Key speakers announced for coffee summit

A line-up of leading industry figures has been unveiled as speakers and panellists at this year's Allegra Coffee Leader Summit, which runs from 30 to 31 March at London's Millbank Tower and is sponsored by Solo Cup Europe and Dawn Foods.

The programme of speakers at the summit, which is titled "Exciting Times Ahead", include:

â- Darcy Willson-Rymer, managing director, Starbucks UK

â- David Rogers, sales and marketing director-retail, Lavazza

â- Jeffrey Young, managing director, Allegra Strategies

â- Mark Lilley, chief executive officer, Abokado

â- Steve Leighton, owner, Has Bean Coffee

â- Shelagh Ryan, owner, Lantana

â- Michael Stiff, director, Stiff & Trevillion

â- George Miller, chief executive officer, Tiger Coffee

â- Vincent McKevitt, founder, Tossed