CHRAND MARKETING & EVENTS

Chrand is an agency that specializes in the design and management of worls class conferences, sporting, musical, and environmental events. Likewise, we advise companies, multinationals and governments on marketing strategies through events. From Davis Cup to conferences with President Barack Obama and Vice President Al Gore, including concerts; the Pro Beach Soccer World Cup, conferences with Robert Parker, Francis Ford Coppola and Kofi Annan, Chrand has a portfolio of more than 200 events of its own and a large number of programs managed for large corporations and public entities.

INSTITUTO DA VINHA E DO VINHO

It is a public organization integrated in the indirect administration of the State, endowed with administrative and financial autonomy and its own assets. The IVV also develops activity in the participation and monitoring of processes related to the wine industry, developing actions aimed at improving the quality of wine products, strengthening competitiveness, internationalization and sustainable development of the Portuguese wine sector.

ASSOCIAÇÃO COMERCIAL DO PORTO

Founded in 1834, in the aftermath of the liberal movements, the Associação Comercial do Porto was born with the purpose and the mission of promoting the prosperity of Porto and the North Region, defending in particular the interests of its business community. Inspired by the principles of free enterprise and free trade, values that have always been strong in the hearts of the people of Porto, the association has been the Chamber of Commerce and Industry for more than 180 years, officially recognized by the Portuguese State in February 1982.

Adrian Bridge

CEO of Taylor’s Port

In 2000, took over the role of Managing Director of the Taylor Fonseca Port Group.  Having been instrumental in the group buying the assets of Borges Port in 1999, he further expanded the company with the purchase of Croft Port and Delaforce Port in 2001, from Diageo.  The subsequent reorganization of the group, to form The Fladgate Partnership, and repackaging of these brands has helped the group to become a leading supplier of Port in the major premium markets of the world. The company has won many awards including European Winery of the Year 2002 by The Wine Enthusiast, an American wine magazine, and has been awarded more 100 point wines than any of its competitors.  The vintage Ports of Taylor and Fonseca are considered the quality reference for the sector. In 2008 Adrian created a new style of Port – Croft Pink – the first new Port for over a generation.

Pancho Campo

Conference Director

CEO and founder of the company Chrand Marketing & Events, he leads the expansion and marketing at The American College in Spain. In 2016, he published his first book . Pancho is a very innovative, visionary entrepreneur and one of the most charismatic speakers. He studied medicine but he never practiced, he holds numerous qualifications as a tennis professional, for example the Master Professional for Bollettieri International Coaches Program. He also has an MBA from the University of Juan Carlos I where he made numerous courses on sports psychology. He has recently been accepted, with the highest professional category, as a member of the Global Professional Tennis Coaches Association by ATP.

David Furer

Conference Host

For over 30 years David’s work with wine has encompassed many aspects in both Europe and his native US. He’s hosted previous iterations of Spain’s Climate Change & Wine conferences and Hong Kong’s Wine Future, created and hosted the Origins of Wine Civilization symposium in San Francisco and at Washington DC’s Smithsonian, and led ongoing classes for the public and the trade, and having lectured at some of the world’s most esteemed universities. A contributing editor and correspondent for many media outlets worldwide, he’s an author and has collaborated with others in several books, and served several years as a director of international wine writer organizations. Additionally geographic wine organizations in Europe, South America, and the US retain his services in marketing and promotions.

Dr. Greg Jones

Conference Technical Committee

Director of the Evenstad Center for Wine Education, holds the Evenstad Chair in Wine Studies, and is a professor and research climatologist in the Department of Environmental Studies at Linfield College. He specializes in the study of climate structure and suitability for viticulture, and how climate variability and change influence grapevine growth, wine production and quality. He conducts applied research for the grape and wine industry in Oregon and has given hundreds of international, national, and regional presentations on climate and wine-related research. He is the author of numerous book chapters, reports and articles on wine economics, grapevine phenology, site assessment methods for viticulture, climatological assessments of viticultural potential, and climate change.

Dr. José Vouillamoz

Conference Technical Committee

One of the world’s leading authority on the origin and parentage of grape varieties through DNA profiling. Swiss grape geneticist of international fame, trained with Prof Carole Meredith at the University of California at Davis (USA), he’s the co-author with the two Masters of Wine Jancis Robinson and Julia Harding of the multi-award winning book Wine Grapes (Allen Lane, 2012), the ultimate reference on all the grape varieties that are cultivated in the world. In 2017, he published the reference book Cépages Suisses – Histoires et Origines that was a huge national success. Dr Vouillamoz is also author and co-author of several scientific papers and grape books, such as the Oxford Companion to Wine and the World Atlas of Wine. Dr Vouillamoz is an independent wine expert, wine writer, wine educator and lecturer, as well as a member of the Académie Internationale du Vin, the Académie du Vin de Bordeaux, the Mémoire des Vins Suisses and the Circle of Wine Writers.