BY JULIE BARTH
The EVA has announced that the registration website is now open for the conference, ‘Maximising your success for the next 20 years’ and AGM 2014, both of which will take place on December 11, in Brussels.
The registration website can be found by clicking here; it will remain open until December 4. For more information on the event, please visit the web page dedicated to the event, which is here.

Here’s the day’s programme of events: additional speakers for the conference will be confirmed in the coming weeks.
10:00-11:00 Welcome coffee & Registration
11:00-15:00 Conference “Maximising your success for the next20 years”
11:00-11:45 How to adapt your business to changing consumption habits? Speaker: Dr. Steffen Schwarz, Coffee Consulate
11:45-12:20 Interpreting fiscal policy trends in the EU Speaker: to be confirmed (Including a question & answer session).
12:20-13:00 Our industry in 20 years. Speaker: to be confirmed
13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:00 Understanding the potential of intelligent branding to attract new customers Speakers: Starbucks Coffee Company
Including a question & answer session
15:00-15:50 Industry innovations presentations Short presentations by EVA members about the latest innovations in the industry. An award will be provided to the most creative concept.
15:50-16:20 Coffee Break/Networking
16:20-18:00 EVA Annual General Assembly
16:20-17:30 AGM meeting
17:30-18:00 EVA 20 years review
18:00-18:15 Closing remarks by the EVA President
19:00-00:00 Cocktails & Dinner at the Belgian Comics Museum
The EVA has negotiated a discounted rate at the conference hotel ‘Le Plaza’ for your accommodation. To find out more about this, please got to the the registration website, accommodation section. However, please remember that the discounted rate will only be available until November 11. After this date, we can neither guarantee the availability of rooms, nor the preferential rate.
So, if you’re planning to join us, best get your skates on!



