Luker Chocolate returns as a speaker keynote for 2025’s World Confectionery Conference

Colombia’s Luker Chocolate becomes the latest business to join our World Confectionery Conference, with Julia Ocampo, company’s vice president of cacao sourcing and sustainability set to speak at our Brussels event this autumn.

As an experienced industry expert, she has represented the company around the globe, as it continues its operations working with a broad array of B2B enterprises supplying its premium grade, ethically farmed chocolate for a number of key brands.

Julia will be joining our next World Confectionery Conference on 11 September in Brussels alongside a strong line-up that includes Caobisco, Ferrero, Fairtrade, ingredients groups Palsgaard, Alland & Robert and Corbion, as well as insights from our knowledge partners, Mintel and Euromonitor International.

April is our dedicated early bird rate for entry to our event, so make sure to make the most of these opportunities via our event website, with lower costs across visiting and exhibiting, and ensure your place at our fifth annual event taking place in the Belgian capital at the Marriott Hotel, Grand Place.

Julia’s background  is as an Industrial Engineer from the National University of Colombia, Master in Sustainable Development with an Environmental emphasis from the University of Versailles – France. She is VP of Cacao Sourcing and Sustainability at Luker Chocolate, a Colombian B4B chocolate manufacturer specialising in helping brands and companies create purpose-driven products.

She has 20 years of international experience in business and sustainability; she specialises in the sustainability of agribusiness based on the development of producer communities in Colombia. Julia is passionate about managing and implementing projects that value the work of small producers and take care of the environment.

Editor Neill Barston commented: “As a renowned expert on sustainable practices, we welcome Julia to our fast-developing line-up for our 2025 edition of the World Confectionery Conference. Luker emerged as a deserving winner of an accolade on sustainability last year, and we look forward to hearing how the company is continuing its journey in operating around the world in supplying the confectionery sector in an innovative and highly ethical manner.”