It is our pleasure to invite you to the 3rd International
Chocolate Symposium which will take place on Wednes
day 29th

8.30 Arrival for coffee & chocolates

9.00 Welcome

Mr Patrick Moenaert

Mayor of Bruges

Introduction

Francis D'Hoore

Business Unit Director, Real Chocolate,

Puratos

9.15 The chocolate consumer: seeking purity in a complex world

Natalie Bekx

Futurologist / Trend Watcher

CEO Trend Research Agency

10.00 Foodpairing - a new trend driving taste differentiation in food

Bernard Lahousse

Director CREAX food

10.30 Coffee break with chocolate demonstration

11.00 Foodpairing within the world of Gastronomy

Sang-Hoon Degeimbre

L'Air du Temps

An innovative case study of Foodpairing in Chocolate

Geert Decoster

Owner, Centho-Chocolates

12.00 Lunch

13.30 The Role of Berries and Walnuts in Healthy Brain Aging: Turning

Back the Ravages of Time

Dr James Joseph, Ph.D.

Lead Scientist, Director, Neuroscience Laboratory USDA

Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts

University

Belcolade's approach to high antioxidant chocolate

Bram Beheydt

R&D Manager,

Belcolade

14.45 Coffee break with chocolate demonstration

15.15 Exciting the consumer and creating value with chocolate by

the use of trade marketing

Gino Van Ossel
Professor of Retail & Trade Marketing

at Vlerick Management School

De Lekkerste Bonbon van Nederland concept

(the Best Bonbon of the Netherlands)

16.45 Rausch, a double success story

Jürgen Rausch

President, Rausch Schokoladen GmbH

(Peine) and Fassbender & Rausch GmbH, Chocolatiers

am Gendarmenmarkt (Berlin)

17.15 Conclusions

Mr Eddy Van Belle

Founder of Choco-Story

and the Choco-Laté

Festival

17.30 Closing reception

Continuous chocolate demonstrations

throughout the day by Stéphane Leroux

(MOF) and Stef Aerts, Belcolade.