Conference: Saturday

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

9:30 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.

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.

Lonohana Farms

Opaeula Road, Haleiwa

- H1/H2 to Wilikina Dr, then HI-803 to Opaeula Rd, then look for the big yellow gate!

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.

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