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SEATTLE – The Symposium 2015 of the Specialty Coffee Association of America opens today at the Benaroya Hall, in Seattle.

For six years now, the Symposium has been a place to explore the future possibilities in coffee and take a look at where we are headed, but it also allows to take a step back and look at the current state of our industry, assessing where we have been and where we are now.

The Symposium celebrates new thinking in coffee – innovative ways to address our challenges, concepts that build our businesses, and fuel to push the industry forward.

The program covers a variety of topics concerning the entire coffee chain, with qualified speakers from around the world.

Here’s the Symposium schedule at a glance:

Wednesday, April 8

9 – 10:25 AM | The Heart of It: Quantifying and Optimizing Specialty Coffee | Recital Hall

10:25 – 11 AM | Coffee Break | Promenade

11 – 12:15 PM | The Heart of It, cont. | Recital Hall

1:15 – 2:05 PM | The Cutting Edge of Sensory Science | Recital Hall

2:05 – 2:55 PM | Water: The Invisible Driver of Coffee | Recital Hall

2:55-3:25 PM | Coffee Break | Promenade

3:25 – 4:15 PM | Water, cont. | Recital Hall

Thursday, April 9

9:20 – 10:15 AM | Out of the Box: Unexpected Innovations in Coffee | Recital Hall

10:15 – 10:45 AM | Coffee Break | Promenade

10:45 – 12 PM | Gender Equity: Can Shifting Our Focus Improve the Supply Chain? | Recital Hall

1 – 2:30 PM | Discussion Salons (Rotation 1) | Various Locations

2:30 – 3 PM | Coffee Break | Promenade

3 – 4:30 PM | Discussion Salons (Rotation 2) | Various Locations

4:30 – 5 PM | Reflections and the Way Forward | Recital Hall

6 – 7 PM | The Event Opening Ceremonies | Washington State Convention Center

7 – 10 PM | SCAA Block Party & TNT | Melrose Market

The Whole program can be downloaded at this link (pdf file).

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