ASIC (Association for the Science and Information on Coffee) will organize its next 28th biannual conference on 22-25 June 2020 in Montpellier (France). This association has been existing for 54 years already and has organized regularly conferences on coffee science trying to alternate coffee producing and consuming countries.
This conference represents a unique opportunity to gather specialists (research institutes, universities, coffee industry and coffee professionals…) from all over the world working to face several important challenges (sustainability, climate change, quality, health…).
During the conference, all possible aspects of coffee science and technology will be developed and the participants will be able to hear and share novelties on the different following topics :
- agronomy : genetics, botany, agrotechnology, pests and diseases, agroecology, etc.
- chemistry : coffee analysis, chemical composition, aroma, etc.
- technology : green coffee processing, roasting, grinding, extraction, decaffeination, etc.
- physiological effects : coffee and health
- packaging, storage, etc.
Important dates
Early bird registration until : 31 March 2020
Registration and call for abstracts : end of September 2019
Conférence organisée par Asic, le Cirad, l’IRD, la Région Occitanie - Pyrénées-Méditerranée, Montpellier SupAgro, Agropolis International et MUSE-Montpellier Université d’Excellence