8.15: Reception and handing out of documentation

8.30: Welcome and inauguration of the Congress by the Chairman of the Cava Guild, Mr. Joan Juvé
Chairman: Mr. Carles Playà, ACE Chairman
Moderator: Mr. Jaume Gramona, head of the Cava Guild's Technical Committee

9.00: Subject: The Cava Country faces the model of sustainability
Speaker: Dr. Maria Àngels Alió, Professor of Geography (University of Barcelona)

9.20: Presentation of the Cava Portal
Speaker: Mr. Guillem Parera
Parera i Casas

9.40: Subject: Phenolic characterisation of base wines for cava
Speakers: Mrs. Fina Capdevila, Mr. Cristòfol Pons
(INCAVI and Cava Regulatory Board)

10.10: Question time

10.15: Coffee break

10.45: Subject: Cava clarification and foaming properties
Speaker: Mr. Guillem Vanrell, candidate for URV doctorate
Faculty of Oenology (Tarragona's Universitat Rovira i Virgili)

11.05: Subject: Genetically modified yeasts in oenology
Speaker: Mr. Bruno Blondin, maître de Conférences
(ENSAM IPV-INRA Montpellier)

11.25: Subject: La vie des bulles de Champagne (The life of the Champagne bubble)
Speaker: Professor Philippe Jeandet
(Université de Reims, Champagne-Ardenne)

11.45: Question time

11.55: Subject: Sensorial analysis of grape pips
Speaker: Mr. Jacques Rousseau
(Institut Coopératif du Vin, Montpellier)

12.25: Subject: How the cava glass affects taste
Speaker: Mr. James Darsonville, SARL l'Ambassadeur

12.45: Subject: Evolution of the techniques for manufacturing sparkling wine over the last 30 years
Speaker: Mr. Georges Hardy (Estation Oenotechnique de Champagne)

13.15: Question time

13.30: Closure of the 19th International Cava Congress by the Chairman of the Cava Regulatory Board, Mr. Gustau Garcia Guillamet

13.45: Special tasting session

14.00: Aperitif

14.30: Lunch in the Sol i Vi restaurant