"ASIC has finalized the sessions and posters for the in-person event, including an opening keynote session featuring Illycaffé Chairman Andrea Illy and Global Coffee Platform Executive Director Annette Pensel. Other confirmed speakers include Richard Stadler, Rodrigo Cunha, Andrew Smith, Cécile Chéron-Bessou, Benoît Bertrand, Dora Batista and Lucas Louzada Pereira. In a letter to other coffee scientists and potential guests, ASIC President Astrid Nehlig also encouraged guests to attend the conference remotely."
"Nehlig nodded to Portugal's deep associations with the coffee sector, specifically as it relates to scientific contributions regarding coffee leaf rust resistance. "The Timor hybrid, the most valuable source of resistance to CLR, was discovered, characterized, and provided by a research center in Portugal to different coffee-growing countries," Nehlig wrote. "This seminal work represented one of the major breakthroughs for coffee breeding, giving rise to the vast majority of the Arabica coffee varieties cultivated worldwide.""
ASIC’s 30th conference will take place Oct. 27–31 at the Rectory of the University of Lisbon and will cover coffee science from seed to cup across agronomy, chemistry, technology and human health. Sessions and posters have been finalized and the program includes an opening keynote with Illycaffé Chairman Andrea Illy and Global Coffee Platform Executive Director Annette Pensel, plus confirmed speakers such as Richard Stadler, Rodrigo Cunha, Andrew Smith and others. The conference offers both in-person and remote attendance. Portugal’s research contributed the Timor hybrid, a major source of resistance to coffee leaf rust that enabled development of many Arabica varieties. ASIC was founded in Paris in 1966 and typically meets biennially.
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