Qualifications/Competencies:
Self-motivated professional with respect and interest towards the specialty coffee industry and possesses some knowledge of world geography and cultures. Fluent in English.  Diligent and attentive to detail.  Very proficient with computers, spreadsheets, word processing, on-line cloud systems and project management tools.  Reliable with working alone and with telecommuting.

Job Introduction:
This position may involve multiple projects throughout the year and working with various committees and WCE staff members. The main project is the development and management of a licensed education program; managing intellectual property, proof-reading, editing and working on documents that support the education program.  The job would involve managing committee communications and relations, as well as the workshops or classes developed from the program.  There would be specific collaboration with the SCAA and SCAE educational program managers and some travel or varied work schedule to align with parties of different time zones.  The duties may be conducted via teleconferencing from various locations with a self-managed workload.  As a member of the WCE staff, company meetings and support or participation in our annual competition events, will also be involved. This position reports directly to the WCE Managing Director.

Please send cover letter and resume to Cindy Ludviksen, WCE Managing Director at cindy@worldcoffeeevents.org

Mike started in the coffee industry in 2006 at Caffe Artigiano in his hometown of Vancouver, Canada while completing his university degree. In 2007, Mike won the Canadian Barista Championships and placed fifth in the 2008 World Barista Championships.

Since 2009, Mike has certified as a technical, sensory, and head judge for the WBC, as well as for World Latte Art Championship and World Coffee in Good Spirits Championship. He serves as the chair of the Judges Operations Subcommittee and the Qualified Testing Committee. Mike currently lives in Hong Kong and works for Graffeo Coffee Roasting Company. In his free time, Mike enjoys travel and photography.

“We are honored to accept the SCAE Chapter in Turkey’s proposal to host the 2013 Event. We are committed to supporting the program through joint promotion and advisory services. We will continue to recognize any of the national competition events on our website and maintain up to date information about the competition” states Cindy Ludviksen, WCE Managing Director.

The Cezve/Ibrik tradition of brewing coffee is a mainstay method of brewing coffee in several countries around the world. The WCE is very open to producing this event again in the future; however, we feel strongly that by placing the focus and attention back on the level of national interest will help to grow the program and audience interest organically.

The SCAE Chapter in Turkey is open to receiving support from the broader specialty coffee community. “We are pleased to have this opportunity, and we look forward to producing a world class event in eastern Europe,” comments “Ayşin AYDOĞDU, the SCAE Coordinator in Turkey. The event location and dates are to be determined. If you are interested in learning more about the program or ways you can become more involved, please contact info@worldcoffeeevents.org.

About the Cezve/Ibrik Championship:

This event showcases the Cezve or Ibrik preparation of brewing coffee, set in a competition format which celebrates the cultural tradition. In this championship it is encouraged the competitors bring their own style/cultural element to their performance to showcase what is one of the oldest forms of preparing coffee.  www.ibrikchampionship.org

About the Speciality Coffee Association of Europe (SCAE):

SCAE is a trade association, founded to create and inspire excellence in the coffee community through innovation, research, education and communication. Its membership spans greater than 70 countries, with organized national chapters in 35 of them. It will host its annual conference, the World of Coffee Event in Nice, France, from 26-28 June 2013. www.scae.com

About World Coffee Events:

The World Coffee Events’ mission is to develop events which engage the specialty coffee community and promote coffee excellence. Founded in 2011 by joint cooperation of the Speciality Coffee Associations of Europe and America, World Coffee Events is the premier producer of events for the coffee community and licenses national championships in more than 60 countries involving thousands of participants worldwide. For more information, visit our website at www.worldcoffeeevents.org.

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“The WCE world coffee championships are a guaranteed way to increase traffic and attract an international audience for any event,” commented Cindy Ludviksen, Managing Director of WCE. “Coffee is a competitive and growing market around the world. These championships are an exciting way for any exhibition or host city to align with the competitive pursuit for coffee excellence.”

Host cities, show owners, or event organizers meeting the criteria outlined in the Hosting Guidelines are requested to tender submissions no later than April 1, 2013. All proposals are reviewed by the WCE Board of Advisors, and hosting results will be announced by May 2013.

Hosting Guidelines:

2014 Cezve/ Ibrik Championship

2014 World Brewers Cup

2014 World Coffee in Good Spirits Championship

2014 World Cup Tasters Championship

2014 World Latte Art Championship

Two other WCE championships, the 2014 World Barista Championship and World Coffee Roasting Championship will take place in conjunction with the SCAE World of Coffee Event in June 2014.

The official results for each competition:

World Latte Art Championship
Champion: Victori Kashirtseva, RUSSIA
2nd: Graciele Rodrigues, BRASIL
3rd: Luzia Taschler, GERMANY
4th: Leszek Jedrasik, POLAND
5th: Seivijus Matiejunas, LITHUANIA
6th: Ban-Suk Lee, SOUTH KOREA

World Coffee in Good Spirits Championship
Champion: Akos Orosz, HUNGARY
2nd: Stavros Lamprinidis, GREECE
3rd: Ronny Billemon, BELGIUM
4th: Dan Fellows, UNITED KINGDOM
5th: Ubirajara Gomes, BRAZIL
6th: Francesco Corona, ITALY

National champions representing more than 33 countries participated in this week’s World Coffee Events championships.

To see the complete awards ceremony or view presentations of each of the World Championships competitors, please visit http://new.livestream.com/worldcoffee and www.worldcoffeeevents.org

About World Coffee Events, Ltd.

World Coffee Events’ mission is to develop events that engage the specialty coffee community and promote coffee excellence. Founded in 2011 by joint cooperation of the Speciality Coffee Associations of Europe and America, World Coffee Events is the premier producer of events for the coffee community and licenses national championships in more than 60 countries involving thousands of participants worldwide. For more information, visit our website at http://www.worldcoffeeevents.org.

About World Latte Art Championship

The World Latte Art Championship (http://www.worldlatteart.org) highlights artistic expression in a competition platform that challenges the barista in an on-demand performance. Classic milk and espresso drinks are topped with designs of the barista’s creation, with emphasis on taste, replication, and creativity.

About World Coffee in Good Spirits Championship

The World Coffee in Good Spirits Championship (http://www.worldcoffeeingoodspirits.org) promotes innovative beverage recipes that showcase coffee and spirits in a competition format. From the traditional Irish Coffee to unique cocktail combinations, this competition highlights the barista’s skills to perfectly combine coffee and alcohol.

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Seoul, Korea (29 Oct. 2012) – World Coffee Events to bring two world coffee championships to the Café and Bakery Fair, November 1 – 4, 2012 in KINTEX.

The world championships will share one stage where 18 national champions will compete for the 2012 World Coffee in Good Spirits Championship and 33 national champions will compete for the 2012 World Latte Art Championship.

Both competitions will take place over the four-day event, with the Championship Awards taking place at the close of the show – Sunday 4, 2012 from 14.15pm.

Support from our qualified sponsors for the two championships come from:

• Official Espresso Machine Sponsor: Dalla Corte for the DCPro (www.dallacorte.com)
• Official Grinder Sponsor: Mahlkoenig for the K30 Twin and K30 Vario (www.mahlkoenig.de)
• Official Cleaning Products Sponsor: Urnex/Puro for the Cafiza Espresso Machine Cleaning Powder and Puro Espresso Machine Cleaning Powder (www.urnex.com)
• Official Liquor Sponsor: Grand Marnier, Cordon Rouge as the liquor for the World Coffee in Good Spirits Championship (www.grand-marnier.com

In addition to the competition stage, World Coffee Events will produce feature areas on-site to provide attendees with engaging experiences at; the Art Bar, the Espresso Bar,the Brew Bar and WCE merchandise shop.

The Brew Bar and Espresso Bar will serve coffee from renowned specialty micro-coffee roasters from USA, Sweden, Taiwan, Japan and Korea. The bar service is managed by skilled barista volunteers from around the world.

Other events and activities will take place during the four-day event:
Maeil – Official Dairy Sponsor for World Latte Art will host a “Caffe Latte Contest – Pour Your Heart Out!” This contest, separate from the two Championships, allows baristas a chance to pour latte art with the audience voting for the best art. The contest winner’s art will feature on a limited edition Caffe Latte product range in 2013, where a portion of sales proceeds will go to ‘Make A Wish’ – Korean Foundation for children with incurable diseases.

Sweet Spot Party – Latte High Seoul 2012 – the official Barista Party of the world coffee championships will close the four-day event, Sunday 4, November 2012 from 8pm to celebrate the 2012 world champions and the efforts and achievements of all competing national champions. For more information please visit:(http://sweetfantasyparty.com/korea.html)

WCE Seoul 2012 event guide has gone mobile! Schedule, maps, twitter, alerts and more on your iPhone/Android with Guidebook.
For download instructions http://guidebook.com/g/wce2012

About World Latte Art Championship

The World Latte Art Championship (http://www.worldlatteart.org) highlights artistic expression in a competition platform that challenges the barista in an on-demand performance. Classic milk and espresso drinks are topped with designs of the barista’s creation, with emphasis on taste, replication, and creativity.

About World Coffee in Good Spirits Championship

The World Coffee in Good Spirits Championship (http://www.worldcoffeeingoodspirits.org) promotes innovative beverage recipes that showcase coffee and spirits in a competition format. From the traditional Irish Coffee to unique cocktail combinations, this competition highlights the barista’s skills to perfectly combine coffee and alcohol.

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About World Coffee Events, Ltd.

World Coffee Events’ mission is to develop events that engage the specialty coffee community and promote coffee excellence. Founded in 2011 by joint cooperation of the Speciality Coffee Associations of Europe and America, World Coffee Events is the premier producer of events for the coffee community and licenses national championships in more than 60 countries involving thousands of participants worldwide. For more information, visit our website at http://www.worldcoffeeevents.org.

The two competitions share one stage (31m x 34m) over the four-day show, for both business and consumer audiences to come and watch. Only one world champion will emerge from each competition.

Support from international and national companies for the two championships come from:

• Official Espresso Machine Sponsor: Dalla Corte for their DCPro (www.dallacorte.com)
• Official Grinder Sponsor: Mahlkoenig for their K30 Twin and K30 Vario (www.mahlkoenig.com)
• Official Cleaning Products Sponsor: Urnex/Puro for their Cafiza Espresso Machine Cleaning Powder and Puro Espresso Machine Cleaning Powder (www.urnex.com)
• Official Water Filtration Sponsor: Everpure (www.everpure.kr)
• Official Latte Art Cup Sponsor: Ancap in partnership with Korean distributors Caffe Museo. (www.ancap.it) (www.caffemuseo.co.kr)

Torino Tea Cup (Latte) – Height: 5,7 cm Top width: 6,6 cm Capacity: 70 cc & Torino Espresso Cup (Macchiato) – Height: 6,8 cm Top width: 8,8 cm Capacity: 210 cc

• Official Milk Sponsor: Maeil, providing fresh whole milk (www2.maeil.com)
• Official Espresso Sponsor: Caffe Bene, providing the espresso coffee for the World Latte Art Championship. (www.caffebene.co.kr)
• Official Liquor Sponsor: Grand Marnier, Cordon Rouge as the liquor for the World Coffee in Good Spirits Championship (www.grandmarnier.com)

In addition to competition stage, there will be feature areas on-site to provide the audience with a more engaging experience: the Art Bar, the Espresso Bar, the Brew Bar and WCE merchandise shop.

The Espresso and Brew Bar areas feature a coffee bar service that provides learning and sensory experiences for show attendees.  The bars serve coffee from renowned specialty micro-coffee roasters from USA, Sweden, Taiwan and Korea.  The bar service is managed by skilled barista volunteers from around the world.

In another feature area, Maeil will host a “Caffe Latte Contest”. This contest, separate from the two Championships, allows baristas a chance to pour latte art with the audience voting for the best art. The contest winner’s art will be featured on a limited run of Caffe Latte product containers, where a portion of sales proceeds will go to charity.

About World Latte Art Championship

The World Latte Art Championship (http://www.worldlatteart.org) highlights artistic expression in a competition platform that challenges the barista in an on-demand performance. Classic milk and espresso drinks are topped with designs of the barista’s creation, with emphasis on taste, replication, and creativity.

About World Coffee in Good Spirits Championship

The World Coffee in Good Spirits Championship (http://www.worldcoffeeingoodspirits.org) promotes innovative beverage recipes that showcase coffee and spirits in a competition format. From the traditional Irish Coffee to unique cocktail combinations, this competition highlights the barista’s skills to perfectly combine coffee and alcohol.

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About World Coffee Events, Ltd.

World Coffee Events’ mission is to develop events that engage the specialty coffee community and promote coffee excellence. Founded in 2011 by joint cooperation of the Speciality Coffee Associations of Europe and America, World Coffee Events is the premier producer of events for the coffee community and licenses national championships in more than 60 countries involving thousands of participants worldwide. For more information, visit our website at http://www.worldcoffeeevents.org.

Location: Be-hive, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Korea
Date: Friday 21 September
Time: 16.00-22.00, with presentations at 17.30 and 19.00

Please contact info@worldcoffeeevents.org for more information or to RSVP for this event.

“Melbourne has recently emerged as having one of the most vibrant specialty coffee  scenes in the world, and as such will prove the ideal host for these world-class events,”  says Clint Hendry, MICE Show Director. “The nation’s coffee industry came together to  support this bid, and we’ll come together again to host the 2013 event as the best World  Barista Championships to date. We know this is our chance to show the world what the  country’s coffee scene is all about.”

The World Barista Championships is the world’s most prestigious barista competition,  welcoming participants from over 50 countries who have won regional and national-level  competitions to represent their domestic coffee talent on the world stage.

“Participants from across Australia have been enthusiastic, longtime supporters of the  World Barista Championship and our other coffee competitions,” commented Cindy  Ludviksen, managing director of WCE. “We are excited to welcome the global coffee  community to join us next year for a taste of Melbourne’s amazing coffee culture.”

MICE is owned by Prime Creative Media, a specialist marketing and event management  company who publish BeanScene Magazine and Global Coffee Review. The inaugural  MICE event in 2012 welcomed over 7000 Australian and international visitors. One  hundred exhibitors took part in the three-day event, representing a rich cross-section of  the Australasian coffee industry. The event also hosted the Australasian Specialty Coffee  Association (AASCA) Coffee Championships. AASCA supported the bid to host the  2013 event, and were a key player in ensuring the success of the inaugural MICE.

“Hosting the event in Melbourne will be of benefit to the coffee industry as a whole,”  says Craig Dickson, President of AASCA. “Our baristas have flourished on the global  coffee scene, regularly placing among the best in the world. By hosting the world’s most  prestigious coffee competition, we’re proud to provide a location that truly celebrates  coffee in its many incarnations.”

In  supporting  AASCA  and  other  industry  initiatives,  Prime  Creative  Media  have  played  a  significant  role  in  raising  the  quality  standards  and  expectations  for  media  platforms  and  events  that  support  the  industry.  Recognised  for  a  commitment  to  high  quality  production  values  and  event  execution,  Prime  Creative  Media  will  ensure  that  the  2013  World  Barista  Championship  and  World  Brewers  Cup  will  be  an  outstanding  experience  for  the  global  coffee  community.  Melbourne  will  be  ready  to  host  both  events  and  showcase  the  very  best  coffee  experiences  available  in  the  city.

In  welcoming  World  Coffee  Events  competitions  to  the  Australasian  region  for  the  first  time  in  history,  the  2013  event  is  set  to  be  a  milestone,  and  is  expected  to  attract  a  record  number  of  visitors  from  all  over  the  world.  Exhibition  spaces  are  expected  to  sell  out  sooner  than  in  2012.  A  limited  number  of  exhibition  and  sponsorship  opportunities  are  available,  and  interested  parties  can  Contact  MICE  Show  Director  Clint  Hendry  on  clint.hendry@cogadvertising.com.au  or  +61  425  699  891  re  these  or  for  additional  media  comments  and  interviews .

About  World  Coffee  Events,  Ltd.

World  Coffee  Events’  mission  is  to  develop  events  that  engage  the  specialty  coffee  community  and  promote  coffee  excellence.  Founded  in  2011  by  joint  cooperation  of  the  Speciality  Coffee  Associations  of  Europe  and  America,  World  Coffee  Events  is  the  premier  producer  of  events  for  the  coffee  community  and  licenses  national  championships  in  more  than  60  countries  involving  thousands  of  participants  worldwide.  For  more  information,  visit  our  website  at  http://www.worldcoffeeevents.org

Click here for a PDF version of the press announcement.

“Participants  from  across  Australia  have  been  enthusiastic,  longtime  supporters  of  the  World  Barista  Championship  and  our  other  coffee  competitions,”  commented  Cindy  Ludviksen,  managing  director  of  WCE.  “We  are  excited  to  welcome  the  global  coffee  community  to  join  us  next  year  for  a  taste  of  Melbourne’s  amazing  coffee  culture.”

The  World  Barista  Championship  competition  is  the  annual  destination  for  barista  champions  hailing  from  more  than  50  countries.  In  each  national  competition  and  dozens  of  local  and  regional  preliminary  events,  baristas  prepare  espressos,  cappuccinos  and  original  espresso  signature  drinks  to  exacting  standards  for  a  panel  of  international  judges.  Similarly,  the  World  Brewers  Cup  competition  highlights  the  craft  of  filter  coffee  brewing  by  hand,  promoting  manual  coffee  brewing  and  service  excellence.

“Melbourne  is  the  heartland  of  Australasia’s  specialty  coffee  scene,  which  in  recent  years  has  emerged  as  one  of  the  strongest  in  the  world,”  says  Clint  Hendry,  Show  Director  for  MICE.  “Australian  and  New  Zealand  baristas  regularly  place  in  the  top  three  at  the  WBC.  We’re  proud  to  welcome  this  prestigious  event  to  Melbourne,  as  a  platform  to  recognize  the  world’s  best  coffee  talent  and  showcase  our  flourishing  specialty  coffee  culture.”

MICE  is  Australia’s  largest  dedicated  coffee  show,  and  has  emerged  as  the  prime  industry  event  for  the  Asia  Pacific  region.  In  2012  the  event  welcomed  over  7300  visitors,  and  a  cross-­-section  of  exhibitors  from  the  coffee  industry  including  green  bean  traders,  producer  associations,  roasters,  coffee  equipment  manufacturers  and  suppliers,  ancillary  equipment  distributors  and  more.

Both  competitions  are  scheduled  to  take  place  May  2013.  For  more  information,  visit  the  World  Coffee  Events  website  at  http://www.worldcoffeeevents.org.

About World Coffee Events, Ltd.

World  Coffee  Events’  mission  is  to  develop  events  that  engage  the  specialty  coffee  community  and  promote  coffee  excellence.  Founded  in  2011  by  joint  cooperation  of  the  Speciality  Coffee  Associations  of  Europe  and  America,  World  Coffee  Events  is  the  premier  producer  of  events  for  the  coffee  community  and  licenses  national  championships  in  more  than  60  countries  involving  thousands  of  participants worldwide.  For  more  information,  visit  our  website  at  http://www.worldcoffeeevents.org.

About  the  Melbourne  International  Coffee  Expo

The  Melbourne  International  Coffee  Expo  is  owned  by  Prime  Creative  Media,  an  Australian  marketing,  and  events  management  company  committed  to  growing  individuals,  organizations,  and  industries.  Prime  Creative  Media  publish  Global  Coffee  Review  and  BeanScene  magazine,  and  have  been  an  exclusive  media  partner  to  the  Australasian  Specialty  Coffee  Association  for  the  last  four  years.  As  committed  supporters  of  the  coffee  industry,  Prime  Creative  Media  has  played  a  significant  role  in  raising  the  quality  standards  and  expectations  for  media  platforms  and  events.  Prime  Creative  Media  will  ensure  that  Melbourne  will  be  ready  to  host  both  events  and  showcase  the  very  best  coffee  experiences  available  in  the  city.

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Click here for a PDF version of the press announcement.