees Blokland
GTA
Ms Carol Jara
Caronut
Mr Wim Schipper
Intersnack Procurement
Ms Simone Hertzberger
SNI Chair
Mr Gerard Klijn
DG Nuts2

6:00 - 6:15 pm - Update: Quality and Food Safety


Mr Bob Bauer
AFIUS

Till 8:00 pm - Virtual Networking platform is open

Day - 2, Thursday February 18, 2021

Theme: Increasing demand for and price of all grades of cashew kernels

11:00 am onwards - Virtual Networking platform opens

3:00 - 3:05 pm - Announcement

3:05 - 3:20 pm - Keynote Address by


Mr Andre M TANDJIEKPON
CICC

3:20 - 4:20 pm - Discussion-3: Transforming Africa as the Regional Cashew Processing Hub


Moderator

Mr Valentin Senou ATCHAOUE
TechnoServe Benin
Mr Jace Rabe
Tolaro Global SAS
Mr James Fitzpatrick
Ingredient Sourcing Solutions

4:20 - 4:30 pm - Presentation on "Shift in trends and consumption habits in cashew industry"


Mr Pulkit Jain
Pajson Trading DMCC

4:30 - 5:30 pm - Discussion-4: Cashew Kernel Market - Review and Outlook


Moderator

Ms Salma Setaroo
Ivoirienne de Noix de Cajou S.A

- USA market

Mr David Rosenblatt
Richard Franco Agency

- Australia market

Mr Robert Saccocioo
Scalzo Foods

- Europe

Ms Annabelle Noorland
Cornhouse BV

- Europe

Ms Marion Cuisin
Cornhouse BV

- UK market

Ms Amanda Wright
Humdinger Foods

- China market

Mr David Long
SG Agro Co Ltd

- India market

Video Compilation of views from across India Mr Prahaladan Soundaryarajan
Amazon India

5:30 - 5:45 pm - Presentation on "Logistics Challenges and the Way Forward"


Mr Kader Lo
MSC

5:45 - 8:00 pm - Virtual Networking platform is open

Day - 3, Friday February 19, 2021

Theme: Harnessing women power

11:00 am onwards - Virtual Networking platform opens

2:15 - 2:50 pm - Master Class Session on "Quality Control Guidelines for Mechanised Factories" by


Mr Jayan Jacob
Synergy Systems
(Must attend for all processing factories)

3:00 - 3:05 pm - Intro & Welcome Address by


Ms Swapna
Cashewinformation

3:05 - 3:10 pm - Keynote Address by


Ms Rita Weidinger
ComCashew

3:10 - 3:30 pm - Overview of participants (Who is in the room?) / Connection / Self-awareness by


Ms Nunana Addo
ComCashew

3:30 pm - 4:05 pm - Session on How to build your self-confidence and maintain it? Life experience sharing


Topic: Self-Confidence

Moderator

Ms Al-Da Cynthia Benon
ComCashew
Ms Carol Jara
Caronut
Ms Amanda Wright
Humdinger Foods
Ms Susana Nerkie Yohuno
Ministry of Food & Agriculture Ghana
Mrs Suchithra Sasisekar
Nanopix Integrated Software Solutions (P) Ltd.
Ms Rajeshwari, M.C
Cashewinformation
Ms Abhinaya
Cashewinformation
Ms Sumalatha
Cashewinformation

4:05 - 4:15 pm - Practical Exercise & Conclusion by


Ms Al-Da Cynthia Benon
ComCashew

4:15 - 4:25 pm - Q&A / Discussions by


Ms Alima Viviane M´Boutiki
ComCashew
Ms Nana Yaa
ComCashew

4:25 - 4:35 pm - Wrap-up by


Ms Al-Da Cynthia Benon
ComCashew

Closing by


Ms Swapna
Cashewinformation

5:00 - 5:10 pm - Concluding remarks & close of WCC 2021

End of WCC 2019

* This is a draft agenda. Programme, Speakers, topics may change