Unfortunately this talk had to be canceled at the last minute. Sorry for the short notice!
On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 13:31, Yaw Anokwa <yanokwa at gmail.com> wrote: > Please join the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering > (HCDE) this Friday for our Winter 2010 Usability Issues in HCDE > Seminar Series. The presentation format is a 30-minute talk followed > by a Q&A session. Members of the UW community and the public are > welcome. > > The week's featured speaker is: > > Who: Steven E. Vick, Sustainable Harvest Coffee Importers > Topic: Global Traceability: Environmental and Technological Challenges > in the Developing World > When: 12:30-1:20 pm, Friday, January 29, 2010 > Where: Loew Hall, room 216 > > Abstract: For the past 13 years, Sustainable Harvest Coffee Importers > has advocated for total traceability and transparency within the > coffee supply chain. Since 2003, we have utilized a proprietary, > internal tracking system to manage the supply for the 320 containers > (13 million pounds) of green coffee we import annually into the United > States, Europe, and South Africa. We represent one out of every eight > pounds of certified organic green coffee imported into the United > States. Because the system has been used strictly internally for the > past six years, the available information has been limited to what we > could enter through our interactions with producer groups and roaster > customers. As food security has become more of a global concern, we > have decided to take this system to the next level, opening it up to > our entire supply chain - from the coffee grower, to the roaster, to > the consumer. My work in East Africa over the past year presented > countless opportunities to colle! > ?ct data and understand the challenges we have to consider as we > build-out the current piece of the traceability system: an iPhone app > that allows coffee washing station managers enter farmer cherry > delivery information and track separated daily lots. > > Bio: For most of 2009 Stephen has been living on the shores of Lake > Tanganyika in northwest corner of Tanzania, working with coffee > farmers there, as well as in Burundi and Rwanda for Sustainable > Harvest Coffee Importers. Prior to his work, Stephen was the Director > of Training and Education for Stumptown Coffee Roasters in Portland, > Oregon. Working for Stumptown allowed Stephen the opportunity to > expand his palette and judge at international coffee competitions > around the world including the Cup of Excellence and the World Barista > Championship. Further, by visiting places where coffee is grown, it > gave Stephen a greater understanding of the challenges facing coffee > producers with regards to quality. ?This understanding has shifted the > focus of his work and passion to the producer side of the coffee > supply chain, taking a job with Sustainable Harvest Coffee Importers > as the head of quality control projects. > > Stephen earned his Bachelor of Science from the UW's Department of > Human Centered Design & Engineering in 2001 and worked on HCDE > projects at Zoka Coffee Roaster, a local cafe with an international > reputation. During his time at the UW and in Seattle, Stephen rapidly > developed an appreciation for coffee and the complex process it > undergoes before reaching the consumer's cup. Stephen was born and > raised in the great state of Oregon. > > HCDE's Winter 2010 Usability Speakers Series is scheduled for Fridays, > 12:20 - 1:20 pm in room 216 of Loew Hall. View the full Winter 2010 > Usability Speakers Series schedule is online at: > http://www.hcde.washington.edu/nav-courses/521/win10 . Registration > for UW students is available by entry code; contact the HCDE adviser > by emailing Gian Bruno at gbruno at uw.edu. > > Thank you. > > Kate Long > Publication Coordinator > Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering (HCDE) > Box 352315 |423 Sieg Hall > University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 > Phone: 206.543.7108 | Fax: 206.543.8858 > katelong at u.washington.edu >
