We have collaborated with some amazing sponsors to bring you this symposium all about Coffee! So come join us to hear about the current research and see where we are going from there!

Agenda will be as follows:

9:00       Welcome – Dr. C. Parr Rosson III – Interim Director of Texas A&M AgriLife Extension and Professor of Agricultural Economics 

9:10        Introduction – Dr. Elsa Murano – Director, Norman Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture; Professor and President Emerita

9:15        Texas A&M Coffee Center- Dr. Leo Lombardini – Director, Center for Coffee Research and Education; Professor, Dept. of Horticultural Sciences

9:30        Coffee Chemistry/Processing/Health- Dr. Luis Cisneros Zevallos, Professor, Dept. of Horticultural Sciences

9:50       Coffee Sensory- Dr. Rhonda Miller – Professor, Dept. of Animal Science

10:10     Soil Health Remediation to Improve Coffee Quality- Sarah Brinkley – Ph.D. Student, Dept. of Horticultural Sciences

10:20     Constraints for Smallholder Coffee Farmers- Taya Brown– Ph.D. Candidate, Dept. of Horticultural Sciences

10:30    Break- Coffee Tasting-  In partnership with the TAMU Coffee Club

11:00     Overview and Trends in the Coffee Industry-  Chad McNair – Executive Director, Aspen Beverage Co. & GeoJava

11:20      Agronomic Opportunities for Spent Coffee Grounds-  Dr. Ben Wherley – Associate Professor, Soil and Crop Sciences Dept., Amanda Birnbaum – Ph.D. Student, Dept. of Horticultural Sciences

11:40      Field Tour of Ongoing Research with Spent Coffee Grounds- Garrett Flores – M.S. Student, Dept. of Soil & Crop Sciences

12:20      Lunch (Sponsored by GeoJava)

1:00        Downstream Opportunities, Challenges, and Next Steps- Discussion with Industry Partners and Faculty

2:00        Adjourn

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