When more than 400 leaders converge in Amsterdam next month, one new initiative in particular will test whether the industry is ready to move from ambition to execution: Cocoa TechXchange.
The two-day meeting, convened by the World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) on 17–18 February in Amsterdam, comes at what its president, Chris Vincent, has described as a 'critical inflection point' for cocoa. Climate volatility, regulatory pressure, farmer poverty and supply uncertainty are no longer future risks – they are present realities. And increasingly, the question facing the sector is not what must change, but how change is delivered at scale.
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A Convening Platform
The Partnership Meeting has long served as the cocoa sector’s main convening platform, bringing together governments, companies, farmer organisations, civil society and financiers. But the 2026 edition reflects a subtle yet significant shift in tone.