International Conference 2025
International conference
Preliminary program November 4 and 5, 2025
Price chaos in the cocoa market: Conflicts of interest - room for change?
Meeting: November 4, 2025 from 6.30 to 9:00 pm
Conference: November 5, 2025 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Registration fee: 90,00 EUR
Venue: Chocolate Museum, Cologne, Germany
Conference language: English
Moderation: Conny Czymoch
November 04, 2025
6:30 p.m | Registration
7:00 p.m | Welcoming words: Dr. Christian Unterberg-Imhoff
7:30 p.m. | Keynote Speech: Prof. Dr. habil. Lisa Fröhlich
The future needs change: transforming global supply chains
8:15 p.m. | Get-Together with snacks and drinks
9:30 p.m. | End of venue
05. November 2025
08:30 a.m. | Coffee and registration
09:00 a.m. | Welcoming addresses and introductions
09:10 a.m. | Introductory Speeches
- Hubert Hoondert (Cocoa Source)
- Felix Maile (University Wien)
Power, sourcing practices and profits along the cocoa global value chain. - Dr. Sarah Iweala (University Göttingen)
Shifting (p)references: will the increase in cocoa prices encourage consumers to accept sustainability premiums for chocolate?
Session Questions and Answers/ Discussion
10:30 a.m. | Coffee break
10:45 a.m. | Examples
- Sylvestre Awono (Puratos)
- Manuel Herres (Lindt & Sprüngli)
- Cord Budde, Jelena Radeljic (Ludwig Weinrich)
- Retail TBA
Session Questions and Answers/ Discussion
12:15 a.m.| Group photo
12:30 a.m.| Guided Tour Chocolate Museum: Cocoa’s journey through time
01:15 – 02:15 p.m. | Lunch with networking
02:15 – 04:15 p.m. | Visions for the future
- Virginie Mfegue (Solidaridad)
- Fuad Abubakar Mohammed (Ghana Cocoa Marketing)
- Antonie Fountain (VOICE Network / Cacao Barometer)
- Video messages from different countries
- TBA
04:15– 04:30 p.m. | Final remarks Friedel Hütz-Adams - Discussion
04:30 – 05:00 p.m. | Networking
05.00 p.m. | End of the Workshop
The international conference is jointly organized by the Chocolate Museum Cologne and the "Südwind Institut".
Please send any questions on this topic to: tagung@schokoladenmuseum.de