What’s On - Friday

Friday 1st at 3:15pm

A strong advocate for women coffee farmers in Burundi, Jeanine Niyonzima-Aroian, a SCA board member, licensed Q Grader and certified Q. processor Level 1, opens the talks lineup for Dublin Coffee Festival 2024 with an exploration into the complex ideas and opportunities surrounding working with farmers at origin as a way to: differentiate your coffee, find opportunities for quality improvement and collaborative work, along with examining where there’s room for greater impact and social changes at origin, too. This unmissable talk is a deep dive into some vast and important topics, with opportunities for questions at the end of the presentation, this talk is the ultimate way to start your Dublin Coffee Festival experience.
Speaker: Jeanine Niyonzima-Aroian from JNP Coffee

Project lead for VOICE Ireland, Dublin Coffee Festival’s local Community Partner, Colin O'Byrne, is currently running a programme which aims to help HORECA members to segregate their waste correctly, and to reduce waste overall. He will give a short talk about the benefits this project could have for your business.

Speaker: Colin O’Byrne

Friday 1st at 4:15pm

The SCA scoring system has been used since 2004 and is synonymous with the Q Grading Score for a coffee. This quantitative and qualitative assessment of coffee through green grading and cupping presents a score out of 100, a score that ultimately determines the ‘quality’ of a coffee, as well as the determination and influence of specialty coffee pricing. Over the last three years, the SCA has researched the flaws within the current value system, and, as a result, it has created a new assessment, the ‘Coffee Value Assessment’. But just what is the new Coffee Value Assessment? Q Instructor and AST with over 18 years of experience, Alin Giriada, joins the stage at Dublin Coffee Festival to delve into what this new Value Assessment involves and what aspects it reviews with this updated SCA scoring system. A hot-topic subject, and a unique opportunity to learn from an experienced professional, this talk is not one to miss for any coffee professional!

Speaker: Alin Giriada from Coffee Laboratory

Did you know that Ireland discards 22,000 coffee cups every hour? Learn how shareclub, the official reusable cup partner of Dublin Coffee Festival, is tackling our single-use waste crisis with a user-friendly digital cup solution. This presentation offers insights into the significance of transitioning to reusable solutions and how shareclub can help businesses minimise waste and track their environmental impact. Discover the practicalities, importance, and benefits of embracing reusables in this session, empowering businesses to make eco-friendly choices with real impact. Don't miss out on this opportunity to learn and engage with shareclub at the forefront of the sustainability movement in Ireland’s coffee industry.

Speaker: Sarah Fliessbach

Friday 1st at 5:15pm

Having been an established member of the specialty scene since 2007, a prolific competitor and researcher, Maxwell Colonna-Dashwood is a well known voice within the specialty coffee scene. In his latest writing endeavour, Maxwell wanted to look at the businesses that sit behind the coffee industry, and will be bringing these ideas to life in his talk at Dublin Coffee Festival where he will explore what he learnt along the way, and what his key takeaways were. With opportunity at the end of his talk to ask Maxwell questions, this is a unique exploration into the ‘business of specialty coffee’ and an must-attend talk for any industry professional.

Speaker: Maxwell Colonna-Dashwood from Colonna Coffee

Join La Marzocco for a journey through innovation and automisation in the coffee industry, as they introduce us to the latest technology and equipment to aid your coffee business. From pressure profiling capabilities with the Strada X to giving the barista a helping hand and streamlining workflow with the Wally, this presentation will open your eyes to the possibilities of tech advancements and how they can assist your business.
Speaker: Jacob James

Friday 1st at 6:15pm

Ana Luiza Pellicer is Mió's COO for International Businesses. Mió is a coffee farm in Monte Santo de Minas, Brazil and also an exporter and importer of green coffee in the UK and Europe. During this talk, Ana will explain what defines ‘precision agriculture’ and how it has a single aim: to increase the sustainability of environmental, social and economic practices. Precision agriculture aims to achieve this goal by allowing precise forward planning and informed decision making. By exploring how precision agriculture works through the use of vast amounts of data collected from different sources (such as soil, plant etc.), monitoring hundreds of variables, (from the amount of organic matter in the soil to the nitrogen content in the leaves) and calculating the ideal plant spacing for each coffee plot for efficient use of resources is tangible, Ana will guide the audience through the definition and delivery of precision agriculture and what this can look like in practice, as well as the outcomes of utilising these tools at origin. An essential to attend talk for all coffee lovers keen to learn more about this sustainable agricultural management tool, this is the ideal way to finish off your time at Dublin Coffee Festival 2024 on Friday!

Speaker: Ana Luiza Pellicer from Mió