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Conference: Saturday July 11

Begins 8:00 a.m.

Entrepreneurs Sandbox

643 Ilalo St, Honolulu

On-site Parking Avaiable for $1/hour

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Entrepreneurs Sandbox

643 Ilalo St, Honolulu

Breakfast

8 a.m.

Enjoy a breakfast of pastries and coffee (provided)

President's Opening Remarks

9 a.m.

Growing Cocoa in India

9:45 a.m.

Harish Manoj Kumar from Regal Farms will tell us all about growing cacao in India. Harish's family has been growing cacao on Regal Farms since 2005, first as an intercrop to boost the farm's healthy diversity and later as a valuable product in its own right. Regal Farms has more than 50 employees, uses an all-organic agroforestry apporach and grows India's most famous specialty cocoa used by hundreds of craft chocolate makers around the world.

State of the Industry

10:30 a.m.

An update on what's happening next for the cacao industry in Hawaii. Updates from the HCCA, research, and government institutions.

Lunch

12 p.m.

Enjoy lunch from a local chef. (provided)

Is Chocolate Healthy? A Doctor's Perspective

12:45 p.m.

Dr John Clarke, Clinical Professor and Division Vice-Chief of Education at Stanford University. 


Site Visits

Attendees will have the option to sign-up on the day to visit one of the below sites. Site visits are scheduled for 2 p.m. and are first-come-first-served. Transportation is not provided.

Lonohana Estate Factory

711 Queen Street, Honolulu

- via Cooke St


Mānoa Chocolate Factory

 905 Kalanianaole Hwy #3202, Kailua

- Ala Moana Blvd and Alakea St to Pali Hwy, continue on Pali Hwy to Kapaa Quarry Rd via HI-61, follow Kapaa Quarry Rd to Kapaa Quarry Pl. Mānoa Chocolate Factory is on your left.

Kahuku Farms

56-800 Kamehameha Hwy, Kahuku

- Ilalo St to Ala Moana Blvd, Follow Pali Hwy and HI-83 N through Kahuku, then Kahuku Farms is on the left.


Kualoa Ranch-KEALOHIWAI

49-65 Kamehameha Hwy, Kaneohe

Turn off is about one mile south of Kualoa Main Ranch entrance. Parking is at the small green building with brown trim, straight ahead after turning in off the highway.

1st Annual Cacao Olympics

5 p.m.

Do you have what it takes to bring home the gold?!?

Networking Dinner and Chocolate Tasting (bring chocolate to share!)

6 p.m.

Enjoy dinner and refreshments overlooking taro fields and the ocean. (provided)

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