Friday, July 02, 2004


proposed programs for scaa consumer track at seattle 2005

the last scaa coffee conference in atlanta ended just a few weeks ago really, in april. and yet here we are, already planning for next year's conference in seattle, april 15-18, 2005.

previously, i floated to you some ideas of conference events i had hoped the scaa would consider offering its coffee-loving consumer members for seattle. but time, money, and space being what they are, the now-proposed schedule is looking much different:

  • Saturday, 9:00-10:15 am, Meet the Experts: Descriptive Cupping with Paul Songer of the Cup of Excellence
  • Saturday, 10:45am-12:00pm, Coffee & Philanthropy: Karen Gordon, Karen Cebreros
  • Saturday Afternoon, TBA, In the Beginning: the early days of espresso in Seattle, the SCAA's own Mike Ferguson
  • Saturday, Afternoon TBA, Seattle Coffee House Tour: Don Holly
  • Sunday, 9:00-10:15am, Ethiopian Culture and Ceremony: Tadesse Meskela
  • Sunday, 10:30am-12:00pm, Coffee Tasting with Ken Davids: Pulped Naturals
  • Sunday, Afternoon TBA, Pod-Brewer Demo: Bunn
  • Sunday, Evening TBA, C-Member Reception
  • Monday, Morning TBA, Show floor tour with technical demos: David Schomer?

the sad fact is that seattle seems to have a very small and somewhat antiquated conference center, one in which apparently electricity and internet access are hard to come by.
this has really limited what we had hoped to offer. some small revision might still be possible, however, so i encourage all scaa consumer members to comment below on this very preliminary and rough outline!

i will gladly take your ideas back to the committee and see if we can get any wiggle room. . .

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