Conference: Saturday July 11
Begins 8:00 a.m.
Entrepreneurs Sandbox
643 Ilalo St, Honolulu
Entrepreneurs Sandbox
643 Ilalo St, Honolulu
Breakfast
Enjoy a breakfast of pastries and coffee (provided)
President's Opening Remarks
Growing Cocoa in India
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
An update on what's happening next for the cacao industry in Hawaii. Updates from the HCCA, research, and government institutions.
Lunch
Enjoy lunch from a local chef. (provided)
Is Chocolate Healthy? A Doctor's Perspective
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.
Manoa Chocolate Factory
905 Kalanianaole Hwy #3202 Kailua
Lonohana Farms
Kahuku Farms
56-800 Kamehameha Hwy, Kahuku
Kualoa Ranch-KEALOHIWAI
49-345 Kamehameha Hwy, Kaneohe, HI 96744
1st Annual Cacao Olympics
Do you have what it takes to bring home the gold?!?
Networking Dinner and Chocolate Tasting (bring chocolate to share!)
Enjoy dinner and refreshments overlooking taro fields and the ocean. (provided)