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Entrepreneur, Expert in Olive Oil Tasting and Sommelier, with more than 8 years of experience in the sector. Owner of an Olive Oil Importer and Distributor Company in Brazil and the first olive oil boutique store – Empório do Azeite, with more than 64,000 followers on Facebook and Instagram, managing the largest online olive oils sales portal in Brazil (www.emporiodoazeite.com.br). Lecturer and judge of olive oil competitions.

PAZ JIMENEZ CARRERO Paz has her certification in Train the Trainer from the Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research (IFAPA 2010), she is the owner of the Seville Oleoteca. She teaches and organizes tastings and courses for the School of Olive Oil (ESAO) and for her own tasting room. Yearly she coordinates olive oils for Andalucía Sabor trade fair and is a member of the jury of important international competitions.

Olive Oil is life, Quality Excellence in Extra Virgin Olive Oil is an art Emmanouil is living in the island of Crete. He has studied mechanical engineering and worked initially in the aviation and later in the field of international relations. For the last 15 years, he is working in the olive oil sector as a professional in the olive mill technology and production of superior quality EVOO along with international marketing. Trained by IOC instructors, he is a member of a certified panel of tasters in Crete, and he participates in international competitions as an experienced judge. Being expert...

Dr. Moawiya A. Haddad is an associate professor in Al-Balqa Applied University (BAU), a food scientist holding a PhD in nutrition and food technology in the fields of food safety, functional food, and product development. He was appointed on MSC certificate as an instructor in BAU since 2003, and starts the teaching in the Shoubak college, department of agricultural sciences teaching food science and human nutrition courses and supervising on the dairy factory of the college. While he working as an instructor in BAU he worked as food consultant for Jordanian Foodstuffs merchants association from 2003-2005 and represent merchants in different...

Suzan Kantarcı Savaş Dr. Suzan Kantarcı Savaş is a statistician and olive oil taster, born on January 1985. Her family moved to Ayvalik, Turkey from Lesvos, Greece in 1924 as part of the population exchange. She grew up in Ayvalık, known as the olive land of Turkey. She has a bachelor, master and doctoral degree in statistics. She has worked in Econometrics Department in Kırklareli University, Kırklareli, Turkey, as a research assistant since 2013. In 2007, she decided to contribute statistics to olive fruit and started to research olive oil. The statement of her master’s thesis was “Multi-Expert Decision-Making by...