|
|
Article: ASIC meets in Brazil.(World News)
- Article from:
- Tea & Coffee Trade Journal
- Article date:
- January 1, 2009
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2009 Lockwood Trade Journal Co., Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
CAMPINAS -- The Association for Science and Information on Coffee (ASIC) conference, is a bi-annual event with the location alternating each year between a producing and consuming country. More than 450 participants from 38 countries composed of 24 producing and 14 consuming countries attended the venue. The largest delegation was from Brazil followed in sequence by Italy; France and the U.S.
The two central themes for this years conference were; "Coffee and Health" and "Consumption Trends and Coffee Science." Andrea Illy, president of illycaffe S.p.A. located in Trieste, Italy, is also the president of ASIC and son of the late Dr. Ernesto Illy who was a ...