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Event Seminar/Conference

Overview
Plenary Session
Professional Session
Origin Adventure Session
Champion Session
SCA Program
Global Coffee Youth Idea Contest

Plenary Session

The Plenary Session at the World Coffee Leaders Forum 2025 brings together global coffee industry leaders, innovators, and influential voices from related fields to discuss the present and future of the coffee industry. Centered on the theme “The Architects of Gastronomic Experience,” this keynote session offers in-depth insights into coffee market trends, sustainability, and the growing connection between coffee and gastronomy. As the only session featuring direct perspectives from internationally recognized experts, the Plenary Session provides exclusive access to forward-looking strategies, cross-industry collaboration, and global leadership in coffee. Whether you are searching for thought leadership, future coffee trends, or keynote discussions at WCLF 2024, the Plenary Session is your essential destination.

- Date : 11.19(Wed), 2025 | 10:00 – 18:00
- Venue : Conference Room 401, Coex, Seoul, Korea
- Official Language : English (Simultaneous interpretation available)

Program

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Time	Speaker	Theme
Keynote Speech
10:10 - 10:50	Speaker Jennifer vern long World Coffee Research CEO	Theme Designing Diversity In Coffee Industry
Business, Culture, Environment
10:50 - 11:40	Speaker Pauline Brown Aesthetic Intelligence Labs Founder Former Chair of LVMH North America	Theme The Aesthetic Advantage
11:40 - 13:00	중식
10:50 - 11:40	Speaker James McLaughlin Intelligentsia CEO	Theme Critical Importance of Genetic Diversity for the Future of Specialty Coffee
13:50 - 14:40	Speaker Franz Zeimetz Lost origin coffee lab CEO	Theme A Journey in Fermentation: Bridging Beer and Specialty Coffee
14:40 - 15:30	Speaker Seungyeon Cho Creator	Theme How did Seoul become a city of coffee shops?
15:30 - 15:50	Coffee break
15:50 - 16:40	Speaker Hide Izaki Izaki Coffee Holdings Inc. CEO The first World Barista Champion from Asia(2014)	Theme Coffee Omakase, Coffee as a Fine Dining Experience
16:40 - 17:10	Panel discussion
17:10 - 18:00	Award

Moderator

Chahan Yeretzian
Professor of Analytical and Physical Chemistry &
Head of Coffee Excellence Center at Zurich University of Applied Sciences